Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Three/@comment-5102537-20130810111259/@comment-5102537-20130826100814

GiantKid wrote:

I believe that when Morgana said to Merlin that "this is the only way" that she begrudely had accepted that her not trusting anyone and doing whatever it took was the only way that peace could be brought. That despite Uther caring for her, and obviously knowing that he would risk his life for her, that she felt that he was a lost cause in what she overall believed to be the right thing. To bring magic back. That as long as he would kill innocents, that he could truly never love her, because if he did that he would have listened to her.

I wish the showrunners had showed it that way because in that case, Morgana's motivations would have been clear and her character would have been more interesting. Alas, the Morgana we were suddenly and unfortunately introduced to since season three didn't care about her kind anymore, and most of all, she didn't care about peace. On the contrary, she did everything in her power to cause mayhem, destruction and to wage wars.

During the last three seasone she proved more than just once that she used, tortured and abandoned those of her kind instead of trying what was Merlin's destiny. Her only desire was to gain power and to destroy everyone she suddenly hated. She enjoyed hurting them and played really sick games in order to make to make them suffer. Since she knew that Arthur could have been her most important ally, she should have tried to fight by his side and to convince him that magic shouldn't be eradicated. Arthur had helped her before after all (saving Mordred). Instead she wanted to get rid of her best chance for a change in Camelot, and her fellow sorcerers and magic users didn't matter to her anymore.

GiantKid wrote:

In regards to everyone else's discussions....

I am totally confused by the ending of this series. It really was an epic disappointment. The whole series, the whole bit of Merlin betraying Morgana, of him going against his good will and nature, was to protect Arthur so he could bring about a golden age ...and what happens...he flippen dies! Like... what?!

It makes almost everything that has happened either moot, or something went terribly wrong in destiny that should not have. The whole series is pointless....

While I think it would be somewhat silly for them to make a movie as a reboot, I'm not entirely opposed to it due to the ending. The lack of confrontation between Morgana and Merlin after she discovers he is Emrys is also disappointing.

I agree. Especially the confrontation between Merlin and Morgana was actually almost completely disregarded. Once she learnt that Merlin had magic and was Emrys she should have wondered why the heck he did what he did when he was a magical being and a member of the Old Religion too. She should have wondered why Merlin had helped Uther in the past and tried to stop Morgana when Morgana knew that Merlin had suffered too and was in danger as long as magic was banned in Camelot. It's a shame that they didn't deal with this at all.