User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Statements regarding Arthurian Legend in general I cannot take seriously/@comment-5763053-20130221120059/@comment-5102537-20130223111333

Well, that's why I wrote this here:

"In case they intended to state out a sexual interest between Merlin and Arthur in the finale and/or season five at all, they did it subsequently. However, just some weeks before the finale (or season five) they repeated their statement that Arthur and Merlin were not gay.  So it's likely and obvious that they brought in elements of same-sex attraction but actually didn't create a homosexual relationship."

The elements of homo-erotism don't necessarily mean that they were gay. And the fact that they didn't show us much of a romance between Gwen and Arthur doesn't mean that Arthur was sexually interested in Merlin because you can lose your passionate love for someone without changing your sexual orientation. I don't even know if Arthur lost his interest in Gwen or if they just didn't want anyone or anything in the way of the, in my opinion, totally overdone bromance - since the last two seasons focused on that bromance only.

As I said, just weeks before the last season the showrunners repeated their statement that it isnt a gay relationship. I don't deny that they brought in elements of homo-erotism. However, due to their statements, they did it because it's canon in such tragedies and because the fanbase interested in a gay relationship was satisfied.

It's very unlikely that an already grown-up man who was willing to give up really everything for the woman he loves, suddenly, at the age of 30, changes his sexual direction. Remember when Arthur freaked out over the fact that Gwen kissed Lancelot? Remember when he told Uther that he would leave Camelot and renounce the throne only to be with Gwen? And Merlin was in deep love with Freya.

The commentaries I read for the final epsiode of season five showed me that they were making a lot of fun of the suspected gay relationship. You (the viewers, not personally you) can take it any way you want, you can either think they subsequently made them gay or you can think that they are only making fun of all the suspicion. That's the way of serving different fanbases in order to not disappoint one of the biggest fanbase, either those fans who want Arthur/Gwen or those who want Arthur/Merlin.

To me, whether they were suddenly made gay in the finale or not, the bromance was always very boring and never really believable. It was too much because other elements and storylines were put in the background or even totally forgotten.

Yes, they brought in homo-erotical elements intentionally. It still doesn't mean that Merlin and Arthur were gay. And if they were in the finale, contradictory to what the producers said shortly before, then they were made gay subsequently.

Either way, gay or not, it was much too much. Never saw any kind of chemistry between them and same goes for Gwen and Arthur. Their relationship didn't work for me either. And that's why I've said so often that the new direction of the show was very annoying to me because almost everythig that the show used to be about was changed into a soap opera of Merlin and Arthur.

However, you can love someone of the same sex without being sexually interested. If you love your brother or sister so much or someone who is like a brother or sister, you're devastated when they die, you want to be with them, you tell them how much you love them. None of that has to do with sexual interests. And when Arthur called Merlin's name, which I can't even remember, are you referring to the scene in which Merlin gave Arthur the vision? If so, then he called his name because he saw or heard Merlin that vision. That's all.