User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-5220958-20121121084104/@comment-5102537-20121122230145

Yes, Knightofthecart, I agree, a lot of things depend on how much the fans love their favourite characters and a lot of this love depends on how they look like. That's totally fine, of course, but it would be better if those heroes or anti-heroes were questioned for their actions within a show when what they're doing is not an example to follow.

As for The Wicked Day, I meant the situation when Merlin could have healed Uther all along and before Arthur decided to use magic. It was obvious that Merlin didn't want to heal Uther even though he could have done it but that he only agreed when he saw an opportunity to bring back magic. If Arthur hadn't suggested to use magic, Merlin wouldn't have lifted a finger to save Uther because he wanted him to die and even acted cowardly by that when letting others do the dirty work - it was the Gleeman who attacked Uther and Merlin didn't have to act himself. So it was a good opportunity for him to finally get rid of Uther. It was especially obvious when he told Arthur that he just has to accept that his father will die... The "old" Merlin we knew wouldn't have said that but would have tried to save Uther long before. The Wicked Day was the key episode for the new style and changed direction when it was supposed to show more darkness and so-called maturity. It was all in all in a very harsh, cold and cruel episode when considering what happened in it, how much all characters involved suffered and how indifferent all of them acted, with the exception of Arthur.? Merlin's unusual callous behaviour was supposed to show us that he grew up. Shame.