Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130413094642/@comment-5102537-20130420122753

ReganX wrote:

What if the Triple Goddess didn't want a union between the Old Ways and the new? What if She wanted the Old Religion to continue as it was? I'm sure of that. The way she was characterised it was obvious that she demanded the Old Ways only. That's why it would have been a much better idea to focus more on the Old Religion and what it wants, maybe on fights among the representatives/gods and goddessess of the Old Religion rather than on the banter and the bromance of Merlin and Arthur. They had so much potential on their hands, it's a shame they sacrificed it all for a juvenile relationship.

My take on the Triple Goddess is that she did not tolerate any other way than her own. Maybe the power came from the believers or followers and the Triple Goddess feared to weaken and to lose powers when people struggled free from her dogmas. To reach her goal she surely would be willing to sacrifice one of her High Priestessess, even if she was the last one. She actually should have known about Excalibur since she was the one "who sees, presides and knows all". Why didn't she warn Morgana of Excalibur then? When disregarding the tremendous plotholes for once and when trying to find an explanation, making Morgana a martyr would be a good reason. Which, by the way, would contribute to the assumption that the Triple Goddess was evil and ruthless and that Uther had good reason to fight the Old Religion.

As for the epsiode, I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed the conversation between Gaius and Uther. This was one of the rare masterpieces on Merlin, a conversation that didn't repeat itself all the time, that wasn't cheesy and that contained great depth.