User blog comment:MerlinUSA/Merlin -- The Big Picture/@comment-5102537-20130120143649/@comment-5102537-20130122233053

I get the impression that you either don't read what I'm writing or that you just enjoy to provoke. Again, your are accusing me of things and again your are in a totally defensive position at the same time.

I've told you already what I liked about the show. If you didn't read it then please read again. No idea why you are saying that I didn't tell you. This isn't about the show anymore, it's only about your personal sexual orientation and about what you accuse people of, about your fears to not being accepted. It's clear that you are continuing offending me.

"I do not accept that I'm overly defensive. Instead, I'm encouraging people to look at what they themselves are saying. They claim to have no problem with homosexuality in one sentence, then take it all back by the end of their posts.  If I'm mistaken, I'm delighted for you to clear that up."

Please tell me where anyone has taken back that they are not homophobic. To me it seems that you are defining yourself and your value on your sexual orientation only. It's as if you were wearing a sign that says "I'm gay, so you better not challenge me because otherwise you'll be considered to be anti-gay or homophobic". I'm not a fan of either blacks or whites, gays or straights who tell others that they are either racists or homophobic when they themselves are the ones who constantly offend others. I've read many complaints about those who thought that Gwen was boring (she was one of my favourite characters, by the way) and they were accused of being racists, simply because they weren't interested in Gwen as a character. That's nonsense, Actually, I think that you're having a problem with straight people, not the other way around.

Let's take a look at Alexander Vlahos' interview:

"In the video, Vlahos says that the ending is, “Epic, it’s huge,” mentioning the “amazing, brilliantly done” fight scenes.

''He also says that the story, “becomes a love story between two men. In a platonic sense, it becomes a brilliant love story between Arthur and Merlin. And it’s told in a right possible way, and I think fans should be happy.”''

''But bromance aside, “there’s a lot of death,” Vlahos warns. “Not everyone’s story ends happily, let’s just say that. Hopefully it won’t ruin people’s Christmases.” Er… yeah, let’s hope!''

''Vlahos is happy with how Mordred’s story ends, and says that the producers have given the story, “the proper send-off. Not necessarily with fanfares and trumpets, but hopefully people will be happy.”''

''Well. They may all die, but at least we can expect some scenes between Merlin and Arthur that will tie up their story and fully cement their friendship, right? Which is good?''

''…Nope. We’re still just as scared."''

Would you please now point out where he took back his sentence of a platonic love?

The things you see as gay relationships, punishment for straying away from Arthur, Merlin watching Gwen and Arthur having sex (???) is your personal fantasy and whishful thinking. If you like to think that way, alright. But refrain from accusing others and refrain from playing the victim when no-one ever said anything that could even point into the direction of homophobia.

I've already told you two times that a gay relationship between the two of them wouldn't bother me at all. As long as a once so great story that Merlin used to be doesn't focus on a lovestory only, any lovestory, straight or gay, I don't care - or, in this case, on silly banter and the bromance only. I want to see the story of other characters,  want them to interact and I want consitency, not the focus on only two people, no matter who. If you refuse to understand this then I don't know how to explain it to you. If you feel comfortable in the thought that everyone who disagrees with you is homophobic, so be it.

Its a miracle what you consider to be anti-gay. Would you think that when people say that, I don't know, Indiana Jones or James Bond were straight, that they are anti-gay and homophobic?

And again - and the last time now: IF Merlin and Arthur were subsequently meant to be gay... IF (!)... then they did it subsequently, later, changed it, made a mockery of everything else we've see before, simply because then they dropped the story that the show used to be about. And also for the last time: IF it had been that way from the beginning, if they had been gay all along and IF the show had been what it was in the first three seasons, THEN I would have loved it the way I did. BUT what they did with season four and five, treating every plot and character as side-effects only with all this cruelty and sadistical rubbish, with stupid banter in the focus, I wouldn't have liked it either, no matter if Merlin and Arthur were/are straight, gay or bi. I want stories, I want continuity, I want believable characters and I want a conclusion. No love story, no chaos, no change in the middle of the show, no lies, no dark nonsense.

Do you get now what I'm saying?

The problem with the finale is that due to the fact that it focused on Merlin and Arthur only, every other thing that the viewer wanted to have concluded was ignored. The essential mainplot of the entire show was changed into the bromance only (yes, I know, you would like to see it as a gay relationship, and even if it was one, it was done on the end but not in the previous seasons) which left a lot of viewers dissatisfied. Do you want to create an anti-gay thing of it again? I don't see their relationship as gay, yet I complain about the bromance. It's not enough to only focus on the two of them, gay or straight, it doesn't matter. It would have been equally dissatisfying if it had focused on Arthur Gwen only. Or on Mordred and Morgana. So what are you even talking about?

And would you please now tell me where we have already exchanged a lot of debates? I don't remember them....

What you wrote here:

"I did not say gays were  the biggest fan base."

And I didn't say that either. This actually shows me that you are not reading carefully what I write. I said that it's not true that the biggest fanbase consists of men in their fourties. No word about a gay fanbase.