Talk:Aithusa/@comment-109.157.251.53-20150906121416

I always thought that Merlin was supposed to care for Aithusa as a dragonlord- but Killgaragh neglected to mention this. So after Merlin leaves them together Killgaragh abandons Aithusa, who wonders around feral, unable to speak or fly properly as she has never been taught, until she meets Morgana who becomes a sort of mother figure. Really it's Killgaragh's fault and I sorta wish they'd had a scene where Merlin confronted him about this- seeing as Killgaragh knew that the dragon would need care and knew that Merlin would be unable to care for it. If he wanted it to grow up and have a chance in life then he should have told Merlin to wait a few thousand years.

Unless he actually wanted Aithusa to side with Morgana and help her and Mordred kill Arthur- he's shown as not being very concerned with human emotions, perhaps because he knows they will all die (Merlin, who is immortal, is the only human he ever forms a real friendship with as far as we know). It's possible that he foresaw Albion needing Arthur at some point in the future (though what we'll actually need him for I don't know, really he's been obsolete ever since the invention of the gun) and wanted him to die while he was still young and strong so he'd come back to life in his prime and be able to fight evil.