Talk:Series 5/@comment-5621713-20130109181409

ADMIN, I feel for you in your task of managing these comments. I bet there will be a slew of angry viewers after series five finishes airing here in the US. There are still many fans who haven't watched it online, and have been waiting for the SyFy channel to air it.

I'd also like to point out a couple of good things, Giaus and Kilgharrah, both aged favorite characters lived through the Diamond of the Day! Though I know many would have sacrificed them for Arthur to have lived. I have mentioned this before, but Arthur's fate was sealed after The Disir, when Merlin thought he had outwitted the Disir, that they would turn down Arthur's request to save Mordred. Little did he know that they were really considering Arthur's survival at Mordred's hand. After that the writers were pretty much committed to playing out the legend. Though, I know I myself and most other fans were still hoping that they wouldn't, and they would have let Merlin save him maybe by having him promise the Sidhe that magic would no longer be outlawed if magic was used to save him. That would have been a nicer ending. I guess for us optimists, we have to hope that Merlin returns to Camelot to help Gwen continue to work towards the plans for Albion that he and Arthur had started. Then, maybe in some crisis when they think they have no way out of some predicament, Arthur's spirit will return to advise them and encourage them the way Balinor did when Merlin was in the Crystal Cave. Gosh it just occurred to me that as long as I am fantasizing, wouldn't it be neat if Merlin and Gwen fell in love. I know she isn't supposed to marry again, and dies a single Queen, but that would be a nice twist. Or, if it turns out that that last night she spent with Arthur near Camlann resulted in an Arthur Jr. And he grew up to be the Future King. Well, it's fun to imagine.