User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Something I thought might have happened with Mordred's character in season five but didn't really/@comment-5102537-20130211124613

I've never expected Mordred to reveal Merlin's secret to Arthur, probably because we were constantly told that a reveal might ever happen and also because the credo of the show was to keep the magic secret. Okay, in the finale it could have happened, of course. However, for some reason it never occured to me.

When Mordred was announced for season five I thought that he would turn on Arthur because of the many sorcerers and magic-users he still oppressed. I also thought that Mordred would just pretend to be the nice guy and actually work with Morgana (traitor in their midst etc).

Honestly, having him as a knight in Camelot didn't make much sense to me since Arthur should have remembered that Mordred was sorcerer, whether being born with magic or just using/having used it. A bit more distrust on his side would have been much more believable. The way they handled Mordred's change of heart was done very cheaply and it was also very rushed. The whole concept of the show turned into a festival of vengeace/revenge and overreacting characters who could answer problems and great misfortunes only with wars, killing others and freaking out.