User blog comment:Merlaa/A way I wouldn't want Merlin to end./@comment-5674726-20121207112809

That would be a bad way for the show to end but I've got a worse one:

The battle rages, corpses littering the ground, etc. Arthur and Mordred have their fight, which ends with them dead at each other's hands. Camelot is burning to the ground. Morgana faces off with "Emrys" and they have their magical duel, with Morgana getting the worst of it. She asks for his help, is asked if this is what she wanted and gathers her remaining magical strength in the hope of protecting herself from a fatal blow. Both of their eyes blaze gold for a moment and there's a white-out.

Cut to Morgana's chambers, where the lady in question is cat-napping on her bed or on the chaise, and is jolted awake. She's wearing her blue silk gown. She hears the noise from the courtyard and crosses to the window, looking down as Uther sentences Thomas Collins to death. She scans the crowd and catches sight of Merlin, who glances up and meets her gaze.

Fade to black, and the series ends without viewers knowing if the past five seasons/ten or eleven years have been a ridiculously detailed vision Series One Morgana had, or if Series Five Morgana has taken over her younger self and is ready to take advantage of her foreknowledge to reshape the future.

Which ending would be worse: It Was All A Dream or the Reset Button?