User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/The Best Under-Rated Characters of The Whole Series/@comment-5102537-20130113112711/@comment-5659316-20130115010701

"Arthur didn't treat him as a friend and to me they had no chemistry, just like Arthur and Gwen had no chemistry at all." - As you yourself imply, that is a matter of opinon. I strongly disagree. Yes, Arthur was sometimes mean to Merlin, but when he let that "I'm a king, and you can suck it, lowly servant!" facade down from time to time, I think they had a really great friendship and plenty of chemistry on that front. I think of all the characters, Mithian understood their friendship -and Merlin's overall importance to Arthur- the best; hit the nail right on the head, even being nervous about marrying Arthur if Merlin visibly disliked her, knowing his opinon would -sooner or later- rub off on the king. As for Gwen and Arthur, I'm an Arwen shipper, so I think they also had great chemistry. I've thought they were great together ever since their first real interaction in The Moment of Truth.

Also I strongly disagree about Merlin being a "sneaky and indifferent character who was fanatic about protecting Arthur". -I think Merlin was not indifferent, but simply trying to channel his feelings about things. In the earlier seasons, he sort of cared about EVERYTHING and ANYTHING that came his way; I imagine that got exhausting for him over the years and he had to sort of narrow down his goals. Even if this is a fault on his part, I think it's a true-to-life potrayal. In the beginning of the series he was very innocent; his growing a little darker in nature and less willing to trust everyone over the years only makes sense as he goes from boy to young man. He was not a fanatic, either. Kara, Alvarr, and Morgana were more fanatical in their goals than he was. If Merlin truly was fanatical/indifferent/cruel he would have just done what Kara did to anyone who stood in her goal's way and stabbed season five Mordred the first time they were alone together or else magically killed him and made it look like an accident. Sad to say, things might almost have worked out better for Camelot in the long run if he had...