User blog:Waterwecna/Mordred: the young boy and the adolescent knight

Mordred is without a doubt one of the most mysterious characters to ever appear in Merlin. He is also the only character in the series who has been recast. Having been played by both Asa Butterfield and Alexander Vlahos, the Mordred's they both play seem to be like two entirely different people. In this post I will look at both of those Mordred's more closely to see how different and similar they really are. I would also like to thank my friends Dryuuu and Morganaforever for helping me with this blog post.

Similarities:

 * Both of them have the same haircolor and the same eye color.


 * Both of them tend to wear mostly the colors of Earth: the young Mordred wears green and brown, and the adolescent Mordred wears brown and black (when he is not wearing his Knight of Camelot outfit).

Similarities:

 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred are nice and friendly in the beginning.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred are mostly trusting towards the people around them.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred change from good to bad during the course of the events.

Similarities:

 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred possess the skill of telepathy.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred use magic without actually using any spells (non-verbal magic).
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred mostly use their magic to move either people or objects (the young Mordred uses spears and telekinetically uses them to kill the guards; the adolescent Mordred throws Morgana to the ground).
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred have used screaming in the process of using magic: the young Mordred to make the guards who attacked him fall to the ground, and the adolescent Mordred to make the prison chamber door to fall off its hinges.

Similarities

 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred lose a person they love very much: the young Mordred loses Cerdan, and the adolescent Mordred loses Kara.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred have a complicated friendship with Merlin and are eventually betrayed by him.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred ally with Morgana.
 * Both the young and the adolescent Mordred care for Kara.

Differences
I hope my post has helped you to see the differences between the young Mordred and the adolescent Mordred. These are wihtout a doubt not absolutely all the similarities and differences between them, but definitely the most noticeable ones. The purpose of this post was to give you an idea of how Mordred has changed over the years, and if I have managed to help you see that better, than my job here is done!

10:42, December 22, 2012 (UTC)