Talk:The Disir (episode)/@comment-75.142.28.2-20121104055045/@comment-5644179-20121104062357

@A Lurker in the Woods, I agree. Regardless, of what choice Merlin advised Arthur the outcome would have been the same, because that is Arthur's fate, to die at the hand of Mordred. Merlin attempted to change Arthur's destiny (a set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping) but to no avail because of Arthur's fate (the preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions). It is interesting that according to this website fate is associated with a pessimistic or fatalistic view of one's future. http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-fate-and-destiny/

I also agree with you about past events. When Merlin asked Arthur about doing the same thing for him, you mentioned S1 and S2 but I also recall S4 A Servant of Two Master's when Arthur went out looking for a missing Merlin abducted by Morgana.



