Board Thread:What If?/@comment-27118911-20151025173449

At first Gaius acts as a mentor to Merlin. But in later seasons, particularly 4 and 5, Gaius and Merlin's relationship can be summed up as Gaius telling Merlin not to do something and Merlin doing it anyway. What if Gaius had died or had to leave Camelot for some reason. Would this have forced Merlin to grow up, or would things have remained the same since Merlin didn't really listen anyway? 