Board Thread:What If?/@comment-69.148.49.98-20140113232611/@comment-37017073-20181015204453

ReganX wrote: I don't see Merlin and Morgana as a couple. I know that he had a bit of a crush at one point but I didn't see it as reciprocated on her part. Had Merlin confided in her about his magic, I could see them bonding over it but more in a friends way than anything romantic. I agree with this. Honestly, Merlin's initial starry-eyed reaction to Morgana always struck me as an extension of his fascination with Camelot as a whole. Just as he'd never seen anything resembling the upper class world of the court before, he'd also never encountered a woman as glamorous and sophisticated as Morgana before, and naturally he was a little awestruck. But his wide-eyed fascination with court affairs faded away over time as he got used to his new surroundings, and so did his initial crush on Morgana as he got to know her.

As for Morgana, I never saw her show any interest in Merlin that was even remotely romantic. She thought of him as a friend (at best) and that's about it.

Personally, I prefer it that way. I don't mind a few characters getting together over the course of a series (Arthur and Gwen, for example), but I've never really liked it when shows end up with their main cast all paired off together like no other people exist in the world. (Or rather, like they're not allowed to bond or form any unique relationships with anyone outside of the core group.)