Merlin: 5:09 With All My Heart

[tanous]

Merlin... the show that teaches its fans what Stockholm Syndrome is all about. This week my expectations were so low that I expected literally nothing, other than more slaps in the face to the fans who give a shit about Arthur and/or Merlin. I expected another ordeal of grandiose tries at fairytale moments, flowery gestures and gruesomely soppy

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[mingaumatador]

ohhh if Jo was in charge of this show I think things would go so very different, first and foremost Gwen and Morgana would be fully constructed characters to inspire girls to stand up for themselves, and Merlin and Arthur would have solid reasons for their actions and a fully realized/well constructed relationship. But I do think Uther and Gaius would've been sent away sooner, so that the boys would learn to stand up for themselves and build Albion on their own merits. Maybe Hunnith would have a more prominent role.

BUT I DIGRESS.

I honestly don't understand this route they seem to have taken at all, as I've said here before, if you have a kids show, that's fine, but then own it and take it to its full potential. Don't try to stay on this limbo where you want to be dark but can't go ahead with it, so all you have are shoddily written plots meant to please god knows who that ultimately achieve nothing. Make your hero triumph, give the kid that sacrificed all his life for this one objective recognition, make all the actions have a pay off. Sure it's not realistic, or 'grown up' material. But isn't that your target audience? We'd understand and it would all feel earned, even if did end on a darker note after all.

As you said Harry Potter did got darker, all the characters, essentially kids, went through things nobody should have to go through, and the end was dark because yes, people died, it was a war. But the sacrifices weren't meaningless, they fought for hope for brighter days and they got it. Merlin could easily have it too.

Yes Arthur could die, but Albion could have been built as well, and then in the end they did bring a better tomorrow for magic users, and he'll come back when they need him again, and then they could throw in a reincarnation epilogue thing. THERE. EVERYTHING YOU NEED.

Why do I even bother with this show.