Reveal

[destiny_mod]

We've established that we all want the reveal, but what we haven't discussed? Ideal scenarios! Do you want Merlin to tell Arthur or do you want Arthur to find out? How do you imagine Arthur's reaction? Are there any scenarios that you absolutely do NOT want to see unfold?

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Comments

[siduri]

I would like to see the reveal happen and be stretched out over some episodes, too. I think an interesting context would be Arthur coming to the realization that most of the people that he loves and trusts have been lying to him-at some point, I would like to see Arthur really grasp that magic is not evil, and quite a few people have died because as a result of his birth. I would like to see him realize this first and then as a climax find out that Merlin is a sorcerer. And he does need to stew about this and all the other things people have been hiding-his father and Gaius have clearly been less then straightforward, he realizes Morgana has gone over to the other side entirely, and he is not sure about where he stands with Gwen because of Lancelot. The one person he can depend on is Merlin and one day, there is a reveal and that trust is shattered

[kathyh]

he has to do something totally heroic on his own, perhaps even save Merlin this time- and finally we will see Arthur the prat back away and Arthur the King begin to really emerge.

Yes, absolutely. I think I want this more than anything.

Everyone lies to Arthur and if I was him I'd be seriously pissed off once I discovered that. It will be a mark of how he's grown as to how he deals with it.

[siduri]

I don't necessarily need the reveal to happen right away in this season, it could even go into the next season, if there is one. I feel like I would like to see the reveal to be a slow thing, like he starts to wonder about Merlin...and a lot of things that may not add up for him

[kathyh]

I feel like I would like to see the reveal to be a slow thing, like he starts to wonder about Merlin...and a lot of things that may not add up for him.

Yes, that's what I'd like too. I was firmly convinced that I wanted the reveal this season but I have since changed my mind as I want to see more growth from Arthur before it happens. I want to see him get to a point where he can accept that his father's attitude to magic was at least partially mistaken (I don't think Uther's entirely wrong all the time) and that Merlin had good reason for lying to him.

For me, the most revealing scene about Arthur's character was in S1 in the Labyrinth episode was Arthur standing in his room and waving his finger in Merlin's face proclaiming that "MY FATHER SAYS...and goes on to lecture Merlin about evil sorcerers. This is his foundation, his entire paradigm.Yes, but I don't think his attitude to magic is nearly as fixed as Uther's, despite having it drilled into him his whole life. He was prepared to look at the intent behind the action when Gwen