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Abigayle Laurenitis
I have just watched Merlin from season 1 to 5 and I must say it's the best series I've ever watched! When the show was ongoing (when the filming taken place) back in 2008 I was only 5 and I never got into Merlin but remember my nan watching it. Anyways, since it came on Netflix (which I personally think is a great achievement for such a series to appear on Netflix) I have been obsessed. I have literally felt every possible emotion from happiness to joy to sadness especially in the last episode of season 5 which did make me cry (as for many others) when Arthur died especially.
It has been 13 years since the show started and 9 years since the show ended (I also want to point out how ironic it is that the theme park Camelot Theme Park closed down that was sad as it was my childhood). Anyways, I just wanted to see what other Merlin fans think about a season 6. So, do you think a season 6 will ever come in the future? Do you think a season 6 would even be good if it was to come? What do you think would happen in a season 6?
I also want to ask what happened at the end of Merlin season 5 episode 13? I am wondering because after Arthurs death, Guinevere officially becomes the Queen of Camelot and you see old Merlin at the end which looks like the 21st century with the huge truck that goes past as Merlin looks out to the Isle where King Arthur lies. I am confused can someone explain what happens to Merlin, Gaius and Camelot?
I hope the producers will listen to the people that have signed the petition, and if we do get a season six it'll actually be good (The show is good but the writing, especially the worldbuilding, could be a little all over the play at times.)
Maybe not massive global news, but the old fandom is very alive and will definitely watch a season six, if it's good enough. And it'll pull people into the old seasons as well. But it should get a couple of million, if it's big enough.
First of all, I really love this show, It is flawed show, with some predictable writing, lots of flaws, plot holes, unfinished story lines...BUT it was sweet, wholesome, funny, the actors did a great job with their parts, it was witty, it could be dramatic, it could be sad, it could be funny, it could be weird and I really miss it.
With that said, I am happy that it ended when it did and it wasn't cancelled mid-story, like many other shows, due to actors walking away from the project or due to dwindling viewership. I also like the fact that unlike some other shows, it didn't overstay its welcome and it wasn't painfully dragged out to being popular, like Lost, Westworld and some other shows.
I would have loved a season 6, to wrap up some story lines, but it has been 8 years, the actors moved on to other projects, also in a post GoT world the writers would probably need to come up with something very different, darker, bigger and I am not sure if that will fit the original show.
And for me one of the biggest selling points was the actors and the way they interacted with one another. If the rebooted the show or decided to recast and continue where it left off it wouldn't be the same.
@Excalibur33 I agree. I would love it if the main cast came back to do a season 6, but that seems rather unlikely at the moment. But I'm happy with what we got. Plus, fanfiction is there to fill the holes that season 4 and 5 left in my heart.
@Brightwings333 I think that the viewers really love to associate the actors with the characters (hence all the shipping) because they were so good in their roles. At first I admit I was a bit confused by the casting choices and character choices (Arthur is a Prince, not a King, Merlin is too young, Guinevere is a servant, etc.) but the show eventually grew on me. I was actively invested in the romance between Arthur and Gwen, which I never did before when I was reading the legends, I felt sorry for Merlin for being mistreated by Arthur, I wanted Arthur to survive, though I know that he dies in the legends, etc. The show was cute and I am sure that if we could create a pocket dimension where Arthur and Gwen live happily ever after, Merlin and Gaius can peacefully practice magic and perhaps even Morgana and Mordred come back to the light, we totally would create that dimension. But, these are real people, with real lives, so...Though I admit it would be funny if the show got re-booted 10-15 years from now and Bradley James would come back to play Uther, Colin Morgan would play Gaius, Angel would be playing Ygraine (who would have an active role in the show this time) and Katie would be playing Morgause. Or something. It would be very...meta.
@Excalibur33 I agree, the actors were brilliant. And them coming back to play different roles in a new Merlin show would be very funny, but in all honesty they could probably all come back as older, and more mature versions of their characters now or within the next 7 years or so. So you know, we don't have the lose end of a LITERAL PROPHECY ABOUT ARTHUR RETURNING, AND MAYBE WE COULD ALL GET A BIT OF CLOSURE ahem Unfortunately all the actors seem to have moved on (Except Eoin Macken, but god knows what he's up to.) Also, I have several pocket dimensions/parallel universes where everything is nice and safe and no one died.
@Brightwings333 I loved the actors, however the characters I really didn't care for were Agravaine and Lancelot. I have nothing against the actors, but Agravaine annoyed me. I think they either should have introduced him sooner, or swap his storyline for Mordred. If they insisted on having Agravaine in the show, then perhaps they could have merged the "Arthur breaks up with Gwen because Agravaine suggests it" with the "Arthur almost marries Mithian" part. And mix the "Lancelot du Lac" story with the "Hollow Queen" and "With all my Heart".
You know, I was sorry that in the show Arthur and Gwen had no children, because in certain versions of the legend they did. This way perhaps Arthur's son (or daughter) could have continued his work. I could see that many people were saying back then how the season 5 finale was the worst thing ever and I was very amused by that, post GoT. What annoyed me about the show was that even though it has been teased since season 1, Arthur basically never finds out about Merlin's magic. I mean, he does, at the end. But I personally would have liked a few episodes where Arthur knows and slowly learns to accept Merlin's magic, but then Merlin has to take his memories away, so Morgana or Agravaine wouldn't find out. I remember that in a cast diary video Bradley James or Colin mentioned that there were some ideas of Merlin and Arthur magically swapping bodies, that would have been funny.
Merlin previously wielded the Sword of Power and this caused him to go mad with power. He also took part in a past attack on Roman soldiers, senators, and civilians alike with a family of Romans being slaughtered by Merlin.
He was only able to free himself from the sword's hold on him when Lenore dug the sword out of his chest. He fell in love with Lenore after this incident with them forming a romantic relationship until she asked him to leave her. Unbeknownst to him, Lenore had kept the sword hidden from him but told him that it had been destroyed. After the sword was removed from his body, Merlin lost his magic, though he tried to keep that hidden from others in order to keep up the appearance that he is still very powerful.
Due to his firsthand experience with the power and corruption the sword brings, Merlin wishes to destroy it with Fey fire to prevent others including his own daughter Nimue from being corrupted by the power of the sword.
Merlin is approached by debt collectors who remind him that he owes Lord Gray River 4,000 gold coins. He threatens to send them back to their lord as mole rats, and it works, but Merlin actually doesn't have magic. Later, the guards escort Merlin to the king, explaining that Merlin was drunk in the cabbages. Unsurprised, Uther talks of all the promises Merlin makes, such as conjuring rain, and Uther highlights that they don't happen. Merlin makes excuses, and Uther explains to his advisor, Bolli, that Merlin is unmoved by the Fey being torched by the Red Paladins. Merlin rants about the situation and makes excuses before Uther yells to Merlin, demanding rain. Merlin walks out, promising to double his efforts. While walking in the hall, Merlin finds a dead bird in the hall as an omen, and he wanders up a tower to find a bunch of dead birds, indicating more omens. Later, Merlin goes to a physician. Reluctant to revealing himself as a collector, the physician denies before realizing that his customer is Merlin. He then proceeds to show Merlin a "number three." The omens that Merlin saw allows him to predict a "magical child, a new dawn and a great and terrible war." Merlin gives the physician money and walks away. Later, Merlin wakes up from what is supposedly sensing the Sword of Power and Nimue. He then scrolls his book pages to come across a ritual. He does this with the help of a frightened guard, and Merlin sees three crowns in the sky, the symbol of Uther Pendragon's banners. Then, blood rains on the castle. This presents as another omen. Uther is furious when learning of this, due to the blood rain crashing a fest and yells out Merlin's name. Then, Merlin gets struck by lightning to reveal a glowing scar on the right side of his body in the shape of the Sword of Power.
Merlin is confronted by King Uther about the blood rain. Merlin tells Uther that he needs more time to "study the omens." Angry, Uther orders his men to break the door down, because Merlin doesn't let them in. When they break the lock, they storm in, but it is too late. They find him gone. Merlin later travels to Nimue's village, where he discovers the body of Nimue's mother, Lenore, and lays her to rest. Upset, he then kicks down several crosses erected outside by the Red Paladins. He then meets with a spectral figure called "The Widow," and asks her if she's finally come for him after all this time. She tells him that he lied to her about the Sword of the First Kings being destroyed. She continues that the Shadow Lords see this as a final betrayal and will hunt him down, but he replies to let them come. She also says that the Chruch cannot acquire the Sword of Power, telling him to finish the war he started. Merlin then comes up with a plan to destroy the Sword of Power and to steal the Fey fire from someone who possesses it. Merlin asks The Widow for the collector's whereabouts, a clay that Fey fire can't burn, and her horse.
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