unpopular Merlin opinions that would get me chased out of camelot with pitchforks:
some of yall only hate uther because the narrative tells you to while simultaneously stanning characters who inherited half his worldview
the fandom babies merlin so much that people forget he also lies, manipulates, enables violence, and makes catastrophic decisions constantly
“the ending was good actually because tragedy and true to arthurian myth yada yada bs” no it was rushed and underdeveloped. tragedy still needs payoff.
this fandom will write 40k essays about how tragic arthur is for having daddy issues and then call morgana irrational for developing murderous rage after years of abuse and isolation
arthur’s growth gets insanely overstated because the bar is literally underground next to the old religion
“camelot became better” DID IT??? DID IT REALLY??? WE GOT LIKE TWO EPISODES OF PROGRESS AND THEN EVERYONE DIED
the finale feels like the writers got put into a room with a countdown timer and a vague memory of arthurian legend
some of yall hate gwen for the crime of interrupting your yaoi headcanons and i NEED you to be serious for one second
merthur fandom sometimes acts like gwen personally broke into the writers room and forced the show to be heterosexual at swordpoint
the obsession with “fixing” characters into soft wholesome uwu versions of themselves removes literally all the tension that made them interesting in the first place
“arthur would’ve accepted merlin’s magic eventually” based on WHAT. VIBES??? HE ONLY FORGAVE MERLIN CUZ HE WAS DYING.
this fandom babies the male characters so hard you’d think camelot was a daycare
there are people in this fandom who care more about whether merlin and arthur kissed than about the actual themes of oppression, fear, loyalty, and corruption and honestly i respect the commitment to missing the point entirely
if morgana had been played by a less attractive actress half this fandom would’ve turned on her by season 2 and i stand by that
elyan deserved better but this fandom remembers him once every solar eclipse
gaius spent years enabling an insanely dangerous status quo and the fandom treats him like everyone’s wise grandpa instead of the court’s number one professional secret keeper
mordred was literally a child shaped by prophecy, fear, manipulation, and rejection and the fandom still talks about him like he personally logged into the writers room to ruin merthur
this fandom excuses every terrible thing arthur does because bradley james is good looking
the fandom acts like the knights were this inseparable legendary friend group meanwhile half their bonding happened offscreen in everyone’s imagination
“arthur was trying his best” his best was frequently terrible ❤️
this fandom has a bizarre tendency to interpret every woman’s anger as irrational while treating every man’s rage as heartbreaking and profound
people rewrite merlin into this innocent awkward little guy when canon merlin is fully capable of being passive aggressive, cruel, manipulative, reckless, and terrifyingly devoted
hunith is one of the only people in this entire show with functioning brain cells and nobody talks about her because she isn’t a sad wet man
Kara did not singlehandedly destroy the kingdom oh my GOD
Nimueh had more presence in one season than some characters had in the entire show
the druids as a whole feel less like an actual culture and more like the writers spawning mysterious forest children whenever merlin needed angst
the sidhe plotline genuinely feels like a collective hallucination
