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** On a larger scale, the entire High Priesthood. They tried to assassinate Uther many times, but it was somewhat justified by their entire race being ''[[FinalSolution genocided]]'' by him out of the belief that they killed his wife. They don't show any antagonism toward Merlin, Arthur, or the common folk of the kingdom, and while they use underhanded methods it's out of necessity, not choice.
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* TooCoolToLive: Ruadan. Finna. Isolde. Aglaine. Alator. Balinor. Kara. The writers were ''way'' too fond of this trope.
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* TooCoolToLive: Nimueh. Ruadan. Finna. Isolde. Aglaine. Alator. Balinor. Kara. The writers were ''way'' too fond of this trope.
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I've never heard of anyone descibing this show as bad or even So Bad Its Good, so I don't think this applies. At best Narm Charm might apply if you talking about the many liberties taken from the source material and some of the weirder/less thought out moments of the show. But Merlin was a pretty succesful show that got good reviews.
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* BileFascination: Rather than being put off by the sheer amount of plot contrivances or characterization mistakes, some of the fans embrace this as part of the show's charm.
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** "[[Recap/MerlinS02E07TheWitchfinder The Witchfinder]]": [[ManipulativeBastard Aredian]], the titular [[TheWitchHunter Witchfinder]], is a charlatan out solely to profit off King Uther's hatred of sorcery. Aredian frames innocents as witches and sorcerers, planting evidence and breaking them through physical or psychological torture in order to obtain [[FalseConfession confessions]] before seeing them burnt and moving on. Framing the court physician Gaius, he lies to Gaius that his closest loved ones, [[Characters/MerlinTheCharacter Merlin]] and Morgana, will be safe should he confess, only to gloatingly reveal he makes no bargains with "sorcerers", even forcing others to assist him on the threat of burning them as well.
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** "[[Recap/MerlinS02E07TheWitchfinder The Witchfinder]]": [[ManipulativeBastard Aredian]], the titular [[TheWitchHunter Witchfinder]], is a charlatan out solely to profit off King Uther's hatred of sorcery. Aredian frames innocents as witches and sorcerers, planting evidence and breaking them through physical or psychological torture in order to obtain [[FalseConfession confessions]] before seeing them burnt and moving on. Framing the court physician Gaius, he lies to Gaius that his closest loved ones, [[Characters/MerlinTheCharacter Merlin]] and Morgana, will be safe should he confess, only to gloatingly reveal [[ILied he makes no bargains bargains]] with "sorcerers", even forcing others to assist him on the threat of burning them as well.
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** "[[Recap/MerlinS02E07TheWitchfinder The Witchfinder]]": [[ManipulativeBastard Aredian]], the titular [[TheWitchHunter Witchfinder]], is a charlatan out solely to profit off King Uther's hatred of sorcery. Aredian frames innocents as witches and sorcerers, planting evidence and breaking them through physical or psychological torture in order to obtain [[FalseConfession confessions]] before seeing them burnt and moving on. Framing the court physician Gaius, he lies to Gaius that his closest loved ones, [[Characters/MerlinTheCharacter Merlin]] and [[Characters/MerlinMorgana Morgana]], will be safe should he confess, only to gloatingly reveal he makes no bargains with "sorcerers", even forcing others to assist him on the threat of burning them as well.
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** "[[Recap/MerlinS02E07TheWitchfinder The Witchfinder]]": [[ManipulativeBastard Aredian]], the titular [[TheWitchHunter Witchfinder]], is a charlatan out solely to profit off King Uther's hatred of sorcery. Aredian frames innocents as witches and sorcerers, planting evidence and breaking them through physical or psychological torture in order to obtain [[FalseConfession confessions]] before seeing them burnt and moving on. Framing the court physician Gaius, he lies to Gaius that his closest loved ones, [[Characters/MerlinTheCharacter Merlin]] and [[Characters/MerlinMorgana Morgana]], Morgana, will be safe should he confess, only to gloatingly reveal he makes no bargains with "sorcerers", even forcing others to assist him on the threat of burning them as well.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Lancelot's theme.
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** Ever since this series gave Guinevere a RaceLift, it's become quite common for King Arthur set stories to do the same or give her AdaptationalNationality. ''Series/OnceUponATime'''s Guinevere was Hispanic, ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' also has a Hispanic character called The Mage who was confirmed to be Guinevere by WordOfGod, and ''{{Series/Cursed 2020}}'' had a CompositeCharacter of her and Morgana who was Black.
** [[spoiler: Arthur and Morgana are usually related]] with Igraine as the shared parent, and this was the first to have Uther be the latter. ''{{Series/Camelot}}'' and ''{{Series/Cursed 2020}}'' would follow suit.
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** Lancelot's theme.
** Ever since this series gave Guinevere a RaceLift, it's become quite common for King Arthur set stories to do the same or give her AdaptationalNationality. ''Series/OnceUponATime'''s Guinevere was Hispanic, ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' also has a Hispanic character called The Mage who was confirmed to be Guinevere by WordOfGod, and ''{{Series/Cursed 2020}}'' had a CompositeCharacter of her and Morgana who was Black.
** [[spoiler: Arthur and Morgana are usually related]] with Igraine as the shared parent, and this was the first to have Uther be the latter. ''{{Series/Camelot}}'' and ''{{Series/Cursed 2020}}'' would follow suit.
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** Lancelot's theme.
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* SeasonalRot: Seasons 4 and 5, due to the writers not caring about previous plot details, like Arthur knowing his mom died due to magic, despite Uther going to great lengths in Season 2 to hide that fact. This also applies to the Dragon's prophecy falling apart because of Mordred showing that Arthur will die on the fields of Camlann by a druid's hand. And on top of that, the dream of Morgana's death in Season 4 is nothing like her death in the finale. That, and Arthur can't remember Mordred at all. Not to mention the whole Aithusa debacle.
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* SeasonalRot: Seasons 4 General consensus is that the show, while not a masterpiece, was fairly solid for its first two seasons. Season 3 saw the infamous offscreen FaceHeelTurn of Morgana and 5, due her abrupt character switch to pantomime villain who smirks excessively, as well as Morgause being reduced to a one-dimensional villain trying to conquer Camelot with a series of extremely convoluted plots - but also is held in better regard for allowing Arthur and Gwen's romance to develop more, introducing fan-favourite characters like Cenred, Gwaine and Percival (as well as giving more screen time to the writers not caring about previous plot details, like Arthur knowing his mom died due to magic, despite Uther going to great lengths in Season 2 to hide that fact. This also applies to the Dragon's prophecy falling apart because of Mordred showing that Arthur will die on the fields of Camlann by popular Sir Leon), and having a druid's hand. And on top of that, the dream of Morgana's death in very epic two part finale. Season 4 is nothing like her death however sees a significant drop in writing quality, with [[spoiler: Uther being unceremoniously killed off in the finale. That, second episode]], a convoluted break-up for Arthur/Gwen just to pad their reconciliation out until the finale, an extremely divisive season villain in Agravaine requiring characters to become less intelligent to trust him, and a reliance on StatusQuoIsGod contriving ways to keep Arthur can't remember Mordred from discovering Merlin's secret. Season 5 likewise saw several mishandled characters and plot lines, and some that didn't even get resolved, such as Aithusa, and disregard for continuity. Its finale however was at all. Not least seen as a fitting end to mention the whole Aithusa debacle.show.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The legends of Merlin are younger than the legends of King Arthur. If they two lived at the same time, it would have been when Arthur was an extraordinarily old man and Merlin was just a boy. So the age difference of the characters is, if anything, not wide enough. In fact, one account states that Arthur perished in 537 A.D., while Myrddin Wyllt (one of the inspirations for the character of Merlin) was stated to have been more three years after in 540 A.D., meaning they literally wouldn't have met if they had truly existed.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The legends of Merlin are younger than the legends of King Arthur. If they two lived at the same time, it would have been when Arthur was an extraordinarily old man and Merlin was just a boy. So the age difference of the characters is, if anything, not wide enough. In fact, one account states that Arthur perished in 537 A.D., while Myrddin Wyllt (one of the inspirations for the character of Merlin) was stated to have been more born three years after in 540 A.D., meaning they literally wouldn't have met if they had truly existed.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The legends of Merlin are younger than the legends of King Arthur. If they two lived at the same time, it would have been when Arthur was an extraordinarily old man and Merlin was just a boy. So the age difference of the characters is, if anything, not wide enough.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The legends of Merlin are younger than the legends of King Arthur. If they two lived at the same time, it would have been when Arthur was an extraordinarily old man and Merlin was just a boy. So the age difference of the characters is, if anything, not wide enough. In fact, one account states that Arthur perished in 537 A.D., while Myrddin Wyllt (one of the inspirations for the character of Merlin) was stated to have been more three years after in 540 A.D., meaning they literally wouldn't have met if they had truly existed.
