pennndragon:#this sounds rly lovely and all and maybe it’s true to an extent #but i’m like #he has k
pennndragon:#this sounds rly lovely and all and maybe it’s true to an extent #but i’m like #he has killed so many people over the course of the series and for a lot of them #i don’t think he lost any sleep over them. #he considered them necessary #but honestly there were probably other solutions? and if he was really against killing i think he would have tried harder to figure them out #he acts rashly and without thought a lot of the time and usually that ends in him killing someone #see i think there’s a very solid line in his mind #and if you cross that line–if you hurt or want to hurt the people he cares about #he will not hesitate to kill you.And this is what makes his character so intriguing and complex, in my opinion. He’s a cinnamon roll but he’s also a problematic fave. On the surface level, Merlin is just a skinny weakling, a coward in many people’s eyes because they don’t know what lies underneath. His persona revolves around this, he never truly lets people see the real him, except for a select few when necessary. Merlin is definitely the hero of this story, but in a way, he’s also the anti-hero. He never asked for Arthur to be his destiny, but he takes it on regardless, albeit a little reluctantly at first. In this way, he’s selfless, but the fact that he throws away all of his morals just to succeed in protecting those he loves (mostly Arthur) also makes him, in a way, very selfish. There’s so much duality in his character and it especially shows in the later seasons. Killing Agravaine in the caves by throwing his head against a rock? Sure. Slaughtering the Dochraid because it attempted to harm him as he left? No problem. Creating a fucking earthquake that probably killed multiple people because Arthur was in danger? Ok. Leaving a man to be crushed in a falling tower because he messed with the last dragon egg? Done and done. Yes, Merlin is compassionate, intelligent, kind, empathetic, sympathetic, caring, and sometimes even merciful if he feels like it. But you know what else he is? Ruthless. Absolutely and utterly ruthless. And this trait shows itself front and centre when someone fucks with him or someone he loves. -- source link
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