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phoenixacid	Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 5:45 AM EST First vote! http://www.merlintvshow.com/page/Merlin+Weekly+Poll How do you think it will happen? Weigh in here! Post reply 5 out of 7 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
botanicarose	1. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:11 AM EST I vote that Merlin will tell Arthur,but naturally it won't be straightforward! Several episode storylines could give Arthur good reason to become increasingly prejudiced against magic. At the same time the bond between Arthur and Merlin will deepen so that they become true friends rather than master and servant. Arthur should also be developing into the king we expect him to become with ever stronger values of equality and loyalty growing alongside his distrust of magic. This can culminate in a test between his 'round table' ideals and friendship/loyalty to Merlin, versus an ever deepening conviction that magic is evil. Lets see Arthur making the impossible decisions instead of Merlin for a change! Near the start of the next series Merlin could be put in a situation where he has to use magic in front of Arthur,but in a partially concealable way. Arthur will have suspicions and perhaps challenge Merlin who might admit it but in a jokey way, so that Arthur will not know whether to believe him or not. The suspicion could persist with a gradual reveal or repeated hints until Arthur can no longer deny Merlin's abilities to himself,but there would be no admission to Merlin or in public that Arthur knows of his magic. My favourite idea is that Camelot will be in peril again and Arthur will be put in the dilemma of asking Merlin to use the magical powers he is (by now) fairly sure he has to save Camelot, whilst still condemning magic in general. History thus repeats itself as another Pendragon uses magic for his own ends. However, where Uther did it to fulfil his own selfish desires, Arthur will chose to use magic against his beliefs, but for the greater good and thus could be converted to seeing that magic is neither inherently good or evil, it's how you use it that matters. ....continued.... Post reply 6 out of 9 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
botanicarose	2. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:11 AM EST \| Post edited: Dec 31 2009, 7:13 AM EST .... part 2.... This gives the writers all sorts of possibilities for continuing the secret, challenging Arthur's beliefs, and testing the strength of their friendship like never before. Well,that's how I'd write it, but sadly they don't employ me to pen the actual scripts, so doubtless I'm barking up the wrong tree altogether and the real scriptwriters probably have a totally different plan up their sleeves. At least my ideas could be developed into another 39 episodes to take us to the end of series 5! Think they might be reading this?.. lol !! Post reply 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
phoenixacid	3. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:28 AM EST "Think they might be reading this?.. lol !! " THEY JUST MIGHT! 8D Post reply 1 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
phoenixacid	4. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:33 AM EST "My favourite idea is that Camelot will be in peril again and Arthur will be put in the dilemma of asking Merlin to use the magical powers he is (by now) fairly sure he has to save Camelot, whilst still condemning magic in general. History thus repeats itself as another Pendragon uses magic for his own ends. However, where Uther did it to fulfil his own selfish desires, Arthur will chose to use magic against his beliefs, but for the greater good and thus could be converted to seeing that magic is neither inherently good or evil, it's how you use it that matters. " I always think that Merlin will one day have to use his powers openly to save Camelot or Arthur's life and Arthur will probably take a few episodes to finally forgive Merlin for hiding such a huge secret from him. But I'm not sure how it'll all come about. Oh, but yes, I'd love to see that (quote) happening. I really want to see Arthur face the difficult decision of letting Merlin use his powers to save Camelot even though he personally does not agree with magic. Hopefully Merlin will out himself in season 3 because the wait is slowly killing me! :) Post reply 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
green_storm	5. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:42 AM EST "I always think that Merlin will one day have to use his powers openly to save Camelot or Arthur's life and Arthur will probably take a few episodes to finally forgive Merlin for hiding such a huge secret from him. But I'm not sure how it'll all come about. Oh, but yes, I'd love to see that (quote) happening. I really want to see Arthur face the difficult decision of letting Merlin use his powers to save Camelot even though he personally does not agree with magic. Hopefully Merlin will out himself in season 3 because the wait is slowly killing me! :)" I totally agree with Phoenixacid! I can't wait until the secret is revealed - i can almost imagine Merlin's cute innocent face and Arthur being angry and terrified at the same time! Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
phoenixacid	6. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 8:00 AM EST Awww, we have to wait till the end of 2010 to watch Merlin S3! pouts How I wish I can time-travel! :) " I can't wait until the secret is revealed - i can almost imagine Merlin's cute innocent face and Arthur being angry and terrified at the same time!" I can imagine that too! anxiously marks off days in calendar :D Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
kay_drew	7. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 9:06 AM EST I think that Arthur will find out because Merlin has to use magic inf ront of Arthur and Arthur actually sees Merlin doing it. Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
KirstieBoo	8. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 9:19 AM EST My sister is convinced Arthur deep down has an idea already but i dont know... its way he looks at him sometimes asif to say "Its you Merlin" but i think he will end up catching him out using it. Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
MagicElighted73	9. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 9:53 AM EST I think Arthur will accidentally walk into Merlin's room to ask him a favor but sees Merlin doing magic instead. Which would either lead to greater trust in the friendship or tear them apart leading Merlin in great danger. Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Lady_Valerie	10. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 10:45 AM EST \| Post edited: Dec 31 2009, 10:49 AM EST My personal favourite suggestion is that Arthur doesn't stay unconscious long enough and wakes up while Merlin is in the middle of saving his behind, again. (LOL) That would just be ironic justice, I think. But what might happen is that someone else is accused of sorcery because of something Merlin does and he cannot allow that person to take his fall. He comes out to Arthur and they have to figure out how to save the innocent and yet not let Merlin get caught. Or they need the great dragon for some reason :D Post reply 7 out of 7 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
morganna23	11. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 11:09 AM EST I think Merlin will be forced to save Arthur....yet again. But for once he is not unconcious or deaf/dumb/blind.....! He will apologize to Arthur and as Arthur is looking at him confused he will use magic and save them. Arthur will initially flip, but he will realise Merlin is his friend and has saved him ALOT! and they will then have a series where Arther helps Merlin conceal his magic from Uther! They can have a full on Bromance then! lmao!!! Post reply 3 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Lady_Valerie	12. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 12:00 PM EST "They can have a full on Bromance then! lmao!!!" Oh yes, please!!! They are just the cutest couple EVER! Post reply 1 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Sarkoloff	13. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 12:10 PM EST It wasn't till recently that I became convinced that Arthur already knows... The season finale, though, was the clincher - when that knight killed Merlin's father and he blasted the dude into the tree... you know Arthur ( being such an extraordinary knight himself, after-all... his sensory skills) there's no way he wouldn't have at least seen it out of the corner of his eye during the battle, or witness the aftermath. He's just helping Merlin keep the secret. That's what "I" think anyway. Also when Merlin told Arthur that the prince had single handedly dealt the dragon a mortal wound..etc,, it was obvious to me that Arthur was just playing along with the young magician's story (and reveled in another ego boost for himself, as well) (Lol). Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
kilgharrah	14. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 12:22 PM EST I would like Merlin to tell Arthur, who already knows but has kept it to himself, just because he trusts him (yes, less dramatic than other suggestions but up there for sheer bromance ...) Cue big confrontation ... but ultimately their 'true love / friendship' will emerge... Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
TheMagikSword173	15. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Dec 31 2009, 7:28 PM EST "I always think that Merlin will one day have to use his powers openly to save Camelot or Arthur's life and Arthur will probably take a few episodes to finally forgive Merlin for hiding such a huge secret from him. But I'm not sure how it'll all come about. Oh, but yes, I'd love to see that (quote) happening. I really want to see Arthur face the difficult decision of letting Merlin use his powers to save Camelot even though he personally does not agree with magic. Hopefully Merlin will out himself in season 3 because the wait is slowly killing me! :)" hey that's my idea!! haha lol i have a similar idea too. I think Arthur will be disarmed and in trouble and about to be killed by a mythical creature like a griffin and the only one around will be Merlin. And he waits until the last minute to perform magic and its a great, big light that will blind Arthur and kill the animal. Then Arthur will be shocked and ask Merlin if it was him and without answering, Arthur will walk away and for a few episodes, it will be awkward and Arthur will look at Merlin differently and not speak to him until Merlin is endangered and about to get killed that Arthur will come to the rescue and save him and promise not to behave like that ever again. Post reply 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
phoenixacid	16. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Jan 1 2010, 3:08 AM EST \| Post edited: Jan 1 2010, 3:08 AM EST "Arthur will walk away and for a few episodes, it will be awkward and Arthur will look at Merlin differently and not speak to him until Merlin is endangered and about to get killed that Arthur will come to the rescue and save him and promise not to behave like that ever again. " LOL, yes, that is the typical Arthur reaction right there. :D I want Merlin to either out himself to Arthur or that Arthur will find out on his own. Some of the scenes where Merlin saves Arthur is just so obvious - I just can't believe Arthur missed it! pats Arthur oblivious head But either way, the confrontation between them when Arthur finds out will be epic! I really hope we'll get to see it in the next season (and not, say season 5) Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Kilgara	17. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Jan 1 2010, 7:27 PM EST \| Post edited: Jan 1 2010, 7:27 PM EST Are you guys kidding? Arthur already knows. The Last Dragonlord was absolute proof! Allow me to explain..... When they were bunking together at the inn, Arthur was able to use his warriar senses to wake up just in time to prevent the robbery. So we know that Arthur is always on his guard and hears the outside world even while he sleeps. Balinor and Merlin were having their conversation right beside the sleepy prince. If Arthur can hear well enough to know somebody is sneaking into his room to rob them, then he can certainly hear two people whispering right beside him. Arthur only pretended not to hear and to be sound asleep because he wanted to avoid the drama of a confrontation. When he later told Arthur, "No man is worth your tears," that was his way of saying, "I'm sorry that you lost your father, but you're gonna have to move on." When Kilgara knocked Arthur to the ground, he only pretended to be knocked out so that he could give Merlin the chance to deal with the dragon himself. The reason Arthur laughed so hard when Merlin told him that he dealt a mortal blow was that he couldn't believe that Merlin was giving him all the credit. If Arthur really believed that he killed Kilgara he would have asked where the dragon corpse was. I wouldn't be suprised if Arthur has known for a long time about Merlin's magic. In Season 3 I expect Arthur to help Merlin keep the magic secret, even if Merlin doesn't realise it. Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
CorneliusSigan	19. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Jan 1 2010, 7:58 PM EST \| Post edited: Jan 1 2010, 7:58 PM EST "Are you guys kidding?" They are all very good points Kilgara, but please don't put others down. None of us know the exact truth until we watch Season 3. So all we can do is speculate. No one here is right, yet also no on is wrong. It's not a matter of right or wrong, only what could be. Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
phoenixacid	20. RE: Poll 17: How will Arthur find out about Merlin's magic? Jan 1 2010, 8:52 PM EST \| Post edited: Jan 1 2010, 8:52 PM EST "Are you guys kidding? " Even if you're only joking, words can be misinterpreted, especially in a thread like this because you can't tell the emotions behind them. So you have to be careful with how you say it, alright. :) Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?

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