Merlin-y Questions

[awanderingbard]

I find myself writing a post-finale fic for Merlin to clear up some loose ends, and I have a couple of questions about the theories I'm operating on. Opinions would be appreciated.

1) I'm assuming, because Merlin is not at Gwen's coronation, yet they know Arthur is dead, that Percival arrived at Avalon and Merlin told him what happened and he took the message home? Or are we suppose to believe that Gwen knew Arthur was dead instinctively, like she said she would? I'm assuming Percival was running like heck after Gwaine's death to try to intercept Morgana, so headed toward Merlin and Arthur and not toward Camelot.

2. If Gwen is now ruler of Camelot, and she and Arthur had no children (something I felt was very odd that no one commented on, considering they were married for, like, four years before he died) does that mean that any children she had with a different partner in the future would inherit the throne? I'm trying to work out the line of succession.

3) I would like Merlin to return to Camelot, does that seem reasonable? I know the ending would like us to think that Merlin is still out there watching over Arthur, but I don't see why he couldn't travel back and forth.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

He could have thought his brother was dead, I'd think that wouldn't be too difficult to work in.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I think I might make him the brother of a friend from the village. That would give me the brotherly feeling without going against canon.

Incidentally, I was trolling through the Merlin wiki to see what other named knights there were and it turns out they've killed half of the mythical Round Table members already.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they killed people off right and left, didn't they? *sigh*

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

They did! I was debating whether to use Geraint or Erec because they have the same story in myth and then I saw that they'd already killed Geraint, so Erec it is!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Nice of them to make that decision for you then?

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

They've certainly limited my possibilities for me. They also killed Percival's father from the myths, Pellinore. So I think I can pretty much do what I want with the character and not be too off base in terms of deviating from myth.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think the show made a specific effort to deviate from the myths.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Yes, they made that pretty clear the moment they made Gwen a servant. :-D My mum was so confused for the first few episodes we watched. She's read a lot of Arthurian myth-based stuff.