Lol pathetic I know. I am still feeling down. I don't think I've ever felt sad about a tv, movie, or book series before. I genuinely can't even go back and watch it knowing how it ends. It's just too sad.
. . . This was the first exposure to the Arthurian stories for a lot of you, wasn't it? That's the only thing I can think of to explain the level of ignorance on display here.
I finished the finale earlier tonight and I'm feeling so down about it. I stupidly managed to spoil it for myself a while back (it's hard not to when the show's been over for almost three years), so I knew what was going to happen to Arthur. The whole thing is just depressing to think about. Merlin losing his friend, Gwen losing her true love, Arthur dying young... I'm not talking about the finale's events in relation to the legend right now, I'm just talking about the emotions felt because of the show in and of itself. My heart really aches for Merlin and Gwen. Merlin loses his dear friend, his brother, someone with whom he'd grown a strong bond even if they wouldn't have admitted it at first, and Gwen had only a relatively short amount of time with her true love and has to rule Camelot without Arthur at her side. "With all my heart"--just thinking about all their loving scenes together and her saying those words with such sincerity breaks my heart.