Merlin (TV miniseries)/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

Fridge Horror

Fridge Logic

If forgetting Queen Mab is the only thing that can ultimately defeat her, then isn't Merlin shooting himself in the foot by spending the rest of his life telling stories about her?
- Thought it becomes Fridge Brilliance if you consider that the decline of the Old Ways and Mab's death in particular were very bittersweet for Merlin. He may be trying to keep them alive despite himself.
- In the novelizations, Merlin doesn't include Mab in any of his stories, instead attributing her deeds to Morgan le Fay or Mordred, and Frik does the same thing. This is implied to be the thing that Frik noted was "omitted" from Merlin's story at the end.
- Maybe he took a page from Terry Pratchett? When you tell stories about something, people know about them more, but believe about them less. Tell magical, fantastical stories about the Fair Folk today: next stop, nursery wallpaper.
So, Gallahad was the real Chosen One, instead of Lancelot . So, a 10-year-old boy was supposed to win the joust?
- I roll my eyes at this one, since it makes no sense that had Merlin known that Galahad was The Chosen One that he'd put a kid in a jousting match. Also, it's that he would be the perfect knight when he was grown up, not as a kid. This isn't a case of Fridge Logic because it's not suggested that he has to win a jousting match anyway, just that he has to be a man of pure heart.
- Maybe Arthur was supposed to wait until Galahad was of age before leaving him in charge. Then Arthur would have had a few years to actually rule his kingdom, give his people some stability, and work on his marriage before disappearing off on a jolly of unspecified length.
- Alternatively, if Galahad had come to rule as a child, maybe his parents would have come with him. Lancelot would still have become the de facto steward, and with his wife and kid right there, would have kept his hands off Guinevere. Maybe.
One of Arthur's first acts as king is to solve a dispute over his leadership. He rides up to his enemy, hands over Excalibur and invites him to kill Arthur with it if he believes he has a right to it. So the guy raises the sword, says he feels something, and accepts Arthur as king. Great. What, exactly, did he feel?
- The sword saying "I won't work for you because you're not my owner"? Doesn't seem too likely: The Lady gave it to Merlin, Merlin gave it to each king, Arthur gave it to the pretender - and this would be the only time the sword refused a new master.
  - Maybe it heard Arthur's condition, and sensed the guy didn't really believe he had a right to use it.
- The sword saying "I won't kill this guy because he's pure of heart"?
- Sudden respect for Arthur? He's willing to give up his rule and his life for the good of the people - and he's doing it in a way that's calculated to impress everyone. What the lords thought was an upstart kid is actually a decent leader that the nation could get behind. Given the quality of the last few kings, a smart lord might be willing to follow Arthur even if he doesn't feel anything from the sword.

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