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#season 4 was meant to have a magic reveal Deleted Scenes Edition
For my fellow season 4 conspiracy theorist @percyjacksonfan3
#merlinedit#bbc merlin#look I know this is a conspiracy theory but listen 😂#we have a 3 page google doc listing evidence of how some of the untied plot points that came from season 4#hint at a sudden change in writing prior to or during production#basically we think the writers had a whole fleshed out season 4 written out that included a magic reveal#but for some reason - whether they thought they wouldn't have enough plot to move the story after a magic reveal or found the idea daunting#- they backtailed and created another plotline#but because some things were already in place - certain scripts already written.... certain promos released....#certain people already approved....#they couldn't change the plot entirely#so what we have left is quite a strange season 4 that goes back and forth on certain central themes like arthur/camelot's view on magic#aithusa's role in the future of albion#(also notice how many of these deleted scenes reference ballinor and dragons?#One of the things I theorise is that aithusa was actually supposed to have a larger role in s4#gah. I'm not going to go into it here everything is in the doc once I actually fix it up)#alator and the magical community's role in arthur and merlin's destiny#just so many plot points that are never addressed again even in season 5#(my current hcs also include the possibility of the writers planning morgana's redemption#the banishment happening to merlin instead of gwen#a battle similar to camlann happening at the end of the season instead of just the the takeover of camelot by morgana#and possibly the whole plot of merlin loosing his magic and rediscovering it through balinor and the crystal cave was originally a s4 thing#yes things are getting crazy in this braincell#I'll probably write a more detailed version of this tag rant as a reblog but for now just have this#please share your thoughts!#season4theory
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But we didn’t!!! All because a magic reveal would have meant Arthur making magic legal again and then “evil Morgana” wouldn’t make sense anymore.
The show writer’s realized they didn’t have a plan for a new villain if Morgana and other sorcerers no longer had a reason to attack Arthur and Camelot.
#season 4 was meant to have a magic reveal Deleted Scenes Edition
For my fellow season 4 conspiracy theorist @percyjacksonfan3
#merlinedit#bbc merlin#look i know this is a conspiracy theory but listen 😂#hint at a sudden change in writing prior to or during production#basically we think the writers had a whole fleshed out season 4 written out that included a magic reveal#but for some reason - whether they thought they wouldn't have enough plot to move the story after a magic reveal or found the idea daunting#- they backtailed and created another plotline#but because some things were already in place - certain scripts already written.... certain promos released....#certain people already approved....#they couldn't change the plot entirely#long story short#bbc was to scared or lazy to give us a season with Merlin not having to hide his magic and redeemed Morgana
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