Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151026005934/@comment-5188977-20151026123758

Joshleung wrote:

, why did Merlin choose to tie the darkness to her soul? I think Merlin is a good person and he wont tie his one's soul to darkness since his girlfriend become DO and dumps him.Plus.What about he knows the fact he kills DO,he become dark one.And he couldnt let this happen to himself even the fisrt DO destroys his girlfriend.??? True. I don't think Merlin would willingly do that, but like I said, Nimue could have done as Emma did.

And it is also possible that he didn't want to be a DO himself.

But here's a thought: the tear needed to be fresh, so either he sought out the DO immediately after Nimue is "destroyed", or he finally realized how Nimue cannot be saved anymore, making him feel the loss in that moment.