Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25733960-20150511015958/@comment-25926288-20150513155653

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote:

If they can keep the main character additions to just Merlin, and focus on the Core Cast (and I will include Lily, Zelena, and Robin in the Core cast), there is a lot of potential for growth. Agreed.... there is nothing wrong if Arthur Pendragon and Morgan Le Fay are introduced, but they should be used in a similar fashion to the Apprentice. Robin, Lily, and Zelena seem to have more of a purpose, going into the Season 5 arc, than Belle or Will. Sorry, but those two do not move the story forward.... at all.

If you don't stop being aggressive towards Belle....she did move the story forward (can't say the same for Will). There is no need for those other characters to maintain extra exposure since the goal if find Merlin defeat Darkness....not Arthur and his journey...they have another show for that. Robin has no purpose but to be love interest prop (like Will). Lily is like a new version of Neal in a way (from Emma's past, looking for father, relationship with lost parent ) Zelena's ok, for now.

Moving the sroy forward is imortant but you can't have a great story with no one in the background.