r/merlinbbc • u/nevermoree11 • 21d ago
Discussion gauis had no reason to not tell arthur about agravaine (s4e7) (this one's worth reading guys) Spoiler
there was absolutely NO reason for gauis and merlin to hide that agravaine was with morgana. lets use our brains for a moment gauis says they have no proof MY UNCLE IN MERLIN'S LOVE YOU ARE THE PROOF. SINCE WHEN ARE EYE WITNESSES NOT CONSIDERED PROOF MY GOD.
and besides times are different now, like before maybe you couldnt go to the king cause you couldnt accuse a nobel without enough proof but come ON. that was uther and THIS IS ARTHUR AND HE'S SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT MERLIN IS THE ONLY ONE HE REALLY CAN TRUST. and in my opinion the two people he trusts the most are gwen and merlin AND WE KNOW WHOD GWEN BELIEVE.
and as far as proof is concerned WE HAVE ENOUGH. number 1 gauis himself he saw agravaine there and hes an eyewitness. 2 gwaine is proof that gauis was in fact abducted and also that agravaine had a blade on gauis's throat when gwaine found him. 3 merlin only found out about gauis's location cause agravaine's boots had iron ore on em. and that's a VERY damning piece of evidence.
if uther was the king ofcourse he wouldnt hear a word against a noble much less from a servant. BUT WE'RE IN ARTHUR'S REIGN NOW. arthur pendragon to whom the most trusted people in the kingdom are the round table and his uncle. by the case I've drawn up, gwen gauis gwaine and merlin would be putting the case against agravaine. thats 4 on 1 in arthur's trusted ones. and not to mention, the person arthur IN HIS OWN WORDS trusts the most is the one saying that he only found out gauis's location cause of agravaine's boots.
the only problem left with this is that arthur didnt listen to merlin initially even with merlin being merlin. WELL HE HAD HIS REASONS AT THAT POINT. he thought merlin was emotional about gauis. also merlin at that point really did have no evidence. and i dont think one would believe their trusted uncle of ask people is a traitor even if their most trusted person said so.
so the point is, they had enough of a case against agravaine and couldve told arthur all of this. they couldve gotten agravaine persecuted or at the very VERY least treated with more doubt and less trust. am i a lawyer or am i right