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Y'know I just realised that I’ve been avoiding watching the last 2 episodes of Merlin. I don’t know what to think because the writers never explained shit lmao ???
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So maybe Merlin was always immortal, and in the Crystal Cave he just reached his full power. Merlin was also able to see Avalon without dying. A name which literally means immortal, coming from Ambrosius and ultimately from the Greek Ambrosia, the food of the gods. We got another great hint in the next episode when Mordred uses his other name Emrys. I always thought that he did get the cure too late and it was thanks to his immortality that he survived.
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We could argue that the first hint was actually in The Poisoned Chalice where Merlin dies temporarily. My second headcanon is that Merlin was always immortal, since s1. However that’s all easily explained by his magic protecting him. Merlin does survive suprisingly well in the previous seasons, eg the Dorocha in episode 4.01, the Lamia in 4.08, the Serkret in 3.01. Merlin reached his full potential in that Cave, immortality included. Blue butterflies can have a lot of meanings but they mean eternal life, which fits best in episode 5.12/13. My first headcanon is that Merlin doesn’t become immortal until he goes to the Crystal Cave in the final episodes. I have two headcanon about Merlin’s immortality: