I am thrilled you find the opening as hilarious as I do. There's just something about it, like their intention was "LOOK AT THIS GODDAMN COOL SHOW, IT HAS DRAGONS AND WIZARDS AND SHIT" but settled for "Oh, Harry Potter in the Dark Ages. Neat."

LOL SHIPS. I think you have to care about the characters to find ships, although I did start liking Morgana/Arthur in a sibling way at the end of the series :|

I so approve of watching Merlin for the pretty. Bradley James is gorgeous.

ALSO: OMG wait until the finale. *cringes* D: