Honestly, the biggest crime the BBC Merlin fandom has ever committed is portraying Merlin as some kind of homely loser nerd who somehow got the popular jock. Merlin is canonically hot. He has fifty boyfriends, plus Mary from the tavern was like, “Arthur who” as soon as she saw those dimples. That boy could get it from anyone he liked. Arthur wishes he could be that sexy while tripping over his own feet.