User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Series 5 - the 5 Best and Worst Characters/@comment-4650675-20130109152006/@comment-5102537-20130109152601

Have to use your comment to post my own because (again) the wiki doesn't let me comment dircetly on this blog. Very weird bug...

Anyway, here is what I'd like to respond to Alfon's blog:

Great blog post! And thanks for promoting mine :-D

I agree with almost everything you wrote here. I can't say much about Odin because I haven't watched that episode, so all I know is what I read in reviews. I never liked Odin because I think he was a coward sending assassins. My sympathy lies with his grief over his dead son, yet I would have perferred to see him in an active role instead of sending others to bring misery upon Camelot. He also must have known the consequences if he had succeeded in killing Arthur the first time. Uther would have gone to war and wouldn't have rested until killing Odin himself. It was quite stupid of him to risk a war with Camelot and Uther's terrible wrath. When he was forced to make peace with Arthur, from what I've read, it went far too quickly, similar to the unbelievable change of mind of Annis. Those simple stories when old enemies suddenly put all quarrels aside and think they are even because they killed each other's loved ones is a cheap way of storytelling and a very questionable message.

Kara was a fanatic and not very likable. She was too stubborn and fanatic for my taste.

Mordred was not so bad, yet, as you say, underused and him turning on Arthur went too quickly. He swore revenge because his loved one was killed which was what Uther did when Igraine died, but there was no proper time to develop this story. Moreover, Mordred behaved like a teenager because he totally overlooked the fact that Kara brought this on herself and that Arthur can't let go off a mass murder. If it hadn't been for this, Mordred's character would have been much more interesting.

Personally, I would add the Euchdag...Diamair (?.... I never remeber his name... this blue alien-like guy) and Sefa to the best characters. Shame that we didn't get to see more of them. Ruadan was awesome.

I also would add Arthur and Merlin to the worst characters, but not because I don't like them ( do like them) but because they were reduced to dull and/or shallow and cold characters that acted very illogiocally most of the time. Not their fault.

I agree with everything else you wrote, even though i haven't watched the epsiodes with Gwen being enchated. The ones I saw presented a very boring Gwen to me. I won't add any more to Uther here, I have already ranted about this ridiculous change at lengths....