Talk:Morgana Pendragon/@comment-5653093-20121031095453

Morgana's downfall has always been such a difficult subject amongst fans. I am actually not surprised how she turned out that way.

In S1, she had that manipulative streak - she had Arthur wrapped around her little finger (the Mark of Nimueh and the Beginning of the End)- but she genuinely cared about Camelot. She also went against Uther's hatred for magic. It was only in to Kill a King that she really went against Uther. Uther had Tom killed- she manipulated Uther to walk right into a trap, she redeemed herself at the end when she realised how much Uther cared for her.

In series 2 - when Morgana realised that she had magic, she became frightened, the episode with the Witchfinder in particular showed that fright. She latched on to the first person that accepted her - Morgause. When Alvarr came into the picture - she took his words to heart and turned against Uther. When Morgause resurfaced again - she willingly sided with Morgause against Camelot - although she did not know about the sleeping spell. She felt betrayed when Merlin poisoned her to save Camelot.

Series 3 -when she returned from her 'kidnap' she became cruel and selfish. She never forgave Merlin for her poisoning and tried to kill him. She tried to kill Arthur (Eye of the Pheonix), Gwen (Queen of Hearts) and Uther (Crystal Cave). She became worse in Series 4 - but she tried even more underhand tactics to achieve her goal - Wicked Day, Servant of Two Master, and Lancelot Du Lac to name a few. However she was still frightened of Emrys and her foretold death at his hand that she actually sought him out - The Secret Sharer. In series 5 - she had an even more elaborate plan-in Another's Sorrow, she would have succeeded if Mithian had not place Morgana's name on the rock and Gaius had not healed Merlin and also when Merlin's gut instinct warned him when something was wrong.

In short Morgana's downfall was tragic - the show paints her as wronged by circumstances - she still has periods of goodness - her caring of Aithusa and her reunion with Mordred - but she is now bitter and lonely and doomed to failure at every turn. She goes through allies so fast but they always see the light (most of the time). She has long past any redemption in my eyes.