User blog comment:Morganaforever/Morgana's character/@comment-5036924-20111219234120/@comment-5036924-20111220173643

The colour of the eyeliner wasn't exactly the point I was trying to make, Dryuuu. I just meant the general and unsubtle change to her character, namely a total heel turn from being this ethical and kind princess to a hateful killer in a witch's dress. Whether her eyeliner is black or green doesn't change the disjointed characterisation (although that picture does actually show the dark rim on the eyes to which I was referring). They feel this need to reflect how stupendously evil she's become through her costume, which is a tad cliché IMO. :/

And it's not that I'm forgetting Morgause, but that I feel like other influences which should have been equally strong were forgotten - Arthur, Gwen and Merlin. I know there was that isolation where she thought none of them understood her magic except Morgause, so I do understand that there would've been a particular bond between them, but I honestly don't think it's realistic to forget everyone else you ever loved because of one person. No matter how sucked in Morgana was by Morgause, I don't think she would have thought it was right to act so cruelly or to murder Arthur or Gwen. Maybe Merlin, because he tried to kill her, but the other two really didn't do anything against her. I could understand her going along with Morgause's schemes, but not to actually ENJOY causing suffering. That doesn't match up with who she was in S1, and I know a lot of things did change for her in S2 and S3, but her compassion towards innocents wouldn't have just dissipated completely.

And yes, she IS demonstrating a lot of traits matching Uther's, which I feel is part of the reason the character feels disjointed - they threw the "Uther's my real dad" thing in, but it wasn't something that was built on from the first (or even second) series where it was emphasised that she was very much the King's ward, not his daughter. I kind of feel like it was an afterthought when they decided to take the show in a different direction and force the Morgana-villainy thing quickly. It was all a bit clunky to me, which is why I'm unsatisfied. x.x