User blog comment:Morganaforever/Finale/@comment-5036924-20111225124252

I did enjoy lots of it! It WAS a bit "Morgana is an evil queen, Arthur comes and wins lots of fights, Morgana gets booted out" (again), but there were plenty of nice elements. I really did like how they showed Arthur getting Excalibur, and thank GOD I got my Arthur/Morgana confrontation at last, albeit briefly. There was a real moment of internal conflict when they saw one another, which is what I've been waiting for. And the Gwen confrontation was good too, because it did remind us that Morgana didn't necessarily hate GWEN, but rather the thought of her being an undeserving queen, which is good because usually with Morgana it just ends up as unexplained hatred and cruelty. And as you say, there was a moment of happiness for her when she saw Aithusa.

I didn't even realise Agravaine had died until they said it explicitly; I just thought Merlin knocked him out, haha. Oops. And the Aithusa thing is very bizarre; we got the impression that Aithusa was very much one of the good guys and a symbol of hope and light and all those things Merlin represents. So why save Morgana? Probably too optimistic of me to hope for some kind of reconversion to the good side...

Didn't like the rush into the Arthur/Gwen marriage, but then I never like their interaction. It never sits right with me, and I was glaring at the telly when they crowned her. It thought it was rather a quick and jolty turnaround from "no I can never forgive you" to "I crown you Queen of Camelot", but meh. I'm sure the Arwen fans will think otherwise.

Well, looking forwards to seeing how the Aithusa and Morgana thing pans out! Fingers crossed that they'll treat her character well next series~