User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: A Lesson in Vengeance/@comment-5674726-20121118224151/@comment-5102537-20121119172200

There are a few people on another forum who desperately deny and don't even consider the possibility that Morgana could have been brainwashed or enchanted by Morgause because they want to blame Uther for Morgana's change. If Morgana has been changed in whatever way by some kind of a spell or by serious brainwashing, Uther can't be responsible for her insane hatred. I haven't seen the new epsiodes but from what I've read even I see similarities to Morgana's sudden change.

If this is the case, maybe there is a way (spell?) that turns the love a person has for the enchanted one into the complete opposite, meaning, the more you love someone, the more that someone hates you.

Has it ever been said what Gwen hates on Arthur now? I mean, did she mention anything that she thinks he did to her like Morgana always said that Uther didn't care for her? If Gwen was brainwashed, there must have been something deep inside of her that she either fears or hates when it comes to Arthur. Since he has never done anything wrong to her, except sending her away and threatening her when she kissed Lancelot's shade, there has to be something else that Morgana has brought to the surface. I can't think of anything. Either way, whether it was an enchantment or brainwashing (and actually, an enchantment is kind of brainwashing), I've alway suspected Morgana to have been changed by Morgause or someone else in the year she went missing. Her fear of Uther could have never been enough to make her so filled with hatred for him and everyone else.

I'm not sure how far responsibility goes when such serious brainwashing is going on. If others succeed in changing you that much, to such an extent, it can be said that the person in question is under the influence of another and is completely blind to reality. But yes, maybe both are at least partly responsible for their actions when brainwashing plays a part. I think it depends on how strong the brainwashing was and what lies they fell for, how twisted their minds were up to a mental disturbance. They are not responsible when they were enchanted.