User blog comment:Fimber/Why I understand Uther's reasons for banning magic - and why no one is a saint on "Merlin"/@comment-4814726-20120628000258/@comment-4814726-20120707175658

From Uther's POV, yes, magic is an evil entity. But from Merlin's pov, the more educated one since he is a creature of magic, it is not evil, it is not good. The way it is used is bad or good. And unfortunately, lots of bad choices were made with it on the show. After all, they're only human, they can't know everything and they will make bad decisions like everyone else. In order to enjoy the show, that's how you need to look at it otherwise it won't make any sense why the main goal is to bring back an 'evil entity' that Uther was right to destroy in the first place. That's not the point of the show.