User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-5102537-20121121121601/@comment-5102537-20121122231813

Yes, absolutely. Great idea. I've said it before, sometimes I think that the fans would write much better storylines than the writers themselves (though I'm still drooling over The Crystal Cave, my favourite epsiode. Brilliant!).

If Morgana had healed Uther, she would have also taken Merlin's place in helping to restore magic in Camelot. Merlin could have been torn apart between revealing himself to Morgana or keep hiding, Arthur would be sitting on the fence between his father's traditions and own experiences with magic and Morgana's kindness even though she disapproves of Uther. Still Morgana could have been the villain by trying to reach her goal her own way, only in a more humane and believable way and Uther could have slowly started to change things, maybe until another terrible thing with magic happens, or he even could have secretly protected Morgana from his own law by continuing it with others, causing tension between him and Arthur and Morgana, only without this ridiculous and furious hatred by Morgana.

Or Morgana could have healed him secretly so that no-one would know about it. Merlin and Morgana could have kind of sided for a while. There would have been so many possibilities to make Morgana a villain and questionable character that still acts like a human being. A darker character but still a person who follows at least a moral code, like Uther did, no matter how much he hated magic (at least he didn't torture and didn't enjoy the misery of his enemies. Plus, he would have never tolerated anyone hurting his loved ones). By making her ten times worse than him, she lost credibility and I think she didn't deserve this because she used to be such a great and fascinating character.