Board Thread:(Re)Writing "Merlin"/@comment-5674726-20150510102645/@comment-5102537-20150521103040

I would have made Morgana much more sane and sensible. While I think it's fine, understandable and also one of the oldest story in drama, to have problems with her father, I would have created a nuanced and moderate version of Morgana. Actually exactly the way she was in season one.

In my story there would have been some kind of later peace between Morgana and Uther and much less attempts to kill her father. Especially after a reveal, Morgana and Uther would have had a lot to talk about and to change.

Same goes for Arthur and Morgana. Less hate and more family-love, despite opposite sides and a temporary enemyship. It's one thing to fight each other and to have different goals, to be angry or in rage - but another to hate each other to the guts and to wish misery, torture and death on family members. Morgana would have realised that Arthur was a potential ally. She also would have tried to show Uther that magic doesn't always mean evil, either before the reveal or after it.

I would have let Uther live until the very end, hadn't made Arthur king but would have ended the series with Arthur being on his way to become the greatest king. Same goes for Morgana. Her character would have been open for different possible paths to choose, either the dark side or coming to terms with her family.

I liked the relationship of Uther and Arthur, yet I disliked Arthur being so fickle and often hiding behind Uther's back. I would have made him a son who either stands up for his father or who speaks his mind and criticises him when necessary. This up and down between loving his father and letting others blaming him for everything was very irritating.

There's so much that could have been different regarding the Pendragon family, I don't even know where to start.