User blog comment:Morganaforever/Thoughts on "Morgana's Death"/@comment-5465618-20121213180151/@comment-5102537-20121214115034

''As for punishment and humiliation, let's forget about Morgana's side of the equation for the moment and ask ourselves if we want to see Arthur inflicting pain and humiliation on his sister, or Merlin doing the same to an enemy who has always been set at a disadvantage, in terms of power, support and knowledge? Do the writers see Arthur and Merlin as the kind of people who would do this, or do they see them as better than that? ''

I agree that humiliation would be pathetic, not to mention that for some reason Morgana obviously has always felt humiliated and then went wacko, trying to prove that she is powerful and not to be messed with. Humiliation would have no positive effect on her whatsoever, on the contrary.

However, the producers have already shown that humiliating their characters is one of their favourite things to do. Sweetnatured already listed some and we can add humiliating Arthur all the time by making him a dull king who doesn't notice and realise anything, plus humiliating Uther tremendously before and even after killing him off. The show is actually quite sadistical and mercyless.