User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-5102537-20121121121601/@comment-5674726-20121122214849

Wouldn't it have been better if Morgana hadn't killed Uther but instead, despite all the quarrels and fear, had tried to save him just like he saved her when she was about to die?

That could have made for a great storyline in Season Four.

It wouldn't have had to be a case of Morgana suddenly deciding that she wants to return to Camelot as the prodigal daughter or anything like that. If she used magic to heal Uther, then for the rest of his life, he would know that every day is a gift from something he hates and has tried to destroy. It might have made him rethink his view of magic as pure evil or it might have galled him to know that it was the only reason he was still breathing.

It could also have been an effective way of creating divisions in Camelot if Uther recovered and was able to retake the throne. He wouldn't have approved of Arthur knighting commoners so, even if he didn't strip Elyan, Percival and Gwaine (unless he revealed his parentage) of their knighthoods, I can't see him viewing them as being as trustworthy as the knights of noble blood. He definitely wouldn't consent to Arthur marrying a servant. Arthur would also have had more than a year to get used to doing things his way, so they could butt heads if Uther rolled back some of Arthur's changes or made decisions that Arthur wouldn't have made if he was still Regent.