User blog comment:Fimber/Your views on Morgana before she "changed"?/@comment-4814726-20120626190259/@comment-69.31.101.123-20120629210927

@Aithusa07 I agree with you that Morgana trusted Tauren much too quickly. He was a total stranger after all and as you say, he didn't care much about Tom's safety. Morgana had a problem realizing that those who threatened either Uther or Camelot weren't any better than Uther was and that she was doing the same if not worse things.

What you said about Uther wanting to strangle the ghost of the kid, I think that Uther was someone who reacted to a threat or potential threat with aggression and attacking instead of running away. The boy was just a halluzination but to him he was a ghost after all and as such something magical which was a threat in his opinion. When the ghost of someone he had killed returns it can't be a harmless reason and can't be for something good, hence he reacted with aggression. What's more, the ghost must have set him into sheer panic. Whenever magic was involved Uther was in panic as could be seen. Heavy breathing and eyes wide open. When you're in panic you either run or you attack or you freeze. And Uther attacked. There is no way or time of thinking in such a situation. I guess it was an instinctive reaction towards a magical thing, not a real boy.

Morgana's dark side was subtile in season 1 but obvious. Back then I thought that she was doing it out of sense for justice and that in the end she would come to terms with Uther. I'm surprised that she became so evil and I've lost my interest in her character. I prefer villains or antagonists who are still human and with who you can sympathize with. Morgana has developed from a believable character into a ridiculous monster.

In season 1 I think she wanted to help Tom because in my opinion she wasn't that evil at that time and still cared for Gwen. Perhaps she just didn't think about the consequences when she gave Tom the key and a diversionary tactic would have been a good idea. I wonder why Tom left the key in the lock when he escaped. I would be even more disappointed if Morgana had helped him to escape just to have a reason to plot with Tauren. I don't think she did that.