User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: The Hollow Queen/@comment-5674726-20121125010322/@comment-5674726-20121125012406

If they want her to be a better villain, they need to be prepared to allow her some genuine, lasting victories.

Even if it's a given that she's not going to be allowed to kill Arthur or Merlin and that she's not going to be able to hold the throne of Camelot for more than an episode to an episode and a half, at best, she needs to be able to do significant damage that can't be easily fixed.

Instead of having Morgana plotting to take the throne of Camelot, they could have had her amass support among other magic users. Arthur has been King for more than four years, and Regent for a year before that but, aside from a promise to treat the Druids with the respect they deserve - a promise that it appears he has not honoured, given that Merlin found Daegal's story convincing - Camelot is just as hostile towards those with magic as it was in Uther's time. Arthur hasn't given them cause to have faith that they'll fare any better under his reign so, if the writers had handled Morgana a little differently, it would make sense that magic users would support her and want to see her take the throne.

Why not have Morgana as the leader of a Resistance movement of sorts among magic users and sympathisers? She could use the Isle of the Blessed as her base, given that she's High Priestess, and instead of targeting Arthur directly, she could focus on rescuing those with magic from persecution and, with the help of her allies, subtly undermine Arthur.