User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/LONG LIVE QUEEN GWEN/@comment-4135736-20121010091220/@comment-4623180-20121010132056

Uther made false convictions.

Arthur made no convictions.

Guinevere made a swift conviction with a real confession.

Sefa endangered Merlin and her husband and killed many loyal knights (probably of the round table). What else would Gwen do? Leave her in the cells, which is probably a worse fate than death, knowing what she's done? Ruadan would come after her. She'd probably plot more. Gwen probably considered her having magic, too, and being able to escape.

So keeping her wasn't really an option. It would be a negative for both sides. Gwen having to face her former servant who betrayed the kingdom, herself and Arthur, living in the cells beneath, who could be rescued by Ruadan anytime, or just to put her to death, what does she have to live for anyway? But anyway, it seems Gwen is being smart this time round as well, and may use Sefa to scoop up Ruadan as well.. it'll be very interesting!

As for being out of character, of course it is, she's a new character, she's not a servant but a queen. She MUST make those decisions. If she didn't, it wouldn't put out a message.

So as we know, this is a controversial topic with two sides, and both have good points. I'm on the side supporting what Gwen did. (I think this controversy is what the producers wanted) As you know, the characters in the show looked rather shocked themselves at what Gwen did.

But you know, there's still Arthur's Bane part two and we know this story will continue, so let's just wait and see! :) We may realise the controversy was for nothing and Gwen had a better plan all along.