Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20130906200850/@comment-5102537-20130910140433

Yes, in real life this is what would have happened. Which is why I would imagine that he even had at least looked away in regard to Gwen and Arthur.

Alas I doubt that the show, had they ever intended to have Uther recovering, would have shown it that way. That's why I doubt that Uther would have allowed the relationship. Shame we will never know.

However, I agree with you, Lurker. A change had already begun and if it was real and not fiction Uther surely would have changed completely in case of a mental recovery.

I find it very interesting what you wrote about Merlin or Morgana doing magic and bringing back his old self, so to speak. It would mean that the thoughts and conflict during the year in that depressive condition would be forgotten once he regained his old strength. At least according to logic. Fascinating. Dealing with traumas means to evolve mentally and learn from the happenings. Then it depends on whether somone is able to deal with it and either recovers or loses their mind. A magical recovery couldn't have done the job but only whitewash and revoke the mental process.

As for changes in Camelot if Uther had survived and/or mentally recovered, Arthur wouldn't have killed Caerleon, thus Annis wouldn't have gone to war with Arthur. What about Aithusa, would Julius Borden have ever shown up in Camelot? Probably not and Aithusa wouldn't have been hatched. What about Lancelot du Lac, would Morgana have even summoned the shade with Uther being alive and maybe even mentally fit? Probably not. Lancelot wouldn't have returned because Morgana wouldn't have had a reason to cause a fall out between Arthur Gwen, depending on Uther's decision about the two of them. Same goes for the other happenings in the following epsiodes, especially if Morgana had been the one who saved Uther's life in "The Wicked Day".

Again I don't even know where to begin because it all would have been so very different and there would have been so many possibilities and variations.