User blog comment:Morganaforever/Why NOT to hate on Morgana/@comment-4190137-20121013091833/@comment-4650675-20121013093738

There is the same answer to all this (although I disagree at some of your points, like loving torture and death, as I thoroughly explain her actions in my blog post): The answer is...she's not the main character. If we witnessed all that development, the show would end up being called Morgana and not Merlin, which would dissatisfy many fans. The producers needed a villain, and so created one, exceptionally well, I think. Now some of her actions (like, for example, ordering people's crops to be burnt) happened for obvious reasons: So that kids know who the bad guy is, and don't get sad when she loses the throne. Let's not forget that kids are part of the main audience of the show, and they do not like complex characters. Most users agree that everything to her happened in the timeskip, but they also agree that she is an awesome character :) she's not to blame for the producer's faults!