Talk:Morgana Pendragon/@comment-67.159.191.98-20130123045738/@comment-69.35.200.126-20130503165859

I feel the same way. I love this show, but a big problem I had with it was the black and white mentality.

You have a hero who is considered by everyone (including himself) to be very brave and noble, the only one fighting for freedom and peace the right way. Yet I found most of his methods to be cowardly, he was ruthless, an exceptional liar, and always tried to impose his own beliefs on others.

Normally I would have found him to be an interesting protaganist, but the way they tried to make him seem like the only one who was right and innocent really got on my nerves. They  tried to shove the fact that he was the good guy down your throat, and really seemed to want you to believe that he was in the right, that he didn't have a choice when it came to the more questionable things he did.

I'm not trying to hate on the guy, I thought he was a funny, intelligent, powerful, determined individual, who honestly was trying to do what he thought was right. I just think that he also wasn't all that different from Morgana. They were both extremists going about the same goal in totally different ways. Plus they wanted things on the side. For Merlin it was Arthur on the throne and the recognition he feels he deserves. For Morgana it was the throne for herself.

I also wanted to say that I agreed with you about Morgana being cruel and sadistic, but not evil. A lot of her darker traits came from outside influences. Even after she turned away from Camelot and her family, she was still a loving and loyal person, capable of respect for others. She was just on a different team and full of anger and an overwhelming sense of betrayal and fear.

She got darker as her life got worse. She was  self-centered even as far back as season one, but I'm not sure if you can blame someone for putting themselves when they know that nobody else would make her their first choice. Even Arthur  who loved her dearly and would never intentionally do anything to hurt her (pre-season 4) often pushed her aside and totally forgot about her when more important things/people came up.

They had very complicated characters who they tried to shove into good vs. evil roles.

Sorry for this rant, I only meant to type up a few lines. I have no idea how this happened.

-areanna123