User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Why are so many people taking Kara and Mordred's side?/@comment-1208713-20121221174754/@comment-5102537-20121222121225

"It's not like he would not participate in the war and suddenly changed his mind; he just changed sides. This does not make him less guilty than a common Saxon, a knight of Camelot, Arthur or Morgana. They say that all who participate in a war are guilty."

Not quite. He told Morgana about Merlin in order to give Morgana the ultimate advantage, thus sealing Merlin's and Camelot's fate. So he even betrayed his won kind and all that only because of revenge for the death of his loved one. The fact that he thinks that Camelot has to be destroyed doesn't distinguish him from Uther so much who thought that all magic had to be destroyed. The difference is that, as I've written before, that Camelot is not such a big threat as the Old Religion was. If he wants revenge on Arthur and Merlin, he'd better kill them instead of dragging thousands of people into it. Sorcerers /magic are/is much more powerful and dangerous than the innocent people of Camelot are and Uther didn't only fight magic out of revenge but also because it caused chaos and destruction long before Igraine died. Her death taught him a lesson. He saw that even a so-called friend, Nimueh, was not to be trusted and took the life of an innocent woman. If he couldn't control the situation with all his powers as a king, if he was betrayed by a close friend, then how would others supposed to deal with it?

Mordred's only reason was his rage because Kara died. He didn't even think about it all for a minute but immediately ran to Morgana in order to cause total destruction out of revenge only. Her death was what changed his mind because he didn't want to see that Kara was sentenced for murdering people. He knew that, of course, but convinced himself that it had to do with her being a druid. There is nothing pure in his doings.

EDIT: I forgot. You are referring to "The Death Song...", the very epsiode that made a mockery of his character. I thought that you too think that he was changed by the writers/procucers. He never enjoyed killing sorcerers and he always said that he takes no pleasure in it. He never tortured them.

As for fighting magic, I also forgot to mention that he had to protect a baby and a toddler, Arthur and Morgana (who lived near Camelot, in a land in which "evil" magic was practised every day). Mordred, he only wants revenge. No need to protect anyone. Instead he wants to kill everyone.