Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4623180-20120919141837/@comment-4650675-20120920122324

I completely agree with all those comments above me- Merlin should have trusted Morgana. He knew her nature, she was good, she had saved his life various times, same for Gwen, Arthur and even Uther, with whom she did not get along well, ever since she was little, due to him sending her "father" to his death. He could have another ally, and also someone with whom he could be himself, and instead of that, he chose to trust Kilgharrah and Gaius who had done many wrong things in the past and had always been clear about whose side they were on-their own. I cannot see how the Dragon altered Morgana's destiny by telling Merlin not to help her-he caused her to become like this. Had he helped her, she would not turn to Morgause or Mordred, and then she would not ally with Morgause, and then Merlin wouldn't have been forced to poison her, and then she wouldn't have been taken away for a year by Morgause, and so on....

By the way, Fimber, you said "Actually I have never believed that because when she met the druids, she was treated well and kindly and she learnt of her own nature in a very soft way, supported and accepted by those of her kind. This alone should have cured her from her self-hatred once and for all." I actually disagree on that, because those very people that treated her well and kindly, were killed moments later because of it by Arthur's army. Seeing magical people getting slaughtered simply because she wanted their help, and, in addition, her fear about returning to a magic-phobic land definitely had an impact on her-as seen when she was refusing to go back.