User blog comment:Merganafan23/Character ages/timeline/@comment-4892425-20120804223158/@comment-5364525-20120804225933

I agree that she's ineligible because of her illegitimate state. I don't think that Morgana sees her illegitimacy as a stumbling block, though, especially as she takes the name Pendragon after she assumes the throne. It's like she forced legitimacy on herself.

I suppose the question remains, what exactly happened to Vivienne? Was she killed? Did she flee? Did Uther know she had magic? Why was it necessary to smuggle Morgause out? Because her mother was a known sorceress? Why then would Uther have an affair with her, producing Morgana? Unless Morgause showed signs of magic at birth, negating Gaius' insistence that Merlin is unique for having magic since birth.

Ahh, plot holes...

I also agree that the producers fumbled on Agravaine. He was annoying, and I really wished that Gwaine would have taken him out with a holy hand grenade in The Secret Sharer. I can see why Agravaine would want revenge on Uther, for Ygraine, but I didn't think it made sense for him to do it by trying to dethrone and kill his sister's only child. But Agravaine was attracted to Morgana and lusted after her, which could, I suppose, explain his twisted motivations. Ew.

"Uther did her wrong, but it still doesn't justify the horrible things she has done and needs to answer for them."

Exactly.