Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140426100805/@comment-24629321-20140428010618

Its interesting to note that Morgana and Gwen did get some sort of character development, even though it happened off-screen.

I know most people who want to see more Merlin are talking about what happens after the finale, but what I'm dying to see is  a three-year spinoff about this time period, focusing on Morgana's capture, imprisonment, and escape and on Gwen's coming into her own as queen. Maybe with some knights questing! I would even settle for just in comic book form (as seems to be an increasing trend for shows to continue the story after they finish airing), I just want to see this opportunity for actual character development somehow!

In the show she just see's Gwen as an usurper to her crown.  In the legends however, Gwen banishes Morgan for having a love-affair with her (Gwen's) cousin Accolon...

Oh, that's interesting. I didn't know that about the legend. It sounds like Guinevere maybe isn't a very likable character in the legend! I will have to catch up on some other versions of the legend when I have the time. I think that Morgana in the show also felt betrayed by Gwen, when she claimed she would support Morgana's takeover of Camelot and then ran away to Arthur as soon as she could. I doubt it was a huge surprise to Morgana, but I think she would have been happy if Gwen really did support her rule. (Of course, wasn't this after Morgana had tried to sabotage Gwen and Arthur's relationship, so I don't know why she'd expect Gwen to side with her, when Morgana had betrayed their friendship first!)