User blog comment:MorganaEmrys/Could Morgana have a mental breakdown?/@comment-5102537-20120704090339/@comment-5191335-20120803040807

Fimber: I was not saying that you were wrong in declaring that Morgana and Uther are extremely different. I was merely stating the qualities that I believe Morgana inherited from her father, Uther. I even ended my comment by stating that you had made a great list of their differences. I wasn't arguing against you, merely playing "devil's advocate" and showing the other viewpoint, since you had basically said that you didn't understand the viewpoint of them being similar when compared. In fact, I do happen to agree with the majority of what you have writtten in all of your comments on this page. While Uther is not one of my favorite characters and I find a lot of his actions, no matter how "justified", to be deplorable, I think that Uther is meant to repressent the human/sane/compassionate (lighter) version of these qualities while Morgana manifested the inhuman/insane/hardhearted (darker) version of these qualities - the "good" intentions vs. the "evil" intentions. They may have similar personalities, but they use their qualities very differently and for different intentions/motives. In this way, they are opposite, despite starting out as similar. As another note, my list of similarities is a ton shorter than your list of differences and I literally thought of every similarity I could.

Now, in response to "I doubt that Morgana really loved Morgause and Mordred. She met Mordred only twice, so a real deep love is actually not very likely. Morgause was rather a sister-in-arms and a role model, someone who understood and who helped her. Morgana is totally numb towards positive feelings and doesn't even seek happiness." : I think Morgana was once able to love. I think that she loved Gorlois as a father and mourned his death as only a daughter can. I see her original feelings of being upset whenever Uther had a sorcerer executed (which was even before she knew her dreams were prophetic) as actual compassion. I see her protectiveness of Mordred as compassion and nearly maternal love. I see her relationship with Morgause as a sisterly devotion and near adoration. I do get your points about her only meeting Mordred twice and her seeing Morgause as "sister-in-arms and a role model, someone who understood and who helped her". Remember, however, that we don't know exactly how long she harbored Mordred. I, personally, have taken care of a stranger's child for only 4 days and felt such a maternal connection towards him that I desperately wanted to adopt the kid (and would have if it had been best for him - it wasn't because it would've seperated him from his siblings) and still check up on him. Also, I just have to say that I see my brothers as my brothers-in-arms and role models, people who understand and help me. These feelings are part of my love for my brothers. I think that Morgana was once capable of love, but became so poisoned by hatred that she lost all compassion; her hatred consumed her and destroyed her ability to love. I definitely agree that "Morgana is totally numb towards positive feelings and doesn't even seek happiness"!

Also, let me explain what I think is Morgana's reasons for blaming "Arthur, Gwen, Gaius, and Camelot in general for Uther not claiming her as his daughter and hiding the existance her half-sister from her":

Arthur - She hates him for apparently being their father's favorite, since Uther claimed him while he didn't claim her, and for taking her rightful place as heir to the throne.

Gwen - She hates her because Gwen will take the title of Queen, which would've been Morgana's had Uther claimed her as his daughter and 1st in line to the throne of Camelot.

Gaius - Because she overheard him talking to Uther, she knows he knew about Morgause's existence and that even if he didn't know that Morgana was Uther's child (as we know that he didn't), he still would have known that Morgause, also being Vivienne's daughter, was Morgana's sister and, since he was the one who took Morgause to the High Priestesses (as he confessed to Uther), he also knew that Morgause was alive. Yet, he didn't tell Morgana about her.

Camelot - Because they followed Uther (and later Arthur) and didn't accept her rule even after the truth of her existence was revealed, she hates the citizens of Camelot. She probably believes they don't accept her because she was an illegitimate daughter. She might even interpret the rejection of the citizens of Camelot as the reason for Uther denying her as his daughter, because Uther feared that the truth of his having an illegitimate daughter would disgrace his name and that Camelot would reject his daughter and maybe him as well.

I'm not saying her reasoning is particularly logical, but, if I try, I can understand it. I do, however, agree that she is self-centered and mentally disturbed (not to mention narcissistic, delusional, paranoid, and psycopathic).

Also, let me explain my previous "holocaust" comment: Uther's Great Purge is similar to the Holocaust of the Nazi regime in that he found a group of the population to blame for everything wrong in the land and attempted to wipe-out an entire religion (Hitler blamed the Jewish community for the economic problems in Germany and then convinced a large part of the population that if they wiped-out the Jews then everything in the country/world would get better). Morgana's violence towards those loyal to Uther/Arthur and towards non-magical people is similar to the Holocaust of the Nazi regime in that she tried to wipe-out everyone who opposed her rule and felt that one group of people, those with magic, were superior (Hitler had those who opposed him sent to concentration camps along with Jews, homosexuals, and other "undesirables". He also convinced people that there was a "Master-race", the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, so-called "Assyrians" - though this name was largely inaccurate.). Now, Uther's "holocaust", in my opinion, was born out of good intentions, as some have argued that Hitler's was. It can be argued that both men were simply just doing what they felt was necessary to rid their own country of the problems that plagued it and those they held responsible. It could also be argued that both were acting out a personnal vengence on the easiest scapegoats. Morgana's "holocaust", as I see it, was purely a result of her selfish quest for power, as many view Hitler's holocaust. It can be argued that both were power-plays, designed to increase Morgana's/Hitler's power, to destroy all opposition, and to cause people to fear Morgana/Hitler to the point that they will simply bow down to her/his rule.