Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130330123307/@comment-6905051-20130403070029

I don't think  the Sidhe Lord who planned for the princess Elena, knew of the plans of sophia and Aufric. They needed a princely sacrifice and it was maybe pure chance that they chose Arthur. What wonders me is why the Sidhe lords did not forbid them, after they heard of their target. These are some of the lack of consistency in the plot line i suppose.

Uther's action was quite right. Even nowadays parents exercise caution if their child is an heir/heiress. For a king in dark ages, he had to be extra precautious.

Fimber, I agree, they should have shown morgana telling Uther about her prophetic dreams and uther rushin to gaius to confirm it and his subsequent dilemma. But I suppose, they planned it to be secret to build up all those tension and Morgana's isolation. However, it would have been interesting to see how Uther would have faced the fact  that his own daughter is born with magic, the daughter whom rest of the world, including herself, know only as his ward and his actions for it. He drowned so many innocent children for being born with magic. If only he had known the irony fate had in store for him. maybe merlin could have revealed his nature sooner and some more interesting plot and actual restoring magic could have been seen.