User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/The Most Over-Rated Characters of the Series as a Whole/@comment-5995315-20130125144524

It really surprises me how fan bases build up over even the most minor characters. My favourite example is Sefa. It seems everyone wants to know what happened to her, why she's not part of the cast and so on.

Kara, too, is an example. She had an important part to play setting up the finale, but when her time came to exit the stage it should have been curtains for her. Actually, it was. But people are endlessly fascinated by her anyway.

I'll take a small exception about a couple of others you mentioned. I think Uther is important in season 5. The best argument I've heard against Uther is that he should have died in season 3, not season 4. I'm not sure what that would have accomplished, though. I think his appearance as a ghost in season 5 gave Arthur the push he needed to make that final separation from his father, so they loaded episode 3 with Uther's bad qualities to help that along.

About Mordred. At first he appears way overrated by the fans. I don't even think he's all that good looking, but he has his followers. It can be said that he was really just there for one season, but his role in setting up the finale was too important to easily dismiss. Also, Alex Vlahos gave an outstanding performance, so I'll give Mordred a pass.

Speaking of one-season wonders, there's also Agravaine from season 4. But as far as I know, he has no fan base, so he's not overrated.

Anyhow, that's all I can think of right now. I like your post because it really does bring attention to all the characters who have developed great followings for no discernible reason. I'm afraid to go to your "underrated" blog right now because I might never stop reading it.