Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Three/@comment-5102537-20130914110054/@comment-5674726-20130920215338

Reaper47 wrote: But as most of the characters like the Triple Goddess do, Arthur is judged for his FATHER'S actions and expect him to be the same, even though Arthur promised to build a kind and just Kingdom.

I'd dispute that.

When the Disir judged Arthur, it was at least four years into his reign. He had had plenty of time to make moves to soften the laws against magic and had not done so. That was what he was being judged for, not Uther's actions. When he and Morgana came face to face at the end of Season Four, he told her that she couldn't blame him for Uther's sins but she countered by pointing out that he had made it perfectly clear how he felt about her kind.

Arthur was King for approximately five years. In that time, the law against magic remained unchanged and, while he promised to see to it that the Druids were treated with respect after he was confronted with the spirit of a Druid child who was murdered by soldiers under his command, Merlin - who we can safely assume kept up to date on any developments regarding the standing of those with magic - found it perfectly believable that a Druid boy wouldn't be able to openly seek help for a sick child.