Talk:The Witchfinder/@comment-49.181.177.28-20141114145712/@comment-37017073-20181019212906

I'm still frustrated by how, pretty much through most of Season 2, how helpless Morgana is made and how she seemed to be largely sidelined in order to make more room for either Arwen, the bromance of Merlin and Arthur- or the toilet humour of the almost pointless two-parter, 'Beauty and the Beast' or the equally annoying 'Sweet Dreams'.

Morgana being "sidelined" for much of mid-series 2 was kind of a necessary evil when you consider her overall character arc. I mean, you can't have episodes full of her giggling with Gwen, hanging out with Merlin and Arthur, and deeply involving herself in the kingdom's affairs, and then suddenly have her decide to betray those same friends and kingdom at the end of the season citing loneliness/isolation as one of her key reasons when she never appeared to be alone or isolated at any time. It just wouldn't make sense.

Also, Merlin and Arthur's developing friendship and Gwen and Arthur's romance were both pretty important plotlines that spanned the entire series, so it's not as though her character focus was temporarily sacrificed for a couple of pointless story additions that contributed nothing or came out of nowhere.