User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-5465618-20121025035310

Hi Fimber -- what a lengthy come back. You are good, you know the story well. You made some good points. You seem to be quite objective to Uther's position and status. You have dissected his character and situation with much consideration and compassion.

It's not that I think that Uther's a bad, evil, or  a loveless person. I think it's his actions that are evil, and it is his fear that kept him from being compassionate towards others. I also think that it is unseemly that he thought of himself and those of his status as noble. Since it was his ego that kept him from being truly noble. "I am the king" "This is my kingdom" " It has to be my way" etc. Not once did he show himself to be noble or even kind. Just like Gwaine said in the epsoide about him "Noblity is defined by what you do and not by what you are." Unfortunately, most men in the position of power forget who they really are --- meaning we are all essentially good. We all come from divinity and goodness. We just forget and define ourselves by what position we take in the world. We get attached to the things we think we are. So the writers chose to portray Uther as this evil dead king that is still attached to his kingdom and his own ideals about things. Which is quite sad. In any case, I appreciate your point of view. Btw, I love how you write.