Talk:Lancelot du Lac/@comment-5674726-20130704000125/@comment-5102537-20130705085101

"Another episode that serves to illustrate that Morgana would have been a much more successful antagonist if she could only wrap her head around Rule 4 of the Evil Overlord List."

I didn't even know that such a thing existed :-D

I agree with you. However, this is what disturbed me so much about the way they changed and described Morgana, not to mention what annoyed me so tremendously about season four; Morgana was described as an insane person who enjoyed the misery of others, which surely was supposed to be the reason why she set up this charade in order to make Arthur and Gwen suffer.

Given that she could have killed Uther immediately but preferred to make him suffer first and didn't do anything to kill him during the year he was broken, plus when considering that she turned Gwen into a deer so that Arthur would kill her, instead of Morgana killing her instantly herself, the purpose of it all was to show the audiences that she simply has become a sadist somewhere between season two and three.

This is why such villains are never believable and actually would fit into low budget scifi- movies of the 50s.

I don't know if you're familiar with "Buffy". If so, you surely know of Drusilla, the vampire that was insane. Her insanity and sadism was totally believable because in all her madness she still acted "normal", logical and sane sometimes and she even showed some kind of affection. Unlike Morgana who was being shown as a cold and hysterical sadist, incapable of positive emotions towards anyone other than Aithusa later in season five. It's truly a shame.