Thread:Morganaforever/@comment-180964-20121229211139/@comment-4650675-20121230085944

Hi Rod. This is a great idea!

In my opinion, the actors/actresses had only very little input to the characters and the rest of it was the result of the writers/producers. The reason I think this is because some characters, like Morgana, were portrayed like very evil villains when they are not supposed to be evil at all but only fight for their rights. Katie McGrath for example said that Morgana was right and she just wanted for herself and for magic to be accepted. If she and the other cast had a bigger input to their characters I'm sure the characters would be more realistic and less one-sided.

As for the show and the legend, there are things I liked and things I hated. What I liked was Excalibur, how it was forged and how later the lady of the lake gave it back. Or how Morgana in the end proved to be Arthur's sister, loosely following the legend, where Arthur and Morgana had the same mother, only here it is the same father. I also like how they executed Morgana trapping Merlin inside the Crystal Cave. Things I did not like was how the love triangle happened, because it ruined Lancelot forever and Morgana was made responsible even for this, although she had nothing to do with it in the legend. I also did not like how the battle between the Dragons did not happen, and how Merlin stole in a way Morgana's role and was himself who guided Arthur to Avalon instead of her.

And the links were very interesting to read overall!