User blog comment:Merlaa/Dear Brother/@comment-4892425-20121029014733

The "dear brother" dig is meant to remind Arthur that Morgana has a rightful (in her mind) claim to Camelot's throne., since that's her big obsession. In my opinion Arthur needs to hurl the word "bastard" at Morgana to remind her no she doesn't have a legal claim because of Uther's wandering codpiece. Throw it in Morgana's face that her nobly born mother Vivienne willingly betrayed her husband Goloris to be the king's whore while Goloris was away. (I strongly doubt Uther and Vivienne had a one-off resulting in Morgana while her husband was on campaign for the Pendragon. I wouldn't be surprised that Uther visited Vivienne's bedchamber often.)  And bring the point home that Uther's the reason Morgana is not addressed as princess and lawfully named an heir. At first I thought if Uther told the truth about Morgana's parentage and put her in the line of succession half the craziness would not be happening now. But this is Uther. He wanted the Pendragon dynasty to continue so he wouldn't pass the crown on to a daughter, especially having a legitimate son. Even if Uther acknowlegded Morgana, he would have most likely arranged a marriage to a lord powerful enough to be a good ally to Camelot but not too powerful to be a threat to his male heir. (I'm going on the assumption Uther thought women cannot rule in their own right.) Here's a nightmare scenario:  what if Arthur and Morgana acted on the initial attraction (Arthur mostly) and pursued a romance? How close to the line of incest would Uther let them go before he finally came clean? It would have been a thousand times worse. Since the show was suppose to be darker I think this would be a good exposition during a plot in one of the episodes.