Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130316141226/@comment-7285162-20130323204349

You see, interesting point this is about the first rule of the Knight's Code. When you look into how it came to be, it turns out to be not just a stupid tradition, for Uther Pendragon had bestowed nobility on those most loyal to him. That very much makes sense and proves Uther to be a wise leader. The thing is, the only Arthur's "crime" against the code is that he is willing to do the same (make his most loyal and competent allies the Knights of Camelot). Like father, like son.

The differnece is that while Uther is behaving Lawful Stupid instead of his usual Lawful Neutral (I think that the creators made him afflicted with sudden stupidity on too many an occasion... Switching from paranoia against magic to turning the blind eye against the obvious danger like the Griffin, I wonder how he fared as a leader before in the first place; the same goes for Uther as a father: today he is overprotective, and tomorrow he sends his son to a certain death), Arthur is more flexible, he is not following the rule blindly, but he's willing to bend it sensibly for the good of Camelot.