User blog comment:Morganaforever/THE HUNTER'S HEART/@comment-4623180-20111212014143

The below comment explained it all. You're a little misguided, OP. Shall I repeat, though? -She was actually pretty smart. If you stuck her hand out and killed Gwen that just wouldn't have worked. Even if she tried doing it a more ordinary way viewers would be displeased and call it a disappointing scene. I know it was a bit cliched killing her in a "super villain" style, but it was very devious and fitting to her bad-ass character. Having her killed by her former lover. And she would've died if it weren't for Merlin. So once again, Merlin saves the day. That's what this show is about, after all. -As for throwing the ring away, what would you have done if you found the ring? And I bet Morgana didn't expect what would happen following Arthur's finding of the ring. What, if she thought "oh no, they'll remarry if he finds this" after turning Gwen into a deer to be hunted, do you think that would've made sense? Nope. -If Gwen said where she came from she would've been KILLED. Just like that. -She didn't know Lady Morgana was entering the room. It was cool as well how Morgana didn't even LOOK at Gwen as she passed.