User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: The Drawing of the Dark/@comment-4814726-20121216022114

Can I just say that I think the only reason this episode was remotely enjoyable was because Morgana FINALLY knows? That's it. The rest I really just didn't care for. I think Mordred is in the right,and from what the producers are saying that's how I should be feeling. Which doesn't just make them incompetent, it makes them wrong. The protagonists of this show have been completely destroyed and made into shallow,stupid, ruthless, and did I say stupid versions of themselves. I miss the Merlin from AMoment of Truth, and from Le'Morte D'Arthur, from The Lady of the Lake.I miss the Arthur that was revealed in The Labyrinth of Gedref, from Lancelot and Guinevere, from The Poisoned Chalice. I miss the Gwen from The Dragon's Call, Le'Morte D'Arthur, Goblin's Gold, The Castle of Fyrrin. I miss the Morgana from Lancelot and Guinevere, from The Poisoned Chalice, from the Dragon's Call, from The Afanc. These were the times when their characters seemed to be cherished, and built upon. Since then,Merlin has become a guard dog who doesn't care about taking lives or letting others die. Arthur has become a stupid king who blames the people around him for turning against him when he knows full well he's being a jerk and doesn't want to admit it.

Detour for rant to Arthur: skip if this automatically annoys you.

Has anyone noticed how whenever Arthur learns something distressing(betrayals) or someone dies(uther), he goes catatonic and plummets into week(s) long depression? He thinks people betray him for completely the wrong reasons for one thing. So he's not even depressed for the right reasons. Just now, when Mordred escaped, he blamed himself for the making the mistake of TRUSTING HIM. Not of KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO HE SPELLED OUT WAS HIS LIFE LONG FRIEND! Kara was right.He preaches being fair and just, and great and not his father. But when someone goes bad he only thinks its because of his magic! He is totally a bad person who makes dumb decisions. Like, I don't know sentencing his "brother's" girl to die, rather than giving her the benefit of the doubt and trying to change her views. He could have banished or imprisoned her instead. Even if he wasn't magic, Arthur still brushed off the fact that he killed his love. He acted like Mordred was in the wrong, and got all smug when Mordred apologized cuz he was all full of himself and he said Mordred had come round! And his reasoning for killing Kara? After Merlin asked him about the brotherhood of knights? "I must uphold the laws of Camelot."

Every time Uther or Arthur says this. I rage in my head. "THEY ARE NOT THE LAWS OF CAMELOT THEY ARE YOUR FREAKING LAWS. YOU  ARE THE FREAKING KING YOU CAN CHANGE THE FREAKING LAWS WHENEVER YOU FREAKING WANT SO DONT ACT LIKE YOU ARE NOT ACTING OF YOUR OWN WILL AND ITS THE LAWS FAULT YOU ARE THE FREAKING KING! THAT IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL LOOPHOLE FOR A LAW THERE IS!"

End of detour:

Since then Gwen has become a filler character who just flashes her cleavage around and has absolutely no interaction with anyone she used to be friends with except to give unimportant lines. She's not in the story anymore, shes just the queen who stands there looking pretty. Get this, she used to play a part in the story! :O

Since then Morgana has just gone bat shXt crazy. I wont elaborate one this. Because that's all there is to it. Pretty much the whole story arc.

Dont even get me started on what they've done to Aithusa's character. I just cannot. I will do ANOTHER rant which is bad your ears.

IN CONCLUSION- I did NOT enjoy this episode. All it really confirmed is that I want to see this cast able to perform characters that are treated better. Alex is a really good actor.Finally we get to see that. FINALLY!