User blog comment:Morgana High Priestess/Could have Morgause brainwashed Morgana?/@comment-5102537-20130311075520

I've always waited for an explanation regarding her complete turn to evil and her pathological hatred for Uther, Arthur and everyone else in Camelot. Other fans have already suspected that Morgana might have been a shade, summoned by Morgause after Morgana probably really died in the season two finale.

Yes, I've always suspected Morgana to be enchanted. To me it's out of question that she was brainwashed, one way or another. We just don't know if magic was involved. I'm not sure if a mandrake root could have worked on Morgana, given what Morgause said in "The Tears of Uther Pendragon":

"The mandrake root is very special. Only those with magic can hear its cries. But for those without magic, the magic pierces the very recesses of the soul, twisting the unconscious into the very image of fear and dread. Uther Pendragon will find that his great kingdom counts for nothing, when he has lost his mind"

It actually indicates that a mandrake root doesn't work on those with magic. However, maybe a powerful magic user could have made a mandrake root working on others with magic. And if not, there are other possibilities to enchant a sorceress. Or to simply brainwash her.

Alas, the producers once said that Morgana had "understandable reasons" for becoming so evil, which I have never agreed with. To me there are no understandable reasons for her total hatred and desire to kill, torture and destroy whatsoever.

Here is a sentence which actually describes Morgana's opinion about Uther in a nutshell:

''MORGAUSE Uther does not suspect?

MORGANA He laps up my lies like the snivelling dog that he is.''

Sounds to me like she actually didn't take himseriously anymore when she returned after the year with Morgause and that she saw his emotionality and maybe even his love for her as a weakness and him as a whining person. Maybe she was even also referring to Igraine's death and Uther's grief, which would imply that Morgause told her about it and that Morgana actually knew why Uther hated magic but ignored it.

If she saw Uther that way, her fear wasn't the reason for killing him anymore. It was all only pure hatred towards someone she considered to be weak and defeatable/defeated/defenseless.

I wish there had been an explanation for her change, something that didn't just refer to her assumption that Uther would have killed her (which he didn't do) or that Merlin poisoned her. Her complete attitude was way out of line, unbelievable and without a valid reason.