Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130330123307/@comment-5674726-20130404061116

''Too bad Morgana didn't tell Uther about her visions. I would have liked to see his reaction.''

I wonder if she might have been pleasantly surprised by his reaction had she gone straight to Uther instead of seeking out Gaius first. Uther viewed magic as a threat but a Seer's power is not only inborn, it's passive and also quite a strategic advantage, if the gift is cultivated. Gaius believed that, if Uther knew about Morgana being a Seer, he'd charge her with witchcraft but we've seen that Uther trusts him and he could have truthfully said that Morgana never sought the power of a Seer, she was born that way. The fact that she'd admit to having any kind of magical gift in order to save Arthur would surely have counted in her favour.

Gaius may have been overly cautious rather than take chances with Morgana's life, which would be understandable but, at the same time, I wonder if there might have been another motive at play, even subconsciously. Imagine if Morgana had gone to Uther to tell him about Sophia and he believed her, or at least wasn't prepared to ignore her warning on the off chance that she was right. He would have gone after Arthur with an army and, while they'd be no use against the Sidhe, their presence would make it extremely difficult for Merlin to use magic without being caught in the act. Keeping Morgana's secret may have also been a means of protecting Merlin's.