User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Why Gilli Rocks! (and needs to come back)/@comment-4650675-20121026184110/@comment-5659316-20121026195257

Don't me wrong, I DO understand, to some extent, the reasoning Morgana-fans have that if Merlin had told her about his magic in The Nightmare Begins, she might have been different.

Still, though, I beg to differ. I think maybe she might have been slightly more hesistant to dismiss Merlin's friendship for Morgause's, but I think she would still have done so. Assuming he still would have had to poison her (that with or without her full consent Morgause still would have used Morgana as the vessel of magic to make everyone in Camelot fall asleep), I think once Morgause rescued her, Morgana would have held a grudge against him, all the more so because HE HAD MAGIC TOO, knew what it was like, and yet "betrayed" her. In that case he wouldn't have been able to plead ignorance in her eyes. After all, if she really understood his actions, why would she have blackmailed him? It's pointless cruelty on her part, however nessary she may think it is for the "greater good". Heck, before that, I think she would have been resentful that Merlin didn't support Alvarr, if she'd known about his magic and they'd been able to talk about Alvarr and Mordred's visit. I think, over time, even with the magic reveal, she would, however hesistatingly, eventually still choosen Morgause. Why? Because Merlin wants, hands down, Arthur to rule. Morgana now that she knows Uther is her father, wants to rule Camelot herself. She would see him as a traitor, sooner or later. I DO think though that had Uther admitted to her she was his daughter, she might have reverted back to being good, or at least semi-good, and eventually accepted that Arthur, as the only MALE child of Uther, was meant to rule Camelot. I just don't think any of that is Merlin's fault, for not telling her about his magic.

That said, yes, Gilli MUST return! Thanks for calling my blog post epic!