Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20130803001002/@comment-10341849-20130805030246

I think right from the start Morgana would become the enemy and antagonist character in the show.

I can't imagine the importance of Morgana if she didn't have Seer power or magic and didn't become enemy. Right from the start the main protagonist female character was Gwen. Gwen was the nicest, kindest, most gentle, most wanted woman in Camelot, hell, in entire Albion. Morgana can't compare to her, not a bit. Nobody wanted her, nobody even noticed her. She was just extra in this show until she became a worthy enemy.

It would be awkward for the show to have two main protagonist female characters. They would like competing to each other who was the nicest, kindest, most beautiful and most wanted woman in the Camelot. The show will evolved only around them. Or they would united in kindness to defeat the evil and protect the magic user. Too girly and very not thrilling.

Morgana was made evil also to strengthen the fact that Gwen was the once and future Queen. If Morgana was not evil and everybody knew she was daughter or Uther, nobody even considered Gwen to become queen, even when Arthur died and she was his wife.

She must become evil to the max. She would become their enemy in the point of no return. So at the end, no mercy for her and killing her would be the best way to get rid of her. Morgause had to die in order to add to her hatred. Morgause was far more powerful than her, if she continued to live, Morgana would become sidekick again. Sidekick for Morgause, even though she claimed she would be one to claim the throne, still she had to depend on Morgause when she was alive.

If she didn't consume by her hatred so badly, if she still show some mercy or love or caring to her friends, killing her would be bad. Merlin, Gwen would looked like heartless friends, and Arthur would looked like heartless king and brother. That will not a good example or good role for them. Since the three of them should be the kindest of all, even if they had to kill, it was because it was the best way.

So, if Morgana didn't have any power at all, she would be just an extra sidekick to the show.