User blog:It's Good to be the Queen/5 x 09 Preview

I found this on Fanpop:  The preview for next Saturday's episode. There has been a debate whether Gwen was enchanted or is working with Morgana of her own free will. According to this article Morgana did cast a spell on Gwen, a spell from the days of the old religion. Only the Dochraid can break it. Gaius fills in the blanks about the magic used on Gwen to Arthur. Merlin, as Emyrs,  goes to the crone to get the information (by knifepoint). My guess:  Emyrs is going to change as an old woman, to be a praticioner of the old religion, to free Gwen.

I think this is the turning point for Arthur once Gwen is saved. Despite magic being used to save his queen, his negative resolve against magic will stand firm. His bane will take over. He will most likely think this is payback from the Disir for not letting magic back into Camelot. They threatened the fall of Camelot if he didn't allow magic back and dark magic from the old religion was used on his wife. He will think he made a right call about saying no to the Disir;  what happened to Gwen validates it in his mind. This leads to the escalation of  hostilities towards magical beings, I think.