Thread:Merlaa/@comment-69.171.172.153-20121021033627/@comment-69.171.172.43-20121024194402

That's why I think you'll really like Morgana/Morgaine in "Mists of Avalon" because she is the main character but there is a sense of ambiguousness about her. Also, what she does in Mists of Avalon is MUCH more justified than in Merlin. Actually, she probably could have stuck up for herself MORE and it would have been okay. Also, she actually HAD a reason, if she'd wanted to, to hold a grudge against Guinevere in "Mists of Avalon" because Gwen was actually kind of mean to her sometimes in that one; whereas in Merlin, as much as that is my favorite Arthurian show/Movie hands down, it annoys me that Morgana is against Gwen, who used to be her maid and best friend when she never did ANYTHING to her really. All she did was fall in love with Arthur and Morgana wanted her gone so she'd never be queen; even before that, once Morgause came into the picture, she was sort of short-tempered and fake-friendy with Gwen, and then she just expected her to support her as queen when she took over and was all "She's betrayed us," when Gwen went to help Arthur and the knights. That was kind of dumb.

I do agree that it is sort of predictable that Morgana tries to destroy Camelot but then Merlin comes in and saves the day but in my opinon it kind of HAS to be that way; the show would be weird if Morgana came out on top (it is called Merlin, not Morgana). BUT I guess the producers/writers could have made it look a little more difficult for Merlin instead of her always getting so thoroughly thwarted and making her character's plans look dense.

However, I liked how in Servant of Two Masters, Morgana almost won, almost getting Merlin to kill Arthur. That was a good episode. Cuz I think she seemed like a real threat in that one, like she could have actually won, since the magic snake thingie in Merlin's neck just grew back whenever Gaius cut it out, right up until old Merlin/Emrys/Dragoon showed up and scared the living daylights out of her. What's your opinon on that one, Merlaa?