User blog comment:Fimber/Why I understand Uther's reasons for banning magic - and why no one is a saint on "Merlin"/@comment-4814726-20120627233958

I can see that most of this blogpost I agree with actually. The part about Merlin's heading to the dark side is bad writing on the show's behalf becuz he seems to switch personalities a lot. He'll go from happy-go-lucky and caring kindness to blowing up the bad guys and all the other dark stuff and then go back to being perfect angel again. But I dont wanna tal about Merlin here.

Most of your points about Uther I kinda don't see the same way. One thing I just cannot overlook is how he treats people. Not just the ones he believes are evil but just normal people. He thinks he is better than everyone else, it shows in eveything he does and how he talks to people. He doesn't thik anyone has the right to contradict a single word he says. When a noble Lord Godwyn does it( The Changeling when he approves of Arthur and Uther doesn't), he is obviously annoyed but cant say anything about it. but when it is a commoner, like Merlin(several occasions anywhere from Valiant to the Withfinder and onwards), Uther EXPLODES in a fiery rage of self importance. He also explodes when he talks to his kids, especially Morgana.

Whenever Arthur or Morgana began to say something that was a winning argument Uther would shout at tem to go away and say "MY DECSION IS FINAL CUZ IM THE KING SUCKERS!" (The episode with the Afanc, the one with Mordred, with Tom dying...) This is an action Arthur does to Merlin whenver he says a winning argument only he is less menacing and it makes good humor on tv "Shut up, Merlin."

So if that is how Uther treats normal people who have really done nothing wrong when it comes to magic in Uther's eyes, is it really such a surprise that he would disregard the livlihoods and lives of thousands of people in order to 'wipe out evil'?

I think that Uther's most sane timein the show was actually in s4. That was when he acted like a normal human being... well I mean that is when he at least stopped being condescending to people and DIDNT KILL ANYONE. Like I sad b4, I think this is when he finally admitted his sins to himself but his mind was so blown after 27 years of denial he couldnt convey it to anyone else.

The rest fo this blogpost seems to be about whether or not magic is good or bad, but sinc thats so different ll add that in nother comment above this one.