Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Three/@comment-5102537-20130914110054/@comment-6047958-20130922215417

Fimber wrote: Reaper47 wrote: ErinKenobi2893 wrote: Uther is not my favorite character. End of story. :-P

HONESTLY. The man would have let Merlin die even though it would have been easy to save his life. He wasn't doing it to punish Arthur, he was doing it to PROVOKE Arthur.

Uther is not my favorite character. Oath! And he does tells Arthur he does not know love, when Uther HIMSELF couldn't even make a child and had to use a High Priestess to help him. He does not know love, or courage. He only knows for people to fear him and that's how he thinks he makes allies.

No need to be a fan of his :-) But honestly, I'm not sure what you guys are talking about.

ErinKenobi, what do you mean when you say that Uther was provoking Arthur? I don't know to what situation you're refrring to.

Reaper, Igraine couldn't conceive due to some unknown reason. The infertility didn't lie with Uther (since Morgana is prove for it) but with Igraine. Uther told Arthur that "there are some things that are more important than love" (and I found this remark quite unbelievable since Uther married Igraine for love too - but well, "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon" was quite a ridiculous episode in my opinion and made a mockery of past events and the characters anyway...). I can't remember him saying that Arthur didn't know what love is. When I said that Uther was provoking Arthur, I'm referring to a scene in "The Poisoned Chalice." When Merlin is dying and Arthur brings back the antidote, Uther has Arthur arrested for disobeying him. Uther comes to visit Arthur in the cells and they have a nice little father-son conversation (please note my sarcastic tone.) At the end of it, Arthur asks Uther to take the leaves of the Mortaeus flower to Gaius so that Gaius can save Merlin's life, but Uther refuses, closing his fist around the leaves and crushing them. This ceases to be punishment within reason at this point-- Uther is, in the plainest of terms, allowing Merlin to die and for what?! To get back at Arthur for disobeying him. THIS IS NOT DISCIPLINE. THIS IS BRUTAL REVENGE. Uther may not be trying to provoke his son, but he is being horribly callous of his subjects lives is he not? And that is the best possible way to make Arthur mad.

Uther is an amoral, hypocritical nutterbrain. End of story.

(Please excuse my language, but it's not disrespect, Master, it's the truth. :-P)