User blog comment:OneofthePendragon94/Irrelevant hatred toward Gwen,overrated Morgana and underrated Merlin./@comment-3012002-20121105223355/@comment-4283129-20121106001811

First of all, this is not a troll comment nor it is meant to instigate some sort of argument, I hate those. I will start by saying I have nothing against Morgana or Gwen(though i personally never overly liked her character since the show started) and the same goes for the characters' respective portrayers. This said, I too find the insults and hate thrown their way immature and pointless. But...for you to say that people that have perception of Guinevere, as far as her physical appeareance goes(fair skinned, blonde), are sick and twisted insults me. When I first found out that character of Guinevere will be portrayed by dark skinned actress, I must admit I was surprised and unsure if it will work because so far I have seen Guinevere portrayed by fair skinned actresses. And she is not always blonde something you as a film student and great lover of Arthurian legends and films might have noticed that in King Arthur(2004) that Guinevere was brunette; and was far from being vain and slut. And though I can agree with some points of your rant, I do not agree with you that Gwen is fearless. Where did you get that? Because she showed that she actually has firm leadership abilties and can make decisions that some fans might questions and disapprove off? Sure, her character matured and strengthened but she is not fearless. And since you mentioned the difference between legends and show concerning the infamous triangle Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot, she did not have to accept the bracelet from a man that was considered dead for long time and more importantly, man she was once infatued/in love with. I do not think of her as dull, boring, useless character but the small screen time she has gotten so far in series 5 does not exactly make me like her more and some of her scenes seemed bit forced. Then again, that is solely my oppinion. Morgana's role as villainess is perfect and I like her just the way she is. I do not make excuses for her but I can understand her behaviour when I try to put myself in her point of view. And lastly, both your and OneofthePendragon94 remark about Mithian. Two episodes are hardly enough to get a deep impression of the character and let's face it, the writers have not been very good on that field lately. Based on what they offered us in two episodes, especially first one, I like Mithian straight away and as a fan that has vast imagination, I can say I believe Mithian would make a fine queen to Camelot and good wife for Arthur. You say Mithian is weak because of the events in 'Another's Sorrow'? Try to see things from her point of view. You are a princess of a kingdom that has been overrun without a warning and the invading king has had help of a witch whose powers grow by every passing day. The same witch that considers you an enemy because of your relations to the king she hates and wants dead. And then, she forces you to travel to the allied kingdom and lure the king out or you suffer the consequence. In this case, the consequence is your father's death. Keep in mind that if this happened to Arthur, he would have done the same thing because he loved his father just as much as Mithian loves hers and that Mithian did try to fight back against Morgana, despite the fact her attempts were not successful. And we still don't know if Morgana applied some sort of mental torture on Mithian as she did to Elyan in the episode 'Sword in the Stone'. With those facts in mind, I ask you if you would have been able to say no and defy the powerful witch that holds your father's life in her hands. With this I conclude my remark.