User blog comment:Fimber/The thing about magic - The Drawing of the Dark/@comment-4650675-20121216152407

Well...as I see it, it's an endless cycle. Magic users and un-magic users seem to be at war constantly, the ones seeking revenge from the others for the victims they have caused. I do think that it started with the Great Purge and that before magic beings and beings without magic were at peace, because Uther had sorcerers like Nimueh in the court, and had also slept with Vivienne(although he may have not known that she was a sorceress). This triggered magic beings want revenge for the deaths of their own, and then the un-magical beings wanted revenge for their losses...and this is all senseless and endless.

As I see it, magical beings are not evil, not even in the majority. The reason that most magical beings that visited Camelot were evil is because this is what makes sense. All the beings that want revenge from Uther/Arthur will go there to assassinate them and take revenge for their own people. Right or wrong, revenge has been one of the show's points in the first place. The very first villain, Nimueh, wanted revenge from Uther. Morgause, Morgana, Mordred and minor villains continued the revenge line. So yes, I do not think that magic users are evil, but rather they got themselves in a line of revenge.

Besides, even people without magic have done TERRIBLE things. Like the druid camp incident described in A Herald of New Age. Arthur's soldiers killed and drowned innocent druids, and there were women and children among them. So it's both sides that are wrong. Like a normal war.

Now, to the point. The reason everyone would like to see magic returning is because that has been exactly Merlin's theme from day one. Return magic to the kingdom of Camelot and create the kingdom of Albion. If magic doesn't return, Merlin eventually loses its purpose. At least that's how I see it!

And, by the way, I disagree a bit in the Morgana part once again-Uther didn't lock Morgana in the dungeons because she conspired to murder him, because the conspiracy happened AFTER that. Also, as a child, she did have the right to know about who her true father is and I understand her, but anyway, I won't say more, because I'm sure it will end up to a Morgana vs Uther fight once again :)

Once again, thank you for a very well-thought blog post!