User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/I've got a strange new theory on Morgana so totally nuts even I think I'm insane for wondering if it's possible! (Also, my thoughts on The Dark Tower)/@comment-5674726-20121111100534

A similar thought crossed my mind yesterday.

Was Morgana doing to Guinevere what was done to her and, if so, to what extent?

She would have been very vulnerable to manipulation when Morgause took her away from Camelot. She was near-death and very weak physically. She was already terrified of Uther and knew that Merlin had tried to kill her but not why, unless Morgause happened to mention that she was the source of the sleeping sickness. She confided in Gaius about her magic and was told that she was imagining things and given sleeping draughts. On two separate occasions, Arthur led raids on the camps of people Morgana viewed as friends and felt a kinship with, at the cost of many lives, giving her cause to believe that he would turn on her if he ever learned of her magic.

I think that Morgause genuinely loved Morgana and would have been gentler about it than Morgana was with Guinevere, especially since Morgana was already at least halfway there in terms of believing that the people at Camelot didn't truly care about her, but she could still have manipulated Morgana into believing that she was the only one who loved her for who she was, and the only one she could count on. It's entirely possible that Morgause believed this to be true.

One thing that's concerned me since Morgana first acquired it is her healing bracelet. Even if Morgause intended it only to help Morgana, it's fettering her ability as a Seer rather than allowing her to learn to control it and to use it. In Season One and early Season Two, Morgana's visions tended to be of threats to Camelot and (mostly) to Arthur. Now, the only visions not blocked are vague glimpses of the aftermath of a battle and Emrys standing over her, and a very clear one of Guinevere's coronation. We have no way of knowing which visions got past the bracelet's magic while Morgana was with Morgause. She may have seen people at Camelot turn against her.

I doubt that Morgana is enchanted or that there is a quick fix but she may have been subject to mind control, to an extent. I can't see the writers absolving her of all responsibility for her actions or allowing a quick fix but it would be interesting to see them revisit what happened during the missing year between Seasons Two and Three.