Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20130722103118/@comment-5102537-20130728102513

ReganX wrote: How do you think Mithian would have compared with Guinevere as Queen?

I know that we saw little of both Mithian and Guinevere as Queen but I wonder what differences there would be between them in that respect?

That's a very interesting question.

First of all, we would need to know Mithian's view on magic because the most important scene of Gwen as queen was when she used Sefa to capture Ruadan. In "Arthur's Bane", Gwen behaved like a queen and not really like Gwen anymore. As far as I can tell, from the episodes of season five that I saw, Gwen had not much to do in her job but looked pretty and didn't really have a clue what was going on most of the time.

So, with Mithian being queen, would she had done the same when Ruadan threatened Arthurs life? I think that Mithian would have supported the ban of magic since magic wasn't even mentioned when Arthur and Mithian met, indicating that it wasn't even a subject they had to talk about before getting married. With the exception of Cenred and Align, all the other kings/kingdoms obviously supported the ban of magic.

I really liked Mithian and I think the chemistry between her and Arthur really worked. She was also a kind person and very friendly towards Merlin. I would say that people would have liked her and that she would have ruled Camelot with all her knowledge as a princess about protocol, society and her own kingdom, being a good advisor to Arthur and a fair queen.

It's hard to compare her to Gwen because, as you said, we haven't seen much of Gwen as queen. However, I believe she would have acted similar to Gwen, especially in "Arthur's Bane". The question is if Sefa had trusted her as she trusted Gwen.