User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-4640114-20121125233511/@comment-5102537-20121127222356

I'd be happy to read your thoughts if you ever find the time and would like to respond.

The reason for this blog post of mine, among other reasons, was the fact that when discussing episodes and characters on another board/forum, quite some people revealed that they think that supposedly "evil" characters deserve to die and to suffer. There were even those who said that eternal suffering and the concept of hell was/is the right punishment for those they think are bad or they didn't like. I think it's startling to read such things in our modern times. It's scary that some fans not only believe in hell or support such a thing like eternal misery and pain, but that they also feel like "evil" or "bad" characters deserve to die, most of all they deserve to die slowly. It's not only about supposedly evil characters but also about those who they feel are/were being in their favourite character's way (e.g. Gaius is holding back Merlin, as they say, Uther was in Arthur's way and was an opponent of Merlin etc...). At the same time, Morgana-fans defend her actions, no matter how sick and cruel, and think she's a victim. Whenever Merlin does questionable things, it's the right thing to do because he has to free his kind, whenever Arthur does questionable things, it's the right thing to do because he is so cute and goodhearted.

Ethics are turned and twisted upside down and I think it's not a good thing.