User blog comment:Waterwecna/Mordred: the young boy and the adolescent knight/@comment-4650675-20121222112836

This is the most beautiful blog post I've ever seen! Great Job Gerda! Kudos to you! :D

You did a wonderful analysis on both Mordreds. What I would like to add is that, although both Mordreds, kid and young man, are very well-written, it is the transition between thw two that I do not like. The producers should have taken into consideration the young Mordred to create the older one and not create a brand new character.

His personality drastically changed. Yes, Mordred only fought when he was drawn into a corner, but in "The Witch's Quickening" one can see that he is becoming evil. He smirked when he killed those knights and he enjoyed it. When he returns, he honorably takes his own place in the Round Table and becomes one of them that persecuted him and he gladly killed.

His relationship with Merlin, Arthur and Morgana drastically changed. It is like they forgot Mordred's interaction with those two in season 2. Merlin tried to have him killed and Mordred swore revenge agianist him. Meanwhile, as you said, he genuinely cared for Morgana and would never hurt her like he did in series 5. At the same time, after seeing how Arthur followed him and killed his friends for 2 times in series 2, I would not expect him to become his most trusting ally in series 5.

And this is why I wish Mordred would be a real villain, like his earlier self! :D