User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Morgana = Coyote?/@comment-4650675-20121102090633/@comment-4892425-20121103060601

If her plans to exile Gwen and conquering Camelot were successes, Morgana would be on the throne as queen NOW. And if she was really smart, Morgana would have taken out Uther and Arthur at the same time to secure the throne. Again, small scermishes that lead up to an EPIC FAIL on getting the big prize. Morgana's arrogance always leads her to underestimate her opponents and allies: she wasn't banking on the depth of Arthur's love to take back Gwen and marry her (you know she was spitting nails on that one.)  She thinks everyone should be in awe of her powers (see 5x02 rant), but once her allies take a good hard look at her they turn on her. The writers made her dumb.