User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Why are so many people taking Kara and Mordred's side?/@comment-1208713-20121221174754/@comment-4650675-20121222113947

@Fimber: Personally, I don't think that Mordred is more or less innocent than Uther. Both are guilty, but for different crimes. Mordred would kill many people on either side. It's not like he would not participate in the war and suddenly changed his mind; he just changed sides. This does not make him less guilty than a common Saxon, a knight of Camelot, Arthur or Morgana. They say that all who participate in a war are guilty.

However, his reasons are pure. He did not join because Kara died and he wants to avenge her; he joined because she made him see that Morgana was right, and that Arthur will never change when it comes to how he views magic (him not being present in Kara's last trial was a big mistake from Arthur). For all we know, he may see himself as a liberator, like Morgana does view herself.

Meanwhile, Uther did use magic, since he was friends with Nimueh and Gaius and slept with Vivienne(under unknown circumstances) and only hunted down sorcerers(or druid children and women) when his wife died. He had no pure reasons for doing that, he only wanted to get revenge for his loss. Trying to get away from his crimes, he convinced himself that all magic is evil and that, even if it is a child or an infant, it could lead to the destruction of his kingdom. The fact that he could take great pleasure in killing Merlin, a sorcerer, means that he has something personal againist sorcerers and that he does not only view them as evil and wants to erase them.

I do agree with what you say about the rest though-Magical beings cannot always be on the right side while non-magical are wrong. And Arthur is definitely not an innocent lamb. His acts were not nicer than Uther's, and still are not, during his time. And I cannot see Albion coming anywhere...