Talk:Queen of Hearts/@comment-4047575-20131203190343/@comment-5102537-20131206125800

"Their view of the situation was shaped by the society in which they lived. A couple of centuries from now, people may regard us as contemptible for things that we consider normal and acceptable."

Indeed. And it might even be the opposite later, meaning that maybe people even get back to old fashioned morality in regard to some things in case that they feel that some ethical or moral taboos shouldn't be ignored. There have been many societal changes throughout history. When comparing the Roman's promiscuity, for example, to the later inhibitions. Or the "roaring twenties" to the fifties and sixties, and then the change in the seventies again and so on...

Nevertheless, it's healthy to consider such things (nobility vs commoners etc) on the show as being contemptible, but only from our modern point of view. I think it would have been a good idea to point out that this was just the way society worked back then instead of trying to mix our morality with theirs and to make the audience believe that those who followed the rules of society back then were all evil and selfish. A more sophisticated look on it would have been better.

Gleek:D, as for Harry Potter, I don't know much about it. I have seen the movies only once and can hardly remember the happenings. But in regard to Uther, if the show had ever wanted us to believe that he enjoyed killing people it would have emphasised it at some point. Instead the show demonstrated that Uther didnt take pleasure in killing others at all.

Moreover, if he had found any pleasure in doing such things, the mandrake root wouldn't have worked on him like it did. His conscience wouldn't have tormented him while being under the spell.

It was obvious that Morgana (unfortunately) was changed into a character that indeed enjoyed the torment of others which was obvious on several occasions. Starting with tormenting Uther and then trying to have Arthur kill Gwen, then later torturing Merlin, Gwaine and Gaius and pretty much everyone she hated. If you think she was a conflicted character, which she wasn't anymore ever since season three, despite everything she did, I wonder why you think that Uther wasn't when he didn't even do half of the evil things that Morgana did.

I'm not sure if she really genuinely cared for Morgause. After her death, Morgana never even mentioned her. I couldn't see any grief, which was a shame since Morgana was indeed a conflicted, fascinating and not quite evil character in the first two seasons.