User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-7285162-20130415005522/@comment-5102537-20130428100850

@Ambrosius, I'm sorry, I can't find all the threads where the situation about  Morgause was discussed. There were several blogs but I don't know where they are because it often went off topic and Morgause and Morgana were discussed on blogs that dealt with other things.

I can only provide my own blog but it's not the one where this subject was discussed so extensively. Most of it has already been mentioned here anyway :-)

As for being logged out, yes, happened to me very often too. My browser also often crashed and I had to start all over again, so I would suggest to write a posting in Word, for example, and then paste it here.

@ReganX, I agree with you about Nimueh. It would have been interesting so see that the whole thing was based on a misunderstanding with horrible consequences. It would have made way for redemption for both characters. Nimueh and Uther's actions could have opened each other's eyes when realising that they both were dragging innocents into their need for revenge. On the other hand, it woudn't have suddenly changed magic and the Old Religion into something good and harmless but it would still be a threat and something unpredictable with ctruel and terrible rules and dogmas that nobody could control or deal with. But at least Nimueh and Uther coud have come to terms with each other somehow.

I've always suspected that Nimueh did that all because of the prophecies and predetermined futures. If Uther was destined to start the Great Purge in order to make Merlin's and Arthur's birth necessary, the question is why? Maybe the Old Religion needed a fresh start, so to speak, as terrible as it sounds. Maybe Uther was destined to arouse the hatred of magical people in order to strengthen their opinion about non-believers (or those who disapproved of magic), so that they would be more determined and joined forces against those who don't submit.

But maybe, Nimueh simply didn't expect Uther to freak out and starting the Great Purge. Who knows, maybe she was in love in him and Igraine was in her way? Maybe Igraine disapproved of the Old Religion and was a threat to the Old Religion because she would have influenced Uther? I have no idea if the showrunners even had something in mind about this all but I would have loved to find out.

As for Vivienne and Morgause, I consider the possibility that when Morgause first arrived, there was something else planned for her and her story. It wouldn't have suprised me if she was originally planned to be Igraine's daughter with a former man, maybe even Gorlois before he got married to Vivienne. Morgause's birth could have been the reason why Igraine could not conceive afterwards. On the other hand, Igraine must have been extremely young at that point of time, so this might have been a problem. Also, Morgause would then be related to Morgana through Gorlois and not Vivienne and Uther would not be Morgana's father. Since both Morgause and Morgana had magic, Gorlois must have been the one from whom they inherited their powers and the entire story about Uther being Morgana's father wouldn't have been possible.

Just speculation on my side. I often had the feeling that the show was supposed to take a different direction in the beginning, aside from the obvious change of direction when suddenly Arthur became king so soon and actually didn't unite the lands of Albion.

To me, the story around Morgause/Morgana/Vivienne/Gorlos/Uther/Arthur was a thousand times more interesting and fascinating that the mere bromance between Merlin and Arthur.