User blog comment:It's Good to be the Queen/Pendragon Family Reunion/@comment-5102537-20121014172327/@comment-4650675-20121015110144

@Fimber, I wanna say something about your first comment (I agree on what you said about the wicked day). Uther was not exactly the good father, or good king. Even if we skip him locking Morgana in the dungeons or grabbing her throat (which we can hardly do) he even indirectly threatened to execute her when she freed Mordred and Alvarr on two different episodes.

But let's leave Morgana aside. When Arthur went to get the Mortaeus flower and save Merlin, Uther locked his son up in a prison cell. Although I could understand this, he even destroyed the flower Arthur got, which would result in the death of a non-magical being(as far as Uther knew), who went out of his way to save his son 2 times, despite his life being in danger. Is this what a good king does? Let an innocent boy die, just to punish his son and show him who's boss, while he could very easily save a life that was doomed to save his son?

The examples are too many in one season, and it is not only the throat grabbing or the locking in a cell(both are still unacceptable for a father). Uther was a bad father, and a bad king. His sudden change in season 3 was rather unbelievable for me, when he just transformed to a good king and father.

As for Arthur's birth...the more we search on the issue, the more confusing it gets.