User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-5102537-20121121121601/@comment-5674726-20121123000326

If Morgana had healed Uther, she would have also taken Merlin's place in helping to restore magic in Camelot.

That would have been amazing. Merlin is completely convinced that it's his and Arthur's destiny to create a united Albion where magic is restored, so how would he feel if Morgana was able to lead Uther to soften his stance towards magic?

Still Morgana could have been the villain by trying to reach her goal her own way, only in a more humane and believable way and Uther could have slowly started to change things, maybe until another terrible thing with magic happens, or he even could have secretly protected Morgana from his own law by continuing it with others, causing tension between him and Arthur and Morgana, only without this ridiculous and furious hatred by Morgana.

It baffles me that they didn't make it a case of Grey vs Grey rather than Black vs White. Even if it's supposed to be a family show, it's hardly one that's marketed at five year olds and needs to keep things simple for them.

When Morgana took over Camelot for the first time, she could have done it in a way that wouldn't turn the citizens against her, or at least not so far against her. Shooting innocent citizens because the knights won't pledge allegiance to her was stupid, as was giving the knights an opportunity to publicly reject her. If quietly going about their business doesn't keep them safe, what incentive do people have to not rebel against the new regime? Given that she had an army that didn't need to be fed, paid or equipped with armour, she could have lowered taxes, which I'm sure would have gone down well.

Morgana turning against him broke Uther. I'd say that if she healed him, he'd seize on the hope that she still loved him, deep down. He wanted to believe that Morgause corrupted her. If he pardoned Morgana for overthrowing him, and adopted an unofficial policy of not applying the anti-magic law to her, it'd create tension in the court, and with Arthur.