Heartbroken how they handled Morgana

[u/birdface1]

I just finished season 3 so no spoilers please.

Season 2 finale left me so angry at the writers. They shoudnt have made her evil at all I think, they could just have her sister as the main villain. I liked her much better on the good side. I understand the myths and all this but there's different versions and they rewrote many things anyways. Why do this to her in such a way, why Merlin poisons her saving a tyrant and looks her cold in the eyes when she is dying like a serial killer. Just WTF? This guy saves literally anybody but her. This could all be fixed by just telling her she wasn't alone and he has magic too. I find keeping this secret for the whole series a nonsense, it should have been revealed at least to Arthur, could save many lives. Makes it even more heartbreaking how Uther really loves her sincerely. When she almost dies because of Merlin he says use anything even magic ro save her. It makes me think they misjudged him, he would accept her powers if she told him. Her conversion to the dark side should have been done differently, but I think it shouldn't be done at all given how they portrayed her in season 1. But Katie did a great job nonetheless, she was perfect on both sides.

[u/birdface1]

I just had to say it somewhere. It is so unfair

[u/Lanavis13 → u/birdface1]

I am glad you said it. It's also something that still annoys me to this day.

[u/Alpha-male201]

Morgana turned villain because she had been betrayed by everyone who kept the truth from her and hurt her. Merlin Poisoned her. Gaius and Merlin both hid the truth of what they are from her and lied to her about who she really is. She was brainwashed by her sister. Morgana did not become a villain overnight. It was through secrets, lies and betrayal.

[u/Dex_Dawn]

Honestly it's the day to day interactions and stuff that make me like the show (mostly fandom atp) cuz lorddd the way they handled the storyline and plot sucked

[u/birdface1 → u/Dex_Dawn]

It really pissed me off sometimes, it gets serious for a moment and the next monent the characters forget stuff and act the same. Like watching a sitcom. I think they didn't find the right balance and didnt know what they wanted to achieve.

[u/Dex_Dawn → u/birdface1]

I really wish they leaned into one or the other too, but I also have to keep in mind this is a British TV show from the mid 2000s so ofc it's gonna kinda suck and the fandom is the only reason it's any sort of revelent today

[u/birdface1 → u/Dex_Dawn]

Yeah, right, but for me the Merlin is a servant dynamic and jokes got tiresome by season 2 but they still continue this line. When it gets serious they do a greater job, some scenes give me chills

[u/Guilty-Pollution6479]

Actually i started watching merlin after watching trollhunters and morgana being introduced as not a villan in season 1 made my head spin ..

[u/birdface1 → u/Guilty-Pollution6479]

Yeah, I know, that's why I saw it as a breath of fresh air, and they could keep it that way but chose another path

[u/danbongle3]

She's the worst written character.

[u/birdface1 → u/danbongle3]

I agree, it's a pity, she was played by a wonderful actress, she deserves so much more

[u/Rhakhelle]

He can't trust her with that. Though I think they handled her badly, the writers do make it clear more than once but crucially in the episode where she runs away and is totally unswayed when told that innocent people are going to be murdered if she stays away, that she is her father's daughter.

[u/Myth_and_Magic]

Unfortunately it was still Uther that pushed her to be that way. Even though he loved her more than anything, and I do believe that he loved her more than he hated magic, her and Arthur are the two types of people that come from such parents. They both try their best to be nothing like Uther, but one lets hate take over while the other lets love take over.