Yes, I was rather sympathetic toward Uther until the little kid showed up. I'd known about drowning the kids (we'd see that one page of script when we were at Pierrefonds in April) but I thought they'd cut it.
Oh, interesting. Well, the audience would certainly have been left with a different (maybe better) impression of Uther if the drowning kids bit had been cut. As it stands, I'm glad they did keep it in because considering how anti-magic Uther is, I could see him going to such lengths to eradicate it. Just another reason to dislike him, I suppose. :\
Oh you mean the hug later on where they're at Uther's bedside? I do agree with you that I do think she still holds some affection for Arthur. He hasn't really done anything yet to personally slight her (compared to Uther and Merlin). That makes it intriguing as to what Morgana wants to do with Arthur...if she wants to get rid of Uther with Morgause's help, then what'll happen to Arthur? Will Morgana just let him be?
And you have a good point there...Arthur's still alive and well and even with Uther gone mad, Arthur is more than capable of taking on the leader role (no matter how adverse Arthur was to doing so because he hated the thought of usurping his father). Despite Arthur's reluctance, when push does come to shove, he will do what he has to. So Morgana and Morgause's thinking was a little faulty there...
I have to agree with you. The relationships worked a lot better in S1. There was a balance there that has been lsot. As soon as the epic A/G love story began Arthur stopped interacting much with Morgana, Gwen stopped itneracting much with her good friend Merlin, Morgana and Gwen started fallling out for no apparent reason and Merlin and Arthur's relationship entered a weird holding pattern
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I'm glad that I'm not alone regarding the more balanced S1 opinion... sure, S2 had its improvements, but the writers just didn't strive for balance as much as in S1. I think they were forced to change things for S2...and getting Arthur/Gwen in there was the best solution for them as they needed a romantic het ship in the show. After all, Arthur and Morgana were more brother/sister, even if they're not so by blood on the show, they have the legends working against them. That decrease (or practical non-existence in S2) of Arthur and Morgana interacting was unfortunate because, looking back, their interaction was almost on par and worth watching as the interaction between Arthur and Merlin
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And you have a good point there...Arthur's still alive and well and even with Uther gone mad, Arthur is more than capable of taking on the leader role (no matter how adverse Arthur was to doing so because he hated the thought of usurping his father). Despite Arthur's reluctance, when push does come to shove, he will do what he has to. So Morgana and Morgause's thinking was a little faulty there...
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