3. It has been pointed out elsewhere that Morgana is being given the standard "women with too much power need to stay under male control or they turn EVIL" plot arc -- specifically, attention was drawn to Morgana being lied to by Gaius and drugged in an attempt to keep her powers from manifesting, whereas Merlin gets advice and training and assistance in actually using his abilities. Basically the thing where men try to keep women on a leash and when they finally figure it out / get sick of it and lash out it gets pointed to as proof that women can't be trusted with power and that the men were totally justified in the repressive actions that actually caused the rebellion and/or lack of control. (I did an entire meta rant on that topic after seeing the third X-Men movie.)
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on 2009-06-24 02:39 pm (UTC)