Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26196542-20150930211355/@comment-5106672-20151012030955

So far I just can't see Arthur as a villain. He's probably the only competent politician and ruler we've seen in OUAT. He's simply pragmatic and, as others pointed out, puts the good of his people above anything else. That makes him an admirable character in my eyes.

That is, unless he only wants to reunite Excalibur to have some sort of personal magical powers. But I guess we're going to learn more about his shadiness in the next episodes.