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ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Farerb wrote: Giving the character the same name is not enough. There's an essence to a character that needs to be adapted. I'm not talking about him being a villain, that's fine, I'm talking about turning him into an obssesive lunatic who doesn't care about his people, only about a sword and glory.

When they did Peter Pan evil, that was fine because you still could see the essance of Pan in the character. Here it just doesn't exist. The legendary King Arthur was hardly a squeaky, clean hero. He had an affair with his half-sister, and speant his life trying to kill their love-child. Mordred betrayed Camelot, because Arthur was never a father to him. OUaT is playing upon that, without incorporating the incest. In some versions Morgana and Arthur aren't related and Morgana is just an apprentice of Merlin.

However I do think they did a good job of making Arthur going insane. However I think he eventually will be redeemed at the end of the story by realizing what is the right approach and help the heroes. And if they go according to the story Gwen will eventually go back to Arthur and Lancelot will be his best bud if Arthur is the man they once knew again.