Why do you not like that Morgana would be Mordred’s mother?

Hi! Ahh that’s a good question! 

It is not really related to the idea of Morgana being Mordred’s mother, but the consequences for Morgause’s characters. In tv and movies, Morgause is basically absent and her role (sometimes as Lot’s wife, and also as Mordred’s mother) is taken by Morgana. I love both Morgana and Morgause and I like the idea of them having their own plotlines.

So, it’s mostly a pet peeve of mine (and also, I wrote a story, years ago, and people commented it with such vehemence, scolding me for having made Morgause the mother of Mordred. Because they only had known Mists of Avalon and thought there was one and only version of all legends, and it was that one)

Pain, as sharp as a spear, pierced through my heart. Through the sad sighs of wind and waves, I heard the lament for the lost. A seabird which had been roused from sleep, swung high above us and let out a single cry. Longing for a word of consolation I said: “If he can be cured anywhere in the world, then certainly on Avallon.”

  Bedwyr paused long, staring into space, while the waves played around his feet. As I stood beside him, my heart nearly broke. Finally, he reached to me, took the torch from me and threw it into the sea with a mighty swing. I watched as the flaming bow plunged into the sea, a collapsing star on the earth, and I heard the hiss as it hit the water – and faded away.

“Arthur”, Stephen Lawhead
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