To be honest I really wish the writers had made Morgana/Morgause full sisters because then I think a cousin connection to Arthur would have been more... satisfying. Plus, again, it's cleaner because then you'd only have to create one mpre parent. But they are half siblings and, granted, that makes the storytelling more dramatic but the first question that comes to everyone's head is "which parents DO THEY NOT share?" as well as the question "which parent DO THEY share?"
Like I said I have three theories about the truth about Morgause; one based on Gorlois being the parent she shares with Morgana, one based on the mother being shared, and one that doesn't really matter either way.
Plus it would have been more dramatic to keep us wondering who Morgause was to Morgana in 2x08 and maybe reveal finally in 2x12, but they didn't - they revealed it more or less straight away and launched the storyline with Uther being involved (or rather kept out of) Morgause's birth. I want to know why people told him the child had died.
I have to say I like your Morgause-Igraine theory at lot more than the cousin theory. I just think that the writers should do something good with the 'half' side of things but do it without creating too many characters or focusing too much on the parents of the parents. I mean I think I could totally see, say, Morgana's mother being Igraine's sister or something but it doesn't really explain why that fact would be kept from Arthur or Morgana... surely Gorlois would have made it known, magic or not.
Re: I have a theory or two or three...
Like I said I have three theories about the truth about Morgause; one based on Gorlois being the parent she shares with Morgana, one based on the mother being shared, and one that doesn't really matter either way.
Plus it would have been more dramatic to keep us wondering who Morgause was to Morgana in 2x08 and maybe reveal finally in 2x12, but they didn't - they revealed it more or less straight away and launched the storyline with Uther being involved (or rather kept out of) Morgause's birth. I want to know why people told him the child had died.
I have to say I like your Morgause-Igraine theory at lot more than the cousin theory. I just think that the writers should do something good with the 'half' side of things but do it without creating too many characters or focusing too much on the parents of the parents. I mean I think I could totally see, say, Morgana's mother being Igraine's sister or something but it doesn't really explain why that fact would be kept from Arthur or Morgana... surely Gorlois would have made it known, magic or not.