Well, I'm writing the hell out of it in my brain, so I'm glad there will be one person to read the hell out of it once it's posted. ;) (I haven't started typing it up yet though, because I wanted to do the first Sherlock rewatch first.)
And yeah, Morgana and Gwen had a lot of potential that was never realized. I must admit, that I won't talk about them too much in the meta that I have planned - since it's focus is Merlin and Arthur, but I will talk a LITTLE about Gwen at least. (Morgana is the most problematic character on that show, since the more time passes, the more 2 dimensional she becomes.)
And yes, I was as confused as you were when I saw the criticism of Merlin's supposéd non-progression! Which is why I say that the person wasn't an astute viewer (I mean, really!)
Re: Part 3
And yeah, Morgana and Gwen had a lot of potential that was never realized. I must admit, that I won't talk about them too much in the meta that I have planned - since it's focus is Merlin and Arthur, but I will talk a LITTLE about Gwen at least. (Morgana is the most problematic character on that show, since the more time passes, the more 2 dimensional she becomes.)
And yes, I was as confused as you were when I saw the criticism of Merlin's supposéd non-progression! Which is why I say that the person wasn't an astute viewer (I mean, really!)