picspam for great justice!

[such_heights]

eta: SyFy edits the bio and takes out a lot of the worst of it.

I'm sorry, what the fuck is this shit? (SyFy attempts a character bio for Gwen, fails spectacularly.) I mean, it's not just inaccurate, it's also misogynistic and racist! a;lsdkjsa oh god.

Not even the most charitable person could call her beautiful.

...

What is that I don't even. ANYWAY. Rather than picking apart the fail, let's have some picspam time! Share your favourite shots of Gwen/Angel, folks. I will begin!















I'm sorry, SyFy, you were saying?



(Images from Merlin's Keep, With Flowers, etc. ♥)

Over to you!

Comments

[avendya]

Enough said, I think.

[avendya]

[lefaym]

OMG that character bio was made of WTF.

Since when did Gwen seem to lack confidence about her appearance or ANYTHING ELSE they said about her? I think this must have been written by someone who HASN'T SEEN THE SHOW.

*headdesk*

[such_heights]

Clearly, and so they've decided to go for a bunch of faily tropes for no reason! Ack.

[la_esmeralda]

THEY ARE ON NOT-VERY-GOOD CRACK. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS GIRL.

[such_heights]

FLOWERS IN HER HAIR. GETS ME EVERY TIME. <33333

[ontology]

...glasses? WTF?!

As usual, my brain cannot take the massive amounts of fail and so focuses on this totally wacky detail, but... glasses? WHERE DID THEY GET GLASSES? I don't... what even...

*gives out*

*stares at Gwen's pretty pretty hair and ooooh scarves*

[kadnarim]

ikr? Maybe Angel wears glasses and they got confused?

[crooked]

............ are you fucking kidding me, amy? UNCOOPERATIVE HAIR? that is blatant code for 'oh, she's black so her hair must be nappy and unruly'. I CANNOT EVEN. and wonky teeth? glasses?! what the shit. HAVE THEY FUCKING SEEN THE SHOW?

ugh, just another in a long line of fails from Syfy. :|

[glass_icarus]

SRSLY OMGWTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE.

[fly-to-dawn.livejournal.com]

Dear Syfy:

(http://img519.imageshack.us/i/tumblrku1fxqmvwk1qz71c2.png/)

Reposted for HTML fail, sorry >.>

[such_heights]

lmao, A+ response to the situation!

[misbegotten]

Way to fail, SyFy

[such_heights]

They've really outdone themselves here!

[xtricks]

That's bizzare.

Does the character have low self esteem? Maybe they're trying to do it 'in character'?

And, most famous adulterous? Really? That's all you have to say about her? Jeeze.

[such_heights]

That's the thing - not really! She's quite self-effacing, but nothing in that bio really has any basis in canon at all.

[gorgeousnerd]

There is so much fail in that biography, I can't even. I mean...do they have eyes?

[such_heights]

Apparently not! Maybe Gwen overwhelmed them with awesome or something, I don't know.

[meansgirl]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??

My head hurts. I think I will look at pictures of this UTTERLY GORGEOUS chick to sooth my poor brain.

[meansgirl]

I mean seriously "If there's one thing Gwen might wish for, it's that she could be just a little bit prettier." At what point on this show has Gwen been established as shallow enough that her greatest wish is to "be just a little bit prettier", and have we ever been expected to see that character as some sort of ugly duckling?

Has the person who wrote this even SEEN the show?

[aoftheis]

*chokes with laughter*
That's COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

The pictures, on the other hand, are an entirely different matter ... ;)

[such_heights]

It's the latter I'm focusing my energies on. :D

[skywardprodigal]

These are gorgeous.

Am gacking for multibeautiful.

[such_heights]

Ooh, I had no idea that comm existed! *subscribes* :D

[torachan]

WHAT.

[such_heights]

NO IDEA. NONE.

[dharmavati]

WTF? How can Angel Coulby be described as anything other than gorgeous?? IDGI.

[such_heights]

Does not compute! D:

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Love the picspam, which is helping my brain recover from the racist misogynistic hurt.

I love the shot of her in the Pudsy photo--too beautiful for words.

[such_heights]

♥ Yes, I love that shot too, they both look so lovely in it.

[thingswithwings]

OMFG it's like EVERY WORD IS WORSE THAN THE LAST. It might as well say "this uppity bitch came from poor-ass nowheresville, damn well loves being a servant, and even though she has delusions of queendom she'll always be a ho from the poor side of town." OH WAIT that is what is says.

[heathershaped]

Oh jesus, you've just summed up EXACTLY EVERYTHING.

I can't even DEAL with how much this has been bugging me ALL. DAY.

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

Dear god that bio was clearly written by someone who has never seen the show! Wonky teeth and glasses? Just plain wrong. Plus, I find her very attractive thank you SyFy fail.

Also, since when did she have a thing for Merlin. I MAY VOMIT!

[thuviaptarth]

She seemed to have a crush on Merlin in the beginning of S1, but then the writers forgot about it.

This is not meant as a defense of anything else Syfy said!

[heathershaped]

I WISH TO ROLL AROUND IN THIS PICSPAM.

There's a reason that a legit 20% of my massive icon stash has Gwen/Angel in it. I ENJOY GRACING MYSELF/OTHERS WITH HER GORGEOUS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

And just. What that actual fuck, Amy. I don't even. I can't even.

oh, and

[heathershaped]

Not to jack my own WithFlowers posts, but totally to do that:

[yue_ix]

(this whole photoshoot, really)


The hair is perfect, thank you very much. *wants to loose her hands in it and pet her every hour of the day*

[leyenn]

Is she in a TARDIS in that first picture? (Because seriously. I NEED THAT CROSSOVER RIGHT THERE.)

[crooked]

update on the fail: there seems to have been a v small movement on twitter to alert Syfy of their utter fuckery. and Syfy responded, so we'll see what happens.

[such_heights]

Hmm, we shall see. I am not exactly hopeful!

[kel_reiley]

"wonky teeth and glasses" - um... in what episode does she ever have GLASSES? and why are glasses not sexy?
so much fail, YAY FOR PICSPAM!

[such_heights]

Seriously! Glasses are totally hot.

[magic_at_mungos]

Oh ffs.

[such_heights]

Pretty much. >:(

[wildestranger]

Not only have they not watched the show, they've clearly been told black girl, works as maid, will be queen. And then they've assumed that all tv shows are about American high schools and this is what Gwen would be in such a show. What else could she possible want expect to be pretty? What else could she possible be expect simple, since she's, you know, 'poor' and all? Fuckers.

[such_heights]

Yes, exactly! Nail, head, etc. How infuriating.

[verasteine]

For what it's worth (which won't be much, but still) I've fired off an angry email to SyFy. Now I'll wait for them to ignore me and continue on in their ignorance and offensiveness.

Lovely picspam, though!

[such_heights]

They've made reference to people complaining on Twitter, so who knows. I remain doubtful, but we'll see!

[copracat]

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[such_heights]

♥ ♥ ♥!