User blog comment:Chawk1993/Why does everyone hate Gwen?/@comment-67.55.220.119-20130609010320

Okay, the problem I have with Angel Coulby is not with Angel Coulby herself, but the amount of twists and OOC ness(Out of Characterness) that Gwen displayed during the middle of season 5. Gwen's brainwashed state- the coldness and aloofness along with her ability to fake being nice and warm like Gwen was in the previous seasons are so badly written/ so badly planned and flat that it makes me angry just thinking about it. I absolutely hate the Hollow Queen and a few other episodes where Gwen is brainwashed for that reason. I think that is why people say Angel can not act. Yet, it is not Angel's fault, the problem was in writing of her character. The character's progress from warm queen to brainwashed accomplice is so quick that if you blink you will miss it. In other words, there is no progression whatsoever. It's just like she's the warm, caring, and kind queen we watched grow from a servant, and now wham, all of sudden she is this evil person who has no feelings for Arthur or Merlin. Granted, I know that things were rushed with it being the final season, but still, they could have devoted more time to her turning- another episode at least. Instead, what we got was a rushed mess of an arc that was poorly written, timed out and constructed that didn't allow us time to adjust to Gwen being evil. I mean  Morgana's turning was slower then Gwen's. Brainwashing does not take that long true, but it certainly takes more than 15 minutes, which is about the amount of time that Angel/Gwen was shown on screen. I mean, even Power Rangers has devoted more episodes and time to brainwashing someone, and that's a kid's show. That to me is my problem with her. The character was poorly handled in my opinion and would have been better received if the brain washing/progression of her turning had been handled better.