Gwen Question.

[VampSlayer]

Since Gwen is now back in a non-Hell LA, does she have her electricity powers? I can't remember, on the show, if she had her powers still(and just could touch now), or not.

If someone could clarify that for me, I'd be very grateful, as it's a question that's been on my mind for a while.

[raith]

Gwen is still around and does in fact have her powers. In Angel s4, with the help of Gunn, she was able to obtain a chip from the Morimoto Corporation. The chip restrained her powers for a bit. In Aftermath, she was basically stalking Connor and offered her help to the team in order to redeem herself. Her last appearance was in issue #32, where she runs into Eddie Hope(literally) as she is fleeing from armed (well designed) soldiers of the Morimoto Corporation. She tells Eddie she escaped from their laboratory because they conducted experiments on her, in which they injected micro-robots inside her. Apparently she is a prototype of some sort. Then she steals a car and rides off. That's about it. I hope she is brought back, she was a cool character.

[VampSlayer]

So her chip only makes her able to touch, but doesn't take away her abilities. Got it!

Thanks for the reply. *Karmas*

[raith]

Aug 2, 2010 1:13:09 GMT -5 VampSlayer said:

So her chip only makes her able to touch, but doesn't take away her abilities. Got it!

Thanks for the reply. *Karmas*

After re-reading the final part of #32, it seems she still can't touch anyone. I don't know what the Morimoto Corp., had planned to do with her but she still wears gloves (her new outfit is awesome too) to curb her power. Oh and you're welcome XD.

[VampSlayer]

Hmm, maybe the experiments they did on Gwen made her full powers come back? She could touch in Aftermath, right?

[raith]

I would think the same. Perhaps the Morimoto Corp. wanted revenge for what she had done to them in season 4. Hence the experments. I really wish they would create a one-shot with Gwen or a 2-3 issue mini-series instead of having a trillion of Spike ones.

[VampSlayer]

A Gwen one-shot would be really cool. Maybe show what she's currently up to (like on the run), while giving flashbacks of her torture, or something... Hey, I'd buy! ;D

[BlueJay]

I thought she was just lying about the whole "being experimented on" bit so she can get Eddie to help her.

[VampSlayer]

^^^ Hmm, possibly. But that doesn't explain why she can't touch now... Or maybe Gwen can touch, and just wears this type of clothing?

[raith]

She's not lying. When the armed soldiers confronted Eddie, they told him he was holding property of the Morimoto Corp.(which was Gwen). She used Eddie as a distraction to make a getaway. Oh, and while Eddie was dealing with the soldiers, he asked why they were wearing rubber suits. And right before Gwen entered the car, she removed her glove and zapped some of the soldiers. So it's safe to say she can't physically have contact with her bare skin. She really does need to come back into the main storyline.

[Billie Erin]

I think she does still have her powers. and I fully support any Gwen-focused ventures I think she's a really great character

[raith]

Now that Spike is about to venture into his own series, IDW could possibly create more one-shots or mini-series to characters that deserve it. I would buy any that focuses on Gwen, Kate or even Laura, considering she is much older than she looks and was a former watcher.

[VampSlayer]

I think it'd be great if Gwen was apart of the new Spike series. Maybe she could pop up.

[VampSlayer]

I came up with a new theory:

In AtF 17, Gwen seems to have a phobia of people touching her now, even though she can touch. Maybe she started wearing protective clothing again, out of fear of her LISA malfunctioning again.

[neowhobaz]

LISA was a prototype I thought? Something like that is bound to have bugs and in theory wouldn't be meant to last in the long term since Prototypes aren't the end product but are what lead to it.