I have committed picspam.

[merelyn]

So, after yesterday's post on Keira Knightley vs. Katie McGrath, sovietkitsch threw down the gauntlet with her stealth Keira Knightley picspam attack in the comments section. (Which is fairly decent. If you like that sort of thing.)

STILL. As this couldn't go unchallenged, and also because I said I'd do this over Thanksgiving anyway and never got around to it, I give you:

KATIE/MORGANA PICSPAM \o/

First off, credit for some of these goes to the ever-reliable neptuneskisses, but the majority of the caps come from katie-mcgrath.com, which is a very nice site if you're looking to lose hours of your life staring at pictures of Katie McGrath; that is pretty much how my evening rolled.

Also, I totally ended up with some of the same photos shizuka_blooms used in her KM response picspam comment yesterday, but hers were all wonderful and I'm a completist like that.


HI EVERYONE. THIS IS KATIE MCGRATH:




(ETA from sophieisgod)


Y HALO THAR, KATIE MCGRATH. HOW YOU DOIN'?



Katie is an actress who wears pretty clothes sometimes.



Sometimes when she does this she wears her hair fabulously modish as well.



Katie can be silly.



SOMETIMES SHE ALSO WEARS GLASSES. THIS ONE IS BLURRY AS FUCK, BUT WHO CARES OMG YOU GUYS GLASSES.



Katie is not a princess, but she plays one on TV. Hi Morgana!



Morgana likes to wear wonderful outfits. (I AM TOO HOT FOR YOUR HISTORICAL ACCURACY, she says.)



Speaking of outfits, she also has a fur shrug thing, which I think is awesome no matter what wordweaver06 thinks.



She also has pretty hair.



I Dream of Jeannie? No, it's Morgana. *restrains self from bottle/rubbing joke*



I tried to come up with a caption but I got distracted by her neck.



I TRIED TO COME UP WITH A CAPTION BUT I GOT DISTRACTED BY HER CLEVAGE.



Morgana can be happy.



Especially when Gwen is around. (Look how glow-y she is guys!! ♥)



Morgana can also be firece.



And badass.



And badass/fierce AT THE SAME TIME.



And smug.



This is her WTF face.



This is the look of someone who has no idea they're about to eat rat stew.



Morgana can also be sad.



Sometimes Morgana has nightmares.



Sometimes she gets caught while wearing a fetching red cape.



Or while wearing a dramatically billowing green cape.



But through it all, Morgana remains awesome. And pretty.



That's it! Say goodbye, Katie!


Nothing super spoilery for the aired episodes, though obviously not dial up friendly. And if you have any pictures you want to throw out for the cause, feel free to comment with them!

Comments

[wordweaver06.livejournal.com]

Oh man, what an awesome thing to find first thing in the morning. Thanks! (The fur shrug is ridiculous, but I really couldn't care less as long as she's in it.)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Heee, thanks! I'm so glad I'm not alone in my pathetic fixation!

So as not to 'cause strife, I feel as though you and I should agree to disagree on the fur shrug, and instead focus on our mutual ♥ for Katie McGrath. :P

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Phnar, that badass!Morgana picture is an indecent amount of win. AS IS THIS ENTIRE SEXFEST OF JOYYYY. The rest of the Arena photos are also pretty good, I have to say. STOP TAUNTING US WITH YOUR PALE IRISH SHOULDERS, YOU HUSSY.

A++ WOULD STARE AGAIN

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Yes! Those are good as well! I would totally throw them up there, but then I feel like I could easily spend the whole day finding more pictures to add to the spam. (SELF CONTROL SAY WHAT.)

[thisissirius.livejournal.com]

OMG KATIE MCGRATH WINS \0/

djkfjks. BEST.POST.EVER.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

SHE DOES WIN. EVERYTHING. *KEYBOARD MASH*

[keeraa.livejournal.com]

*flails* Her pretty is off the charts!! I admit to drooling a bit over those first two. Wow.

Morgana can also be fierce

What episode is this from? I can't remember, and I'd rather ask than go back through all my videos. :P

Thanks for the picspam! Super fab ♥

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

It’s actually a very blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment from The Poisoned Chalice. After Merlin runs in and accuses the guy of poisoning Arthur and everyone draws their swords, it flashes briefly to Morgana who has evidently picked up her carving knife and a WTF expression. Either that, or she carries knives around with her, which, um, I am okay with. :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

[gnimaerd.livejournal.com]

Darn it, you WOULD post this JUST as I was supposed to be writing the bit of my ruddy English Lit. essay that discusses the sexual imagery implicit to Christina Rossetti's The Goblin Market, wouldn't you? As if I wasn't hot and bothered enough my the image of two blond sisters LICKING EACH OTHER (in a Victorian children's poem, of all things...)

And now I'm even more distracted than I was before. Oh, procrastinating is fun. But yes - ZOMG THE PRETTY. And also LOL - your captions are highly amusing. I loved Katie's 'WTF?!' face. ^_^ And serious - HER NECK. Her freaking CLEAVAGE. OMG. And I'm pretty sure that I can make out at least one of her nipples through her top in that first pic. It took me a moment to realise QUITE how much breast was on display there, and then I was all 'ZOMG SIDE!BOOB!' oh, man, as if I needed MORE fodder for my bad, BAD little mind.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Haha, I have fond memories of that poem from my Lesbian fiction class in college. :) If it's any consolation I am so busy at work right now I shouldn't be responding to this comment either. WHY SO PRETTY KATIE?

I have a v. unhealthy fixation with her neck. Every time she turns her head sideways on the show I'm like o.O.

SIDE!BOOB FTW!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_esmeralda_/]

This is post is so very pretteh, and 100% Gwen approved.

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v280/Sanchita/?action=view&current=MorGwen5.gif)

TY for sharing! :)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! I love that gif. :D

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Awesome picspam. Besides, Katie McGrath is so much cooler than Keira Knightley. I'm just saying ^^

Feel free to do more in the future :D (Although it might be difficult to come by pics but I dunno :P)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Besides, Katie McGrath is so much cooler than Keira Knightley. I'm just saying ^^

She is! :) I will try to do more- maybe I could have themed rec sets: Pretty Dresses, Morgana With Weapons, etc.

[ice-elf.livejournal.com]

She is incredibly pretty. :D

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

TRUFAX. :)

[themirrorofsin.livejournal.com]

LOVE!!!!
Such a cool picspam and agree I get distracted by her she's beautiful <3

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Katie ♥s all the way.

[revolos55.livejournal.com]

I SO wish that glasses pic was better.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

D: Yeah, it's from one of the cast diaries, and I haven't been able to find a better one. (NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING.)

[circa-eve.livejournal.com]

OMG Katie with Mod hair! :loves it: And her with knife. Nice. I think that definitely blew the Kiera Knightley picspam out of the water. Also, how amused was I that I found out you had posted this through someone else's comment about it rather than through your journal directly. ::obviously needs to check her OWN flist more often:

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

I *love* that one! She just needs a pair of Go-Go boots or something.

(Also, glasses pic Y/Y??)

Ha, that is funny- I always knew you liked my flist more than yours. :P

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

*glomps* so now I totally need to make icons...

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

*glomps you back*

Yes. You do. :)

[mkp-hearts-nyc.livejournal.com]

This is hilarious -- the smug face is the most Keira Knightly-esque.

I have to say I suspect you've gone beyond the reach of reason on this one and even if I do wind up watching Merlin I might not be able to persuade you that you've been seduced out of your cynical judgy corner...

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Ha, thanks. Because I am crazy I take that as a compliment. I am frequently beyond the reach of reason when it comes to certain shows, I just don't normally splooge all over my lj about it.

(You should totally watch it! It's adorable and awesome my crazy aside.)

[iamlillykane.livejournal.com]

omg! *loves it* adds to memories! <3

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was really fun to put together. ♥

[lovestories.livejournal.com]

OH KATIE MCGRATH, LOVE OF MY LIFE. ♥

I am totes doing one of these as well for the current picspammy challenge, haha. BECAUSE THE WORLD COULD ALWAYS USE MORE KATIE.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

HELL YES IT COULD. Can't wait for yours! ♥

[sovietkitsch.livejournal.com]

KEIRA IS NOT PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED.
(http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f79/bougainvillea1/?action=view&current=keira13.jpg)

[tya-rc.livejournal.com]

IAWTC x infinity.

Also, helping the cause (all pics clickable for Hi-Res, w00t!) :

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000tqbc4)
Still stunning when wet? CHECK.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/0008ze48)
Still stunning in vaguely amazon-ish clothing? CHECK.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000ts2ex)
Sexy enough for your grandma's undergarments? HELL YES.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000tt67k)
... yes, still working.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/00094p7w)
ahsldkl;akdzlkjd;;lazkdj. I HAVE RUN OUT OF COHERENT THOUGHTS ALREADY, DAMNIT.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000w0fdg)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/0009h0se)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000w2tb5)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000w4yeb)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000w10p7)
(... STILL SEXY AS A VIOLENT KILLER, YES.)


And if that wasn't enough...

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000tyt7f)
... she looks bloody good with a woman.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000tw8st)
And, granted, with a man.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tya_rc/pic/000w31f4)
BUT PARTICULARLY WITH A WOMAN. \o/

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

She is so lovely, this post is full of her loveliness! Her hair is a magical dark thing of beauty! Surpassed only by the billowy-ness of her capes. Also, here she proves she can do faces too....

Thank you for this!

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! I think she's really quite expressive.

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

Holey moley, GORGEOUS. This was fantastic and also lovely. (And more than a little fierce, haha.) :)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

She is TOTALLY FIERCE. Which is at least half of her appeal as Morgana IMO.

[mo-shmoe.livejournal.com]

dsfjdlfk THANK YOU FOR THIS. I died when I saw the glasses. DIED. The sweater-falling-off-the-shoulders thing in the last one is also killer. ♥

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

I LOVE HER GLASSES SO MUCH IT'S RIDICULOUS. (Curse it for being so blurry!!)

[neptuneskisses.livejournal.com]

Oh, she is so gorgeous, I'm about to faint *swoons on floor*. I just love the first photo of her in the green top (yum yum).

I also have this rather stylish photo (from inboots - hope the html works....):

(http://s351.photobucket.com/albums/q467/neptuneskisses/tv/merlin/?action=view&current=via-inboots---instyle-1000.jpg)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

*catches you* So pretty!

[kageygirl.livejournal.com]

This post totally redeemed my no-good very bad completely horrible day. &hearts

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Aw, yay, glad to hear that. ♥ (It's actually redeemed mine as well.)

[fiercynn.livejournal.com]

OMGHOTSEX.

Seriously, though, do I have to choose between Katie and Keira? It's - it's like making me choose between dark chocolate and milk chocolate. I know some people are *cough* snobby about one vs. the other, but all I can think about is that they BOTH TASTE SO GOOD.

Besides, they've both appeared in wildly historically-inaccurate filmed adaptations of the Arthurian legend, so clearly they've got something more than looks in common.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Haha, of course not- the nice thing about a picspam war is that everyone wins!!! (Keira + Katie > Keira vs. Katie)

And FINE I am a bit snobby- I will admit that Keira is very pretty, she's just not my favorite actress.

[carpenyx.livejournal.com]

Dude, I just posted a mini-spam of Katie before learning about this one! LOL

So HAWT.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

YAY fandom hivemind!! I LOVE the cover on yours. *stares*

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

Ah, I heart Katie and her beautiful cleavage (which Keira bless her, doesn't have) and she is far too hot for the historical accuracy!!

;p

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Also, I'm a big fan of Katie's green eyes.

[peace-bloom.livejournal.com]

sooooo much pretty - thanks for this ♥

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Welcome! It was suuuuuch a hardship to put together, let me tell you. ;)