The Firefly stunt casting annoys me to no end -- especially when Nathan Fillion gets a Special Guest Star credit and -David Boreanaz- doesn't, what the fucking fuck Joss -- but Adam Baldwin and Gina Torres are at least fantastic in their random-ass roles.

Gwen is totally an awkward X-Men character, I agree with you there, but I love love love Illyria to pieces. Her costuming is a little too sci-fi but I like the way AtS straddles genres sometimes so I can forgive it. At the very least it looks alien.