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Dec. 16th, 2017 04:19 pmUser Name/Nick: Jen
User DW: n/a
E-mail: hikariblue@gmail.com
Other Characters: Laura Kinney
Character Name: Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost
Series: The Flash (DCTV)
Age: Around 30
From When?: Episode 3x18.
Inmate/Warden:
Inmate. It would be easy to say that Killer Frost has been brought to the Barge as a result of the actual crimes that she has committed, or the potential crimes that she’s certainly capable of. After all, she’s kidnapped and tortured people, injured others without remorse, aided and abetted criminals with far grander designs than her own, and threatened those that her alter-ego might call family -- certainly that’s enough to warrant a position on the Barge, right?
Maybe so, but we all know that it isn’t just crime that earns you a spot on this cosmic floating prison. If it were, then it would be merely Frost in attendance, and not Caitlin Snow as well.
Caitlin herself is, if you’ll pardon the very intentional pun, frozen. She keeps herself not just from others (more on that later), but also from herself. Frost is the manifestation not just of her metahuman abilities, but of the fear and anger that Caitlin carries in her own heart -- emotions that haven’t been acknowledged or resolved. She buries the things about herself that she perceives as negative or contrary to the precise, composed young woman she presents herself as, and she’s closed off her heart to other people because of both parental neglect and personal tragedy. She’s ruled by fear, and fear means that she doesn’t allow herself to act.
Instead, it all comes rushing out in a platinum-blonde alter ego with ice blue eyes, when she becomes the very antithesis of the fear that keeps her stuck in place. Frost does the things that Caitlin only dreams of -- things that wind up hurting people because of her blatant disregard for others and total lack of empathy.
The catch here is that these things can’t be blamed wholly on Frost. All of the anger, resentment, hate, and fear? That’s all stuff that’s part of Caitlin. That’s all stuff that she needs to accept and acknowledge, which means she also needs to accept and acknowledge that Frost is not just a part of herself -- but that they are one and the same. These are her emotions, and her desires, and -- yes, her cruel tendencies that she needs to learn how to regulate.
Arrival:
She was not given a choice when coming to the barge. There is a moment, she says, where Caitlin Snow died and Killer Frost was truly born.
But let’s backtrack, shall we? Caitlin had been dealing with repressing her cryokinetic metahuman powers out of a fear that the powers would turn her into Earth 2’s version of herself, Killer Frost, and elected to suppress them entirely with the aid of inhibitor jewelry. She sustained a serious injury in the field, and rather than release the inhibitor and heal herself, she guided the team through the medical procedures needed to stabilize her. This was only temporary, however, as she suffered a seizure during her recovery that left her clinically dead. Despite Caitlin’s wishes, her inhibitor was removed and her metahuman powers were unleashed against her will in order to save her life.
It is in this moment -- between Caitlin’s clinical death and her resurrection as Killer Frost -- that she is brought to the Barge as an inmate. She will be Frost when she arrives, and a newly-born one at that, ready to do some damage -- and figure out what the hell is going on.
She will, however, eventually revert to a very confused Caitlin Snow, who doesn’t understand why she’s here, or why she’s an inmate. Certainly becoming herself again is akin to graduating, right? This change back to Caitlin will come after it’s been triggered in-game -- such as forming connections with other barge residents who are able to get through to her on a superficial level, or effects from a flood or breach. There’s always a reason for the shift; it doesn’t just happen at random.
Abilities/Powers:
Killer Frost’s canon powers are as follows:
As an inmate, Frost’s powers will be reduced. Her healing abilities and “freezing blast” will be removed. Cryogenesis and cryokinesis will be limited -- she can create a handful of ice cubes, a slippery patch, a couple snowballs; certainly nothing as large as ice slides or shields. Her ability to freeze targets and reduce the ambient temperature will be reduced to an area with a 5’ radius, centered on herself. Her temperature reduction ability and chilling breath will be limited to the freezing point (32F/0C). She will need to be in physical contact with the item that she is freezing, instead of also being able to do it at a distance. Her ability to withstand cold temperatures will remain intact.
As Caitlin, she has no access to cryonic powers. She is, however, a medical doctor with specializations in neurosurgery and metahuman physiology, and a trained field medic with the ability to improvise in less than ideal circumstances.
Personality:
Caitlin Snow is, at her core, someone who cares very deeply about other people. She is characterized by others in her canon as compassionate and loyal, and while she guards her own heart very carefully, she is also quick to give to those in need, especially if it is within her capabilities to do so.
Killer Frost takes all of that, freezes it solid, and tosses it out the window so it can shatter on the pavement. She is, by Caitlin’s own design, the antithesis of the values that would make her open a vulnerable heart to even more potential heartbreak. She is callous and angry, speaking without filters and acting without forethought. She is cruel, because it’s easy to be cruel when that is how you perceive the world. She is all of the terrible thoughts that Caitlin has about her teammates and friends; she is the nagging doubt in the back of her mind, the resentment that others can love so freely, and the silent fear that maybe -- just maybe -- love keeps getting ripped from her because she doesn’t deserve it.
So how did this happen? It begins earlier than the Flashpoint event that gave her cryokinetic powers, earlier even than the particle accelerator explosion that created the metahuman population of Central City. The dark parts of Caitlin Snow that eventually become Killer Frost began forming when was young.
Caitlin knew from a young age that she wanted to be a medical doctor, not only because she places such a high value on life, but more importantly because both of her parents were. Her father died when she was young and her mother, in her grief, grew more distant and obsessed with her work. This left Caitlin with little to no emotional support, and no real way to process her own grief. Even as an adult, she seeks her mother’s approval, showing that she is still seeking validation from others, and still gets the message that she is not good enough, and must make do with her feelings on her own. It is this search for validation that shapes the carefully constructed picture she has of herself, and the early loss of her relationships with her parents that sets the foundation for how she approaches relationships into adulthood.
Knowingly or not, she has created a schema for herself as a “good girl,” as someone who should always do the right thing. She acts in accordance with this schema in all possible ways, for good or ill, from her career choice to her social life. While it is easier to make good professional choices -- a doctor helps people, her job at STAR Labs is high-profile -- the desire to fit the schema of “right” often means that she stalls on personal choices. She may be quick to care for others, but slow to actually make friends, afraid of missteps and wrong choices. She is scared of the unknown, preferring situations that she can either predict or control, and other humans are really neither of these things. This leaves her coming off as cold and distant, but the reality is that she would love nothing more than to form the kind of close relationships that she sees others having. Those relationships, she figures, are just not meant for her.
This is patently untrue, of course, and was proven once before by the relationship she had with Ronnie Raymond -- a man who was far less guarded, far more sociable, and encouraged Caitlin to try new things and break the monotony of her carefully planned life. They were engaged to be married, but he died before that could happen, and well -- that just goes to show you what happens when you bother letting other people in, doesn’t it? She had left herself vulnerable, allowed herself to care deeply for someone else, and in the end he was taken from her, too, not once, but twice. It’s another cornerstone for the fortress around her heart that Killer Frost eventually grows within.
So in addition to the fear of disapproval, there is now the fear that her heart will be broken again. She keeps a measured distance from the team that she works with on a regular basis, even though they do reach out to her to include her. She remains cautious, even as she befriends them slowly, and only “lets loose” after letting herself have a few drinks. She wouldn’t sing karaoke or flirt so openly on her own, because that’s just not “who she is” … must be the alcohol, right? This behavior indicates that there is more to her than the facade she shows the team, that within the strait-laced, hyper-aware scientist, there is a woman who wants desperately to shed the image -- an image that only she believes that she has to uphold, of course, because Team Flash doesn’t judge her for having fun -- and that she needs to have an “excuse” to pin any “uncharacteristic” behavior on.
The team first met Killer Frost as an alternate universe version of Caitlin, her doppelganger from Earth 2 who had developed fully into an ice-wielding villain with little care for others. While Caitlin knew that she was not this person, she was terrified of becoming her; showing that she always separated “Killer Frost” from her core identity in this way, as a monster that she was capable of becoming. And then, after Barry altered the universe in the Flashpoint event, Caitlin began showing signs of cryokinetic powers, which began to change her appearance when she used them more frequently -- actual, physical evidence that she really was capable of becoming this other, cruel version of herself. She blamed Barry for this, since she believes she didn’t have any powers before he changed things, as a perfect example of the ways in which Caitlin continues to blame other people for aspects of herself and her personality that she doesn’t like, or don’t fit her schema; especially because a big part of the “good girl” schema is that she can’t make mistakes. This only drives the wedge further between Caitlin’s view of her own personal identity and the Killer Frost persona, and eventually leads to the full manifestation of her cryokinetic powers and the physical changes to her appearance that denote she’s in control.
There are personality aspects that are shared between the two sides, and core to Caitlin’s character. She is analytical and curious, and able to see “all the moving parts” in a situation, leading to insights about how the world around her works. She is loyal, and puts others’ needs above her own, for example when she used her cryokinesis to help Barry escape from a trap despite believing that using her powers pushes her further towards becoming Killer Frost. As Frost she shows the same loyalty to more powerful villains that she works for, even when they don’t give her anything in return -- even their promises of protection are suspect. She is cautious and careful. Frost is interested in self-preservation more than power; the deals she makes are those that will buy her time and let her live, and she tends to use her powers more defensively than offensively (shields to protect, slides to escape, weapons used to slow others down).
Barge Reactions:
In her line of work as a member of Team Flash, Caitlin/Frost has interacted with a variety of metahumans (herself included), people from alternate realities (... herself included), and even a few aliens. Different metatypes aboard the barge will not be entirely unusual, but they may take some getting used to, depending on how different they are to what she’s already familiar with. Magic, for example, will be something new.
To Killer Frost, all these events -- floods, breaches, alternate realities -- sound exciting, even if she’s there under lousy circumstances. It’s a lot more fun than being trapped inside Caitlin, who is in turn stuck in a lab all day. Caitlin, for her part, approaches the unknown with more fear than her counterpart, and will try her best to simply accept things as they are instead of asking questions that might be considered rude.
Regardless of which personality she’s wearing outwardly, she’s observant and curious, and she will be interested in learning about these other worlds (beyond the 52 that have been catalogued in her own universe). She wants to know why and how, even for things that seem impossible, like the rooms that shouldn’t fit into the space they occupy, or the deck that’s open to space, or -- especially -- how people come back to life, over and over. She’s also keeping a close eye on who everyone is and what they’re capable of, both in terms of abilities and morals. Who can help her? Who would harm her?
The one thing that’s going to leave her both annoyed and confused is the reduction in powers. Caitlin believes that the use of her powers is what turns her into Killer Frost, and yet, here she is fully Frost-ed out and lucky if she can manage a couple flurries. Frost is her power, so … what gives?
Path to Redemption:
The thing is, Caitlin Snow is a good girl. She wants to do the right thing, and more than that she wants to be a good person. She’ll be utterly baffled to find out that she’s here as an inmate, because she hasn’t done anything wrong, and she’ll put a lot of the blame for being here on Killer Frost. Caitlin hasn’t committed any crimes. Caitlin believes she shouldn’t be here at all. And that’s going to make it harder to get through to her.
Frost is going to be a lot more stubborn. She doesn’t want to change. She’s brand new! She’s barely gotten a chance to even be a person yet, and she wants to keep existing. She believes that “graduation” is going to be the end of her, and she doesn’t want to die. Anyone who wants Caitlin to graduate, therefore, must want Frost to die. And we can’t have that.
But that’s where it gets interesting, because they’re not actually separate people. Not even with the cosmetic changes, or the inability to remember what the other one did when they were “in control.” Caitlin is her own road block. She doesn’t want Killer Frost to die, either, because Frost is basically “permission” for Caitlin to be bad -- to actually enact all the terrible things that ordinarily she would only think about doing. Caitlin suppresses and suppresses and suppresses, until all of the negative parts of her personality get compressed into this version of herself that doesn’t care about what other people think, who isn’t the image of the perfect daughter, wife, scientist -- who lets go of the pressure that she puts on herself to be what other people need her to be … and what she believes she needs herself to be. And it goes steps too far, into the callous and criminal territory.
In the end, it isn’t about control. It isn’t about keeping a tight rein on the negative and bad things, like Caitlin believes -- it’s about embracing even the bad parts of who you are and letting them in. Once she’s able to do that, the divide will cease to be -- she’s neither strictly Caitlin nor strictly Frost, but someone who is a little bit of both. Unlike the show, this will not manifest as someone who can easily switch between the two personalities at will. While that’s cool and all (no pun intended), that isn’t actually helpful, and may even be a setback in her development. She may think that she’s “healed” when she can do that, but the true key to graduation is going to be acceptance and integration.
History: http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Caitlin_Snow
Sample Journal Entry:
https://tlvgreatesthitsdw.dreamwidth.org/83867.html?thread=19560859#cmt19560859
Sample RP:
Frost kind of hates the Barge. The entire boat, as a whole entity, is a mystery. She doesn’t know where it came from or where it’s going. The guy in charge seems to be on vacation. No two people have the same answer. She can’t even figure out who the hell she’s supposed to ally herself with to make sure she doesn’t wind up one of the dead ones.
And there are so fucking many dead ones.
If Frost hates the Barge as a whole, in a general kind of way, she hates the infirmary work specifically. She shows up anyway, even though she didn’t make the commitment to the job, and she watches with feigned disinterest as another body gets wheeled in.
They come into the infirmary with so many different wounds, killed in new and creative ways by other inmates who seem to want to make life difficult for infirmary staff. They always come back, of course, the fatal injuries healing slower than the rest of their bodies, plaguing them with complications and phantom pains.
That’s the real worst part, really, because the sight of death tolling losers is enough for something warm to ignite inside her, because that means she’s temporarily dead too, because there’s nothing Caitlin can do about it.
She shrugs off the studded jacket that her alter ego had been wearing again, finds her lab coat in a completely different place from where she’d left it, and gets back to work.
Special Notes:
I do plan to utilize both “sides” of the character. She will arrive as Killer Frost, as mentioned in the “Arrival” section, but through game play and interactions, she can revert to the Caitlin persona. Since Frost is the dominant personality at this time, she should be considered the “default,” and it will be easier for her to be Frost than Caitlin. I am expecting this to change, gradually, as she spends time on the barge.
User DW: n/a
E-mail: hikariblue@gmail.com
Other Characters: Laura Kinney
Character Name: Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost
Series: The Flash (DCTV)
Age: Around 30
From When?: Episode 3x18.
Inmate/Warden:
Inmate. It would be easy to say that Killer Frost has been brought to the Barge as a result of the actual crimes that she has committed, or the potential crimes that she’s certainly capable of. After all, she’s kidnapped and tortured people, injured others without remorse, aided and abetted criminals with far grander designs than her own, and threatened those that her alter-ego might call family -- certainly that’s enough to warrant a position on the Barge, right?
Maybe so, but we all know that it isn’t just crime that earns you a spot on this cosmic floating prison. If it were, then it would be merely Frost in attendance, and not Caitlin Snow as well.
Caitlin herself is, if you’ll pardon the very intentional pun, frozen. She keeps herself not just from others (more on that later), but also from herself. Frost is the manifestation not just of her metahuman abilities, but of the fear and anger that Caitlin carries in her own heart -- emotions that haven’t been acknowledged or resolved. She buries the things about herself that she perceives as negative or contrary to the precise, composed young woman she presents herself as, and she’s closed off her heart to other people because of both parental neglect and personal tragedy. She’s ruled by fear, and fear means that she doesn’t allow herself to act.
Instead, it all comes rushing out in a platinum-blonde alter ego with ice blue eyes, when she becomes the very antithesis of the fear that keeps her stuck in place. Frost does the things that Caitlin only dreams of -- things that wind up hurting people because of her blatant disregard for others and total lack of empathy.
The catch here is that these things can’t be blamed wholly on Frost. All of the anger, resentment, hate, and fear? That’s all stuff that’s part of Caitlin. That’s all stuff that she needs to accept and acknowledge, which means she also needs to accept and acknowledge that Frost is not just a part of herself -- but that they are one and the same. These are her emotions, and her desires, and -- yes, her cruel tendencies that she needs to learn how to regulate.
Arrival:
She was not given a choice when coming to the barge. There is a moment, she says, where Caitlin Snow died and Killer Frost was truly born.
But let’s backtrack, shall we? Caitlin had been dealing with repressing her cryokinetic metahuman powers out of a fear that the powers would turn her into Earth 2’s version of herself, Killer Frost, and elected to suppress them entirely with the aid of inhibitor jewelry. She sustained a serious injury in the field, and rather than release the inhibitor and heal herself, she guided the team through the medical procedures needed to stabilize her. This was only temporary, however, as she suffered a seizure during her recovery that left her clinically dead. Despite Caitlin’s wishes, her inhibitor was removed and her metahuman powers were unleashed against her will in order to save her life.
It is in this moment -- between Caitlin’s clinical death and her resurrection as Killer Frost -- that she is brought to the Barge as an inmate. She will be Frost when she arrives, and a newly-born one at that, ready to do some damage -- and figure out what the hell is going on.
She will, however, eventually revert to a very confused Caitlin Snow, who doesn’t understand why she’s here, or why she’s an inmate. Certainly becoming herself again is akin to graduating, right? This change back to Caitlin will come after it’s been triggered in-game -- such as forming connections with other barge residents who are able to get through to her on a superficial level, or effects from a flood or breach. There’s always a reason for the shift; it doesn’t just happen at random.
Abilities/Powers:
Killer Frost’s canon powers are as follows:
- Caitlin's powers work by absorbing all existing heat around her, thereby reducing the ambient temperature. She is also able to freeze targets (objects, people, etc) with or without direct contact (but within her line of sight). She is able to achieve temperatures below -370 degrees Fahrenheit.
- She can create and manipulate ice and snow into forms such as shields, projectiles, and “ice slides” which enable her to move quickly from one place to another.
- As Killer Frost, Caitlin's metabolic rate is augmented to offset cold tissue destruction, allowing her endure more grievous injuries and heal extremely rapidly, though foreign matter must first be taken out to not impede the healing.
- She has a high resistance to frigid temperatures.
- She is able to produce a freezing blast with her breath, and also breathe on objects to freeze them.
As an inmate, Frost’s powers will be reduced. Her healing abilities and “freezing blast” will be removed. Cryogenesis and cryokinesis will be limited -- she can create a handful of ice cubes, a slippery patch, a couple snowballs; certainly nothing as large as ice slides or shields. Her ability to freeze targets and reduce the ambient temperature will be reduced to an area with a 5’ radius, centered on herself. Her temperature reduction ability and chilling breath will be limited to the freezing point (32F/0C). She will need to be in physical contact with the item that she is freezing, instead of also being able to do it at a distance. Her ability to withstand cold temperatures will remain intact.
As Caitlin, she has no access to cryonic powers. She is, however, a medical doctor with specializations in neurosurgery and metahuman physiology, and a trained field medic with the ability to improvise in less than ideal circumstances.
Personality:
Caitlin Snow is, at her core, someone who cares very deeply about other people. She is characterized by others in her canon as compassionate and loyal, and while she guards her own heart very carefully, she is also quick to give to those in need, especially if it is within her capabilities to do so.
Killer Frost takes all of that, freezes it solid, and tosses it out the window so it can shatter on the pavement. She is, by Caitlin’s own design, the antithesis of the values that would make her open a vulnerable heart to even more potential heartbreak. She is callous and angry, speaking without filters and acting without forethought. She is cruel, because it’s easy to be cruel when that is how you perceive the world. She is all of the terrible thoughts that Caitlin has about her teammates and friends; she is the nagging doubt in the back of her mind, the resentment that others can love so freely, and the silent fear that maybe -- just maybe -- love keeps getting ripped from her because she doesn’t deserve it.
So how did this happen? It begins earlier than the Flashpoint event that gave her cryokinetic powers, earlier even than the particle accelerator explosion that created the metahuman population of Central City. The dark parts of Caitlin Snow that eventually become Killer Frost began forming when was young.
Caitlin knew from a young age that she wanted to be a medical doctor, not only because she places such a high value on life, but more importantly because both of her parents were. Her father died when she was young and her mother, in her grief, grew more distant and obsessed with her work. This left Caitlin with little to no emotional support, and no real way to process her own grief. Even as an adult, she seeks her mother’s approval, showing that she is still seeking validation from others, and still gets the message that she is not good enough, and must make do with her feelings on her own. It is this search for validation that shapes the carefully constructed picture she has of herself, and the early loss of her relationships with her parents that sets the foundation for how she approaches relationships into adulthood.
Knowingly or not, she has created a schema for herself as a “good girl,” as someone who should always do the right thing. She acts in accordance with this schema in all possible ways, for good or ill, from her career choice to her social life. While it is easier to make good professional choices -- a doctor helps people, her job at STAR Labs is high-profile -- the desire to fit the schema of “right” often means that she stalls on personal choices. She may be quick to care for others, but slow to actually make friends, afraid of missteps and wrong choices. She is scared of the unknown, preferring situations that she can either predict or control, and other humans are really neither of these things. This leaves her coming off as cold and distant, but the reality is that she would love nothing more than to form the kind of close relationships that she sees others having. Those relationships, she figures, are just not meant for her.
This is patently untrue, of course, and was proven once before by the relationship she had with Ronnie Raymond -- a man who was far less guarded, far more sociable, and encouraged Caitlin to try new things and break the monotony of her carefully planned life. They were engaged to be married, but he died before that could happen, and well -- that just goes to show you what happens when you bother letting other people in, doesn’t it? She had left herself vulnerable, allowed herself to care deeply for someone else, and in the end he was taken from her, too, not once, but twice. It’s another cornerstone for the fortress around her heart that Killer Frost eventually grows within.
So in addition to the fear of disapproval, there is now the fear that her heart will be broken again. She keeps a measured distance from the team that she works with on a regular basis, even though they do reach out to her to include her. She remains cautious, even as she befriends them slowly, and only “lets loose” after letting herself have a few drinks. She wouldn’t sing karaoke or flirt so openly on her own, because that’s just not “who she is” … must be the alcohol, right? This behavior indicates that there is more to her than the facade she shows the team, that within the strait-laced, hyper-aware scientist, there is a woman who wants desperately to shed the image -- an image that only she believes that she has to uphold, of course, because Team Flash doesn’t judge her for having fun -- and that she needs to have an “excuse” to pin any “uncharacteristic” behavior on.
The team first met Killer Frost as an alternate universe version of Caitlin, her doppelganger from Earth 2 who had developed fully into an ice-wielding villain with little care for others. While Caitlin knew that she was not this person, she was terrified of becoming her; showing that she always separated “Killer Frost” from her core identity in this way, as a monster that she was capable of becoming. And then, after Barry altered the universe in the Flashpoint event, Caitlin began showing signs of cryokinetic powers, which began to change her appearance when she used them more frequently -- actual, physical evidence that she really was capable of becoming this other, cruel version of herself. She blamed Barry for this, since she believes she didn’t have any powers before he changed things, as a perfect example of the ways in which Caitlin continues to blame other people for aspects of herself and her personality that she doesn’t like, or don’t fit her schema; especially because a big part of the “good girl” schema is that she can’t make mistakes. This only drives the wedge further between Caitlin’s view of her own personal identity and the Killer Frost persona, and eventually leads to the full manifestation of her cryokinetic powers and the physical changes to her appearance that denote she’s in control.
There are personality aspects that are shared between the two sides, and core to Caitlin’s character. She is analytical and curious, and able to see “all the moving parts” in a situation, leading to insights about how the world around her works. She is loyal, and puts others’ needs above her own, for example when she used her cryokinesis to help Barry escape from a trap despite believing that using her powers pushes her further towards becoming Killer Frost. As Frost she shows the same loyalty to more powerful villains that she works for, even when they don’t give her anything in return -- even their promises of protection are suspect. She is cautious and careful. Frost is interested in self-preservation more than power; the deals she makes are those that will buy her time and let her live, and she tends to use her powers more defensively than offensively (shields to protect, slides to escape, weapons used to slow others down).
Barge Reactions:
In her line of work as a member of Team Flash, Caitlin/Frost has interacted with a variety of metahumans (herself included), people from alternate realities (... herself included), and even a few aliens. Different metatypes aboard the barge will not be entirely unusual, but they may take some getting used to, depending on how different they are to what she’s already familiar with. Magic, for example, will be something new.
To Killer Frost, all these events -- floods, breaches, alternate realities -- sound exciting, even if she’s there under lousy circumstances. It’s a lot more fun than being trapped inside Caitlin, who is in turn stuck in a lab all day. Caitlin, for her part, approaches the unknown with more fear than her counterpart, and will try her best to simply accept things as they are instead of asking questions that might be considered rude.
Regardless of which personality she’s wearing outwardly, she’s observant and curious, and she will be interested in learning about these other worlds (beyond the 52 that have been catalogued in her own universe). She wants to know why and how, even for things that seem impossible, like the rooms that shouldn’t fit into the space they occupy, or the deck that’s open to space, or -- especially -- how people come back to life, over and over. She’s also keeping a close eye on who everyone is and what they’re capable of, both in terms of abilities and morals. Who can help her? Who would harm her?
The one thing that’s going to leave her both annoyed and confused is the reduction in powers. Caitlin believes that the use of her powers is what turns her into Killer Frost, and yet, here she is fully Frost-ed out and lucky if she can manage a couple flurries. Frost is her power, so … what gives?
Path to Redemption:
The thing is, Caitlin Snow is a good girl. She wants to do the right thing, and more than that she wants to be a good person. She’ll be utterly baffled to find out that she’s here as an inmate, because she hasn’t done anything wrong, and she’ll put a lot of the blame for being here on Killer Frost. Caitlin hasn’t committed any crimes. Caitlin believes she shouldn’t be here at all. And that’s going to make it harder to get through to her.
Frost is going to be a lot more stubborn. She doesn’t want to change. She’s brand new! She’s barely gotten a chance to even be a person yet, and she wants to keep existing. She believes that “graduation” is going to be the end of her, and she doesn’t want to die. Anyone who wants Caitlin to graduate, therefore, must want Frost to die. And we can’t have that.
But that’s where it gets interesting, because they’re not actually separate people. Not even with the cosmetic changes, or the inability to remember what the other one did when they were “in control.” Caitlin is her own road block. She doesn’t want Killer Frost to die, either, because Frost is basically “permission” for Caitlin to be bad -- to actually enact all the terrible things that ordinarily she would only think about doing. Caitlin suppresses and suppresses and suppresses, until all of the negative parts of her personality get compressed into this version of herself that doesn’t care about what other people think, who isn’t the image of the perfect daughter, wife, scientist -- who lets go of the pressure that she puts on herself to be what other people need her to be … and what she believes she needs herself to be. And it goes steps too far, into the callous and criminal territory.
In the end, it isn’t about control. It isn’t about keeping a tight rein on the negative and bad things, like Caitlin believes -- it’s about embracing even the bad parts of who you are and letting them in. Once she’s able to do that, the divide will cease to be -- she’s neither strictly Caitlin nor strictly Frost, but someone who is a little bit of both. Unlike the show, this will not manifest as someone who can easily switch between the two personalities at will. While that’s cool and all (no pun intended), that isn’t actually helpful, and may even be a setback in her development. She may think that she’s “healed” when she can do that, but the true key to graduation is going to be acceptance and integration.
History: http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Caitlin_Snow
Sample Journal Entry:
https://tlvgreatesthitsdw.dreamwidth.org/83867.html?thread=19560859#cmt19560859
Sample RP:
Frost kind of hates the Barge. The entire boat, as a whole entity, is a mystery. She doesn’t know where it came from or where it’s going. The guy in charge seems to be on vacation. No two people have the same answer. She can’t even figure out who the hell she’s supposed to ally herself with to make sure she doesn’t wind up one of the dead ones.
And there are so fucking many dead ones.
If Frost hates the Barge as a whole, in a general kind of way, she hates the infirmary work specifically. She shows up anyway, even though she didn’t make the commitment to the job, and she watches with feigned disinterest as another body gets wheeled in.
They come into the infirmary with so many different wounds, killed in new and creative ways by other inmates who seem to want to make life difficult for infirmary staff. They always come back, of course, the fatal injuries healing slower than the rest of their bodies, plaguing them with complications and phantom pains.
That’s the real worst part, really, because the sight of death tolling losers is enough for something warm to ignite inside her, because that means she’s temporarily dead too, because there’s nothing Caitlin can do about it.
She shrugs off the studded jacket that her alter ego had been wearing again, finds her lab coat in a completely different place from where she’d left it, and gets back to work.
Special Notes:
I do plan to utilize both “sides” of the character. She will arrive as Killer Frost, as mentioned in the “Arrival” section, but through game play and interactions, she can revert to the Caitlin persona. Since Frost is the dominant personality at this time, she should be considered the “default,” and it will be easier for her to be Frost than Caitlin. I am expecting this to change, gradually, as she spends time on the barge.
