● abilities: When she isn't wearing her specially-made necklace to neutralize it, her Killer Frost ability is cryokinesis, meaning that she can freeze anything. If she's not careful, using those abilities can change who she actually is, turning her into a cold-hearted killer. Her humanity sort of slips away and she loses control of herself. When this happens, her lips can turn blue and her hair white; her eyes also begin to glow. Finally, she has an abnormally high tolerance for cold temperatures. For example, she is largely unaffected by holding a piece of ice whereas a normal human being might feel the cold escalating into a painful sensation or reddened, chapped, or damaged skin.
Besides her metahuman abilities, Caitlin is also a very intelligent and skilled doctor, focused in biomedical engineering. She's a computer specialist, but it isn't necessarily her focus. Lastly, she's a trained neurosurgeon. Given her medical and biomedical engineering backgrounds, she's able to create antidotes and cures for ailments when given the data about the infected party and the ailment itself to analyze, first, and she's done this sort of thing in canon, usually with assistance from Cisco.
● strengths: Caitlin has a big heart and she loves with every ounce of it. She's resilient, having been through the loss of her husband (twice, actually) and her subsequent partner. She's good at solving problems and trying to find solutions, especially when she can use medical or technical knowledge to do so. Caitlin genuinely cares about people and she tends to see the best in them, even if that isn't always to her benefit. She's incredibly intelligent and adapts well to new surroundings when necessary.
She's compassionate and empathetic; she's a good listener and a great friend to have. She might not be much, but she'll fight for what she believes in every chance she gets and she'll always be loyal to someone she trusts and cares about, even if it might not be in her best interest, in the end.
Additionally, she's incredibly patient and genuinely wants to help people work through their issues. A prime example of this is from the second season when she put so much time and effort into trying to get Jay to understand that she really did love him and he really didn't have to be a bad guy; he could change if he wanted to. She tends to hang onto this until it's completely impossible for her to deny anymore that she's fighting a losing battle. This is largely because, as mentioned before, she wants to see the best in people and wants to help them reach what she perceives to be their full potential. It sincerely hurts her when she fails in these endeavors because she cares so much.
● weaknesses: ...Caitlin has a big heart and loves with every ounce of it. No, really, that's actually a big flaw on her part, more often than it isn't. The thing is that Caitlin tends to think with her heart more than her mind, which is a shame, because it tends to bite her in the ass at least as often as it doesn't. She's manipulated fairly easily because of this, as well. She wants to believe that all people are inherently good and she'll look for the tiniest inkling that she's right in that regard about a person, which can and has made her incredibly vulnerable to manipulation. It has put her in more than a couple of bad situations and she tends to get hurt that way, emotionally, as well.
As a doctor, Caitlin sometimes has a tendency to come off as a little bit cold and clinical. That's a reflexive objectivity coming out and when she gets called out on it or notices it on her own, a much warmer side of her comes out and that is who Caitlin truly is. In addition, the way her emotions tend to control her does make it a little more difficult for her to keep herself stable as Caitlin instead of slipping into Killer Frost if she's using her abilities. She can be brought back from that, but it takes the right approach with the right sentiments, so it's better if she can avoid using Killer Frost's abilities at all.
Her alter-ego, when taking control, creates a sort of split personality. When Killer Frost takes over, it is quite literally Killer Frost and Caitlin Snow ceases to be in control. Killer Frost is crueler and more sarcastic. She's angry and vindictive and becomes completely disassociated from empathy or regard for human life. Her tunnel vision and rage combined with the cryokinesis can be — and have been — incredibly dangerous. This is the reason she keeps the necklace on at all times, because it blocks Killer Frost from bubbling to the surface. Lose the necklace and she can turn fairly quickly into something dark and ugly.
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player information
● name: Jen
● age: 34
● contact:
● other characters: Derek Hale (apped)
character information
● name: Dr. Caitlin Snow
● canon: DCTV: The Flash
● canon point: Post 3x12
● age: 27
● (canon) background: Caitlin Snow on Arrow Wikia
● abilities: When she isn't wearing her specially-made necklace to neutralize it, her Killer Frost ability is cryokinesis, meaning that she can freeze anything. If she's not careful, using those abilities can change who she actually is, turning her into a cold-hearted killer. Her humanity sort of slips away and she loses control of herself. When this happens, her lips can turn blue and her hair white; her eyes also begin to glow. Finally, she has an abnormally high tolerance for cold temperatures. For example, she is largely unaffected by holding a piece of ice whereas a normal human being might feel the cold escalating into a painful sensation or reddened, chapped, or damaged skin.
Besides her metahuman abilities, Caitlin is also a very intelligent and skilled doctor, focused in biomedical engineering. She's a computer specialist, but it isn't necessarily her focus. Lastly, she's a trained neurosurgeon. Given her medical and biomedical engineering backgrounds, she's able to create antidotes and cures for ailments when given the data about the infected party and the ailment itself to analyze, first, and she's done this sort of thing in canon, usually with assistance from Cisco.
● strengths: Caitlin has a big heart and she loves with every ounce of it. She's resilient, having been through the loss of her husband (twice, actually) and her subsequent partner. She's good at solving problems and trying to find solutions, especially when she can use medical or technical knowledge to do so. Caitlin genuinely cares about people and she tends to see the best in them, even if that isn't always to her benefit. She's incredibly intelligent and adapts well to new surroundings when necessary.
She's compassionate and empathetic; she's a good listener and a great friend to have. She might not be much, but she'll fight for what she believes in every chance she gets and she'll always be loyal to someone she trusts and cares about, even if it might not be in her best interest, in the end.
Additionally, she's incredibly patient and genuinely wants to help people work through their issues. A prime example of this is from the second season when she put so much time and effort into trying to get Jay to understand that she really did love him and he really didn't have to be a bad guy; he could change if he wanted to. She tends to hang onto this until it's completely impossible for her to deny anymore that she's fighting a losing battle. This is largely because, as mentioned before, she wants to see the best in people and wants to help them reach what she perceives to be their full potential. It sincerely hurts her when she fails in these endeavors because she cares so much.
● weaknesses: ...Caitlin has a big heart and loves with every ounce of it. No, really, that's actually a big flaw on her part, more often than it isn't. The thing is that Caitlin tends to think with her heart more than her mind, which is a shame, because it tends to bite her in the ass at least as often as it doesn't. She's manipulated fairly easily because of this, as well. She wants to believe that all people are inherently good and she'll look for the tiniest inkling that she's right in that regard about a person, which can and has made her incredibly vulnerable to manipulation. It has put her in more than a couple of bad situations and she tends to get hurt that way, emotionally, as well.
As a doctor, Caitlin sometimes has a tendency to come off as a little bit cold and clinical. That's a reflexive objectivity coming out and when she gets called out on it or notices it on her own, a much warmer side of her comes out and that is who Caitlin truly is. In addition, the way her emotions tend to control her does make it a little more difficult for her to keep herself stable as Caitlin instead of slipping into Killer Frost if she's using her abilities. She can be brought back from that, but it takes the right approach with the right sentiments, so it's better if she can avoid using Killer Frost's abilities at all.
Her alter-ego, when taking control, creates a sort of split personality. When Killer Frost takes over, it is quite literally Killer Frost and Caitlin Snow ceases to be in control. Killer Frost is crueler and more sarcastic. She's angry and vindictive and becomes completely disassociated from empathy or regard for human life. Her tunnel vision and rage combined with the cryokinesis can be — and have been — incredibly dangerous. This is the reason she keeps the necklace on at all times, because it blocks Killer Frost from bubbling to the surface. Lose the necklace and she can turn fairly quickly into something dark and ugly.
● skills (optional): technologically savvy, licensed doctor/trained neurosurgeon, biomedical engineer
● housing (optional): shared
● network username: c.snow
● network sample: Sample here
● prose/action sample: Sample here