havana rose liu . cis woman . she + her ╱ a glimpse of hope reflects in the waters of the vltava river as katherine 'kitty' he crosses the bridge under the rhythm of bad girls by m.i.a. the twenty six year old elemental warrior , who usually can be seen carrying gravikinetic warhammer , depicts clear traits of driven and spiteful that often remind others of the lingering smell of petrichor, the clap of thunder in the distance, the prickle of your hair standing on end, the abrupt sound of tv static, the glint of golden light off a childhood trophy which, in the eyes of the associations, is what makes them perfect to fight this war. however, hope has always been a dangerous thing, hasn’t it ?
trigger warning !
𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑺 .
birth name : katherine yujia he . pronunciation : kath - er - in , hè . nicknames : kitty ( most common , preferred ) , kit ( close friends and family ) , kiki ( literally only her parents icl ) . date of birth , age : september 1st 2001 , twenty - six . place of birth : kokomi , indiana . gender , pronouns : cis woman , she / her . orientation : queer . occupation : warrior aligned with the association .
𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 .
height : five foot four inches - 167.0 cm . build : lithe build that veers towards athletic ( she does a lot of pilates ) . hair : wavy and a soft reddish brown , falls in waves down to her lower back . eye colour : a soft green , can be mistaken for blue in specific lighting ( aka i thought they were blue for months until someone corrected me fr fr ,,, sorry havana that's my b queen ) . notable features : freckles , a beauty mark on the top right corner of her top lip , reddish hair , striking eyes . faceclaim : havana rose liu .
𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 .
natal chart : virgo sun , capricorn moon , libra rising . moral alignment : lawful neutral . mbti : esfj , the consul . positive traits : charming , charismatic , persuasive , reliable , organized , talented , determined , loyal , resourceful , driven , ambitious . negative traits : vain , stubborn , cold , superficial , materialistic , spiteful , vengeful , obsessive , calculated , avoidant , competitive . character inspirations : annie january + starlight ( the boys ) , allison hargreeves ( umbrella academy ) , asami seto ( the legend of korra ) , steve rogers ( captain america : the first avenger ) , rumi ( kpop demon hunters ) , jackie taylor ( yellowjackets) , claire bennet ( heroes ) , buffy summers ( buffy the vampire slayer ) , finnick odair ( the hunger games ) , marie moreau ( gen v ) .
𝑻𝑳𝑫𝑹 . tw death ( rip ) , child neglect ... idk !
i.
kitty he knew from a young age that she was destined to be champion . that the spotlight was what she was meant for .
perhaps that was because her mother told her as much before she was placed carefully under said spotlight in infancy but — did the distinction really matter ?
if you asked her mother it didn't .
ii.
marika he was a champion . she knew from a young age that it was what she was meant for . when she won her first olympic gold medal at the age of sixteen she saw the triumph for what it was : a self fulfilled prophecy .
she saw no reason why her children would be any different .
she made sure of it .
four surrogates selected purposefully for their athletic abilities , and four sperm donors selected for the same , marika he had a plan that she had every intention to fulfil . her legacy would live on one way or another . her name would never die . perhaps one day she'd be forced to retire , but even then , she would not be forgotten . she would never be forgotten .
perhaps it was selfish , or even narcissitic .
but she had the money and resources to do it . so who was to stop her ?
her children were her creations . carefully crafted , carefully selected . her first , marcus , with a talent for long jump . her second , aria , with a talent for sprinting . her third , rika , with a talent for bouldering . her third , ivan with a talent for rowing . she was happy with her creations . content .
well , almost .
none of the four had her own proficiency . none of them had the build , or the talent for what marika herself had done , and although she loved her children and was more than pleased with their skills , she longed for more . and she was nearing retirement . marika decided that she would go for one more . just one more , and this time she would sacrifice lend her own body for it . this time she would lend her own blood .
kitty was her fifth . the k in her name . her last , she told herself . and the only one of her children marika caried herself .
again , it was a self fulfilling prophecy . when kitty came out she tore marika up from the inside out . no others would follow her path .
she was the last .
and she was her greatest disappointment for it .
somehow all of marika's genes skipped kitty . gone was her broad shoulders and strong limbs . gone was her stout build and firm hands . instead as her daughter grew marika saw her favour after her mother , kitty's grandmother , day by day . petite . slight .
small .
marika's disappointment near crushed her . it was enough for her to barely look at the child . her final sacrifice given for the runt of her litter .
after all , marika's body was never the same after kitty's birth . perhaps her retirement was approaching , but in marika's eyes kitty made sure of it . in her eyes kitty had sealed her fate and put the final nail in her coffin with her petite little hands .
she never let kitty forget it .
kitty he was destined to be a champion . for the spotlight .
if you asked her mother , from the moment kitty was born she failed to so much as get a toe in the spotlight's warmth , even with all the effort that marika had put forth to place her under it .
her mother abandoned her for it . called her losses early and gave her over to her grandmother like a failed experiment . while marika would focus on her other children , her successes , well , kitty would spend time with her grandmother .
even at that age kitty saw the rejection for what it was .
iii.
her mother's approval was something that kitty learned to stop chasing after .
she'd never get it . marika made that clear .
that was reserved for her other children . the one's who could actually do something .
sometimes marika gave kitty chances as she got older . opportunities to prove herself useful . marika said it was because she refused to let her efforts go to waste , but some part of kitty just thought her mother did it to prove herself right . that kitty truly was talentless . that she was right to disregard her from near birth .
kitty longed to prove her wrong . to show her worth .
she never quite managed it .
swimming was the first marika tried . not her sport , but a respectable one , her mother said . one she could live with kitty taking up .
but kitty was slow in the water . clumsy .
when she looked up , lungs burning from her first lap her mother was already gone .
skating was the next . could be impressive if wielded by the right hand , marika said . her mother could accept it , if kitty showed talent in it .
all it took was one look into her mother's eyes for kitty to know marika had no expectation for her to show any talent at all .
and she was right . kitty could not so much as stand on ice .
her mother left before kitty could even steady her legs .
skiing . dressage . fencing . diving .
everything she threw at her kitty failed at . no natural aptitude in the slightest , failure after failure after failure . each one like spit in marika's face , she said . each one like a blow . i gave up my body for you . i gave it all to you , and you fail me ?
kitty longed to prove her wrong through most of her life . dreamed of it . that perhaps one day she would suddenly develop the athleticism her mother longed her to have . that one day her mother would throw her a test and she would succeed at it .
it was perhaps her first dream . it was definitely her longest .
the monsters came and kitty's dream came true .
she was sixteen .
iv.
she doesn't remember it . not really .
the smell of smoke burning . screams . the roars of beings that she'd only ever heard of in storybooks .
the scoldings of her mother .
useless . even in this , marika said . your siblings are out there helping . using their strength to pull people out from rubble , to protect . and here you are struck down by a common fever .
kitty's eyes stung .
weak .
kitty's eyes stung .
she doesn't remember it .
just knows that she was burning in her own skin . that the body her mother had given her was finally following marika's will , that it had deemed her unfit and was burning her from the inside out . that perhaps it knew she couldn't handle what was to come . that perhaps this burning was her mother's dna's idea of mercy .
and then a fist breaking through their home , a being larger than life , a roar that shook bones , and walls , and hearts , and then --
the storm .
vi.
kitty remembers .
the moment of pride . the rush of adrenaline . the whisper of finally . finally , her mother could see . finally she had done something right , done something her siblings hadn't , shown her worth and —
the choked sound that her brother makes under the rubble . the accusation , sharp and cutting in her mother's eyes .
you did this .
i didn't mean to . the words are in kitty's mind , on her tongue , but they never make it passed her lips . never make it out under the weight of her mother's rage .
marcus was her mother's namesake . well , perhaps they were all her namesake . but he was her favourite .
he was kitty's favourite too . kind . good . he rescued everyone he could since the monsters came . human , mortal , and yet he still tried . he still tried .
kitty tried . ran to him with shaky legs , tried to hold his hand while he faded . her mother slapped her away for it .
you did this . marika's teeth grit . you did it .
they were the last words her mother ever spoke to her .
they haunt her every day.
𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑪 .
her mother did hammerthrow at the olympics and so now kitty carries around this obnoxiously giant hammer and swings it around to juice it up ... tosses it at the monsters and it does in fact pack a punch . the thing shifts it's own gravity , going from featherlight to uh oh and kitty has pretty good control of it ... tends to spin it with wind , like increase the speed to increase the energy it has stored up yk ... idk if i'm explaining this right but oh well
her eyes light up when she's using her warrior magic ... the pupils disappear and it all goes white a la aang from the last airbender or even storm from the x men
tends to favour storms and lightning when it comes to controlling weather phenomenon , can usually be related to the crack of thunder
went from a failure with no power in her mother's eyes to someone with entirely too much of it , literally kitty's magic is like . something she still struggles to control and i'm ngl she's kind of scared of it . always has a fear in the back of her mind of doing too much and accidentally getting someone killed again ... rip marcus
no her mother and her siblings still haven't talked to her again ... it's been ten years
is with the association because where else is she going to go actually
used to be a toddler in that tiara ... i cut it all out because i didn't have space for it like it didn't make sense with everything else ... but lan , kitty's grandmother , always wanted a child that was like . girly and petite ,,, hence perhaps why marika resented kitty so much , she got the same vibes from her own mother for having her father's build . anyways , lan was thrilled and put kitty in every local commercial or child pageant under the sun and yes seeing her mother finally get the daughter she always wanted did only make marika hate kitty more tysm for asking
with that said , kitty is very much media trained bc of this ... unfortunately she could and would play poster girl if the association asked . she gives the bitch they put on the pamphlets yk ,,,
deeply hard working . like does not rest actually . thinks if she just studies hard enough she can make her power less overwhelming and unruly ( spoiler she can't )
has been with the association since she was sixteen and her mother basically gave her up to the state like here take her i don't want her ... so . that leaves plenty of room for connections i think ... was initially very much dead inside about it but has adjusted . is very good at her job , takes a lot of pride in it , but the moment her magic starts to get a little too like . Powerful , she does kind of freak out and shut down ... relies on her hammer instead < 3
ok that's it . i'm trying to get this out to you all finally .
𝑾𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 . just something to spring off of for plotting things .
so many things omg !! best friends , friends , sibling like dynamics , a weird homoerotic friendship , someone who is the opposite of kitty like who has a lot of control perhaps who kitty can perhaps be deeply envious of or perhaps admire idk , warlocks that she prefers to work with . people who hate the perhaps picture perfect image that kitty puts out , people who see passed the picture perfect image that kitty puts out , people who were big fans of marika he the olympian just because kitty would hate that , opposites attract dynamics , a confidant , anything and everything kitty has been with the association for ten years ever since her mother basically said here take her i don't want her !!! so she has had plenty of time to build connections hehe