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| Bio: | This journal is a Role Playing Journal associated with the Chaos Cube Community. The character of Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat does not belong to me, nor does anything associated with the 'X-Men' or 'Marvel Universe(s)'. I make no profit from playing this character, as this is a game and just for fun. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. E-Mail: mutantpryde@gmail.com Fandom: 'X-Men'/'Marvel Universe' Character: Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat Point in Canon: I have decided that this version of Kitty exists based on the X-Men comic teams I recall from the Eighties and early Nineties, with aspects of the films and the various animated series that have occurred since incorporated. She is a bit older now and all that has been established by the mountains of resource material is reference, but I've kind of made her mine - and the Mods said I could! ;) Description: Briefly, Kitty has the cute teenage girl look going for her - which is extremely frustrating when she goes to a bar and has to show her ID card: she is twenty years old. She even has the dimples when she smiles. She has the build of a dancer combined with the strength of a trained fighter. Her passport description reads: dark brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. Her height is 5' 6" and she weighs approximately 110 lbs. She is petite but lean and fit. She has a smattering of freckles across her nose. Kitty isn't a 'girly-girl' at all and rarely indulges in fashion or makeup. Her wardrobe favours the standard t-shirt, jeans and sneakers of the average teen, and thus downplaying her adulthood and status as a 'woman' - except when she's in uniform. As a member of the mutant superhero group, the X-Men, she wears the current black leather uniform, complete with gloves and boots. It acts as protective armour as well as being very flexible for extreme weather and movement. Looking young for her age and occasionally being treated as a "kid sister" can be frustrating and comforting at the same time, and being 'petite' frequently leads to the enemy underestimating her. She isn't terribly religious but wears a Star of David on a chain around her neck. She is rarely without her cellular telephone, her digital camera or several memory sticks at any given time. She's a 'geek' and has come to accept it. Important Personality Traits: Kitty is a fighter. When her mutant ability first developed at the age of thirteen, she was terrified but still managed to assist the X-Men, a group of people she had only just met that day, with defeating the plans of the Hellfire Club. Her loyalty and bravery place her ahead of the pack, and her strong leadership skills and mostly patient nature make her ideal as a teacher at Xavier's School for Higher Learning, despite her relative youth. She has a genius-level IQ and knows how to use it. A whiz with computers and most technology and an ability to improvise when necessary, she is a valued member of the team and a good friend to all. Her dry sense of humour and occasional sarcasm have alleviated the tension in many a difficult scenario. If the situation goes sideways, you can count on Kitty to be there to try to get it straight again. The X-Men are her family, and woe betide anyone who messes with her family. She loves sports, especially baseball, basketball and swimming, and can be very competitive. It balances her 'geek' reputation. Team sports are her forte and that spirit spills over into her position with the X-Men. Canon Facts: (The Short Form) Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde was born in Deerfield, Illinois to Jewish parents. Her codename is 'Shadowcat', though she has previously been known as 'Sprite' and 'Ariel' briefly. Shadowcat possesses a "phasing" ability that essentially allows her and those she is in contact with to become "ghosts". This mutant power also disrupts any electrical fields she passes through, and lets her simulate levitation, literally letting her "walk on air." She possesses a genius level IQ, is an expert with computers, and has a significant proficiency in martial arts, such as Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, and many other kinds. the martial arts were courtesy of a man named Ogun, who infused her with a virtual lifetime of training. Her fellow X-Man, Logan aka Wolverine, become her mentor and continues to guide her as friend and teammate. It is after this experience that she chooses the codename ‘Shadowcat’. Besides her mutant powers, Kitty is a genius in the field of applied technology and computer science. Since her possession by Ogun, she has been consistently shown to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having since been trained in the arts of aikido, karate, ninjutsu, and Krav Maga. She is a professional level dancer. She is currently a teacher at Xavier’s School for Higher Learning, located at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center (part of the town of North Salem), in the very northeast corner of Westchester County. The school's motto is "mutatis mutandis." She is also one of the X-Men team leaders, focusing on the training of the new recruits. Details On Phasing Ability: Kitty has the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Shadowcat has finished passing through the object. This process is called phasing, and it renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch. Shadowcat passes through objects at the same rate of speed at which she is moving before she "enters" them. Since she is unable to breathe while "inside" an object, she can only continuously phase through solid objects (as when she travels underground) as long as she can hold her breath. She has worked hard to extend that to almost five minutes. Using her power began as an optional ability, but for a period (over ten years of published comics, approximately two years in-continuity) Kitty existed in a naturally "phased" state, and had to consciously choose to become solid. However, she has now returned to her original form; i.e. she is now naturally solid and must choose when to use her power. While phasing, she does not physically walk on surfaces, but rather interacts with the molecules of air above them, allowing her to ascend and descend. While phased, she is immune to most physical attacks, and has a high resistance to telepathy. The density of some materials (such as adamantium) can prove deleterious to her phasing, causing her to be severely disoriented or experience pain if she tries to pass through them. Energy attacks also prove problematic with Shadowcat; an energy blast fired by Harpoon, a member of the Marauders, caused her to lose her ability to become fully tangible for months. Magic and magical beings also prove to be an enigma in regards to Kitty's phasing, as proven in a battle with a N'Garai demon that showed it could cause physical harm to Kitty even while in her phased state, as well as the Soulsword. The use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical systems (including, in some cases, the bio-electric systems of the human body), as she passes through by disrupting the flow of electrons from atom to atom. She can also extend her powers to phase other people and objects. Currently, she is able to phase at least a half a dozen other people (or objects of similar mass) with her, so long as they establish and maintain physical contact with her. She has trained herself to go automatically, by reflex, into a phasing state at any indication of danger, such as a loud noise like a gunshot, in order to protect herself. Kitty also shares a sort of mental or empathic connection with Lockheed, a 'dragon' creature from another world who 'adopted' her and followed her home from a mission. Both she and Lockheed can 'sense' each other's presence at times. History: At the time of her membership, Kitty was the youngest person ever to be invited to join the X-Men. Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, headaches which signaled the emergence of her mutant powers. She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes. Kitty was unnerved by Frost, observing that the White Queen had looked at her as if she were "something good to eat." She got along better with Xavier and the three X-men who escorted him to his meeting with her and her parents, becoming fast friends with Ororo Munroe. Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school. Their conversation was cut short, however, when they (along with Wolverine and Colossus) were attacked by armored mercenaries in the employ of Frost and the Hellfire Club. The X-Men defeated their assailants but were subdued by the White Queen's telepathic powers immediately after. In the confusion, Kitty had become separated from the X-Men and therefore was not captured along with them. She managed to contact Cyclops, Phoenix, and Nightcrawler. With the help of Dazzler and Pryde, those X-Men rescued their teammates and Xavier (who had also been captured). The White Queen appeared to perish in the battle, which meant she was no longer competing with Xavier for the approval of Kitty's parents. Unfortunately, Kitty's parents hadn't heard from her in more than a day, because during that time she was first being pursued by the Hellfire Club's men and then working with the X-Men to save their friends. All they knew was that Kitty had left with Xavier's "students" to get a soda, there had been reports that the soda shop had been blown up, and that Kitty had been missing since. Understandably, they were angry at Xavier when he finally returned with Kitty in tow. At first it seemed like there was no chance of Kitty being allowed to attend the school and join the X-Men. Then Phoenix decided to use her considerable telepathic power to erase the memories of Kitty's parents and plant false ones, resulting in a complete shift in their attitude towards Xavier. Questions concerning the morality of tampering with minds in such a fashion aside, Kitty was then allowed to enroll at Xavier's school with her parents' blessing. She was the youngest person to join the X-Men up to that point. Joining The X-Men: During her teen years, Kitty fostered a number of close relationships with others at the school and in the X-Men. She developed a crush on Colossus and became close friends with his little sister Illyana Rasputin. Initially uneasy around Nightcrawler and other mutants with physical deformities, Kitty finally overcame her fears and became close friends with him. Kitty also befriended Lockheed, a highly intelligent alien resembling a dragon, who followed her home after a mission in outer space. Lockheed is extremely loyal to Kitty, and the two of them share a psychic bond. Wolverine became something of a mentor to Kitty despite his usually gruff personality. Kitty was later assigned to the New Mutants, a team of younger mutants established in the absence of the X-Men while they were in outer space. Kitty convinced Professor Xavier to allow her to remain a full member of the X-Men on the basis of her high intelligence, maturity, and the fact that she was already a fully-trained member of the team. During this time, Kitty began to date Colossus/Peter, but this did not last long as Colossus developed feelings for an alien woman named Zsaji whom he met on the Beyonder's planet in the first Secret Wars. Colossus' feelings toward Zsaji were primarily a side effect of her own unique healing abilities, which she had used on him after he became injured. Regardless, Colossus' feelings were real and he returned to Earth consumed with grief after Zsaji's death. He admitted to Kitty that he had cheated on her, which hurt her deeply and ended their relationship. Kitty had made good friends with a with local boy from Salem Central named Doug Ramsey around this time, but her feelings for him never went as deep as his for her, and they never actually dated, though they remained close, even moreso after Doug's status as a mutant was revealed and he joined the New Mutants under the codename Cypher. They remained friends until his death some time later. Morlock Massacre: Kitty was badly injured by Harpoon during the Mutant Massacre story arc, with the result that she became permanently intangible. She was rushed to Muir Island along with other surviving casualties of the Massacre to be tended to by Moira MacTaggert. MacTaggert was able to keep Kitty's condition from deteriorating to the point where she completely lost physical substance and ceased to exist, but wasn't able to do any more to help her. At this time Kitty's natural state was to be intangible. Where she once had to make a conscious effort to phase, she now had to make a conscious effort to solidify and stay solid. She was saved by Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, but not without trouble. The X-Men had gone to Richards for aid, but he had initially refused because he was not sure he would be able to help. Having no where else to go, the X-Men turned to Richards' enemy Dr. Doom. This created a moral dilemma for both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Both teams fought each other because the FF were trying to stop the treatment while the X-Men were determined to save Kitty's life. In the end, both the personal crisis of the Fantastic Four and the life of Shadowcat were saved. It was Franklin Richards, with the help of Lockheed, who brought both teams to their senses. Among the others injured and brought to Muir Isle were Colossus and Nightcrawler, although Colossus left the United Kingdom shortly after being released from MacTaggert's care to join the rest of the X-Men on their mission to battle the Adversary. The X-Men sacrificed their lives to defeat the Adversary, and the battle was televised and broadcast across the world. The X-Men were resurrected later, unknown to the world at large, but chose to keep a low profile and perpetuate the belief that they were still dead. This strategy was enforced to more effectively fight their enemies. This meant avoiding contact with friends and family, including Kitty. Thinking the X-Men were dead, Kitty and Nightcrawler joined Rachel Summers, Captain Britain, and Meggan to form the Britain-based team Excalibur. During her time with Excalibur, Kitty developed a crush on Professor Alistaire Stuart which went unreciprocated since Alistaire was attracted to Rachel. Later, she had an affair with former Black Air agent Pete Wisdom, but they ended their relationship a short time before Excalibur disbanded. After Excalibur's dissolution, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Colossus returned to the X-Men. But as soon as they returned, they faced a group of imposters following Cerebro, in the guise of Professor X. During the six-month gap, Kitty visited Genosha. Whatever she experienced there is unknown (although presumably connected to her father, living on Genosha at the time) but it had a profound effect on her. She cut her hair and began to act rebelliously, also using one of Wolverine's bone claws broken off during battle as a weapon. Kitty remained with the X-Men for a while before leaving after the apparent death of Colossus. Trying to give herself a normal life, she attended the University of Chicago. During this time, her father was killed when Cassandra Nova’s sentinels destroyed Genosha. She was also kidnapped by William Stryker, but the X-Treme X-Men team helped her escape and she assisted them on several missions. Kitty returned to the X-Men during a time when the cry of "all hands, on deck" was needed for another Sentinel attack. She was offered a position as a teacher and a leadership roll with the X-Men, and decided to accept both. The mansion is her home. Please Note: I am ignoring most of the Astonishing X-Men, beyond that Colossus is discovered to be alive on a later mission and the two of them are very good friends but nothing more. Credit Where Credit Is Due: My thanks to Wikipedia, which provided a fairly concise summary of her history and abilities, and from which I used as my base for this journal. I really couldn't have summarized it better without being much, much longer. I modified as necessary to suit my interpretation of the character. And, yes, that really is the 'short form'. | |||||||||
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