Songbird (Barbara Streisand)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Songbird
Song/Album	"Songbird"/Songbird
Act	Barbara Streisand
Writer	Dave Wolfert and Stephen Nelson
Release Date	1978
ABILITIES
Powers	-Rend people asunder on a molecular level, with her voice "Each word can tear you apart" -Bestow life, also with her voice "You find your life in my song" -Impart strength, with her singing "With the songs that I sing... they've helped you be strong now." -Break chains, ropes, handcuffs, prison bars and walls, etc. with singing "The song sets you free"  -Phase through material "I can touch your secret place inside"
Skills	Singing
Attributes	Can be encouraging "When you need the strength to carry on/ You've got me to turn to."
Vulnerabilities	Being sung to, appreciated, calms and therefore weakens her.
Formidability	High. Can affect a wide area, and many at once
Attractiveness	High. Can make people repeat her words "I sing, you sing along"
Source	Magic "The songs that I sing/ And the magic they bring"
Goals	Find someone to sing to her
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A, but possibly evokes a bird
Vehicles	N/A
Dwelling	N/A
Milieu	Concert halls
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Physique	N/A
Ethnicity	N/A. May be part bird
Origin	N/A
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	Singer
Education	N/A
SES	Above average, but low enough for her to feel underappreciated
Relationships	None she feels are worthwhile, which is the problem.
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	Is becoming increasingly self-centered as her sense of being underappreciated increases.
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert
Intelligence	Above average
Emotions	Intense loneliness. feels lack of appreciation "Who sings for me? I'm all alone now" "Sometimes, when I'm all alone, I sing my saddest song" "Lonely, and no one can see"
Sanity	Sane, for now
Enemies	Anyone who she feels doesn't appreciate her
Narrative Function	Antagonist
Other Notes	Songbird's main feeling is that, with all her power, she should be more appreciated by those around her. And, perhaps she has a point. Perhaps she has done a lot for others, and they are not grateful. But this pattern has become so strong that she now sees it even where it is not. More and more appreciation means less and less to her. Perhaps she was selfless once, but no longer. When she is adulated, she can be moved to use her power for good. When she feels slighted, however, she can lash out, even murderously. Worse, the person thus attacked doesn't realize he is not being sung to, but "torn apart" by her vocalizing, until it is too late. Luckily, she can also restore life with her singing... if she feels there is something in it for her.