Suzie Lightning (Warren Zevon)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Suzie Lightning
Song/Album	"Suzie Lightning"/Mr. Bad Example
Act	Warren Zevon
Writer	Warren Zevon
Release Date	1991
ABILITIES
Powers	-Barely needs sleep "She only sleeps on planes" -Emit sky-spanning light "She lights up the sky" -Speed-of-light travel (but prefers planes, so she can sleep) "Then she's gone"  -Burns the ground (and anything on it) below when she ignites/strikes "Can't she see I'm burning up, burning down, burning out"
Skills	Acting
Attributes	is constantly busy: "She has no time for love"
Vulnerabilities	Eventually does need sleep
Formidability	"takes no prisoners"
Attractiveness	Extremely high-- is an in-demand actress
Source	Is an alien. Also, her ex-boyfriend says "he built a world for her," claiming some credit.
Goals	To keep working in her field
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	"postcards" and stamps
Clothing	N/A
Vehicles	can fly; prefers airplanes
Dwelling	hotels, movie-set trailers
Milieu	Constant world traveler:  "She only sleeps on planes" "She's in Yugoslavia... she's in Hungary/She's sending postcards home"
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Female
Age	Adult, presumably under 40
Physique	Attractive
Ethnicity	Alien
Origin	Not Earth: "I need a girl from Earth"
Ancestry	Alien
Profession	Actor: "She's... working on a miniseries"
Education	N/A
SES	Above average. She must keep working to have an income, and is only in a "miniseries," not a show or movie, so she's not an A-list actress.
Relationships	Resentful ex-boyfriend: "I built a world for her... She don't need me now"
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	Entirely self-centered
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert; is trying to be a famous actress
Intelligence	Above average
Emotions	Frustration, boredom with statis: "She's tired of going nowhere"
Sanity	Sane
Enemies	Ex-boyfriend seems resigned, not dangerous
Narrative Function	Catalyst
Other Notes	What must it be like to try to date a superhero? One who can basically become a bolt of lightning, lighting up the sky while scorching the earth beneath, then zipping away at lightspeed? Possibly, not unlike trying to date someone chasing stardom. You would be in awe of them... but so would everyone else. And since you aren't paying them to be awesome or famous, they have to go to work, all the time, everywhere else. Even Yugoslavia (so the story is set when that nation existed, between 1945-1992; the first miniseries are considered to have aired in the mid-1970s). We barely know anything about Suzie Lightning, but neither does her ex-boyfriend (we know little about him, too). He feels he "built a world for her"-- so he was instrumental in either her acting career, her superhero career, or both. Maybe even in attaining her superpower. The fact that he can sustain multiple lightning strikes and live is impressive. Maybe he is an electrical engineer who helped create the suit or other tech that allowed her to harness/control her alien capabilities. But now that she has it, she doesn't need him anymore, and he is resentful and lonely.  Exciting as she was... next time, he promises himself, he'll date a nice, normal fellow Earthling.