Lookalike (Bette Davis Eyes; Kim Carnes)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
Lookalike
Song/Album
 "Bette Davis Eyes"/ Mistaken Identity 
Act
 Kim Carnes
Writer
 Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon
Release Date
 1981


ABILITIES

Powers
-"Shoot" snow and sleet from her hands, without her hands becoming cold
"She snows you off your feet... her hands are never cold"
-Direct existing sound toward her victim, to a weaponized degree
"She'll turn the music on you"
-Strong enough to hurl a grown man across a table
"Throw you like you were dice"
-Pull air away from a place or person
"Until you come out blue"
Skills
- Impersonate various Golden Age of Hollywood actresses:
"(Jean) Harlow... Bette Davis... Greta Garbo"
-Knows gymnastics
"She'll take a tumble on you"
Attributes
-Has a backhanded seduction method:
"She'll tease you, and unease you/ All the better just to please you"
"She'll let you take her home"
-Can easily cause embarrassment and discomfort by revealing secrets and taking her own, or your clothes off.
"She know just what it takes to make a pro blush"
"She'll expose you"
Vulnerabilities
 Is mortal
Formidability
 Fairly high. Can direct her powers at multiple targets at once.
Attractiveness
 Very high. Easily taken for a glamourous actress
Source
 Unknown
Goals
 Seems to enjoy making others' lives miserable for fun, or out of spite


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
 N/A
Amulets
 N/A
Objects
 N/A
Clothing
 When working, classic fashions and jewelry of the 1930s and '40s
Vehicles
 Always seems to be able to get a ride
Dwelling
 A glamorous house or penthouse apartment
Milieu
 Parties, cocktail hours, and nightclubs


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
 female
Age
 adult
Physique
"Her lips are sweet surprise"
Ethnicity
 white
Origin
 N/A
Ancestry
 Tends to impersonate pale women
Profession
 Is a professional impersonator of actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age
but "all the boys think she's a spy."
Education
 self-taught. May have attended acting school
SES
 High, or lives like she has money
Relationships
 Frequent and fleeting
Pets
 N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
 "She's pure as New York snow"
Intro/extrovert
 Extrovert, to a sometimes obnoxious degree 
Intelligence
 "She's precocious"
Emotions
 "She's ferocious"
Sanity
 Calculating, no matter how much fun she seems to be having
Enemies
 People who aren't either impressed or annoyed by her
Narrative Function
 Antagonist
Other Notes
 Lookalike has spent her life being praised for her beauty, and yet, it's never been her own beauty, but that of others she can copy. She has reacted very badly to this, using her beauty as a weapon.
If anyone is attracted to her-- and she tries to be attractive-- she instantly hates them. She will not let on, and even date them for a while. But this is only to gather information on them that she will embarrass them with later. Meanwhile she only reveals "crumbs" of information about herself.
She has weaponized many of the things people have said about her. They say she is cold, so she buries them in snow. They say she sucks all the air out of a room, so she does, until everyone is blue from lack of oxygen. They say she throws people away, and she can literally throw them. And when people complain they can't hear the music over her incessant talking, she directs all the sound at them until they are deafened.
But when she is working, she is very professional and from making the rounds of various movie festivals and conventions has made a tidy sum. But when she is off the clock, compliment her if you must. Just don't tell her she's pretty.



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