Give a Name to this Superhero

This prompt kicks off a month focused on speculative fiction here at JPC Allen Writes. I’ll have guest bloggers later in the month to discuss what inspires them to write this genre. For today, give a name to this superhero.

Her dress and the setting makes me think she has power over ice or water. But that’s a bit obvious. Can you think of an unusual power that fits her costume and setting? I remember from The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien that Uinen, a Maia, calmed stormy seas for sailors. She was called The Lady of the Seas. If calming seas was this character’s superpower, I’m not sure how it would work when confronting a supervillain. If her power was just calming people or weather in general, she’d be a strange character to fight. Her name has to sound soothing like Sylene or Hailer.

Your turn. Who is this superhero?

For more speculative fiction prompts, click here.

Use This Scene in a Mirror Moment

Sometimes, a picture just grabs your attention. That’s what this photo did to me. The woman looks a little stunned, caught in some kind of conflict. Use this scene in mirror moment, a moment in the middle of a story when the main character makes a decisions about his or her identity.

Maybe the woman has seen something, and she’s trying to decide if she should intervene. She’s always been a person who tackles problems with guns a-blazing, but serious repercussions to this approach have occurred at the beginning of the story. Now she hesitates, questioning if seeing every problem as a life-and-death battle has been wise. But maybe what she’s witnessed just now requires this attitude. Then again, maybe not.

How would you use this scene in a mirror moment?

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