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Self-Insert Info [ EARTH-1 ]

[ anyway i wanted to do full info for my flash self-insert because i changed her a lot ]

[ my self insert from before is the same for earth-38 ( winn and brainy’s earth ) so this self insert is just specifically for the flash. ]

Name: Quill West ( fraternal twin sister to wally west, younger sister to iris west )

Alias: “ Thunderbird ”

Species and abilities: Metahuman, electrokinesis

Ethnicity: African-American

Gender: female ( technically genderfluid but mostly presents as female )

Sexuality: biromantic asexual ( sex repulsed )

Home Earth: Earth-1

Occupation: part-time superhero, full-time mechanic/electrician for S.T.A.R. labs and team flash

Status: dating barry allen

Personality

quill is a lot like wally in personality. she has shown to be fun-loving and very playful, and fairly light-hearted, even in serious situations. quill is also very fond of making puns and pop-culture references, almost too frequently. shes pretty silly, almost similar to ray, and tends to get giggly, especially when flustered or just in a really good mood. however she is a lot more easy-going and laid back than wally, having been excited to connect with iris and joe despite being equally bitter about having grown up without a father figure. she doesn’t often get worked up easily by things, only mildly irritated, which often followed by a pretty comedic reaction. she is very sassy and is always making witty, snarky comments. she can be sarcastic too, making her butt heads a lot with harry and ralph. though sometimes she can overtalk ( ok, more than sometimes ), something she is very insecure about, and sometimes won’t make a comment on situations until provoked. she’s not as impulsive as her brother is, instead of more cautious and level-headed, favoring thinking and planning over running in blind. quill is a major coffee addict and can almost always be seen with a cup of it in hand or nearby. she can usually be found at jitters in her free-time, often accompanied by wally, H.R., or joe. 

Abilities

quill’s meta ability is electrokinesis, or electricity manipulation. her body acts as a lightning rod, able to absorb electricity, as well as an electrical conductor. she can run electricity through her body, as well as release it or shoot it out at any amount of power she wants ( within reason, of course ). she can also shape it, such as making an electricity whip or spear. When using an overload of her power, her eyes turn bright yellow and spark, however this can cause her to ‘shortage out’, or lose her memory for upwards a whole day depending on how much she exerted herself. she’ll usually regain it, but it’ll come back to her quicker if she takes a nap. team flash takes turns keeping track of her whenever this happens.

Backstory

quill west is the youngest of the west siblings and the twin sister of wally west. she wasn’t raised with iris and joe but instead with her mother, francine west, as well as her brother wally. for most of her late teen years to early twenties she worked as a barista at cc jitters, until the night the particle accelerator exploded. at the time, she had been in central city, trying to fix the electrical box at their local jitters location ( a power outage was caused right before the explosion due to poor weather ). since she had some skills in mechanics they sent her over, but the explosion, much like barry, caused her to get completely electrocuted. 

she was in the hospital for a week before they let her go, surprised she didn’t have any burns or injuries, other than a few bruises and a slight concussion. It wasn’t until the day after she was released from the hospital and returned home that she discovered she was a meta. she accidentally shortaged out the light in her room, and eventually the whole house, unable to control her electricity. she hid this from her mother as well as the rest of the world for a long time, and ended up never getting the chance to tell her that she was a meta. but she did tell wally, who helped her practice controlling her powers in secret. 

pretty quickly after reconnecting with joe and iris, quill began to get to know team flash and become extremely close with them, especially barry. she accidentally figured out he was the flash by walking in on them at S.T.A.R. labs when looking for iris. they made her swear not to tell anyone, and as a sure agreement, she revealed to them that she was a meta. not long after, she began to handle the electrical work and some mechanical work in S.T.A.R. labs, usually alongside cisco or harry. eventually, she started going out on the field alongside barry and the others, picking up the superhero alias THUNDERBIRD.

Headcanons

-unlike wally, she doesn't live with the west fam, she lives on her own in a loft nearby, kind of like kara but quill’s loft is a little bigger.

-she has a comfort animal, a golden retriever named buddy !! he's her baby !!

-everyone thinks thunderbird is a boy. most likely because she wears her hair like wally's whenever she's out being super. she's VERY popular among girls, which she really doesn't mind. she now presents as male when out as thunderbird.

-she has a drink named after her at jitters !! the 'thunderbird' is an expresso with the foam in the shape of a thunderbolt. it has so many shots its guaranteed to make your heart stop.

-her favorite drink at jitters is actually the reverse flash, a secret menu drink. she'll also go for the zoom, sometimes.

-shes like ?? never wearing her own clothes. she borrows shirts and sweaters and hoodies, etc. from barry and wally all the time, and sometimes even iris.

-she does struggle with social anxiety. she may act pretty social and crazy around team flash and her family, but outside of that she's heavily introverted and EXTREMELY socially awkward. to strangers she may come off as just really goofy and weird, but on her end shes usually really anxious and trying to cover that up with overtalking and unfunny jokes. she does get very stressed in long social situations and can be physically exhausted if out around people too long.

-her suit was made by cisco ( of course ) and is heavily based off of his own vibe suit, which she often tells him looks really cool ( or 'dope' more specifically ). its made mostly of leather, with heavy rubber padding inside the chest area to protect her from accidentally shocking her heart to death. but it also lowkey smushes her chest, not in an uncomfortable way, but definitely contributes to her more masculine appearance.

-the wings on the back of her suit are supposed to be bird wings!

-cisco calls her 'pikachu' and she literally cannot stand it. and harry calls her sparky which shes indifferent to.

-she's EXTREMELY close with wally. they grew up together and took care of each other a lot, especially when their mom got sick and was in the hospital. they've always been there for each other and continue to be. they're best friends and nearly inseparable !!

-wally and quill love to tag team ... wally can charge quill with a lightning throw and quill can create a REALLY powerful attack from it. it's like their ultimate move, but also always puts quill out of commission afterward, so they try not to do it often ( though sometimes they can't help showing off).

-quill loves to act cocky while on the field, but she's actually quite humble and is very thankful for her powers. she's one of the few metas who loves their powers and wouldn't trade them for anything.

-shes a big superhero fan and knows A LOT about every super, including her friends like barry and oliver. she studies the multiverse and it's heroes occasionally too, and sometimes visits earth-38 to study with kara. she got to meet superman once and she never shuts up about it. she also loves wearing shirts with superhero logos on them.

she’s team mechanic and usually fixes up S.T.A.R. labs after meta of the week destroys it. shes also an ‘electrician’ of sorts and can get the place to light up again if the lights shortage out.

loves film and theatre, a whole lot !!!! will fight you about why highschool musical 2 is better than highschool musical 1

she loves loves loves loves loves her speedy boyfriend

she has got some thick eyebrows and eyebags lmao