C: angry Killer Frost, seriously? I can't take it anymore.
EM: enters Uh, Caitlin, is everything… he sees her wearing the device Oh. Alter-ego confab.
She takes it off. Seen enough episodes of "Sister, Sister" to recognize a sibling spat when I see one.
C: frustrated Oh. So, I'm trying to help Cisco with his meta-human cure, but every time I start working on it, Killer Frost takes over and messes with my equations. Like this. She changed all my heterozygotes into asterisks.
EM: Oh, I thought those were just tiny snowflakes.
C sighs
EM: So she's not on board?
C: No, and I don't exactly know why.
EM: Can't you just ask her?
C: Oh, I've tried. But every time we start talking about it, she starts singing Barney's "I Love You" song.
EM: Ooh, that's cold.
C: Yeah.
EM: What about Cisco? Is he having any luck?
C: Not yet. He went to the Tannhauser off-sites so he could concentrate. He says it's quiet there.
EM: Yeah. Quiet like a tomb.
C: loaded So I think if I can isolate the genetic marker that bonds human DNA to dark matter, I can reverse engineer the process and unravel it to create a cure.
EM: That's great.
C: hesitating Yeah, except I need meta-DNA that hasn't fully bonded with dark matter yet.
EM: Of course, because as we all know with genetic modification we... Why?
C: Because that's the only time when I can identify where the marker is in the genome.
EM: Okay, so you need DNA from a meta-human who was created recently?
C: Yeah, ideally in the last eight months, but everyone I can think of has been killed by Cicada.
EM: Right. So where the heck do we look?
SCENE 6
SW: The lone decrypted entry from the journal of Nora West-Allen: "The timeline is malleable." Why that's the only one that translated? And why is she interested in the timeline, and maybe more important, why is she hiding this interest?
N: Sherloque, we need you in the cortex.
SW: But of course.
SCENE 7
I: Kira May, Dwayne Geist, Carl Bork. All three metas who were killed by Cicada last night.
C: So Cicada's killed almost as many people in the last hours as he has in the last eight months?
I: And it doesn't look like he's slowing down anytime soon.
B: Well, we need to stop him before he hurts anyone else.
N: Sherloque, do you have any ideas on what to do about that?
SW: Not at the moment, but any time I run into a road block in an investigation, I do what I always do. I just pursue a different avenue. We'll find him. Something will bring him to us.
Something like...
Alarms are sounding.
I: Satellites picking up dark matter flare. It's him.
SW: Something like that.
Cisco: Suit up. We don't have a lot of time.
EM: Not without precautions. For Killer Frost. He tries to hand Caitlin something.
C: smiling, slightly cocky She doesn't need a weapon. Killer Frost is the weapon.
SCENE 8
The heroes arrive on site and begin fighting Cicada.
EM: Negate this!
Frost blasts Cicada to the wall.
N: Hold on. Help!
B: We need Caitlin.
Caitlin appears to help the wounded victim.
C: We need to get her to a hospital. Here, come with me.
Cicada frees himself and attacks Nora.
B: No!
Frost, now there again, attacks Cicada. He flees.
N: pained Aah!
B: panicked Nora. Hey, Nora, Nora?
Frost looks away, annoyed.
B: Okay, Nora... Nora? Nora?
SCENE 9
Barry and Iris sit at Nora's bed. Caitlin enters the medical area.
B: Well?
C: Cicada caused an axial burst fracture in her L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae. Quietly He also severely displaced her fourth thoracic vertebrae. It's not good.
I: But her speed healing is going to kick in, right? Pausing Right?
C: Cicada's cut flooded her body with dark matter. It's affecting her powers. Her speed healing should kick in… for now. I'll keep monitoring her progress. She leaves.
Appendix E: Example memo
Series: Daredevil
Observation: Daredevil injures himself frequently during his heroic activities; he hides these injuries from his friends by claiming they are related to accidents due to his blindness;
he does not seem to view even serious physical injury as a deterrent from his activity; he acquired his blindness as an injury by saving someone as well
Possible implications: There is an underlying pattern; Matt might compensate his grief over his blindness by justifying physical sacrifice in heroism in general; blindness might be seen as an ultimate injury which has other injuries pale in comparison; risking the body and life of a disabled person might be seen as less problematic; inherent value of disabled people without separate earning of their position in society would have deterred from the Supercrip narrative instead
Area of application: Results; conclusion surrounding RQ 3
Appendix F: Code list
Code Dimension
Heroism Adjusted heroism and performed
ability Role as hero
Team
Supernatural ability
Supernatural ability Supernatural components in
medical diagnoses Medical journey
Acquisition
Skill Professional roles
Role as professional
Role as friend Social roles
Role as son/daughter Family
Relationship
Mentorship Disregarded, summarised for social roles
Role as warrior
Acceptance Age and adjustment
Self-acceptance and psychological challenges Journey
Medical journey Mental symptoms Self-acceptance
Deception Disregarded, summarised for
social roles Conflict
Avoidance Betrayal
Performed ability Use of accommodation
Accommodation
Attitude Disability as desirable
Social & antisocial responses Disability identities
Model Perception Attitude society Societal reactions Treatment
Taboo
Awkwardness Joking
Everyday life
Cure Curing disability
Guilt Risk, danger & blame
Sacrifice & violence Blame
Acquisition Origin
Morality Moral perspective
Belonging Minority identities
LGBTQ Inspiration Activism
Roles Minority identities
Social roles Professional roles Disability identities Clash
Interaction
Appendix G: Concept indicator model
Representation of disabled superheroes
Views and attitudes on disability Heroism
Curing
disability Disability as
desirable Self-acceptance and
psychological challenges Use of
accommodation Social and antisocial
responses Moral
perspective Risk, danger
and blame Adjusted heroism and performed ability