Carrie Cutter

For her Earth-51 counterpart, see Carrie Cutter (Earth-51).


Carrie Cutter
Carrie Cutter
Full name:	Carrie Cutter
Known aliases:	Cupid
Species:	Human
Gender:	Female
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Red
Homeworld:	Earth
Birthplace:	Earth
Born:	24th century
Affiliation:	Federation
Family
Mother:	Isabel Cutter
Father:	Oscar Cutter
Marital Status:	Single
Spouse(s):	Jesse Ruckert (ex-fiancé)
Career
Occupation:	Member of Liza Warner's crew Member of the Suicide Squad SCIS officer (formerly)
Carrie Cutter as Cupid

"Love is a bullet to the brain, or an arrow to the heart."

— Carrie's new philosophy

Carrie Hartnell Cutter (born November 21, 2336), also known as Cupid, is a female Human who lives in the 24th century who is a former SCIS officer of the Starling City SCIS Department. For a time following her SCIS career, she became obsessed with The Arrow and practiced archery. This obsession escalated until she began killing and threatening people in an attempt to get his attention. After he took her down, she was taken in by Amanda Waller as a part of the Suicide Squad. However, she managed to work off her sentence and was released from A.R.G.U.S. custody, only to start a killing spree and be stopped by Team Arrow.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Carrie received top marks at school, and also participated in, and helped win many gymnastics competitions for the school. She attended Starling University from 2371 to 2375. There she met Jesse Ruckert, who she eventually got engaged to. However, not long after graduation, he disappeared.

Work as a SCIS officer[]

In 2375, Carrie joined the SCIS as a officer, eventually two years later becoming the SWAT unit's first female member. At an unspecified point, Carrie's unit was called in to sort out a bomb threat in The Glades, where the unit was forced to engage the Culebra crime gang. It's implied that she once arrested Rene Ramirez. A while later, Carrie became obsessed with a colleague and received therapy from a shrink.

Obsession with the Arrow[]

When Slade Wilson's army attacked Starling City, Carrie got assaulted by one of the Mirakuru-enhanced henchman. the Arrow passed by and saved her by shooting the henchman. After this she began to develop an obsession with him. She began to train archery, recruited Kirby Bates, a hacker and began collecting data on the Arrow, and visited crime scenes where he had been involved. In an apartment, she had accumulated a collection of sketches and news articles on him, as well as a collection of his arrows.

Around six months later, Carrie went to another of the Arrow's suspected crime scenes, at the Wildcat Gym, where Laurel Lance walked past her. She also later walked past a shuttle that John Diggle was parking while backing up the Arrow and Ted Grant. Later that night, Carrie injured two SCIS officers who were escorting Isaac Stanzler. When Isaac asked her who she was, she introduced herself as Cupid, before killing him with an arrow.

She clothed Isaac in a costume similar to that of the Arrow and left him in the streets for the real one to find. Oliver and Diggle found a letter with the address off her apartment in the arrow tip. As they searched her apartment she watched them from a nearby building. She called a cellphone she left there and told him she wanted to help him fight against crime, as well as be with him. She also sent a picture of a mob boss she had captured earlier and suggested they should punish him together. Felicity managed to trace her sim card and they found out her identity. They noticed fertilizer in the background of the picture and connected it to the gardening club Sherwood Florist where Carrie was a member of.

The Arrow and Arsenal broke in Sherwood Florist and split up. Carrie was waiting for them. She sneaked up on Roy and startled him by shooting an arrow next to him. She easily beat him before he could even warn Oliver. Using his earpiece she taunted the Arrow and told him they were meant for each other. She used the mob boss as a hostage (making him stand on a chair with the bomb vest and a wire detonator around his neck) and began to tell him she wanted to be with the Arrow. As the Arrow refused she kicked the chair away and fled the scene while the Arrow saved the mob boss. Visiting the hacker he showed her the result of his algorithm and revealed it pointed to Verdant as the base of the Arrow's operations. She began to kiss him and then killed him by stabbing an arrow in his neck. She visited Verdant during the grand opening she walked past Roy without him recognizing her. Sitting at the bar she looked around for the Arrow. Diggle found out about the algorithm and warned Oliver. After ordering a drink from Thea she got called by Oliver. Lighthearted she joked about him using a club as a base. Oliver tried to persuade her to meet him to get her away from Thea. She agreed to meet him however she promised she would kill everyone in the club if he did not show up.

Meeting at the place he first saved her she told him she wanted him to be her lover. Oliver tried to tell her she isn't well and that he had talked to her psychiatrist. Carrie mentioned nothing was wrong with her and said she wanted to be together and called him a hero. Oliver tried to convince her he couldn't be with anyone, and made references to his own situation that he couldn't be with Felicity. Angered by his rejection, she tried to shoot him. Oliver dodged her shot and disarmed her with a shot of his own. She attacked him and the two got in a fierce brawl. After getting knocked down she kicked the lock of a metal grill and the two fell down and landed on a train track. During the fall Oliver lost his bow, the two continued fighting and she quickly defeated him and cuffed him to the tracks. As he was cuffed down she stood over him and told him that if she could not have him no one would. Oliver tried to reason with her, however, she prepared to die together as a train drove towards them. Oliver dislocated his thumb and escape the cuffs and pulled her away just in time. Shocked she mentioned he saved her again. Oliver then handed her over to Waller to use for the Suicide Squad to give her something to focus her talents and energy on.

Work as part of the Suicide Squad[]

Carrie traveled to the Republic of Kasnia with Lyla Michaels and Floyd in a mission to rescue Senator Joseph Cray, who was taken hostage while opening a hospital. John decided to tag along to help Lyla, as they just had been married. Carrie, John, Lyla, and Floyd parachuted down in Kasnia and as they prepared, Carrie asked Lyla about her recent wedding. Carrie explained how for her wedding with the Arrow, she will spend less on the flowers to save more money for the dress and soon, she and the Arrow would "make strong, beautiful babies". Floyd bluntly told Carrie that a love-life and family is not possible for people who do what they do, but John disagreed.

While Floyd took down the guards with his sniper rifle, Carrie, John, and Lyla burst into the hospital and killed the terrorists in a firefight. As they prepared to free the hostages, Senator Cray suddenly pulled out a gun and shot at Carrie but Floyd tackled her to the ground, taking the bullet for her. Carrie was visibly touched as the Squad escaped, falling in love with Floyd. Over the radio, Senator Cray revealed that the hostage situation was just theater to make him a hero and eventually allow him to run for president. Floyd assured a distressed John and Lyla that they will survive to get back to their daughter. His speech seemed to arouse Carrie, who made some flirting remarks towards him.

Later, Carrie, John, and Lyla took down most of the mercenaries at the hospital but Cray threatened to activate some bombs. Floyd positioned himself on the rooftop and shot the detonator out of his hand. After a short fight, the Squad took out most of the mercenaries and began guiding the hostages out of the building. Carrie and John urged Floyd to get down, as the building would explode soon. However, Floyd revealed he lied and will cover their escape from the rooftop so they could make it out alive. Floyd supported them as Carrie, John and Lyla fought their way out of the building and got the hostages to safety. As the building exploded, seemingly killing Floyd, Carrie screamed in despair. She attempted to run towards the burning wreckage but John held her back.

Eventually, Carrie worked off her sentence through the Suicide Squad missions and was released from A.R.G.U.S. custody.

The Suicide Squad, consisting of Cupid, Captain Boomerang and Floyd Lawton, surveyed King Shark from destroying an aquarium. King Shark was later trapped in by the Suicide Squad. Captain Boomerang threw a boomerang, but King Shark simply bit through it. Deadshot shot him, knocking him over, followed by Cupid shooting a trick arrow, which expanded in to a net, trapping him.

Anti-love crusade[]

Struggling with the death of Floyd Lawton and her failure at finding love, Carrie became convinced that love was just a lie and that this was something she had to demonstrate to the people. Setting up her base at the storage facility of Colao Wedding Dress Services, she began to collect data on celebrity couples who were to be married soon. Carrie first kidnapped Blaine and Shannon. She made them both admit their love for each other before shooting them simultaneously with her bow. Carrie left their bodies on the streets, positioned in the shape of a heart, with a note that read "Love is Dead".

She targeted the next couple Allison Lee and Robert Joyce. She took them at their wedding, tied them up and drove them away in their shuttle. Sadistically taunting them she noticed she was getting chased by the Green Arrow and Speedy by motorcycle. In the ensuing chase Speedy managed to board her shuttle. However Cupid flys her shuttle through the wall of a warehouse and knocks her off. Blocking the helm she leaps out and lets Green Arrow corner the shuttle and crash it. As he checked the driver seat she attacked him from behind and knocked him down. Aiming an arrow at him she told him she would tell him to enjoy the afterlife but they both know that is just eternal nothingness. Green Arrow blocks her shot and they engaged in a fight. Carrie told him he was not The Arrow who she was in love with. Green Arrow used a trick arrow to ensnare her and attended to her hostages. Carrie cut herself loose and escaped by scaling the wall with a grappling hook arrow.

Learning that Oliver Queen was about to marry with Felicity Smoak at the Hochman Hotel, Cupid decided to target them next. Rigging the building with C4, she proceeded to listen to their vows before confronting them in the chapel. She told Oliver that love made him weak and then shot an arrow in his heart. Oliver got back up and he revealed that his kevlar vest had blocked the arrow. Cupid showed the detonator of the C4 and told them that love was false and resulted only in death. The recovery of Felicity and their marriage made them look like a fairy tale, by killing them she would show the people that love was false. Felicity opposed her and gave her a rousing speech of how her time with Oliver had been the best thing that had happened to her, even if she would die today she would not regret this. Cupid was impressed by her speech and Speedy used this to shoot the detonator out of her hand. Carrie fought Diggle and Speedy simultaneously and quickly subdued them after a short fight. She went for the detonator but got ensnared by a trick arrow. As she tried to free herself Oliver used the gun of Diggle to shoot her with a dart that stunned her.

She was later taken into custody by SCIS.

New allies[]

Carrie Cutter, Liza Warner and China White steal Tobias Church's gold

Following her anti love crusade Carrie was placed in Iron Heights. While there she met Chien Na Wei and Liza Warner, eventually partnering up to steal Tobias Church's gold. The three then escaped and went on another killing spree, this time targeting gangs once affiliated to Church. First targeting the Chinese Triad, massacring many gang members. They next targeted the Bertinelli Crime Family. This however would be interrupted by the Green Arrow. Carrie and her allies would later target other gangsters who did know the location of the money. Following this they hired many criminals to defend them should anybody interrupt them. Team Arrow would arrive to prevent their escape and fight ensued, during which Carrie manage to injure Rene Ramirez and Curtis Holt. She only stopped when the ACU arrived and arrested her.

Return to Task Force X[]

At some point she must have been returned to A.R.G.U.S. as Barry Allen and Leonard Snart came across her cell while on a heist at A.R.G.U.S.. Barry then noticed that it was the place where the Suicide Squad was kept.

Personality[]

Seemingly playful and flirtatious, she is revealed to go to extreme lengths to satisfy her desire to be with the Arrow, including killing. Becoming obsessed with the Arrow she seemed to build her entire world around him, and only focus on him. Explicitly stating she did not touch Roy and even killed the hacker after he tried to get intimate with her. Believing that they were meant for each other, she referred to Oliver as her "lover" and "boyfriend". Carrie seemed to ignore laws and moral boundaries alike, killing Isaac Stanzler and injuring two SCIS officers just to get his attention. She even threatened to kill everyone in the club if Oliver did not show up. Carrie was shown to get angry when people confronted her with her mental disorder. She claimed that there was nothing wrong with her and strongly disliked the psychiatrist that treated her. After Oliver rejected her, Carrie became enraged, and becoming furious, she tried to kill him. In a final act, she wanted to die with Oliver, saying that if she can't have him, then no one can. She tied Oliver to the train rails using handcuffs. She wanted to die together by being hit by a train. Her illness was furthered when Oliver snapped free and saved her again. Although it was only to keep his promise of saving people and not killing, Oliver's action caused Carrie to believe that he saved her because he loved her.

As a result of put on Task Force X, Carrie's personality and behavior seems much more stable, however she still seemed to believe the Arrow and she would be together. She cheerfully asked Lyla about her wedding and told her in details how she and the Arrow will get married. After Floyd Lawton took a bullet for her she became quickly fond of him and seemed to focus her desires on him.

Her psychiatrist diagnosed Carrie with attachment disorder. This refers to an inability to form real lasting relationships. She pushes everyone away and fixates on one single person that she feels mirrors her emotional state. She desires honesty and sincerity and can notice when people lie to her.

Carrie's missions for Task Force X as well as the death of Floyd Lawton heavily influenced her perception on love. She began to believe in the quote of Lawton that love was a bullet to the brain. She became bound on showing the people that love was pathetic and was only making person's weak. She became obsessed with this belief and began to kill famous couples in an attempt to make clear to the people that love is death. However, when talking with Felicity Smoak she began to doubt that love was false. This might indicate that her attitude that love is death might be an overreaction to cope with her own failed love life, since the Arrow rejected her and Floyd Lawton died.

Abilities[]

Peak of human physical condition: As a former SCIS officer, Carrie is shown to be in top physical condition. During her fight against Oliver she displayed incredible feats of speed and dexterity. Despite falling down more than twelve feet she got up and kept fighting without any visible injuries.
SCIS/SWAT training: Carrie has received training in making difficult arrests, restraining techniques and cuffing dangerous suspects.
Expert archer: Carrie is shown to be a skilled archer. Being able to shoot the two police officers in their legs with precision shots. Working for Task Force X she kept using archery instead of firearms. Using her bow she was able to kill heavily armed mercenaries. She was able to fire two arrows at once and hit both targets in their heart.
Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Carrie excels in close combat, proving herself a creative and dangerous fighter by using her slender build, flexibility, and speed to her advantage. As a former S.W.A.T. SCIS officer, Carrie has experience in making difficult arrests and dealing with dangerous criminals, often incorporating restraining techniques against her opponents. Carrie was able to easily beat the heavily armed Arsenal and hold her own against the Arrow, despite fighting him unarmed while he used his bow as a melee weapon, though he was likely holding back. After the Arrow lost his bow, Carrie managed to restrain and cuff him. Carrie was also later able to keep up with Speedy, Red Arrow and Spartan, even briefly subduing them both before being knocked down by Spartan. Later, along with Chien Na Wei, Carrie could hold her own against Green Arrow, who was able to initially swiftly outpace them until he was knocked down and the ACU interfered. Carrie was also able to fight on par against Mr. Terrific and quickly best him with help from Liza Warner.
High-level intellect/Expert tactician/Manipulator: Carrie is shown to be highly skilled in designing plans. She was able to abduct a heavily guarded mob boss. She lured The Arrow by leaving trails and predicted his actions to get him exactly where she wanted him. She also is highly adept in using her surroundings to her advantage. Carrie is also skilled in manipulating people. She flirted with a hacker to make him help her. She used hostages and threats to lure the Arrow. According to her psychiatrist Carrie is able to notice it when people lie to her.
Explosives expert: Possibly due to her SWAT training Carrie is highly skilled with explosives, using a bomb vest and a wire detonator to use a mob boss as a hostage.
Expert markswoman/phasers: As a former SCIS officer of the Starling City Starfleet Criminal Investigative Service Department, Carrie is skilled in the use of phasers.
Stealth: Carrie is shown to be highly skilled in stalking people, blending in with her surroundings to avoid getting noticed. She was able to follow the events with Team Arrow and Ted Grant tracking Isaac Stanzler without being spotted.
Skilled gardener: Carrie was a member of the Gardening club Sherwood Florist.

Equipment[]

Cupid suit: While stalking the Arrow she wore a suit consisting of tight pants and a top in dark green, as well as a long dark jacket. She kept wearing this while working for Task Force X.
Custom made bow: Carrie is shown wielding a custom-made bow; it is unknown what type of bow it is.
Quiver: Wearing a quiver, Carrie carried her arrows in it during her confrontations with The Arrow.
Custom made arrows: Carrie is seen using custom-made arrows. These arrows had tips made from carbon fiber-reinforced polymer, and are heart-shaped and colored red.
Handcuffs: Carrie was revealed to be carrying handcuffs. She used these in her fight with Oliver to cuff him to the tracks.
Flechette: Carrie has a small heart-shaped flechette in her sleeve. She used this to cut herself free when she had been ensnared by a trick arrow.
Trick arrows: Carrie used a grappling hook arrow to scale a wall.

Trivia[]

Carrie shares many similarities with Evelyn Sharp/Artemis:
- Both were top students and gymnasts at their respective schools.
- Both are archers.
- Both have a personal grudge of some sorts with Oliver Queen/Green Arrow.
- Both join a team of villains during Season 5.
Carrie is one of the few individuals to overpower and nearly kill Oliver Queen in combat.

Behind the scenes[]

In the DC comics, Carrie Cutter is a super-villain known as Cupid. She is an enemy of Green Arrow and Black Canary, being obsessed with the vigilante archer. Carrie grew insane after volunteering for a top-secret program called Cobalt, which turned her emotions up to the extreme when it came to falling in love. Other effects included memory loss and increased strength.