Some combinable possibilities for not-pink Carina:
- all of these scenarios possibly involve her being attached to a problematic male employer or guardian and desiring independence or having been attached and already won said independence, which she may or may not know what to do with.
- displaced Hydra experiment (not a volunteer).
- displaced Inhuman, possibly a previous resident of Afterlife or possibly somewhere in the world having only recently discovered this facet of herself; her gift is some variety of light manipulation.
- displaced Sokovian refugee.
- everyday girl somehow affected by the attacks in New York, London, etc.
- everyday girl somehow affected by other superhero-related events.
- everyday girl affected by the first bullet point to the point that she is now a self-styled badass, though not a hero per se.