Cryokinetic

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Cryokinesis is the superhuman ability which allows control ice and, less often, water. The power is very popular in comic books and fantasy shows. A person with the ability of cryokinesis is called cryokinetic. The word, even though it's very popular in the media, is a neologism.

[edit] In Popular Culture

On the WB series Charmed, Prue Halliwell had a past life P. Bowen, had this power, she generated it from her mouth (she blew it out, like a gust of wind).
In the X-Men series the character Iceman is a cryokinetic.
In the Midway game series "Mortal Kombat", the characters "Sub-Zero" and "Frost" are both cryokenetic.
DC comics has a handful of cryokinetic supervillains in Killer Frost, Icicle, and Minister Blizzard. DC villains Mr. Freeze and Captain Cold use cryokinetic weapons. DC's cryokinetic superheroes include Polar Boy, Icemaiden, and Ice.
Glace Winters can manipulate ice in any way, shape or form and is even invincible because his body slows down or even frezes itself in healing ice when it is hurt. Rory Perry has also accidentally used his power, when freezing, then imploding the Melinda's Henchman Morndawe as revenge for Melinda killing her brother Tarrant.(Rory is an empath.)
In the Australian series H2O: Just Add Water, Claire Holt's character has the power to freeze water molecules. She cannot generate ice but creates it from the water. She discovers this when her friend Cleo throws water at her and she holds up her hands in defence, which triggers her power.
In the Final Fantasy games, black mages have power over ice. It is produced through spells such as Blizzard, Blizzara and Blizzaga. Other ice spells exist also as do items with an ice element such as "Arctic Wind". There is also a summon spell for an ice creature. In most games, it is Shiva who freezes all enemies in ice, then destroying it, causing the damage.