PERMISSIONS POST

[drama8om8]

So Octavia now has Vriska's old powers of mind control. Fortunately (?), she's not very good at using them yet! This is where you get to dictate how good she is at using them on your characters, should she ever want to attempt it.

(It's also where you get to say "keep your mitts off my brain, spiderhag, don't even try it.")

Since canon itself has basically said "you know all those rules we had about Vriska's powers? Rules are for losers let's contradict every single one of them," the only restriction I'll put on potential victims is that robots and animals are 100% immune. Everyone else is as immune as they want to be (and anyone who doesn't comment here will be assumed to have immunity).

Finally, even if you're up for mind control generally I will always ask first before actually doing it in a thread, and the option to make it fail is always a thing. Even characters who are completely susceptible to being controlled can shake it off if they try hard enough: the control actually presents itself as a very strong mental suggestion.

OKAY THAT SAID. Please fill out the following!

<b>Character:</b> <user name="USERNAME HERE"> <b>Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them?</b> <b>How difficult is she likely to find it?</b> (Factors that might make it harder for her include how strong-willed your character is and any natural resistances they might have to such things.)

Thanks a lot!

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

Character: Bakura shiromadoushi
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Suuure
How difficult is she likely to find it? Rather. He's... kinda.. 3 souls in one and 2 of the 3 are pretty super resistant to that kinda stuff and very stubborn. So likely it'll work for maybe.. 10 seconds before he breaks free of it and goes on a rage rampage.


Character: Siegfried princenopants
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yep
How difficult is she likely to find it? STUPIDLY EASY. [Canon Mytho doesn't even need mind control to just do what people say.. T~T]

[iustitia]

Character: Teresa iustitia
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? I FLIPPED A COIN AND THE COIN SAID NO

[seriallylucky]

Character: seriallylucky
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Sure.
How difficult is she likely to find it? Probably not too tough at first, but as we go along his brain is going to get more and more like a rock.

[vetala]

Character: Kanti/Kanaya vetala
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Sure.
How difficult is she likely to find it? She can take control if it's sudden, but Kanti is likely to resist once she knows it's happening, which would make her essentially useless since she'd fight every bit of the way. And she'd probably give Tavia a good left hook once she dropped control. It's likely to get harder as she dies throughout the process of her echo and eventually become just straight fucking impossible once she's a rainbow drinker in full.

[amberhearted]

Character: Alexander Varista (amberhearted)
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes!
How difficult is she likely to find it? Depends on what she asks! Alex is pretty strong-willed, but he also goes with the flow a lot of the time. OOC-wise I'm on board for silliness. More serious things ought to be discussed if such things ever come up!

[gogoghostpowers]

Character: Nice Boxers Kid gogoghostpowers
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? HELL YEAH
How difficult is she likely to find it? Given that even when he wasn't a massive weenie Danny still fell under mind control really easily, he's gonna be SO EASY to control. so easy. This will change in time, but for now, Octavia can have an absolute field day with him.

[soulsborderline]

Linking this in an IC post is a great way to make me remember to do it thanks!

Character: Asuka Langley Soryu soulsborderline
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? No natural resistances but she's strong-willed as hell most of the time. Controlling her briefly or for minor things is definitely possible, but anything long-term or major will result in violent resistance on a couple of levels.

Of course when she gets her more mind-breaky Echoes it might get easier...I'll let you know if it comes up.

[earnedmystripes]

Character: Kotetsu Kaburagi earnedmystripes
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Gonna go with no for now, sorry. But I'll let you know if I ever get the itch!!

[argents]

Character: banana badger lynx banagher links argents
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? si!
How difficult is she likely to find it? he has no natural resistance but if we ever find ourselves in a situation where it's applicable, he also has crazy brain powers! they're pretty much just reactionary though (until he learns how to play offensively and ASTRAL PROJECT EMOTIONS), so she'd find it pretty easy to influence him but he might actually be aware of it and know it's her? I'M PLAYING IT BY EAR HERE BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE A GANDER AT HIS OWN PERMISSIONS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE.

[peacefulwinter]

Character: Winter Adamas | Rikka Hishikawa (peacefulwinter)
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Sure!
How difficult is she likely to find it? Not in any way. Winter has no force of personality and little to no spine. So Octavia won't really meet any resistance. She might find an odd link if she pushes too hard, though - it's her effective familiar, Raquel, and if he catches her, he will push back, and he's magical in nature, if that destabilizes her power at all.

[ursoreckless]

Character: Shou Chinen/Sho ursoreckless
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes for a while
How difficult is she likely to find it? He is a bit hardheaded and stubborn and will realize something is wrong after a while, but the more of his past self he regains, the less likely it will be that the powers will work since LOL the whole undead creature of the blood sucking variety.

[flamberge]

Character: flamberge
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Feel free to try~
How difficult is she likely to find it? Difficult and will only get harder with more time and echoes. Richard/Karl is extremely guarded and the more memories of Kratos he gets, this will increase by a lot cause ahaha 4000 year old angels are hard to crack.

[thorny]

Character: thorny
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? No, sorry. :c

but also kind of not-sorry because it makes their future interactions one thousand times more hilarious

[synchronous]

Character: DJ "Dirk Strider" Nelson / synchronous
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? He's pretty strong-willed and stubborn, but if she tries it without warning or when the timing is right she'd probably be able to manage it.

[goodboybestshot]

Character: Thad Atterberry | Jake English goodboybestshot
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes please
How difficult is she likely to find it? In canon Jake is hideously easy to bait and he's pretty fucking gullible so I am going to say yes, it's probably super goddamn easy for her to control Thad.

[respecting]

Character: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito | respecting
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes!
How difficult is she likely to find it? At first, it will be a PIECE OF CAKE because he is dumb as bricks and his will is only so-so.

However, there are echos that could potentially strengthen his will, and if he gets back his Player Pin, it will then be completely impossible as blocking mental suggestions/mind control is one of its specific powers!

[summit]

Character: travros summit
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? YES YES YES YES yeeeeeees
How difficult is she likely to find it? MAYBE A LITTLE HARDER THAN IN CANON but unless she tries to get him to do something that he absolutely would not ever ever ever do the dude can easily be a puppet

[hopediesalone]

Character: Raul Light hopediesalone
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? ttttentative yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? Raul is one of the most stubborn douchebags you are ever likely to meet and that's only gonna get worse. If it's for something simple and stupid, she'll probably manage it, but for something harder (like, say, the thread that prompted this) he's gonna realize something is up and fight back.

Once his brain isn't so squishy, immune of course.

[two_stones]

Character: Sara/Mamizou two_stones
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? If the situation (read: hilariousness) calls for it.
How difficult is she likely to find it? Well Sara is at present a plain ol' human, but she's gonna be turning into a tanuki, which I guess falls under animal???

[songoftimeandtimeagain]

Character: Luke Kokiren (Link) songoftimeandtimeagain
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yeah, sure go for it. Mind controlling and being Not Happy about being mind controlled are things I would definitely be in the mood for.
How difficult is she likely to find it? NOT VERY. At least at first. He's ten and when someone says collect these chickens 'jump' he tends to say how high.

[grannyfucker]

Character: JOVAN/NATHAN grannyfucker
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes, for sure.
How difficult is she likely to find it? I...honestly have no idea if it would be funnier to give her free reign over him, or to have him be mysteriously immune to it.

[drama8om8]

There's a character who's canonically only vulnerable to it half the time and MYSTERIOUSLY IMMUNE the rest of the time so YOU CAN GO FOR THAT DEAL IF YOU WANT YO

not that she can try it anyway until she knows who he is her life is suffering and I love it

[grannyfucker]

THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC AND LIKE THE BEST ROUTE FOR MAXIMUM COMEDIC EFFECT

(and this is precisely why he intends to stay anon on the network for as long as possible)

(no it's not)

(but it's a factor)

[tenaciousc]

Character: Michelle/Chell tenaciousc
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yep.
How difficult is she likely to find it? Average to a little tough to start out with, but likely to become significantly harder once she gets echoes and starts becoming more Chell-like. 99th-percentile tenacity, yo.

[stagnantair]

i just realized i never did this

Character: toobigstagnantair
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes for Bertholdt; Yes for Gavin until he gets his AI/emotionless husk Echoes back!
How difficult is she likely to find it? Bertholdt'd probably be pretty easy, considering he's push over mcgee. Gavin will be tough though, he's super strong willed and opinionated lol.