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

/fills this out ahead of time like a creepy stalker

[wirsinddiejager]

Character: ALANEREN wirsinddiejager
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? NO NEVER (yes)
How difficult is she likely to find it? Pretty darn easy! Though I think as he regains echoes and becomes more of a hardheaded shounen it would get more difficult?

[drama8om8]

icon so relevant you don't even know

[enrages]

Character: KARSONKAT enrages
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? what the fuck do you think omg why am i even filling this out YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
How difficult is she likely to find it? she could do it in canon, it will always be easy for her, it will be the easiest thing in the world

[enrages]

wait could she do it in canon I THINK SHE COULD fuck i dont remember this shit anymore

[unwakingwaters]

Character: reapsthewind
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? ATTEMPTS = YES.
How difficult is she likely to find it? Chris is a cranky stubborn bitch and currently has two brains, sort of -- her normal squishy human organic brain, and a Cybertronian Spark. This means that while Octavia might be able to influence the squishy human bit, the Cybertronian part... probably not so much.

This is especially bad because the part of Chris that is a robot is a huge bastard and much more likely to react with violence :V This may lead to hilarity where Chris' human brain listens, but her robot arms go NOPE.JPG and attempt to strangle Octavia :V

on the bright side this also might be Chris' first clue that she's got a bad case of cartesian dualism going on V:


AS CHRIS BECOMES MORE ROBOT AND LESS HUMAN it will continue to get harder until Starscream is like, bitch plz

Character: unwakingwaters
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? Maya is older than you and crankier than you. So that's already difficult. And then on top of that she's the third or fourth most powerful spellcaster in her canon.

so good luck octavia

[drama8om8]

WHY MUST YOU PLAY STRONG AND/OR TERRIFYING LADIES, TEAL

GOSH

(meaning GOT IT THXU)

[not_good_not_wicked]

Character: not_good_not_wicked
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes
How difficult is she likely to find it? Not too hard for now, but as she starts getting back her stupendous magical power and superhuman will, it will get a LOT harder.

[drama8om8]

NOTED thankyou!!

[eras]

Character: Aria Megido! eras
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? I am 0kay with things.
How difficult is she likely to find it? I am wondering if this wouldn't trigger her resistance to Vriska's mind control, since Vriska apparently tried it and it ~didn't work~. 8|a idk what your thoughts on that are though!

[drama8om8]

That sounds like a plan to me! 83b SHE WILL BE SO BUTTHURT ABOUT IT NOT WORKING JSYK

[scramasax]

Character: Anthony (scramasax)
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Indeed!
How difficult is she likely to find it? He'd push quite hard against any total defiance of integrity and there'd be resistance if she caught him in frame of mind to think that something's really not quite right - but on the whole, very doable!

Alas, 'twould have been a yes on Cinderella as well were she not a horse.

[drama8om8]

PONIIIIEEESSS--! [INSERT FISTSHAKING HERE]

Got it, thankyou! 83

[wordsgate]

Character: wordsgate
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Sure!
How difficult is she likely to find it? Sam would definitely put up a fight, and as his leafe knight powers come back it might be more difficult...but for now it's probably pretty easy unless she tries to get him to do something he would never do.

[drama8om8]

Alrighty, got it! Thanks!! 83

[originaloddcouple]

Character: orginialoddcouple
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? YES
How difficult is she likely to find it? These two are idiots. Like, ridiculously naive and moronic. It's gonna be pretty damn easy. Actually, hold up, the real problem would be how they'd interpret their orders. Because nobody knows how that'd go.

Otherwise, they would resist surprisingly well against hurting friends.

[formermagicalgirl]

Character: Tamara formermagicalgirl
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? Yes.
How difficult is she likely to find it? Probably going to depend on things, but I'm going to say no on having her control any of her monsters via this (more like not direct control, but trying to get her to do something that would be most effectively handled by a monster would potentially work). While her current one is pretty weak, later on she gets some powerful stuff and that could become abusive. As she becomes less human it will likely grow harder.

And since she's already regained some abilities to summon her monsters, I should probably go ahead and say those would likely be a no go. While not really animals or robots, I'd say they would be more like demonic insects and they don't have much of a brain. Also, since they are summons, they are already being controlled by Tamara.

Character: Hugo luredbypower
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? It's fine as long as she doesn't plan on having him do anything aggressive or violent due to the fact that controlling him in such a way would trigger a very nasty canon recurrence echo that could lead to him going on an insane killing spree. Yeah, I'm trying to avoid that one for the time being but that will change over time and maybe down the road I'd be open to Octavia setting that off.
How difficult is she likely to find it? He's actually pretty strong willed since he was eventually able to shake off the mind control that happened to him in his canon. After he's shaken off the control that comes with that nasty echo it will be a lot more difficult.

[hawaiianheir]

Character: Makani 'Mac' 'Macklemore' 'Macintosh' 'Mac 'N Cheese' Kapule hawaiianheir
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? IT'S BE NON-CANON IF SHE DIDN'T
How difficult is she likely to find it? He's a cranky stubborn asshole college student who naturally buries everything, but he's not a completely impenetrable maze. She's going to have to try harder to get him slack-jawed than Alan and Karson, but it's by no means an impossible feat if she really really wants him to do something absolutely stupid (Squawk like an idiot and shit on your desk will still not work tho)

[somesayinfire]

Character: Brooke "Tara 'Terra' Markov" Reynolds somesayinfire
Is it okay for Octavia to attempt mind controlling them? YES
How difficult is she likely to find it? Probably pretty easy, she has zero psychic defenses and is kind of easy to manipulate

[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.