Just think, you wake up and find out that you are capable of controlling your mind. How would you react? Would it be shocking or exciting for you?
Well, this is no joke. We are talking today about the Mind Control Superpower, one of the superpowers that allows the user to control the mind. They can have complete control or limited control over the minds of others and force them to perform various tasks according to their wish.
Call it Brainwashing, Encanto, Concilium, Compulsion, Manipulative Possession, Consciousness Manipulation, Mental Domination, Mind Compulsion Domination, Mind Manipulation, or even Psychic Hypnosis, Mind control allows the user to control the behaviors, thoughts, movements, perceptions, personality, emotions, and much more of oneself and others.
Certain fiction-based terms used for this power include Imperio from Harry Potter, Dominate from World of Darkness, Telepathic Influence from The Gifted, Triton App from Lab Rats, Concilium from American Horror Story, Superpower Contamination from Mighty Red, and many more.
What are the abilities of Mind Control Superpower users?
The users of the power are capable of controlling or manipulating the minds of others. They have complete control over the behaviors, thoughts, movements, perceptions, personalities, emotions, and memories of others and can also use them to manipulate their minds. Depending on the power and skill of the user, they can target the subject and control them completely similar to hypnosis.
The advanced-level user is capable of controlling multiple minds at a time. They can easily place the users in a semi-conscious state. In this phase, the target might fail to remember or recall any actions they might have performed in the past.
What applications are used by the users during Mind Control Superpower?
The users use applications like Mental Manipulation and Mental Inducement while performing mind control tasks. The applications consider other sub-applications like hypnotic Beam Emission, Puppet Mastery, Subliminal Seduction, Subordinate Manipulation, Telepathic Implantation, Trance Inducement, Awakening Inducement, Sleep Inducement, Dream Inducement, and many more.
Apart from these two primary applications, other applications they might use include Behavior Manipulation, Emotion Manipulation, Hypnosis, Illusion Manipulation, Motor-Skill Manipulation, Suicide Manipulation, Thought Manipulation, Free Will Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Telepathy, Thought Manipulation, and many more.
What techniques and variations are used for Mind Control Superpower?
The list of techniques used for Mind Control include:
- Animal Manipulation
- Convinced Inevitability
- Remote Mind Control
- Command Inducement
- Sentient Control
The user also adopts variations like Magical Telepathy, Illusory Mind Control, Siren Song, Superpower Mind Control, Vocal Mind Control, Tactile Mind Control, Psychological Mastery, Magical Telepathy, Organic Mind Control, and many more. The variations help the user to control the minds of others through organic manipulation. They can also manipulate the target using sirens or songs or through touch. They can also use words to manipulate the minds of others.
What are the limitations of Mind Control?
Controlling the mind of someone might seem to be an exciting task. However, there are certain limitations the users need to keep in mind.
The users who are Indomitable Will and Immune might fail to perform the mind-controlling task. The users might also fail if the opponent is the user of Psychic Shield or impervious. Again, the power might not work when the opponent uses powers like Mental Healing, Control Negation, Mental Regeneration, and Mental Restoration.
The users of advanced levels like Mass consciousness and higher consciousness might not be controllable by others. The users might have trouble when controlling users of Dominant Activity. Sometimes they fail or might struggle to control combats with impulsive actions. The power would also not work on opponents without minds or those with weak minds.
Who are the known users of Mind Control?
Some of the popular users of Mind Control power include:
- Daniel Friedkin from Alive: The Final Evolution
- Zash Caine from Fairy Tail
- Venus from Marchen Awakens Romance
- Obito Uchiha from Naruto
- Kurumi from Needless
- Mad Hatter from DC Comics
- Gambit from Marvel Comics
- HIM from The Powerpuff Girls
- Vega from Star Darlings
- The Source from Charmed
- Sasha from Infamous
What are the popular objects and places for Mind Control?
Some of the popular objects in the list include Zombie Tattoo from Marchen Awakens Romance, Millennium Rod from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Ring of Andvari from Zero no Tsukaima, Starro-tech from Young Justice, Crown of Control from LEGO Dreamzz, Mind Control Tie from Gravity Falls, Mind Gem from Marvel Comics, Earpods from Doctor Who, Binding Mochi from Pokemon, Floro Sprouts from SUPERHOT, Erma Williams from Erma, Zalgo from Creepypasta, and many more.
The popular places for this superpower include SCP-001-Scantron’s Proposal – The Foundation from SCP Foundation.
Conclusion
Mind Control is surely an amazing superpower that helps the user to control the mind of others. The power can be used for both positive and negative aspects. The superpower is the sub-power of Mental Manipulation and Telepathy.