Quote by Buz
For instance, if a person under no circumstances would be not be servile and kneel down and give a blow job, no amount of mind control will make them do it. Because that is way beyond their character. But if they do do it, then deep down they've harbored the desire to. The mind control brings that out. It is a latent part of their character.

There can be a host of reasons someone suppresses their desires such as peer pressure, religion, social standing, corporate hierarchy, etc. But deep inside those are things that they could do, so mind control brings that to the service.

It's the same concept as the prudish librarian that under the right circumstance becomes a sexual dynamo.

If we as story verifiers determine that a storyline and action in this genre is being written as , we'll reject that.

I can't explain it any better. The description of Mind Control that goes with the category seems to make perfect sense to me. If anyone doesn't understand the category or finds it repulsive, then they should avoid it. There are categories I do not write in because I wouldn't enjoy it. Just use common sense.

If someone desires an Omnium Badge enough to force themselves to write in all categories, even if they don't like them, then they've earned the Badge, at least until we add another category. Sorry, that's just how it is. It's actually a pretty good representation of how real life works.

I disagree. Even if the willingness to do something is a latent part of someone's character, only that person has the right to determine if, when, where and with whom that will be enacted. Many women love to have sex, yet to subject then to it when they have no control over their mind, for instance when they're drugged or drunk, is considered . Mind control takes away the ability to say no at least as much as alcohol and drugs do. Even when someone loves sex, subjecting them to it without their conscious consent is , no matter how you twist it.

The only way mind control would be acceptable, is when the subject explicitly consents to performing sexual acts under mind control, before that control is applied.

Edit:
Mind control can be defined as a coercive process to get an individual to think or act a certain way by impairing their ability to think independently. The idea is that it’s possible to manipulate an individual’s thinking, behavior, emotions or decisions through outside sources without their consent or intended cooperation. This is specifically achieved through indoctrination, removal of choices, physical confinement, drugs, etc.

Hypnosis is NOT “mind control” because it’s not a coercive process. Subjects have to cooperate with the hypnotist and remain aware or their actions. That you cannot make someone commit a violent crime under hypnosis however is a myth. First of all hypnosis CAN lower inhibitions (just like alcohol btw) and secondly, the subject might have little or no inhibitions about taking a life to begin with.

From a bbc article about hypnosis in psychological research
In the beginning of the 20th century two of the most prominent doctors in France, Jean-Martin Charcot, now considered the “founder of modern neurology”, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette, who is most famous for the disease that bears his name were studying cases of “hysteria” – in which patients were suddenly unable to feel or move their limbs, for instance, despite no observable injury. Both doctors believed that the disorders might share certain characteristics with hypnosis – a hypothesis they tested by showing that people with hysteria are more susceptible to suggestion than healthy subjects.
They soon veered into less reputable territory, however. At the time, newspapers reported tales of criminals “mesmerising” innocent people to carry out nefarious deeds. Despite his scepticism about the reports, Gilles de la Tourette decided to hypnotise a hysterical patient, Blanche, to see if it might be possible. Placing her in a trance, he showed Blanche a ‘poisoned’ glass of beer and asked to feed the poison to another man, known as Mr G. Blanche happily complied, kissing Mr G as she did so, before he feigned death. She later denied all knowledge of the apparent murder.

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