Master Chieve
[mute?] So here's an ENTIRELY irrational fear I have
Master Chieve
I always worry that what if I meet someone with mind control powers
Master Chieve
And they just use them to casually ruin my life to make their day slightly more convenient
Master Chieve
OR, even stupider
Master Chieve
That I'll be mysteriously immune to their powers, and after they realize it they'll go into a rage and ruin my life on purpose
Princess Emily
how do you know you're not under the effect of mind control right now
Master Chieve
I DON'T
Usagi
Master Chieve
The first scenario though
Master Chieve
Is what it's like to have a bad memory
Master Chieve
Any second of any day someone can just be like "ERIC WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
Master Chieve
And I'll just have no excuse
Master Chieve
Because I either don't remember doing the thing or don't remember being told not to do the thing
Master Chieve
Just every day is a mine field of social obligations you have absolutely no memory of
Master Chieve
Which must be what it's like to wake up from mind control rays, on some level
Master Chieve
You just show up one day and suddenly you're in trouble and you don't know why
kamikasei
Yeah that's how a lot of my bad dreams go
kamikasei
Also uh, don't watch Jessica Jones if you haven't already, I guess
Master Chieve
I watched the first episode of that
Master Chieve
And it seriously freaked me out tbh
Master Chieve
I couldn't watch anymore because Kilgrave just made me too uncomfortable
Master Chieve
In this same vein
Master Chieve
I think one of my favorite horror tropes is "Acting against your own self-interest without realizing it because someone/something else is controlling your actions"
Master Chieve
If that makes sense
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
so like bioshock?
Master Chieve
When Bioshock did it it was really cool though and I can't put my finger on the difference
Master Chieve
I think it's how casual and entitled Kilgrave was about it that wigged me out?
Master Chieve
Atlas was using a sinister power for a very specific end. Kilgrave would just yank your life off the rails so he didn't have to pay for his groceries because he's a sociopath
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
oh boy. okay so you're not likely to get into homestuck but if you ever did don't watch ardata's friendsim route
Master Chieve
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
: Bold of you to assume I was never a homestuck
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
YOU HAVE NEGATIVE HOMESTUCK AURA ERIC
Master Chieve
I HAVE A DAVE STRIDER JOURNAL
kamikasei
Take the compliment, Eric
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
but yeah ardata twigs me and this isn't one of my things even so
Master Chieve
I never messed with Friendsim tho
Master Chieve
And wasn't honestly planning to because dating sims don't really interest me
Master Chieve
But I will keep this in mind
Rama
(It's not actually a dating sim but also it's just)
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
do you (or anyone else here) mind spoilers because I can tldr that one
Rama
(Look at these wacky trolls)
Rama
(And how terrible troll society is)
Master Chieve
I don't care about friendsim spoilers but I also don't really feel any desire for a TLDR on it unless it really adds to the conversation
Rama
I think it's worth saying the very first route has really casual nasty mind control and the very last route has really nasty plot-relevant mind control. Sort of.
Rama
Brainwashing of a sort anyway
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
yeah tldr: ardata has the same gig as vriska but manages to be even worse about it somehow
vered
sometimes I feel foggy and think about how if I was memory wiped I would have no way of knowing
Echo
Sometimes, being autistic feels a little bit like the "only immune one" idea, I think.
Echo
You say something normal like "hey, this weather is nice" or whatever, and suddenly everybody is mad at you because they're convinced you secretly meant something bad???
Echo
Even though no, you really did just mean you liked the weather, but they're all absolutely certain that they heard something mean in your tone or shifty in your body language.
Echo
And you didn't put those things there, and you can't see these things, and you never have. You're not totally certain that these things even exist, because only other people ever see them, you have no proof they're real.
Echo
But everyone else is just so certain, so you have to just kind of quietly back down and apologize, even though you're still not sure why they're even upset.