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My dear Damned denizens, my name is Psyche. I love long walks on the be-- Oh, wait. Wrong post.

falseblack, my newest character, has the ability to hypnotize and control the minds of others by using his voice as a medium. He can command another to do a specific action or input suggestions into the person's thoughts with simple speech. Usually this power applies to everyone, but in Landel's, it has, as expected, been reduced.

This power will not work on the following: Landel's staff and monsters, strong-willed individuals, or those who cannot hear/understand or obstruct their hearing in some way.

For weak-willed patients, particularly those who show signs of dependency or easy sway, on the other hand, Nigredo will be able to make "strong suggestions" to. What this means is that the listener will want to do or think as he says (but not necessarily follow through).

Of course, the line between "strong" and "weak" (among other things) is difficult to determine, especially when it comes to such a varied populace. Therefore, I request the following from you, good players:

(1) Is there anything (mental guards, language barriers, handicaps) which would prevent his power from succeeding?

(2) How "strong" is your character's will? If your character is independent, relies on the self, is not easily influenced by anyone, etc., they will likely escape his power of suggestion.

(3) Is your character particularly dependent on another? Who are they dependent on? How is this relationship?

That should be everything. Thank you for your input! (Also, mods, could I have this post added to the After You're Accepted thread? Thanks!)

Edit: Hi, guys. I'll eventually get to replying to everyone's posts (just been caught in work and such). Letting you know I haven't forgotten anyone.

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Okay, so.

Edgeworth: MU headvoice might play with it? Regardless, though, I don't think he would be particularly susceptible; he's pretty strong-willed, and not particularly dependent on others. (Phoenix being his weak point.)

Shiki: Nothing to keep it from working. She's not particularly dependent on anyone.

Akihiko: I think his Persona would interfere with it working. Besides that, he's pretty independent, with the exception of SEES folks.

Endrance: Easy target #2. XD; There's not anything that would keep it from working, and you know about how Endrance attaches to other people. (Particularly Haseo, in canon, and Mia/Macha.)

NOOO! You stole my 1st! ಠ_ಠ

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oftemptation.livejournal.com - 2009-01-25 20:37 (UTC) - Expand

Bwahahaha--I mean...

Renamon:
1. Renamon may be a problem for him because of "language barriers". Aka, if he gives her commands in binary, it might work.
2. She's completely self-relient, and self-disiplined. Most likely won't work.
3. But here would be Rika. But even at her most dependent, Renamon was still able to successfully exist.

Senna:
1. Senna should be fine, from that standpoint.
2. She's pretty self-relient, but pretty internally insecure about herself.
3. No one.

Albedo:
1. ~~Hate.~~ =D
2. ~~Self-relient.~~ =D
3. ~~...yeah. You know the drill. To an extreme.~~ =D

I think Renamon is a good category for no hypnosis while Senna will likely be situational. Would that work for you?

As for Albedo, I'll put him in the super-awesome URTV category (AKA we could use it as a plot point if needs be). :D

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Yukari Yakumo:
1. She probably had a mind-barrier at home, or could make one, but not here in Landels
2. Extremely strong will; she pretty much does whatever she wants, is used to mind games and doesn't really listen to anyone. Is usually the manipulator, so is fairly resistant to manipulation.
3. She's "dependant" on Ran in the sense that she makes Ran do everything for her...

Death the Kid (assuming I get him):
1. None
2. He has a strong sense of order, propriety and justice, so it will be fairly hard to convince to do anything that is "wrong" or out of order. Convincing him to uphold justice, the order of things or otherwise balance, align or fix things should be fairly easy, so a lot of it could depend on how the suggestion is phrased.
3. He's dependent on Liz and Patty to drag him out of depression, confusion, or nausea when confronted by disorder or lack of symmetry, so if he falls into one of these funk periods, he becomes pretty easy to influence.

Let me know if Kid gets accepted so I can give you my official answer for him (although I honestly think no hypnosis in his case). As for Yukari, I'll say no hypnosis for her as well.

Nigredoooooo~ ♥

Ahem. Anyway.

Junior would probably have some mental guards built up over the years in Nigredo's future and living with him. As for how strong his will is, he usually tends to be pretty independent. However, I'd imagine that it wouldn't be too hard for Nigredo to get through if he really wanted to, since those barriers are probably going to crack a bit.

Matsuda, on the other hand, has no barriers. While he tends to ~~try to~~ be independent, he's also pretty easily influenced by people and tends to be a bit dependent on the people he's worked with that he knows are smarter than him (which in this case would probably be Light and L, who are currently both missing). The hypnosis would totally work here.

Mitsuru's Persona would likely get in the way, in addition to her strong will, so I get the feeling it would be really difficult to have the hypnosis succeed with her.

Hi, big not-crazy brother~ ♥

Okay, how is situational for Junior, yes on hypnosis for Matsuda, and no hypnosis for Mitsuru?

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miltia.livejournal.com - 2009-03-25 22:19 (UTC) - Expand

Gin: Probably the most difficult of my characters. D: He keeps his guard up almost all the time and is not exactly easy to manipulate. He doesn't get close to others so he's very independant as well.

Fai: Probably the weakest of mine. He's not terribly strong willed and would probably be pretty easy. Pretty dependant on Kurogane and to a lesser extent on the other L&F members, Yue/Yuki, Orihime, Ururu, Shiki, Keman... etc.

Allen: Allen is kind of weird I guess? He's got another spirit kind of haunting his head, which kind of keeps a lot of the bad things out. So... yeah. He's really strong willed though and now that most of his friends are gone, he's not really dependant on anyone.

Kagura: She's very strong willed, but kind of weak-minded and easily influenced to other people's ideas.

Honey: He looks like a cute loli-shota, but he's strong body and mind, I think he'd probably be at least a little difficult to break. He's very dependant on Takashi Mori though.

Sakura: Sakura has another personality in her head too. Her "inner" self, which actually repels mind control in her canon, mostly due to the other self screaming at the invader in a 'how dare you try to take over my head' kind of way. She's very strong willed. I wouldn't say "dependant" so much as she "relies" on her team to have her back and to work together.

How about a definite no hypnosis on Gin, Allen, Honey, and Sakura while the effect on Fai and Kagura will be situational?

Sanzo - pretty strong willed, it probably won't work on him.

Duly noted. Sanzo will be in the no control category.

Javert is pretty strong-willed usually, but he's been developing a few weaknesses as of late. Depending on the suggestion, he may be more susceptible than he'd otherwise be.

Understood. In this case, how about if the effect on him is situational?

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Edward Elric: Ed is, well, incredibly independent. He can be manipulated, but trying to make him change his mind about something is incredibly difficult. He is very very strong willed. He's pretty reliant on his brother in canon, but Al isn't there at the moment so he's become more independent. Al takes priority over pretty much everything.

Yohji Kudoh: Nothing to stop the power from working ^^; Yohji is quite easily influenced in some matters, even when people don't have powers. His psyche is kind of fractured too so he'd probably be a good target. In Landel's, he's pretty reliant on Ken and Schuldig, and reliant on Weiss in general. His relationship with Ken is sort of brotherly/close friendship, but messed up as well since neither of them is in good condition. His relationship with Schuldig is helping him, although he's a bit guilty about sleeping with the enemy still. His relationship with Weiss is a little strained.

Kenren Taisho: Kenren is a god which might affect things? he's also got wrong memories in his head which he's not supposed to have in this incarnation, which might confuse things. He is immensely strong willed and independent and no-one so far has been able to influence him if he doesn't want to be influenced. He's very close to Tenpou Gensui, his best friend, but I wouldn't exactly say that he's dependent on him. However, after his MU, he remembers/feels things that his future incarnation experienced, and Gojyo has reliance on Hakkai, so if Kenren was caught at a really bad moment it might work. But it is very very unlikely.

Matsumoto Rangiku: Rangiku is a shinigami so she's got a connection to her sword, although since said sword isn't there anymore, it's probably a moot point. Rangiku is pretty strong willed and isn't easily influenced, although she tends to trust people a bit too easily and forgive things a bit too quickly/easily. She's not reliant on anyone exactly, but she is very very close to Hitsugaya and Gin, and tends to need them to pull her out of her worse moods.

Argilla: Argilla has a demon called Prithvi in her head. A very very hungry demon who exists to devour. I think the demon might make it difficult/very unpleasant to try to influence her. Argilla is also very strong willed and confident. She depends a lot on her Tribe/comrades and Roland, but I think she's tough enough that she isn't dependent on them and could survive without them around. It's never really been tested.

Allelujah Haptism: In terms of mental guard, Hallelujah does crop up. If Nigredo tried to influence Allelujah, Allelujah would most likely have a screaming fit of pain where there'd only be static in his mind, and then Nigredo would have to contend with a very pissed off psycopath who isn't influenced by anyone ^^; He's pretty damn strong willed too, only really influenced by one person (Marie/Soma) and has backup in the form of Hallelujah when someone tried. In terms of dependence, although he has been searcing for Marie for years, he's only really dependent on Hallelujah who is his split personality so I don't think that counts XD

Ooh, then how is no effect on everyone but Yohji (whose response could be situational)?

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falseblack - 2009-01-31 21:21 (UTC) - Expand

Evangeline is a lone-wolf type and megalomaniac so I'd guess that psychologically she's not very susceptible. Plus she's the biggest user of mindwar stuff in her own setting, so she might have some idea how to recognize/defend against it.

I'll put her for no hypnosis, then.

Kurogane: He really wouldn't do mental guards, but he's likely the ~~second~~ most strong-willed of my characters ~~right behind Donna~~. He's not dependent on anyone and makes a point not to be. He's got a lot who end up depending on him though.

Brook: Erm... no mental guards since he hasn't had a brain to guard for 50 years. His will and dependency relate to someone not in the place though, so I don't know how you work with that?

Donna Noble: No mental guards but it's been seen that her mind is pretty closed off at times. She's strong-willed and knows it, but even though she mostly doesn't depend on others, she has some dependency in the Doctor. That doesn't mean she currently trusts him to get things done though since he hasn't yet.

~~Soon to be Sokka:~~ No barriers. Who needs barriers? He's strong-willed only when he wants to be, but his will will vanish completely given something like... food. Dependency? HE'S DEPENDENT ON HIS TRUSTY BOOMERANG THAT ISN'T ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! (but otherwise, nothing on dependency BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT ALREADY SHOULDN'T YOU?! >[)

How is no hypnosis for Kurogane and Donna with situational for Brook and Sokka?

Itachi doesn't have any particular defenses, at least not in Damned, but he's incredibly strong-willed and not the dependent type at all.

I'll put him for no hypnosis, then~

Ohh, awesome! :D

Wally: Hmm, Wally's actually used to telepaths ducking into his head to give him info and whatnot, so I would say that he's more likely to not have any barriers, not to mention he's been mind controlled at least twice before, so that probably makes it even easier. I wouldn't say he's hugely strong-willed, at least compared to his normal company *cough*Batman*cough*, but he's not weak-willed either... Middle ground ftw? And as for who he's dependent on... He's relying on Bats a LOT, both because of Batman being one of the leaders in canon and because of wanting some guidance in Landel's. Basically if Bats says 'go do this', Wally will unless he's got moral issues with it or something. He's very trusting. ^^;

Brainiac 5: ...ahahahah. XD Brainy's a 12th level intellect, which comics canon says is a bitch for telepaths (though they can get in if they're really good), plus he's most likely thinking in either Interlac or whatever it is Coluans speak, plus he's pretty strong-willed ~~and bitchy~~. While he's been possessed by his ancestor in canon, it's kinda a special case so I don't think it would make him any more vulnerable there. But he is pretty dependent on Clark~♥ thanks to a giant crush he's got going.

Kaido Kio: He's very stubborn and independent, taking care of himself and all. He is, however, slightly dependent on Agatsuma Soubi, because he's scared and alone. I don't think he could be convinced to hurt Soubi, or anyone else for that matter (he's a pacifist and a vocal one at that), but other stuff should be fair game.

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Aoyagi Ritsuka
There aren't any guards to stop it from working. He's moderately strong-willed, but is easily swayed when things come to Soubi, his brother or his mother. He's pretty independent in most ways, but he has a high reliance on certain people for defense and other things. He's looking for someone to fill the hole that Seimei left behind at the beginning of the series and slowly learning to stand on his own two feet as time progresses. As for people he's dependent on? Aoyagi Seimei and Agatsuma Soubi.

Morinozuka Takashi
No guards, but he's pretty strong willed. He is, however, extremely dependent upon his cousin, Haninozuka Mitsukuni (Honey).

Grell Sutcliff
Being a god, things aren't going to work on him as well. He's pretty strong-willed and isn't very easily influenced. He may appear weak during the day, but at night he's pretty fierce.

Okita Souji
No blocks here. Okita appears strong willed and, to an extent, he is, but beneath it all he's actually pretty weak. He exists by clinging to and believing wholeheartedly in someone else's words and plans. Once he has that, though, he won't deviate in the slightest and is really devoted to that person. He doesn't follow blindly, but he does follow. In canon he's closely tied to Hijikata Toshizou and Kondou Isami. In Landel's, he's relying on Homura for his orders.

Sora has a pretty strong will - he has things that he believes in strongly, and he's been through a lot that has tested his limits and also strengthened him. I think he'd probably be able to resist, though it could depend on what was being suggested to him. However, he is very dependent on Kairi or Riku - or, not necessarily dependent, but they are weak spots.

I would say that Guy would be susceptible to this power. He's had a lot of doubts that he's struggled with in the past, for one thing. While he's more or less decided on what he's doing now, he still thinks about it. On top of that, he had the Curse Slot used against him, which was all about controlling him. So go wild here. ♥

Peter is very stubborn. He does what he wants and he's determined about things to the point that it can be a serious risk to his well-being. It'd be pretty hard to sway him, but on the other hand, he is very dependent on his older brother, Nathan. To... unhealthy degrees. And he can be easily convinced of things if a certain angle is used - he's been manipulated in canon quite a bit.

fjidaofjdl I have edited this so many times. Sorry, Psyche. But now I need to add in stuff for Harvey, so. He is stubborn/strong-willed as they come, to be honest. And on top of that he isn't dependent on anyone, but he is dependent on his coin now. He relies on it for particularly important decisions and whatnot, so yes.

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Harley: There are absolutely no mental guards here. She's steadfast in her goals, but is heavily reliant on others normally, more so in regards to her love interest The Joker. When she fell in love with him, she molded herself to follow the same mental processes (in her opinion) and literally went mad for him. Often what she thinks and feels can be swayed by others when powers aren't involved, so consider her easy prey.

Klavier: He's... actually kind of tough to answer this for. He doesn't have anything particularly special which would prevent mental invasion. Klavier's will is very strong. He is definitely independent and is willing to stay true to his own personal beliefs, even when it means going against the norms of his profession and his brother.

However, he is very emotionally reliant on his brother. He's shaped his life and expectations around Kristoph, and what his brother thinks of him influences both his actions and what he thinks of himself.

So I suppose in the end, Klavier is a bit of a 50/50. A suggestion that doesn't jive with his personal beliefs of right and wrong will probably be brushed aside. Less morally controversial suggestions ("Maybe I should give him [item of choice]") will probably be more prominent.

Danny
No mental guards or handicaps or anything. He's really strong-willed when he wants to be, but can also be swayed sometimes in certain aspects. He is not...really...dependent on...well, uh. It depends how dependent we're talking--he relies on his friends a lot, and has a very strong bond with them. But he's not the "cannot live without this person must worship must worship" type.

Lev
No mental guards or whatever. Extremely strong-willed and can be really independent. However, he was very close to a guy named Cy-Fi and was/is dependent on him, a bit. They're just friends, guys who helped each other out on the run, but they got close to the point that seeing Cy suffer will make Lev violently lash out.

Gray Fox:

1) Well. When he was a teenager he showed the ability to resist someone with a pretty strong ability similar to this. In addition later in life he was immune to psychic influence.
2) Very strong willed, very self reliant
3) Not dependent on anyone. (though he does have an 'I'd do pretty much anything for you' relationship with a couple people)

Wesker:

1) Not really, unless for some reason his virus would mess with the power
2) Extremely strong willed, and very independent, and not very easily influenced (if at all)
3) Nope

SubZero:

1) No
2) Independent and self reliant
3) umm... well. If the head of his clan ordered him to die, he would. :<

Statesman:

1) The essence of Zeus apparently offers Marcus some protection from psychic based things, plus he's been known to be able to block some attempts to influence him, though he isn't immune.
2) Very strong will, not just in relation to the essence of Zeus.
3) No, not really

Captain America:

1) Nope
2) Strong willed, stubborn, and not easily influenced/manipulated
3) Not dependent, though he does have some strong attachments.

Harry Osborn: There's nothing protecting Harry unless the fact he's already somewhat delusional (by way of hallucinating his dead daddy) makes things difficult. He very dependent on others so generally would be easy to direct. The exception might come if Peter Parker is around as Harry's very dedicated to him.

Kon: No mental guards here as he's lived with a telepath for most of his life. He is very strong willed and independent so under normal circumstances he's going to be difficult to control in any way. However he does have a mind-control subroutine I guess you'd call it embedded in his subconscious. This was made by Lex Luthor and is supposed to be activated by a vocal command from him but if this could be accessed (somehow?) then Kon would basically become a perfectly obedient little puppet.

Siegfried

1. Nothing to prevent Nigredo's powers from working

2. I'd say Siegfried's will is pretty strong. He's independant, and actually goes out of his way to avoid having to rely on others or be influenced by them. However (and this is an important however), he has previously been possessed by Soul Edge, which used the 'strong suggestions' method to be able to control Siegfried completely for a very long time. Eventually Siegfried broke free of Soul Edge's control, but only because Soul Edge was very much weakened at the time. So, taking all this into consideration, i'd say that there is a possibility that Nigredo's powers would work on him.

3. No one that Siegfried is dependant upon that is currently alive. I should probably mention his father here, because his death was the reason Sieg got possessed by Soul Edge in the first place.

Farfarello:
1) Farf has been working/in close contact with a very strong telepath for years--he's likely to recognise any sort of intrusion into his natural ways of thinking, simply because it's happened so often.
2) He's a sociopath, and on top of that he's extremely good at editing his own memories to suit his agenda. If Nigredo could somehow find out about the reality of Farf's past--that he killed his family, not "a burglar"--he'd likely get a moment of weakness in which he could influence Farfarello, but it wouldn't last long and Farf's usual patterns of thought would very quickly reassert themselves.
3) Not at all. He sort of depends on Schuldig to keep track of his physical wounds, to an extent, but that's a luxury more than a necessity to him--he did live without that help for years before joining Schwarz.
Summary: Probably not possible to effectively influence Farfarello.

Leon Magnus:
1) Not particularly. If Leon had his Swordian, that might affect things, but since he doesn't it's a moot point.
2) This is a tough one. In some ways Leon is incredibly strong mentally--he is willing to go to amazing lengths for the people (okay, person) he cares about, and has borne extreme emotional and physical abuse for his entire life. However, this also makes him somewhat brittle--he has some self-loathing issues, and some very, very sensitive memories.
3) Leon isn't exactly dependant on Marian--he's obsessed with her, would do anything for her, but she's the weaker personality in the relationship. Marian is like a precious treasure Leon wants to protect, not a figure he can or would depend on--she's weak-willed and can't stand up to Leon's father, and he knows it.
Summary: It would depend on the nature of the suggestion, and should be discussed in more detail should the situation come up.

Sumeragi Subaru:
1) Subaru is extremely disciplined mentally, as he has been trained since he was a child in onmyoudo. His mind is very difficult to actually break into or access, but since suggestion is more subtle there's a good chance that Subaru's mental discipline would only help him in areas that aren't weak for him to begin with.
2) Like Leon, Subaru has strong and weak sides to his personality. It would be next to impossible to get Subaru to harm someone else--even in the case of needing to defend a loved one, he would still more likely throw himself in the way of an attack and take it on himself. But when it comes to the way Subaru feels about himself, he's very vulnerable. Making him depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel, and getting him to harm himself would be relatively easy.
3) Subaru was completely dependant on Hokuto for any trace of mental health he ever had, which wasn't much to begin with. He's physically and mentally unhealthy now because he spent a year and change without her before arriving at Landel's. Now that she's present in his life again, the dependancy is less than it once was--Subaru has less contact with her, and she has fewer opportunities to beat sense into him.
Summary: It would depend on the nature of the suggestion, and should be discussed in more detail should the situation come up.

Freyjadour Falenas:
1) Not particularly. He has a bond with the Dawn Rune, but it's a pretty gentle and passive Rune, so it's not likely to affect Nigredo's ability.
2) Frey is very strong-willed. He's quiet and prone to internalising his problems, but he does push on through just about anything despite this. He does follow his strategist's advice pretty religiously, but I don't see this as a sign of weakness but rather a sign that he's aware of his own limited experience and thus using a resource that is availble to him. He has times of self-doubt and mild depression, but he doesn't tend to let that affect his decision-making ability in a crisis.
3) Before arriving at Landel's Frey was fairly dependant on his bodyguard Lyon and his family as a support system, but he grew quite a bit over the course of the canon and has become even more independant in his time in the Institute.
Summary: Probably not possible to effectively influence Frey.

And continued in a second comment because holy shit I hit the character limit. @_@

Tachibana Shito:
1) Hard to say. Shito is a zombie, and a product of powerful necromancy--his mind may not work the same as a normal human being's. It's canon that he has difficulty experiencing and holding onto strong emotions, sometimes, because of how long he has been dead; Z-L canon has it that human emotions and senses slowly die the longer one is a zombie, but it doesn't seem to be irreversible, at least in Shito's case.
2) Shito is extremely strong-willed. He's been used and abused for his entire (looong) life, but fiercely holds onto the will to fight against destiny and break free from his cage. However, he's very sensitive about the fact that he's a "monster," and that his existence goes against the laws of nature--that is definitely a mental weakness that could be exploited under the right circumstances.
3) Sort of his mother. But, like Leon with Marian, Shito's obsession is more of a protective one rather than him being in the role of the protected.
Summary: It would depend on the nature of the suggestion, and should be discussed in more detail should the situation come up.

Tokito:
1) Tokito has significant mental blocks on most of his memory, of the kind usually associated with powerful brainwashing or extreme trauma--attempts to remember his past result in nausea, headaches, cold sweats, etc. But whether or not this would affect Nigredo's abilities, I don't know.
2) This... is actually a really complicated issue, for Tokito. Fortunately, I already addressed it in the post for Dr. Kisugi (http://community.livejournal.com/damned_lounge/1528562.html?view=21421298#t21421298).
3) Definitely dependant on Kubota. He can sort of function without him (obviously, as Kubota is not here at Landel's) but he doesn't feel at all secure without Kubota by his side.
Summary: ... I have NO IDEA how easy it would be to influence Tokito's mind. We can discuss it more if needed, but the whole question leaves me a bit flaily because Tokito's mind is SUCH a huge mess already.

Chidori:
1) Chidori's Persona, Medea, is extremely unstable and aggressive.
2) She's a bit of a muddle, really. In some ways she's strong--she's survived a lot--but she's also very bitter and fearful of strong emotions. If one can get past Medea, she's probably on the weaker side, mentally.
3) Medea, first of all. She freaks out when deprived of the ability to summon Medea, at first, though she does adjust to it with time. She cares very deeply for Junpei and has strong ties to Takaya and Jin, but I wouldn't call her dependant on any of them.
Summary: Probably not possible to effectively influence Chidori.

Angel

1) He's immune to mind-reading, but he's been whammied a few times with spells and stuff, so he's not completely immune to magical mind games.

2) It's pretty hard to sway him from doing what he thinks is right, but if we're talking about confidence in his own self-worth and his hold on his inner demon, that's a lot shakier. His demon, Angelus, is kind of like a subconscious for lack of a better term and it's always lurking underneath, so it would be possible to push that side of him higher to the surface.

3) I wouldn't call it dependent, but there are people he cares about and he'd do a lot for them. He's kind of the loner type, though.

Sam Winchester

1) Uhh, since his immunity in canon regarding a similar ability seems specific to certain types of people only, let's just say no for simplicity's sake.

2) Extremely stubborn. Trying to get Sam to do something he doesn't want to do is like pulling teeth and if there's no one willing to back him up on something, he'll just go do it on his own.

3) Dean. It's not an "I need you around 24/7 always" dependency because Sam will break off from his brother by choice when he wants to pursue his own path, but that's different from actually losing him, um, permanently, so if the latter happens/is about to happen, Sam tends to get all, "DD: ... >:[" my vocab skills witness them and then he can become crazy obsessed/guilt-ridden/somewhat suicidally reckless -- when it comes to Dean's life, the question is more what won't Sam do. He isn't codependent on Dean to the extreme degree that Dean is on him, but there is a codependency there regardless, and it's been demonstrated that when Sam is in a bad place and Dean isn't there to pull him back, Sam can start straying off onto a scary path. tl;dr, Dean is Sam's major weakness.

Reno

1) Nope.

2) Reno's also pretty independent. He does his own thing and he usually doesn't care much for what other people think.

3) Not exactly dependency, but he's especially close with Rude and Elena. He trusts them a lot and they're some of the very few people he'd go out of his way to do things for them. He's also fairly dedicated to Rufus (who isn't here, but he was), a part of it being that protecting him is job, but also because he's just known Rufus for so long that there is a deeper loyalty that runs there. Plus, uhh, he did have a kind of relationship with Rufus here at Damned, however short-lived.

It took me this long to realize I forgot to mention Rufus in any way, OTL. /sobs

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1) Canonically, Scourge doesn't have anything in the mental guards department. He has been shown to be unusually resistant to being possessed by robot ghosts, but that's about it.

2) Scourge isn't easily influenced by anyone mentally, but he's also rather cowardly and tends to go along with what he thinks will keep him safe. He's probably not strong-willed enough to resist hypnosis.

3) He's rather dependent on his wingmate, Cyclonus (who is not here). Their relationship is somewhere between brothers, comrades-in-arms, best friends, and husbands, and Cyclonus either urges him to be braver and stronger or takes the heat for him if their mad leader starts throwing the furniture at people.

Anise:

1. Nope!
2. Anise is fairly self-reliant for her age, but still has a few vulnerable points in her mind. I think it'd be reasonable to say she could be influenced.
3. She's sort of emotionally dependent on the people who depend on her - namely Ion and her parents.

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