Hey wait, when did Blueblood ever appear again and show regret?

Page topper, I guess? Damn it I will get this!

edited 25th Apr '12 11:24:50 PM by absolclaw

Oh, not in the show proper. I've written a fanfiction, called The Colour You Bleed, which is essentially dedicated to transforming him into a decent person. In the most traumatic way possible. Also there's international politics and the threat of war, and more gods than you can shake a stick at(though only 1 appears).

Also, Sociopathy is a bit of an umbrella term, which covers both Antisocial Personality disorder and Psychopath. Both are very similar, noted by fairly shallow emotions and a disregard or violation of the rights of others, but there is supposed to be a subtle difference.

This is according to Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:25:53 PM by kegisak

Ok on the topic of mind control. Or pretty much control. What's the most ideal way to stop a loved one while they're under control effects?

As an added restriction, the power of love fails.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:25:54 PM by Chadaman99

Mind control? As in fiction or real life brainwashing? I'd say a hit to the head, or trying to bring back a deeply ingrained memory. Or call them Lil Bunny. Or at least get rid of the mind controller.

I always assumed the Antisocial meant that you just didn't care or couldn't comprehend others feelings/reactions, rather than outright malevolence due to those factors. Or maybe I'm confusing it for something else as well.,

edited 25th Apr '12 11:27:41 PM by absolclaw

Fiction.

Hmm, memories.

I always thought sociopaths where those who had difficulty expressing their emotions.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:31:10 PM by Chadaman99

@Chada: restraints, and possibly mental rebooting with sensory overload. Remote mind control will get burnt out, while invasive mental programs tend to buffer overflow when you do that.

You'd have to be careful with memories, though. Depending on what they've been mind controlled to do, it may make them feel extremely regretful. Well, in some fictional cases it seems to do so.

Well, I can't possibly blame someone for doing things under mind control.

A strong emotional jolt is the best thing for this situation. For that reason I recommend surprise sloppy makeouts.

Could depend on the mind control. More than Mind Control is technically just changing their view on life so it complies with what you want. Golbez and Sakura didn't think they were worth forgiving even though they turned.

With flashbacks of happier days to boot.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:35:29 PM by absolclaw

Mkay, now for just control. The most worst case scenario of just control I've seen was in a manga called Devilman. The Scenario goes like this. The villain of the week fuses a cute little girl(along with several others) into him. Said girl was like a little sister to our main character. He can't kill the monster without the damage being recoiled into one of the persons. He had to kill them all to survive.

How can one save the day if the villain does that?

It was biological fusion, their organs where meshed. But, I see your point.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:41:36 PM by Chadaman99

Force a separation. Unwilling fusions are less stable.

I can't really comprehend this fusion. o_O Depends on how serious it is I guess? I'd say Shoot the Hostage, since it is probably really painful for her, and the villain is probably unlikely to defuse the hostage at any point.

Or do something to bluff/trade force him to let her go. Then shoot the hostage shoot him.

Oh well, definitely Shoot the Hostage then. ... That doesn't make me a sociopath does it?

edited 25th Apr '12 11:48:29 PM by absolclaw

The antagonist in Getter Robo Armageddon where based of them.

The scenario for the fight is almost the same, here it is...

edited 25th Apr '12 11:50:17 PM by Chadaman99

It's easy to design a no-win scenario. Those aren't very interesting.

edited 25th Apr '12 11:53:06 PM by PerpetualLurker

Ah, so its like Envy. I was thinking of that Prey example I read about on TV Tropes somewhere.

Still pretty creepy.

How about a situation that's extremely easy to get out of, but for some reason you can't?

edited 25th Apr '12 11:54:46 PM by absolclaw

Like the entire plot to Persona 4?

I couldn't think of any examples, but I guess that works. Then again if the heroes hadn't gotten so entrenched the world may not have been threatened anyway.

Now that I think about it, I think I was thinking of a Not Too Perfect or A Leave Your Quest Test, but those are kind of used quite often, especially the latter.

edited 26th Apr '12 12:02:48 AM by absolclaw

I wouldn't necessarily call the plot of Persona 4 easy to get out of. I mean if you're talking about the method of murder, most people will have a lot of trouble accepting their shadow. It's based on the Jungian psychological concept of the same name, the repressed thoughts and feelings. Those are repressed for a reason, the persona already doesn't want to admit to them.

If you're talking about some other element I'm still barely into it, so please don't spoil anything for me.

I think he meant that it would be easy to just ignore the murders/rumours and leave it to the police aspect of the story (that's what I'm thinking of anyway).

Um...

I meant the 'You can't' part as in a self limitation to taking the easy way out.

@kegisak whoops sorry.

Ah, so it's not so much physically impossible as it is you refusing to take that option for whatever reason?

edited 26th Apr '12 12:08:25 AM by KylerThatch

Basically any problem where you have the option of just walking away and letting someone else deal with it but you won't because you know people would get hurt if you did? That sort of thing happens pretty often in the Dresden books.

edited 26th Apr '12 12:13:10 AM by Crowfall