Emotion Manipulation

Abilities related to Mind Manipulation
Related Abilties	Emotion Manipulation - Memory Manipulation - Madness Manipulation

Background

Emotion Manipulation (also known as Empathic Manipulation) is the ability to alter, influence, or control the emotions of others. The user can tap into the emotional states of individuals or groups and change them, inducing feelings such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, or love. This ability can affect an individual's thoughts, behavior, and actions by altering their emotional state, either consciously or subconsciously.

Emotion Manipulation is a highly versatile and powerful ability, as emotions play a significant role in how beings think and behave. By manipulating emotions, users can influence decisions, calm or enrage others, create harmony or chaos, or even cause someone to act in ways they wouldn’t otherwise. It can be used for both benevolent and harmful purposes depending on the user's intent.

Possible Uses

• Emotional Empowerment: The user can enhance an emotion, making it more intense. For example, amplifying feelings of love to the point of obsession or anger to the point of uncontrollable rage.
• Emotion Induction: The user can induce a specific emotion in others. This can be done to calm someone down, create fear, instill confidence, or trigger other emotional responses.
• Emotion Suppression: The user can nullify or suppress emotions, effectively numbing the target or preventing them from feeling certain emotions.
• Emotional Manipulation: The user can change the emotional state of a person or group to manipulate their behavior or decisions, such as causing someone to feel loyalty, empathy, or hatred.
• Empathy: The user can sense the emotions of others, sometimes even picking up on subtle emotional shifts or the emotions of multiple people at once.
• Psychic Influence: At higher levels, users may be able to influence thoughts and actions through their control of emotions, guiding others to act in a way that aligns with their desired outcomes.
• Fear Induction: The user can create or enhance feelings of fear in others, often used to immobilize or control the target.
• Calming Aura: The user can project a calming influence, reducing anxiety or aggression in others in their vicinity.
• Emotional Contagion: The user can spread their emotions to others, causing groups or individuals to feel the same emotions the user is experiencing, whether positive or negative.
• Euphoria Induction: The user can induce extreme happiness or joy, making others feel euphoric or in a blissful state.

Types

• Affective Manipulation: The manipulation of an individual's emotions directly through their affective (emotional) responses to stimuli.
• Empathic Manipulation: The ability to sense and alter the emotions of others, often referred to as empathy-based manipulation.
• Emotional Perception: The ability to sense and perceive the emotional state of others without directly affecting it.
• Mood Induction: The power to influence the general mood or emotional climate of a group or environment.
• Anger Induction: A specialized form of emotion manipulation that focuses on inflaming feelings of anger and rage in others.
• Sadness Induction: A form of emotion manipulation used to cause sadness, grief, or sorrow in others.
• Calmness Induction: The ability to induce calmness, relaxation, and serenity in others, often used to soothe anxiety or aggression.
• Compassion Induction: The ability to induce feelings of empathy, compassion, and care in others, fostering kindness or altruism.

Possible Limitations

• Mental Resistances: Some individuals may have resistance or immunity to emotional manipulation, such as those with high mental fortitude or certain mental conditions.
• Psychological Repercussions: Overuse of emotion manipulation could lead to emotional instability or backlash, as users may become affected by the emotions they manipulate.
• Limited Scope: The ability may be more effective in close proximity or only on certain individuals, depending on the strength and range of the user's power.
• Mental Fatigue: Extensive manipulation of emotions could cause the user to experience mental or emotional fatigue, making it harder to control emotions effectively.
• Emotional Reversal: In some cases, users may accidentally cause the opposite effect of the intended emotional manipulation, leading to unexpected consequences.

Users

• Ness (EarthBound): Ness can remove the corruption from enemies, calming them down and removing their willingness to fight.