![]() On the other hand, if a writer wants to convey that a Brainwashed and Crazy character is indeed such and got that way unknowingly or unwillingly and/or is acting against his or her own interests, the writer will not depict hypnosis as the method of mind control, because there are far more effective (and far more frightening) ways an individual can be manipulated and/or controlled to act in a harmful or dangerous manner. ![]() Which means an alternate interpretation would be that the brainwashing victim wanted to go through with it, if "hypnosis" is used as the explanation for such behavior. This trope has been tested and busted by MythBusters in regard to hypnosis most hypnotists and hypnotherapists (and plenty of fictional villains, for that matter) agree that this kind of mind control through hypnosis isn't possible, as the subject must want to go through with the suggestion for it to work or, at least, have no good reason to object. This may lead them to believe that their once-friends are enemies they have to take down. ![]() The most dangerous form of Brainwashed, for everyone concerned.Ī character is hypnotized/ mind-controlled/whatnot and sent to kill their friends or do something similarly destructive.
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