Goretober Day 12: Mind Controlled
Prompt from @staticart's Goretober prompt list which can be seen here.
So hey! Here! Have some mind controlling Acting Mayor/Marmien crap! This is very much inspired by a thing that happened during Tumblr chat RP specifically with @askactormark! Basically Actor!Mark was brainwashing Damien into loving him. (Because Mark's always pined for Damien, but Damien isn't interested, and apparently Mark just can't take no for an answer.)
In any case... When I think about mind control, is it odd that I don't think the thought of being forced to do something bad is actually that scary of a thought...? Like, sure it sucks, and I would never want to be in that situation... But you couldn't control yourself. You didn't have a choice and no one would blame you for your actions. I just think that it's far more terrifying to be forced into doing something gentle against your will instead. Being forced to be kind to someone who doesn't deserve it. To have to show love and affection for people that you don't feel it for. I think that being forced to love someone while under mind control is worse than being forced to kill someone under mind control. You're still forced to do the thing against your will and deal with all of the trauma concerning that, but then when the control is released... You have to go through the horrifying experience of having to choose whether to continue the situation that is the root of your trauma, or to be openly cruel to someone who may not even deserve it. People may like who you were under the mind control more than your real self. Just... Can you imagine, you're put under mind control, and while under that control, you are forced into wooing someone, having them fall in love with you. This person is a completely innocent party who has no idea that you're under someone else's control. Any show of love from them, no matter how well-meaning and gentle would have been subjected to you against your will. It would be an assault. And it isn't their fault. No matter how much it may end up hurting you. That is a truly awful thought. Obviously that's not what's happening here,but I sure as hell wanted to figure out characters to do this with and it was HAAAARD!
In any case here are the individual frames!
Also I tried to put Damien in casual clothes, but of course he'd be a goth and wear all black lol.
