Mind Control Backfires

[sirhugs]

I don't often post about mind control because of the non-consent aspect making me squirm.

I console myself by saying "well, its a tiny niche category anyhow."

but today, a variation occurred to e that avoids the bad taste in my mouth:

• MC1 puts their mind control drug into MC2's drink, but the drinks get switched, so MC2 ends up havng control over MC1,
• as long as Mc2 has fun with it, without being abusive, I think I'd enjoy that story.
• a bit of fun "revenge" for MC1 trying to be evil would be fun.

 

[Husky_Embrace]

In a similar vein, I wrote something where two people try out hypnotism. It obviously doesn't work, but they keep trying as a relaxing hour once a week.

Until it suddenly does work. It quickly gets out of control, but hypnotism doesn't allow someone to do something they don't want. So in that vein it's okay.

Though the reason it works is because he's accidentally read from a self hypnosis page. Where he's worried he's taking advantage of her in some way, it's actually her taking advantage of him.

As on your idea, I think it would work better than mine in many ways. The character who's dosed has implicitly given permission, which would work in a story at the very least. A sweet revenge, with two smiles after.

 

[CalBishForNow]

There are a lot of ways to handle the moral ambiguity inherent in the Mind Control category. Same for Reluctance/Nonconsent and Taboo/Incest, right?

1. The author is up-front about making the controller a moral monster. Maybe they have a lot of sexy adventures before failing, maybe they just plain win and you've got a villain protagonist and karma Houdini. I just finished reading a series like that. Some commenters had a problem with it, some didn't.
2. The "controller" was thrust into their role involuntarily by a curse, alien technology, whatever. It still may be pretty dark depending on how they use that power - The Ring has the "mind control" tag and is in the horror category, but could easily be the reverse - but just because they're in the dominant role doesn't mean they're totally responsible for their actions, or unaware of the consequences.
3. The "controller" is just playing a role in-universe. In real life, hypnosis can't make you do anything you don't want to do, right? The "victim" might feel like they're a brainwashed slave at times, but it's clear at other times that they could resist if they wanted to and are enjoying themselves.
4. The story doesn't focus on the controller's experience at all, it's all about the victim's experience. Maybe the controller is an AI or alien or something, but the story is all about how the victim feels about being puppeteered and the consequences of that.

I've got a WIP with elements of all four of those here and there. It's not really a spoiler to say that the original controller, the doctor who invented the mind control drug, dies in Chapter 1 and the story follows his latest slave. I have 40K words written and am probably only between a quarter and a halfway through it, so it'll be a while before anyone sees what else I have planned, sorry.

 

[AlinaX]

A lot of mind control fantasies are about having the power to control others, but stripping characters of their agency tends to make them uninteresting and the story can become very focussed on the main character and (typically) his fantasies. Some readers clearly delight in the idea of a man adding ever more helplessly adoring women to his harem. Cocksure is an ugly version of this; Objects in Love Falling is quite good fun.

I find it more interesting when we can get into the victims' heads as well as the controller's head. The Harry's App series does this quite a lot, and even has characters who are both controllers and victims.

In Pierced, the controller is more or less forced to use her power over others, but it works in mischievous ways.

In Taming Elizabeth, it's a magic dildo that gives its wearer control, and we see what happens when the controller finds herself a victim of its power.

I play with mind control quite a lot, but one last story worth mentioning is An Accidental Harem, in which a spell-gone-wrong makes the narrator's husband irresistible to all the women related to her; here too we get a glimpse inside the victims' heads.

While Mind Control is very often a variant of R/NC, and is often just an adolescent fantasy of control, there's a lot less violence and degradation. It's also clearly in the realm of fantasy, whereas R/NC can sometimes feel like pure hate porn. But the other interesting thing about Mind Control, I think, is how much of it is a crossover with Incest.
"Here, young man, for your kindness, take this magic ring that will let you have sex with anyone who takes your fancy."
"Cool! Hey, Mom! Sis! Get down here!"

 

[usable001]

MC1 puts their mind control drug into MC2's drink, but the drinks get switched, so MC2 ends up havng control over MC1,

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/mind-control-backfires.1261576/

 

[sirhugs]

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/mind-control-backfires.1261576/

well caught. I was even alive then (and on the forums). but at least i can say that i did not contribute to that thread, so may not have been aware of it.

handy to link the two.

 

[AlinaX]

Heh, I was publishing then, but didn’t come over to the forums until later.

 

[Rob_Royale]

How about a couple in therapy?
They try hypnosis. He's very business focused and she wants him to be more romantic and loving. She's very sexually inhibited due to her religious upbringing and he wants her to be less so. They both succeed beyond expectations.