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Originally Posted by Icelander
I don't think it's something on the metalevel. It's not that players react abnormally badly to the threat of Mind Control, it's that the mere suspicion that someone is capable of Mind Control will realistically cause a very high percentage of people (including almost all the powerful and/or violent ones) to fear and even hate them. Just the chance that someone may be able to Mind Control you means that you can no longer trust your experience, memories or even that you are, in any meaningful way, still you, while that person exists.
If Mind Control powers emerged in the real world, anyone suspected of being capable of manifesting them, even if the chance was remote, would probably not have much of a chance at a life.
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Many people believe that RL hypnotists can do this and they are light entertainment.