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* ''VideoGame/MythTheFallenLords'': The Deceiver can use his Binding Dream to convert enemies to your cause. The narrator lampshades this. "No wonder his army has always been made up of bewitched men and the walking dead - no thinking being would willingly follow him." In The Wolf Age, Mjarin uses it toward the end of the game to keep Emperor Leitrim in a semi-comatose and easily suggestible state.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264509/354/Tales-of-Fairies A Celestial Mage's Charisma]]'': In this ''Manga/FairyTail'' fic, Blue Pegasus guild master Bob warns Makarov that Fairy Tail's newest member Lucy Heartfilia is this, as Celestial Spirit Mages all have innate and powerful charisma to form contract with their Celestial Spirits, which also affects humans. Bob somberly recalls how the late Karin used her powers to not only make the men at Blue Pegasus fall for her but also make the girls admire her despite any envy or her lack of work, and get away with [[BadBoss abusing her spirits]] with only a scolding. Makarov assures Bob that Lucy won't end up as bad as Karin, and he was right [[GoneHorriblyRight in more ways than he thought]]. Not only was Lucy able to connect to even her most difficult guildmates and even her former enemies, [[spoiler:but even rally her prideful guildmates to restore Fairy Tail one year after Makarov disbanded it]]. After that, Makarov realizes that while Lucy is a NiceGirl that can bring her guildmates together, her charisma could just as easily destroy them with one bad word.
* In ''FanFic/AFoxInParadise'', it's a racial ability of the kitsune and the specialty of the Fusakazu clan, used to enthrall others so thoroughly they're like an empty vessel surving the will of the caster.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/collections/MYREREADFICS/works/17361932 Bloody Minded]]'', Captain America turns out to be a mutant whose power is being able to convince everyone that he's ''always'' right. From T'Challa allowing Steve and his team to live in Wakanda and still go on missions to Tony [[ItsAllMyFault always blaming himself for everything]] to Erskine willingly using Steve for the SuperSoldier program despite suspecting the man had tuberculosis (which made him a health risk to the armed forces), anyone who spends time in Steve Rogers' presence becomes utterly convinced of whatever he believes.
-->'''Charles Xavier:''' Rogers has no sense of "other". The entire world revolves around his beliefs. God is what he imagines. Right is what he believes. Evil is what he defines. A bully is someone who can resist Rogers.



* Discussed in ''FanFic/FateReachOut''. Yosuke outright asks Shirou if he's got "some sort of innate magecraft sorcery" after witnessing Chie giving "probably the most over the top reaction possible" when he offered to help her studying. Yosuke is mistaking this for an entirely different trope.
* Max Cash from ''FanFic/HarmonyTheory'', who uses a combination of ArmorPiercingQuestion and BreakThemByTalking to compel his victims into performing, as he calls it, "One. Little. Betrayal." Him using an Inverted Element of Loyalty helps.
* Heroic example in ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and Franchise/{{Superman}} have a seldom-used ability, related to their super-vision and reinforced by their highly-developed brains, to mesmerize people into doing their bidding. Said power is used by the Girl of Steel to force [[ComicBook/NewGods D'reema]] to speak the Life Equation and thus nullifying ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s mind-control. Unlike the Anti-Life Equation, though, it can be broken.
* ''Fanfic/HoursVerse'': A cognition of Akira in [[spoiler: Akechi]]'s Palace is able to brainwash anyone he touches, based on [[spoiler: Akechi]] percieving Akira as someone who wins over everyone he comes across.



* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23908072/chapters/57484297#workskin Outfoxed]]'': [[ManipulativeBitch Lila Rossi]] is a born Charm user capable of swaying others using her lies and words. It's only when she says something that someone knows is 100% false, such as being friends with Ladybug (which was how Marinette found out in canon) or being the holder of the Fox Miraculous (which is how Alya finds out in this story), that they can break free from the spell. [[spoiler:It also proves ineffective against strong {{Glamour}} magic, like the Fox Miraculous itself]].



* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/collections/MYREREADFICS/works/17361932 Bloody Minded]]'', Captain America turns out to be a mutant whose power is being able to convince everyone that he's ''always'' right. From T'Challa allowing Steve and his team to live in Wakanda and still go on missions to Tony [[ItsAllMyFault always blaming himself for everything]] to Erskine willingly using Steve for the SuperSoldier program despite suspecting the man had tuberculosis (which made him a health risk to the armed forces), anyone who spends time in Steve Rogers' presence becomes utterly convinced of whatever he believes.
-->'''Charles Xavier:''' Rogers has no sense of "other". The entire world revolves around his beliefs. God is what he imagines. Right is what he believes. Evil is what he defines. A bully is someone who can resist Rogers.
* In ''FanFic/AFoxInParadise'', it's a racial ability of the kitsune and the specialty of the Fusakazu clan, used to enthrall others so thoroughly they're like an empty vessel surving the will of the caster.
* Heroic example in ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and Franchise/{{Superman}} have a seldom-used ability, related to their super-vision and reinforced by their highly-developed brains, to mesmerize people into doing their bidding. Said power is used by the Girl of Steel to force [[ComicBook/NewGods D'reema]] to speak the Life Equation and thus nullifying ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s mind-control. Unlike the Anti-Life Equation, though, it can be broken.
* Max Cash from ''FanFic/HarmonyTheory'', who uses a combination of ArmorPiercingQuestion and BreakThemByTalking to compel his victims into performing, as he calls it, "One. Little. Betrayal." Him using an Inverted Element of Loyalty helps.
* Discussed in ''FanFic/FateReachOut''. Yosuke outright asks Shirou if he's got "some sort of innate magecraft sorcery" after witnessing Chie giving "probably the most over the top reaction possible" when he offered to help her studying. Yosuke is mistaking this for an entirely different trope.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23908072/chapters/57484297#workskin Outfoxed]]'': [[ManipulativeBitch Lila Rossi]] is a born Charm user capable of swaying others using her lies and words. It's only when she says something that someone knows is 100% false, such as being friends with Ladybug (which was how Marinette found out in canon) or being the holder of the Fox Miraculous (which is how Alya finds out in this story), that they can break free from the spell. [[spoiler:It also proves ineffective against strong {{Glamour}} magic, like the Fox Miraculous itself]].
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264509/354/Tales-of-Fairies A Celestial Mage's Charisma]]'': In this ''Manga/FairyTail'' fic, Blue Pegasus guild master Bob warns Makarov that Fairy Tail's newest member Lucy Heartfilia is this, as Celestial Spirit Mages all have innate and powerful charisma to form contract with their Celestial Spirits, which also affects humans. Bob somberly recalls how the late Karin used her powers to not only make the men at Blue Pegasus fall for her but also make the girls admire her despite any envy or her lack of work, and get away with [[BadBoss abusing her spirits]] with only a scolding. Makarov assures Bob that Lucy won't end up as bad as Karin, and he was right [[GoneHorriblyRight in more ways than he thought]]. Not only was Lucy able to connect to even her most difficult guildmates and even her former enemies, [[spoiler:but even rally her prideful guildmates to restore Fairy Tail one year after Makarov disbanded it]]. After that, Makarov realizes that while Lucy is a NiceGirl that can bring her guildmates together, her charisma could just as easily destroy them with one bad word.

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