The hypnosis stuff really bothered me too. Nate's gonna be lucky if Hardison comes back, I think. (In fact, I almost wish that they would have to do a job with no Hardison, but it's probably just going to be lost by the wayside.)
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Ailleann - Jun 28, 2010 5:21:36 am PDT #5717 of 12003
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Zenkitty - Jun 28, 2010 5:38:35 am PDT #5718 of 12003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Can you really hypnotize someone without them realizing it happened?
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 6:09:26 am PDT #5719 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can you really hypnotize someone without them realizing it happened?
It seems to be part of the premise, that you can tell them to forget you ever did it.
I'm sure Hardison will be back, and we'll get a different dynamic between them. Proper mentoring perhaps.
le nubian - Jun 28, 2010 7:22:53 am PDT #5720 of 12003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Can you really hypnotize someone without them realizing it happened?
supposedly yes with a really suggestible person.
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2010 7:39:35 am PDT #5721 of 12003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A lot of mind control going on this season. Nate hypnotizing Hardison, Sophie neurolinguistically programming Eliot...
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 7:49:42 am PDT #5722 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it's hysterical (and perfectly logical) that Hardison is a prime target.
Laga - Jun 28, 2010 8:41:45 am PDT #5723 of 12003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My understanding of hypnosis us that you need a willing subject and you can't make them do something they don't want to do. But you also can't blast a perfect circle through six inches of concrete and drop someone to the floor below so I'm filing the hypnosis with my usual Leverage suspension of disbelief.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 8:50:32 am PDT #5724 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, brushing away the cobwebs on Hardison's skill is hardly making him do something he doesn't want to do.
Laga - Jun 28, 2010 8:56:32 am PDT #5725 of 12003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
right, but irl he would remember being hypnotized.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 9:12:32 am PDT #5726 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So you don't believe in post-hypnosis amnesia?
I have no idea if it exists, really. The only experience I have with hypnosis is stage hypnosis, where a particularly bullish friend did all the dumb shit suggested--when asked he said he wanted to do it, not because he was hypnotised to do it. He could just never explain why in hell he'd want to do all that dumb stuff.