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The wiki's general philosophy regarding powers is that a page gets it's own power when it's prominent and specific enough in fiction that it being absorbed into a higher category would be unhelpfully vague. All Lightning Manipulation is Energy Manipulation, but Lightning is a specific enough ability in fiction to warrant it's own page. All Madness Manipulation is Mind Manipulation, but Madness is a specific enough ability to warrant it's own page.
Empathetic Manipulation currently oversees the ability to control and influence other people's feelings and emotions through supernatural means: a very vague category not unlike Energy and Mind. It currently possesses the subcategory Fear Manipulation, which is perfectly fine: inducing and controlling fear is far and away a pretty notable power in fiction. But we do not have a page for Love Manipulation. Thus the wiki considers Fear Manip more valid than Love Manipulation.
This doesn't work for two reasons:
Agree: Tllmbrg, Kachon123
Disagree:
Empathetic Manipulation currently oversees the ability to control and influence other people's feelings and emotions through supernatural means: a very vague category not unlike Energy and Mind. It currently possesses the subcategory Fear Manipulation, which is perfectly fine: inducing and controlling fear is far and away a pretty notable power in fiction. But we do not have a page for Love Manipulation. Thus the wiki considers Fear Manip more valid than Love Manipulation.
This doesn't work for two reasons:
- Love is just as important an emotion as Fear is as far as psychology goes: it's not some hyper-specific feeling that wouldn't warrant it's own page.
- Love Manipulation is, without a shadow of a doubt, a very prominent ability in fiction, arguably moreso than fear is. Notable examples include:
- Aphrodite (one of the biggest gods in the greek pantheon whose defined almost entirely by this power), Cupid, Sirens from Greek myth, Succubi throughout folklore, Poison Ivy, Queen Bee (DC), Love Potions in general, many different Pokemon moves and abilities, Ember McLain, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Harry Potter, et cetera. This is a very short list that only tried to pick characters/concepts that were recognizable to most of the users here.
Agree: Tllmbrg, Kachon123
Disagree:
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