Me, consuming any media that involves superpowers or highly charismatic people: WHY IS NO ONE OBSERVING MASTER/STRANGER PROTOCOLS
Because Genre Savvy is the province of the Stop Having Fun Guy in superhero movies, judging by the MCU titles that come to mind.
Hell, even though the trope is listed on the Cap: Civil War page, it counts more as a dumb reference than actually being clever.
It is harder, however, to speak of it globally on media.
As much as I like to bag on Doctor Who, there certainly are times when they give a TInker with Master powers due suspicion (Demon’s Run)
master/stranger protocols are fun. the people who necessitate them are funner.
Regarding the OP: yep.
I haven’t actually read Worm, so I had to google what “Master/Stranger protocols” meant, but apparently it means “the stuff my inner genre-savviness is screaming about all the time”.
(”WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ‘IF YOU HEAR LAUGHTER FROM NOWHERE, GET OUT OF THERE IMMEDIATELY AND HEAD STRAIGHT BACK TO BASE’?! IF YOU CAN HEAR HIM, IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE!”
“WHY ARE YOU NOT ROUTINELY COMMANDING EVERYONE YOU KNOW NOT TO ACCEPT COMMANDS FROM ANYONE BUT YOU?! THAT’S CANONICALLY A VALID COMMAND; YOU EVEN USED THAT TRICK YOURSELF ONCE! ONCE! WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING IT ALL THE TIME?! I HIGHLY DOUBT YOUR CONSCIENCE CHOSE THIS OF ALL PLACES TO DRAW A LINE!”)
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#it’s canonically a valid command #can be apparently be done with no side effects except the now-shielded person being unable to remember the time spent installing it #(which would only have to be a few seconds) #(and he’s wiped larger chunks of memory for worse reasons) #doesn’t require a continuous power outlay #and a dose from someone of his power level would last about two decades before needing refueling #and he does it *once* #sexuality and lack thereof #(my genre-savviness is particularly sensitive to issues with mind control) #(because high salience and because training from all the erotic horror I’ve read when I couldn’t find any non-horror erotica) #examples taken from: #Red Panda Adventures #(I think I’ve only ever posted about RPA when complaining about their treatment of mind control) #(I’m presenting a rather skewed viewpoint here) #(I would like to state for the record that I listened to the finale of the main storyline this past weekend and greatly enjoyed it) #tag rambles
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