Verging on medical grue, but it seems like enthrallment begins with eye contact. Is that a requirement? Could someone - do something to remove sight, from blindfolds on, and would that be an effective way to counter enthrallment, given that damage should be reversible (like Brezan had an eye regrown)? (Nobody's been blinded anywhere and I'm SO suspicious :O )
I'm not going to promise this is a canon answer but yes, enthrallment begins with visual contact, so if you removed sight (including artificial vision) that would protect you from enthrallment. Of course, blinding yourself is as good as admitting that you're susceptible to J. Random Andan, since half the power is Advanced Bullying (TM) and knowledge of the target.
EDIT: If this helps, enthrallment is a shortcut. It requires that you research the target (which is why Tseya trying to enthrall Cheris failed--she'd only researched Jedao and wasn't at all calibrated for Cheris) and socially outrank the target. It's like bullying on steroids, or blackmail. If you blind yourself, you'll rob any Andan of the shortcut, but they can still blackmail you the old-fashioned way.
Similarly, Kel formation instinct is a stronger version of ordinary social cohesion, and Vidona deathtouch may sound temporarily impressive but in all honesty, a loaded gun is deadlier in most circumstances because you don't have to get up close.
I keep missing the bit about social rank, despite the bit where it's in the text, because of how anomalous the Tseya-Jedao one was >_> So it's the Andan bludgeoning you on the head with knowledge of exactly how much (wealth/status/power) they have over you, as conveyed by a glance. That...should be fun in simulation scenarios.
Well, it's not your fault that there isn't really a lot of textual evidence to go off! It was going to be more relevant with Andan Niath (who, before Cheris reset the calendar, was quite literally able to melt people's brains around him because of his high social rank--nephew of the Shuos hexarch--and the fact that he couldn't control when he had enthrallment on/off).
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Enthrallment
Date: 2018-04-28 03:54 am (UTC)(Nobody's been blinded anywhere and I'm SO suspicious :O )
Re: Enthrallment
Date: 2018-04-28 04:14 am (UTC)EDIT: If this helps, enthrallment is a shortcut. It requires that you research the target (which is why Tseya trying to enthrall Cheris failed--she'd only researched Jedao and wasn't at all calibrated for Cheris) and socially outrank the target. It's like bullying on steroids, or blackmail. If you blind yourself, you'll rob any Andan of the shortcut, but they can still blackmail you the old-fashioned way.
Similarly, Kel formation instinct is a stronger version of ordinary social cohesion, and Vidona deathtouch may sound temporarily impressive but in all honesty, a loaded gun is deadlier in most circumstances because you don't have to get up close.
Re: Enthrallment
Date: 2018-04-30 04:08 am (UTC)Re: Enthrallment
Date: 2018-04-30 04:11 am (UTC)Re: Enthrallment
Date: 2018-05-02 04:49 pm (UTC)