Permissions Post!
Jul. 11th, 2016 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So this is probably a pretty minor deal, all things considered, but I thought it was worth mentioning. One of Jack's powers is the ability to call up a magic snowball. If he then manages to hit someone with that snowball, his target will find themselves feeling a lot happier and more carefree. They'll be in precisely the sort of mood to play around and have some fun, in fact, and also in the mood to rope others into having fun with them.
It's not meant to be anything nefarious - it's just part of Jack's powerset as Guardian of Fun. He mostly uses this trick on children to rope them into a snowball fight, but the movie shows that it can affect others. He manages to get Bunnymunde to play with Sophie while they're in his warren. It's probably the adrenaline that can come from a lot of playing outdoors that helps the emotional high last as long as it seems to. But eventually, the subject's mood will reassert themselves normally. If they have worries or pains, Jack can put those out of their mind for a little while, but he can't get rid of them.
It's not meant to be anything nefarious - it's just part of Jack's powerset as Guardian of Fun. He mostly uses this trick on children to rope them into a snowball fight, but the movie shows that it can affect others. He manages to get Bunnymunde to play with Sophie while they're in his warren. It's probably the adrenaline that can come from a lot of playing outdoors that helps the emotional high last as long as it seems to. But eventually, the subject's mood will reassert themselves normally. If they have worries or pains, Jack can put those out of their mind for a little while, but he can't get rid of them.
But if you would like your character to just not be affected by Jack's mood-altering powers, that is okay! Just leave a comment here. Screening is enabled. The limits of his powers are still very loosely defined by the movie, so it's to be expected that they don't affect everyone.