Illusion Manipulation

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."

- George Bernard Shaw

The power to manipulate illusions.

Also Called

 * Genjutsu (Naruto)
 * Hallucikinesis
 * Hallucination Manipulation
 * Hallucinogen
 * Illusion Casting/Creation
 * Illusions
 * Illusory/Illusive Reality Manipulation/Warping
 * Mirage Generation

Capabilities
User can create, shape and manipulate illusions, causing targets to see, hear, touch, smell and/or taste things which do not actually exist or cause them to perceive things differently from what they truly are. Some users can create complex and detailed worlds, others may be able to only alter the way they or the target are perceived.

Applications

 * Afterimage Creation
 * Death by Illusion: If the illusion is powerful enough, it can literally convince the brain to copy anything that happens to the victim within the illusion, making it possible to kill the target with illusions.
 * Illusion of Death: Target thinks they are being killed over and over again. This may lead to insanity.
 * Decoy Creation
 * Evolving Illusions
 * Feign Damage
 * Hallucination Solidification: Solidify illusions.
 * Holographic Projection: Project illusions based on only sight.
 * Illusion Attacks: Attack using illusion energy.
 * Illusion Constructs: Create constructs out of illusions.
 * Illusion Generation: Create/generate various types of illusions.
 * Illusion Negation: Negate illusions.
 * Illusion Reflection: Reflect any illusions that are used against themselves.
 * Illusionary Environment: Change environment with illusions.
 * Illusive Appearance: Most users who are not exactly combat savvy would use their ability as a defense mechanism to camouflage themselves, and even alter their physical appearance to look like someone or something else.
 * Illusive Suggestion: Use illusions to subjugate others.
 * Invisibility
 * Location Displacement
 * Pain Illusion
 * Phobia Exploitation: Targets experience their worst fears.
 * Sensory Inducement: Targets can be forced with overlapping hallucinations, causing several negative symptoms.
 * Torment Inducement

Techniques

 * Bottomless Pit Creation
 * Disappearing
 * Illusion Awareness
 * Illusion Physiology
 * Illusion Transformation
 * Illusory Combat
 * Layered Illusions
 * Time Perception Manipulation

Variations

 * Illusion Embodiment
 * Illusion-Casting - create illusions via Magic.
 * Mental Hallucination - create high level mental hallucinations.
 * Mirage Inducement is a version of Illusion (a mix of Summoning or limited Reality Warping and Illusion) in which the user can generate illusions which last, and are entirely real, as long as the targets do not know that they are illusions. One with this ability could cause any type of illusion they desire, but the second that someone calls out “It’s not real!”, shakes subjects out of their deluded state or the subjects see the illusionist working his power, then the illusions will wear off, entirely (or until the user can go unnoticed to use his ability again).
 * Psychosomatic Illusion - create illusions that are so realistic and powerful they can cause physical effects on the target.
 * Selective Illusions - induce illusions onto specific targets without affecting the others.
 * Self Perception - alter own perception of reality.

Associations

 * Absolute Illusion
 * Guise Manipulation
 * Hypnosis
 * Illusion Energy Manipulation
 * Illusory Power Replication
 * Imagination Manipulation
 * Light Manipulation
 * Living Illusion Creation
 * Mental Manipulation
 * Mind Control
 * Perception Manipulation
 * Sense Manipulation
 * Telepathy
 * True Illusion
 * Unreality Manipulation

Limitations

 * Users of Illusion Awareness and Illusion Reflection are immune.
 * Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
 * People with Danger Intuition may be able to distinguish a fake illusion by telling which one is really a threat.
 * May be limited to creating illusions that affect only certain senses, sight being the most common as a result people with Enhanced Senses might be able to see through it.
 * May have to limit the amount of mental powers to control the illusion.
 * May be unable to create accurate illusions, such as making things that don't exist or situations that would never happen in a million years. One common mistake is misplacing a feature on a person, or forgetting to add shadows to their forms.

Trivia
Unlike Reality Warping this power allows the user to pretend they warp reality, like for example, changing and creating things on a whim, at least illusively. Although, it can be possible that reality warpers can do the same of creating illusions as well.

Known Users
See Also: Master of Illusion.

Live Television
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 * Glarghk Guhl Kashmas’nik Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Rex Buckland (Charmed)
 * Demon of Illusion (Charmed)
 * Black Heart (Charmed)
 * Avatars (Charmed)
 * Ghosts (Ghost Whisperer)
 * Wes (The Gifted)
 * Candace Wilmer (Heroes)
 * Sylar of the Explosion future (Heroes)
 * Gulliver (Mighty Med)
 * Illusionists (Mutant X)
 * Emma de Lauro (Mutant X)
 * Regina Mills/ Evil Queen (Once Upon A Time)
 * Tess Harding (Roswell)
 * Many villains (Power Rangers)
 * Kali Prasad (Stranger Things)
 * ShadowEmz (Super/Lette)
 * Gabriel (Supernatural)
 * Tygra (Thundercats)
 * Silas (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Various Ultramen, kaiju, and aliens (Ultraman series)

Cartoons

 * Mirage (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
 * Chaos (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
 * Charmcaster (Ben 10)
 * Karzahni (Bionicle)
 * Makuta (Bionicle)
 * Matau (Bionicle)
 * Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
 * Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
 * Lila Rossi/Volpina (Miraculous Ladybug)
 * Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge (Miraculous Ladybug)
 * Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
 * Thuglett slugs (SlugTerra)
 * Hobgoblin 2099 (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
 * Darcy (Winx Club)
 * Mirta (Winx Club)
 * Valtor (Winx Club)
 * Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
 * Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)

Movies

 * James Freeman (Bomb Squad)
 * Bianca Freeman (Bomb Squad)
 * Lillith "Lily" Sullivan (Case 39)
 * Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
 * Pennywise The Dancing Clown/It (It)
 * Jeon Woo-chi (Jeon Woo-chi)
 * Jonah and Seth Trimble (Seconds Apart)
 * Evil (Time Bandits)
 * Maui (Moana)
 * Schmendrick (The Last Unicorn)
 * Mommy Fortuna (The Last Unicorn)}}

Video Games
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 * Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
 * Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
 * Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
 * Dark Sun Gwendolin (Dark Souls)
 * Xel'lotath (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
 * Halicarnassus (Final Fantasy V)
 * Tisiphone (God of War)
 * Sasha (inFamous)
 * Desann (Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast)
 * Zexion (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Mariska (Lollipop Chainsaw)
 * Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)
 * Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
 * Staff Officer Enlil (Oreca Battle)
 * Jack Norman/Ultimate Abyss (Resident Evil: Revelations)
 * Wei Lu (Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy)
 * The Darkness (Skylanders)
 * Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Infinite (Sonic The Hedgehog)
 * Talim (Soul Calibur)
 * Mirage (Static Shock)
 * Reisen Udongein Inaba (Touhou Project)
 * Illusionist (Valkyrie Crusade)
 * Illoo (Yo-kai Watch)

Literature

 * Larkin Kent (The Caster Chronicles); Illusionist Caster
 * Olivia Vertigo (Charlie Bone)
 * The Infectus Markers (Dead Space, Exodus Trilogy)
 * Harick (Glass Sword)
 * Penny (GONE Series)
 * Hécate (Greek mythology)
 * Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
 * Hazel Levesque (Heroes of Olympus)
 * Harrick (Red Queen)
 * Ghosts (Shadow Falls/Shadow Falls: After Dark)
 * Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It (Stephen King's It)
 * Zafrina (Twilight)
 * Adelina Amouteru (The Young Elites)

Web Animation

 * Neopolitan (RWBY)
 * Emerald Sustrai (RWBY)

Web Original

 * The Choir (Fear Mythos)
 * The Constant Wanderer (Fear Mythos)
 * The Glitch (Fear Mythos)
 * Dr. Clef (SCP Foundation); his face does not appear in photographs
 * SCP-2928 - The 21st Discipline (SCP Foundation)

Other

 * Rahkshi (BIONICLE)
 * Kraata (BIONICLE)
 * DoomSpy (TF2 Freak)
 * Dr. Schadenfreude (TF2 Freak)
 * Slender Mann (TF2 Freak)
 * Spöi (TF2 Freak)}}

Known Locations

 * SCP-238 - Building Complex (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-450 - Abandoned Federal Penitentiary (SCP Foundation)
 * The Empty City (Fear Mythos)
 * The Crossroads of Trials (Fear Mythos)