Darkside View

Darkside View
Obsidian (DC Comics) demonstrates.
Power/Ability to:	Force a target to see the evil of their own soul.

The power to force a target to see the evil side of their own soul. Sub-power of Telepathy. Opposite to Lightside View. Not to be confused with Penance Stare or Evil Eye.

Also Called

• Darkside Viewing/Confrontation
• Bad outweigh the Good

Capabilities

The user can force a target to face their inner evil, either in a mental struggle or bring the victim's dark side into the world as a physical being. When a darkness is faced, it's arguably more powerful than the good half of the being. They're basically a physical manifestation of the being's past wrongdoing, or current doing. They know the being like they know themselves, and that's a frightening thought. Victims are either corrupted, driven insane, or outright killed by the sensation of this ability.

While also having the power to see everything there is to know about that person, giving them powerful sense of direction to know where that being is after they saw that person just once.

Associations

• Corruption Inducement
• Dark Side Aspect Manifestation
• Empathic Creation
• Evil Sense
• Inner Darkness Externalization
• Malevolence Release
• Penance Stare
• Sin Detection
• Telepathy
• Vice Inducement

Limitations

• Target with no evil in their hearts are unaffected.
• Targets who are powered by evil will become even more dangerous.
• Targets with a Indomitable Will, Strong Heart, and/or Strong Soul are highly resistant and/or overcome their dark urges.
• Since the power requires a heart/soul for the power to work, targets who are Heartless/Soulless are unaffected.
• May require physical or eye contact to work.
• User may not be able to do other things while using this ability depending on the nature/origin of the ability.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Spike the Devil Man (Dragon Ball)
• Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
• Nightshroud (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Trueman (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Elisio (Kira Kira Pretty Cure a la Mode)

Cartoons/Comics

• Darkseid (DC Comics)
• Obsidian (DC Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics); via the Penance Stare
• Mister Negative (Marvel Comics)
• Shriek (Marvel Comics)
• Mirage (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• The Son (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Live Television/Movies

• Ingrid (Once Upon a Time)
• Users of Black kryptonite (Smallville)
• Sith (Star Wars)
• Michael Myers (Halloween 2018 Trilogy)

Tabletop/Video Games

• The Dark Powers (Ravenloft)
• The Black Beast (BlazBlue)
• Yūki Terumi/Hazama (BlazBlue)
• Cia (Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors)
• Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)
• Malefor/The Dark Master (The Legend of Spyro)
• Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)

Known Objects

• Black kryptonite (Smallville)
• Green Apple (Oz the Great and Powerful)
• Trolden Glass (Once Upon a Time); via the Spell of Shattered Sight

Known Locations

• Collective Unconscious (Persona series)
  • Tartarus (Persona 3)
  • Midnight Channel (Persona 4)
  • Metaverse (Persona 5)
• Waterfall of Truth (Naruto)
• Helheim (God of War)

Gallery

Darkseid (DC Comics)

Spike the Devil Man (Dragon Ball) has the power to kill anyone who has even the slightest amount of evil in them.

Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)

Spawn (Image Comics) using insects to force a victim to endure his own evil.

Cia (Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors) took advantage of Link's arrogance and overconfidence in his abilities by manifesting his inner darkness as Dark Links.

Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Ghost Rider) can use his Penance Stare to make his target face their inner evil and suffer all the pain that they've inflicted upon the innocent in their lifetime.

Shriek (Marvel Comics)

Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops) can use his hypnotic voice to achieve this.

The Falls of Truth (Naruto) bring out the dark side of anyone who meditates near them...

...forcing Naruto to fight his dark side.

Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) can draw out 'the darkness of ones heart' by peering into their past forcing the victims to fall into their own darkness and desires.

Ingrid (Once Upon a Time) can use the "Spell of Shattered Sight" to force others to see and express their deepest, darkest thoughts and feelings.

Aku (Samurai Jack)

Videos

Analysis and Discussion

The First Appearances and Origin of Mister Negative