Sadness Inducement

Sadness Inducement
Lunasa Prismriver (Touhou)
Power/Ability to:	Induce sadness.

"Just because there's not a war doesn't mean there's peace. Just because there is prosperity doesn't mean there is happiness"

― Mystique (X Men Apocalypse)

The power to induce sadness. Sub-power of Melancholy Manipulation. Variation of Emotion Inducement and Mental Inducement. Opposite to Happiness Inducement.

Also Called

• Depression Inducement
• Grief Saturation
• Melancholy Inducement
• Misery Inducement
• Sorrow Inducement
• Unhappiness Inducement

Capabilities

The user can induce a state of sorrow on themselves or on others and make their enemies woeful and miserable and at a high level some users can make their target commit suicide, also to the target's combat and social abilities very sloppy and rusty.

Applications

• Crying Inducement
• Despair Inducement
• Suicide Inducement

Associations

• Emotion Inducement
• Emotion Manipulation
• Melancholy Manipulation
• Mental Inducement
• Sadness Augmentation
• Sadness Empowerment

Limitations

• Sadness Absorption
• Users of Apathy and Empathic Shield are immune.
• Users of Empathic Power Resistance are resistant.
• May be overwhelmed by Happiness Inducement and Love Inducement.

Known Users

• Patience St. Pim (Adventure Time); via elemental purification spell
• Mister Sadness (Captus Cinematic Universe); via sadness ray
• Dr. Zalost (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
• Spectra (Danny Phantom)
• The Weeper (DC Comics)
• Director of Internal Affairs (Denma); via Hallucination Quanx ability
• WaruMonzaemon (Digimon)
• Doraemon (Doraemon); via Homesick Frog Orgel
• Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
• Dementors (Harry Potter)
• Sadness (Inside Out)
• Coal (Jewelpet Kira Deco!)
• Susan in Sunshine (Marvel Comics); persona of Legion
• Guardian ÄRM, Lamia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Lonely Hearts Club Gang (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
• Major Bummer (Ordinary Boy)
• Lou Gubrious (The Powerpuff Girls); via Miser-Ray
• Kabuki Monster (Powerpuff Girls Z)
• Mesprit (Pokémon) via Emotion Manipulation
• Desperaino (Power Rangers Samurai)
• All witches (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• SCP-414 - Regardless, I Might Prefer Myself Sick (SCP Foundation)
• Blue Diamond (Steven Universe)
• Lunasa Prismriver (Touhou Project)
• Buhu (Yo-kai Watch)

Gallery

Spectra (Danny Phantom) uses the students future, looks and confidence to make people miserable.

Dementors (Harry Potter series) can absorb happiness and joy from victims causing the victims to be extremely sad

Sadness (Inside Out), as her name dictates, induces sadness in Riley whenever she is at the controls.

When overwhelmed with extreme sadness, Blue Diamond (Steven Universe) emits blue aura that causes any gems to cry.

Lunasa Prismriver (Touhou Project) can induce sadness into people when they listen to her solo

Patience St. Pim (Adventure Time) induces sadness in others through transforming them into beings of ice.

Mister Sadness (Captus Cinematic Universe) is able to induce sadness in others by using his "state of the art" sadness ray.