Sensory Deprivation

Sensory Deprivation
Alec (Twilight Saga)
Power/Ability to:	Deprive the senses of oneself or others.

"You’re missing out on the joys of life. Like... Pizza! I can't smell. We… I can't taste either!?"
"All that stuff is in your body."
"No smell, no taste."
"Or touch."

― Joe Gardner and 22 (Soul)

The ability to deprive the senses of oneself or others. Sub-power of Sense Manipulation. Opposite to Sense Augmentation and Sensory Overload. Not to be confused with Sense Removal.

Also Called

• Sense Deprivation/Negation/Suppression
• Sensory Suppression

Capabilities

The user can numb/decrease the senses (sight, taste, hearing, feel or smell) of oneself or others temporarily or permanently.

Applications

• Hallucination Inducement
  • Psychosis Inducement
• Pain Suppression
  • Pain Negation

Variations

• Ageusia Inducement
  • Muting
• Anosmia Inducement
• Blindness Inducement
• Deafness Inducement
• Innervation Inducement
  • Paralysis Inducement

Associations

• Nerve Manipulation
• Sense Manipulation
• Sense Removal
• Sensory Inducement

Limitations

• May be limited to certain senses.
• Turning off one's senses during a battle may have dangerous results (for example, turning one's hearing off while fighting an opponent who is invisible).
• If done through psychic means, can be resisted via Psychic Shield or ignored through Psychic Immunity.
• May not impede those with Senseless Activity.

Known Users

• Rachel Pirzad (Alphas)
• Kaname Tōsen (Bleach)
• Mirco Bladimof (Chica Vampiro)
• Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail); after becoming a Dragon and being granted a human body.
• Kyoka (Fairy Tail)
• Baldur (God of War)
• The Watcher (Heroes)
• Kyle Trager (Kyle XY)
• Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics); via pheromones
• Seiichi Yukimura (The Prince of Tennis)
• Cameron Cole (Red Queen)
• Virgo Shaka (Saint Seiya); via Ring of Heaven's Treasure
• Grayroad (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things)
• Alec (Twilight Saga)
• Chirox (BIONICLE); via Kanohi Shelek which deafens target.
• Guillaume Vasil (Worm)
• Grue (Worm)

Known Objects

• Idol of the Three Wise Monkeys (Jackie Chan Adventures)

Known Powers

• Shamac (Re:Zero)

Known Locations

• The Great Before (SOUL)
• Scp 2701/Cell 667 (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Rachel Pirzad (Alphas) can turn any of her senses "off" at will.

Kaname Tosen's (Bleach) Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi creates a dome which forms a void that nullifies all senses except touch & pain of those within it.

The spell that made Baldur (God of War 2018) invulnerable to everything except mistletoe also had the unintended side effect of rendering him incapable of feeling anything, including taste, smell, pain and pleasure.

The Idol of the Three Wise Monkeys (Jackie Chan Adventures) can take away one of the three senses of sight, hearing, or speech from another being.

Kyle Trager (Kyle XY) was able to use Sensory Deprivation to null his any of senses to in order to focus his others.

Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)

Eleven (Stranger Things) using this ability while in the void of her mind.

Alec (Twilight Saga) can block anyone's senses with his mist.

Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero) using Shamac.