The ability to induce suicidal acts in others. Variation of Death Inducement.
Capabilities
User is able to cause suicide by various causes (physical, mental and/or emotional torment) to their targets using supernatural means.
Applications
Associations
- Apathy
- Emotion Manipulation
- Fear Inducement
- Insanity Inducement
- Mental Manipulation
- Mind Control
- Negativity Manipulation
- Persuasion
- Possession
- Psychological Intuition
- Pushing
- Sadness Inducement
- Subliminal Messaging
- Thanatos Embodiment
- Unlovability Inducement
- Vice Inducement
- Violence Inducement - violence against oneself.
Limitations
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- May not work on users who posses Happiness Inducement.
- May need to touch the victim.
- May only work if the victim kills themselves. User killing them first-hand does not count.
- May induce suicidal thoughts into others, but may not guarantee the act of suicide.
- Can be reversed by Mental Healing, curing suicidal thoughts.
- Target may have to have some level of self-destructive tendencies.
Known Users
Folklore/Mythology
- Ixtab (Maya Mythology)
Literature
- Styxs (Tunnels); via Dark Light
Movies
- The Plants (The Happening)
- The Man Who Can't Breathe (Insidious)
- Gabriel (Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return)
- Samara (The Ring Two)
- Jedi/Sith (Star Wars); via Mind trick
- The Creatures (Bird Box)
Television
- Ernesto Morez (Alphas)
- Kimi Milard (Alphas)
- The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Spirit Killer Darklighters (Charmed)
- Ivan Ooze (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)
- Kilgrave (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Fart (Rick and Morty)
Manga/Anime
- Gennosuke (Basilisk)
- Izanami/Yin (Darker than Black)
- Users of Death Notes (Death Note)
- Witches (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- Beethoven (Read or Die); via Suicide Song/Symphony
- Gemini Saga (Saint Seiya)
- Pegasus J. Crawford (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Video Games
- Users of the Apples of Eden (Assassin's Creed)
- Booker Dewitt (BioShock Infinite); via upgraded "Possession"
- Drowned (Cry Of Fear)
- Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Ixtab (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ayano Aishi (Yandere Simulator); via Bullying
Known Objects
- Apple of Eden (Assassin's Creed series)
- Despair Video (Danganronpa)
- Suicide Song/Symphony (Read or Die)
- SCP-3519 - These Quiet Days (SCP Foundation)
- Radical-6 (Zero Escape series)
Gallery
Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed) uses an Apple of Eden to force a squad of Abstergo troops to kill themselves.
One of Lelouch's (Code Geass) common usages of his Geass is forcing others to commit suicide.
Yin/Izanami (Darker than Black) after awakening Yin has gained the ability to force other contractors to commit suicide via their own contractor power.
One of the Death Note's (Death Note) capabilities of killing is to manipulate the victim into a suicidal situation, however, it does has limits to this.
Kilgrave (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has mind control abilities so powerful that he is able to force others to harm and kill themselves on a regular basis.
Ivan Ooze (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie) was able to brainwash the adult population of Angel Grove into attempting to jump to their deaths at a construction site.
Ixtab (Valkyrie Crusade)
Pegasus J. Crawford (Yu-Gi-Oh) inflicted a Penalty Game - Hand and Gun - onto Keith for cheating, forcing him to shoot himself in an illusion, which nevertheless, truly killed Keith.
Those infected with Radical-6 (Zero Escape) will be overcome with an overpowering desire to kill themselves.