Compulsion
Compulsion noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.
Thought and compulsion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thought" instead a noun "Compulsion".
Thought
Thought noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.
Compulsion and thought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compulsion" instead a noun "Thought".
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- In Rose/Christian fanfictions, Lissa sleeps with everybody, is jealous of Rose, and uses compulsion without a second thought, while in canon, Lissa's nice, responsible, not at all jealous of Rose, and feels rather guilty whenever she has to use compulsion.
Source: Die For Our Ship / Literature -
Riddler then realizes he wasn't the brilliant mastermind he thought he was, he had an actual compulsion he could not control; "I might ACTUALLY be crazy".
Source: Heel Realization - This becomes even more baffling when Sylar learns how to take powers without killing but decides to do so anyway (it's fun for him), leading one to assume the hunger talk was nonsense and Peter is so thick he felt the compulsion because he thought he would.
Source: Informed Flaw
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