Editing Victoria Dallon (section)

===Aura===
Victoria can radiate an energy that makes anyone within her presence feel an emotional surge of awe and admiration. For those with a reason to be afraid of her (e.g., her foes), it is a feeling of raw intimidation instead.<ref>As she spoke, she ratcheted up her power.  She knew it was working when he started squirming just to avoid her gaze.<br><br>“Fuck you, you can’t touch me.  There’s laws against that shit,” he blustered, staring fixedly over one shoulder.<br><br>She turned up her power another notch.  Her body thrummed with current – waves of energy that anyone in her presence would experience as an emotional charge of awe and admiration.  For those with a reason to be afraid of her, it would be a feeling of raw intimidation instead. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/06 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 2]]</ref><ref name="Cast" /> Her aura can bypass cover.<ref>My back to the wall, hands out and pressed to the uneven surface, I waited until I felt the vibrations of Moose’s running footsteps.  It was hardly necessary, because Nailbiter kicked with her legs and screeched something at him, loud enough that Advance Guard and the therapy team could be aware of what was happening.<br><br>I pushed out with my aura, hard, extending it through the wall.<br><br>The thudding footsteps stopped.<br><br>On the other side, I heard Moose’s voice, then a laugh.<br><br>Yeah.<br><br>Gave him pause, at least. - [[Shadow 5.5]]</ref> It can also affect insects created by [[the Mother of Mothers]].<ref>I used my aura.<br><br>It did produce a reaction.  They began struggling, fluttering furously.  Then they came after me.<br><br>There was no telling what the effect was.  Agitation, attraction.  Awe?  Or was it something completely different, but filtered through the bugs’ senses to be something else entirely?  Even with people, the same input could give a dozen different kinds of reaction. - [[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

Victoria's aura is not a true [[Master]] power;<ref>If it helps, Glory Girl’s not a true Master in the classification sense. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/#comment-10208 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Interlude 18.y]]</ref><!-- https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-bonus-2/#comment-10208 --> it is a [[Shaker]]/[[Master]] power.<ref name="reddit eClassification">Brute forcefield & strength.<br>Master-shaker aura.<br>Mover flight. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/fd80aj/last_203_parahumans_2/fjfvcfu/ Comment] by Wildbow on Reddit</ref><ref>Shaker/master, but not straight master - Comment by Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref><!-- https://imgur.com/a/bdrFnOi --> No instances exist in [[Worm]] and [[Ward]] where a character compared her power to that of [[Heartbreaker]] or [[Cherish]]; for example, [[Taylor]] compared Heartbreaker with [[Amy]] (i.e., when Victoria's mind was modified<ref>“No!  That’s- that’s not her.  That’s the change I made doing the talking, or the aftermath of it.  Even if I removed all the neural connections that have been made since, there’s so much more in the emotional cocktails and hormonal balances.  She’s channeling it into anger instead of… instead of love.”<br><br>''Love''.  The implications were so fucked up.  It was the sort of thing ''Heartbreaker'' did. - [[Prey 14.6]]</ref>) and [[Gallant]] (i.e., unlike Gallant, Heartbreaker lacks a visible attack vector and his effects are long-term or permanent<ref>Heartbreaker was what you got when someone had a power like Gallant, the ability to manipulate emotions, and absolutely no compunctions about using it selfishly.  Unlike Gallant, Heartbreaker didn’t need to shoot you with any blasts of energy to affect you.  He just needed to be near you, and the effects were long term or permanent. - [[Buzz 7.1]]</ref>). Her aura does not have long-lasting effects; it was not a factor behind Amy's issues.<ref>'''Brett3572:''' She’s probably a lot less messed up considering there’s no factor of bad parenting (at least Sarah seems to be a good mom) and no constant aura. Also, she maybe doesn’t repress her powers as much. All in all, probably less messed up. She might not even be obsessed with Crystal.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Aura wasn't a factor. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/97110089 --><ref name="II17.8 eRebuttal">Sveta said my words.  “You never went out into the field, Amy.  You hated caping.  She used her power around her mom and her dad, around Crystal, around Shielder, and even her boyfriend more than she used it around you.  At higher and lower intensities.  If it had that effect, it wouldn’t have been you.”<br><br>It was Amy’s time to freeze, to consider.<br><br>“I’m vulnerable.  Weak.  Pliable.  I was alone.  They were actual family, and Gallant was emotion resistant.”<br><br>I typed.<br><br>“Family doesn’t mean anything to the agents, Amy.  Second triggers don’t follow family lines.  They go by association.  Who’s closest and who’s most convenient.  Do you think Crystal and Eric weren’t vulnerable in the years around their triggers?  They triggered too.  They were second triggers like you.  They had their bad moments.  They felt alienated, capes among regular citizens.  They had trouble making real friendships.  Mark- you know Mark had his own struggles, weaknesses.”<br><br>I watched Amy’s expression through Sveta’s eye.<br><br>I watched her turn. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/26/sundown-17-8/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.8]]</ref> Note that Victoria used her aura around [[Brandish]], [[Flashbang]], [[Laserdream]], [[Shielder]], and even Gallant more than she used it around Amy; Amy did not go out patrolling.<ref name="II17.8 eRebuttal" /><ref>“Hmmm,” Lung spoke, “The healer.  A young heroine in New Wave.  Brown haired, like you.  When I was in custody, my flesh blackening and falling off, they had her come in and mend the worst of it.  As I understand it, she does not patrol as the others do.” - [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> [[Wildbow]] explicitly confirms that Victoria's aura had no effect/influence on Amy's behavior and sexuality.<ref>Untrue, the premise Victoria's aura has affected Amy on that level has no basis in the story, WoG, or otherwise, and is in fact contradicted in the very first chapter they appear. Removed as this is misleading misinformation stated as fact. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/102530253 --><ref>'''Wildbow:''' I wondered if anyone would pay any attention to that.<br><br>'''Edited to clarify:''' But no, none.<br><br>It was never my intention to have this comment read as a confirmation of the theory. It’s probably my most regrettable comment, made in the adrenaline rush after writing a rather difficult chapter I’d looked forward to releasing, after 7 straight days of releasing chapters in my most intensive writing binge to date (as of then). I was pleased that someone was actively considering power interactions and I made this comment I thought (and frankly still feel) was vague. In the years since, many, many people have taken it as rock solid confirmation that Victoria was at fault for what happened. I wouldn’t give that kind of confirmation to begin with and put off clarifying the inverse for the same reason, but it remains pretty clear that it’s having a pretty damaging effect on the fandom so I’ve edited it to better reflect my original mindset. - Comment by Wildbow on [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref><!-- https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/#comment-20604 --><ref>I think you're really reaching with the 'general propensity'.<br><br>I think you're reaching more with 'all those WoG posts about how Vicky's Aura did affect her sexuality'. If 'all those' posts existed then they would have been posted a ''lot'' in the amy defense threads. But the only one people cite is a "that's interesting, isn't it?" type post that people seem to be taking and running with.<br><br>My early-in-my-writing-career reticence to outright and directly say "This was rape" in conjunction with Amy not wanting to outright admit what she did is being twisted. Failure as a writer, maybe. I make mistakes.<br><br>At the same time, I do think it's a mark against people's character when they leap strenuously to the defense of Amy, when what she did was rape anyway. Take the most charitable interpretation of what she did, disregard everything I said in the link above and you still have gross bodily violation (literally violating and warping the body) against someone who had protested, resisted, and been incapacitated. Done for selfish reasons, as Tattletale outlines an alternate path that Amy ignores.<br><br>To say ''that's'' not rape, Victoria didn't remember, is little different from saying 'it's not penis in vagina sex so it's not rape' in conjunction with 'she was sleeping/drugged so it doesn't matter what I did.'<br><br>If you take the aura thing and run with it, it translates so easily to the same kind of sentiment that says, "She dressed provocatively, so she kind of deserved it/she owns some of the responsibility." As a recent chapter outlines, a lot of people were in the area for Victoria's aura over time. Only one violated her.<br><br>That ain't great. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/62667076 -->

She is able to turn this aura off<ref>She can shut this off, but the effect is described as being fairly subtle, and it is implied she usually has it on to at least some small degree. - [http://worm.wikia.com/wiki/Victoria_Dallon?oldid=4592 Wiki edit by Wildbow]</ref> because it is a power that she has to willfully turn on.<ref>“What are the restrictions?  Minimal power use?” I asked.<br><br>“The powers you can use are restricted based on the power,” he said.  “Powers you willfully use or turn on are a no.  That would be your aura, Antares.  Probably your power, Capricorn.  Sveta should be fine.  Lookout should be fine.  Precipice…”- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/20/from-within-16-3/ Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.3]]</ref><ref>The man looked over his shoulder, as if gauging his escape routes.<br><br>“Don’t even think about it, fugly,” she told him, “You know I’d catch you, and trust me, I’m already pissed off enough without you wasting my time.”<br><br>“I didn’t do anything,” the man snarled.<br><br>“Andrea Young!” Victoria raised her voice.  As she shouted, she exercised her power.  The man quailed as though she’d slapped him.  “A black college student was beaten so badly she needed medical attention!  Her teeth were knocked out!  You’re trying to tell me that you, a skinhead with swollen knuckles, someone who was in the crowd watching paramedics arrive with an expression bordering on glee, you didn’t do anything!?”<br><br>“I didn’t do nothing worth caring about,” he sneered.  His bravado was tempered by a second look over his shoulder, as though he’d very much like to be elsewhere right that moment. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/06 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 2]]</ref><ref>I activated my aura. - [[Daybreak 1.3]]</ref> Indeed, Victoria has full control of her aura; no instances exist in [[Worm]] where she accidentally used her aura or lost control. For example, she did not use her aura during the [[Battle at the Gallery]],<ref>[[Tangle 6.5]]</ref> class PARA-103 at the [[PRT_ENE_Headquarters#Facilities|PRT conference room]],<ref>[[Sentinel 9.3]]</ref> the fight between [[the Wards]] and [[the Travelers]],<ref>[[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref> the fight against [[Bitch's Dogs|Bitch's dogs]],<ref>[[Interlude 11a]]</ref> her meeting with [[Amy]] who ran away from home,<ref>[[Interlude 11h]]</ref> and her meeting with [[the Undersiders]] and Amy group.<ref>[[Prey 14.3]]</ref><ref>[[Prey 14.4]]</ref> She also did not use her aura on Amy at Spayder and Rock.<ref>“Hey sis?  Yeah, I found him.  That’s, uh, sort of the problem.  Yeah.  Look, I’m sorr- ok, can we talk about this later?  Yeah.  I’m at Spayder and Rock, there’s this little road that runs behind the buildings.  Downtownish, yeah.  Yeah?  Thanks.”<br><br>Victoria returned to the unconscious skinhead, checked his pulse, and listened intently for changes in his breathing.  It took a very long five minutes for her sister to arrive.<br>[...]<br>Victoria abruptly pulled Amy into a hug.  Amy resisted for a moment, then let her arms go limp at her sides.<br><br>“This isn’t just a team, Ames,” Victoria told her, “We’re a family.  We’re ''your'' family.”<br><br>The man lying just a matter of feet away stirred, then groaned, long and loud.<br><br>“My adoptive family,” Amy mumbled into Victoria’s shoulder, “And stop trying to use your frigging power to make me all squee over how amazing you are.  Doesn’t work.  I’ve been exposed so long I’m immune.”<br><br>“It hurts,” the man moaned.<br><br>“I’m not using my power, dumbass,” Victoria told Amy, letting her go, “I’m hugging my sister.  My awesome, caring and merciful sister.”<br><br>The man whined, louder, “I can’t move.  I feel cold.”<br><br>Amy frowned at Victoria, “I’ll heal him.  But this is the last time.”<br><br>Victoria beamed, “Thank you.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/06 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 2]]</ref>

Only in rare atypical circumstances has Victoria used her aura in domestic family environments. At a family reunion in [[the City]], when Victoria learned about [[Amy]]'s invitation, had a PTSD episode, and intentionally used her aura in an attempt to dissuade those following her escape, [[Carol]] was shocked that Victoria actually used her aura on her here.<ref name="II1.7 eAuraCarol" />

When turned on, Victoria can dial the power of her aura up and down: its minimum setting is fairly subtle in effect.<ref name="SB1">Shaker, not stranger.<br><br>She can dial it up and down. See interlude 2 and Yamada's interlude.<br><br>Minimum level is B, max level is G. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/12852536 Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref> She can also push out or pull in her aura<ref>My focus in the moment was on Kitchen Sink.<br><br>I landed so I was a foot behind him, pushing out with my aura.<br><br>“Run,” I said.<br><br>He turned, wheeling around with hand drawn back, a rather large, full bottle of alcohol gripped by the neck-<br><br>I smashed my forehead into his nose.  When he didn’t immediately go down, I did it again.  I didn’t give him a chance to recover from there.  My forcefield was down throughout the process, as I stayed within a foot of him, my aura buzzing with the range pulled closer to me, active and focused on him. - [[Shade 4.5]]</ref> to control its range (i.e., radius);<ref>“Swansong,” I said, my voice stern.  I used my aura, the radius just wide enough to catch her and none of the audience.  She snapped her head around.  “No.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/25/breaking-14-3/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.3]]</ref> her maximum range is at least 100 feet.<ref>I pushed out with my aura, for maximum range.  I wasn’t sure the power mattered, but I gave ''that'' my all too.  I squeezed my eyes shut.<br><br>The aura reached the woman and reached the flame she held.  The aura ignited- the woman’s fire spread across powers like flame across oil, and I’d filled the space within a hundred feet of me with ambient power.  Gas. Aerosol. - [[Gleaming 9.5]]</ref> The closer one is to Victoria, the more powerful the effect of her aura.<ref>Blindside was pressing against my back, and my aura was stronger the closer people were to me.  I controlled the aura’s expression to keep it small and more concentrated.<br><br>Awe.  Catch them on an emotional level.<br><br>Blindside stumbled back. - [[Daybreak 1.4]]</ref><ref name="II3.3 e1.5">I stopped only a few feet short, hitting [[Strange Mammal|him]] with my aura instead of my fist.  Full-strength, point-blank, a hit to the emotional rather than the physical.<br><br>The reaction was much the same as if I’d punched him.  Forward movement stopped, reversed, an off-balance stumble backward.<br><br>“Holy fuck,” I could hear Tristan.<br>[...]<br>As with Chris, I used my emotion aura.<br><br>As had been the case with Chris, the effect was immediate and profound.  [[Mangled Wings|She]] stumbled back much as if I’d flown into her and given her a strong shove, her eyes wide.<br>[...]<br>I used my aura, which was more effective when people were close, and she was wrapped around my head.<br>[...]<br>I left her to limp toward the wall while I flew to Tristan’s side.  I landed beside Kenzie, hard, pushing out with my aura.<br><br>She twisted around, gun in hand, and I caught the gun, snatching it out of her hand. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/13/glare-3-3/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.3]]</ref><ref>A blast of her power made the other two men back off, but that meant they moved closer to me, and deeper into my aura, which was more intense as they drew closer to me.  Caught in the middle, they stopped, paralyzed.  Swansong turned to look at the contents of the car, one hand still out. - [[Dying 15.1]]</ref> By taking actions that complement the emotional charge, she can also enhance her aura's effect (e.g., breaking a table to better intimidate her foes).<ref> Imagine a therapy session with Jessica, Victoria talking through her past. The fact she put herself in that situation, the times she lost her temper, her personal pride, and all of that, weighing it against the need of a cape to do as animals do and flash bright colors, make noise, and make dramatic displays to scare away opposing animals, to do a little property damage because the demonstration of a broken table is better overall than the demonstration of a caved-in face, and because her aura works better with some action behind it? Throw in family shit and social pressures and institutional pressures, just to fog things up? - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/88522224 -->

It is possible for one to resist her aura if they notice/understand what they are feeling and put themself in the right headspace (e.g., [[Carol]],<ref name="II1.7 eAuraCarol">Whirlwind of fucking chaos and emotion indeed.<br><br>“You invited her,” I said, again.  More emotional this time.  “She’s in the house?”<br><br>My mother rallied, composing herself.  ''Now'' she looked confused.  “I told you I invited ''everyone''.”<br><br>“She’s actually in the house,” I said.<br><br>I backed away again, and my mother threw the gate open, taking several steps on the driveway, stepping on crushed gravel with bare feet.<br><br>I raised my hand, indicating for her to stop.  She continued forward.<br><br>I threw my aura out, one push.<br><br>My mother stopped.  Crystal stopped in her tracks, already at the fence.  People rose from their seats.<br><br>“I thought you knew,” she said.  “I very clearly said ''everyone''.  It was supposed to be a family reunion with everyone getting together again for the first time in… in a really long time.”<br>[...]<br>I turned to go.<br><br>I heard the gravel under her feet as she gave chase, and I pushed out with my aura, hard.<br><br>“Do ''not'' use your power on me, Victoria Dallon.  That has never been okay, and it doesn’t work anyway.” - [[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref> [[Tattletale]] at the hospital complex<ref>“Tell me,” I told her.<br><br>“No.”<br><br>“''Tell me'',” I told her, again, rising to an upright position, my toes a half-inch off the floor.  I used my aura, pushing at her.  Big.<br><br>All throughout the hospital complex, conversations stopped.  Everything went quiet.<br><br>Tattletale stood strong.  “You haven’t convinced me.  You’d take Rachel from me?  Grue?  Again?  Imp?  Chicken fucking Little?  The Heartbroken kids?”<br><br>“Potentially.  People will die no matter what happens, Tattletale.  It’s a question of whether it’s one hundred percent or sixty or twenty five percent.  If we do nothing it’s one hundred percent.”<br><br>“If we do nothing the Simurgh might win.  We live.”<br><br>“We won’t be us and you fucking know it, Tattletale,” I told her.<br><br>She was silent.  There wasn’t a hint of a grin on her face. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/24/last-20-9/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.9]]</ref>), especially if she makes the effect obvious.<ref>“Stretcher or surrender?” I asked, amping up the aura in a subtle way.  Too big of a push could scare, but it also was a ''thing''.  Something people could push back against.<br><br>I could use it here to play it subtle, drive the moment home. - [[Pitch 6.8]]</ref> Some individuals such as [[Lung]], [[Bitch]], [[Krieg]], and [[Victor]] process her aura differently and get angrier instead; however, Victoria can use this to provoke them on an emotional level and distract them.<ref>But Lung was part of the handful I’d fought where I could input fear and get ''anger''.  Dean had run into the same thing, with emotions other than fear returning the same output.<br><br>Some people, especially those of a more feral stripe, just processed things in a different way.  The upside was the tactical advantage in it, if I could adjust my expectations fast enough.<br><br>The downside was that I had to make that adjustment.  ''Most'' of my costumed fighting experience was that my enemies would hesitate, get sloppy, or back off, but Lung, like Bitch, like the cooler but still dangerous Krieg or the seemingly unflappable Victor who would still act ''differently'' when under the influence of my power, attacking faster and more recklessly.  They were the people who were angry at the world, or those with the natural predisposition to fight rather than fly.<br><br>It meant I had his attention.  Even before I activated my aura, it still meant he was keeping an eye on me, because he had experienced it before.  Actually using my aura helped, provoking him on an emotional level. - [[Gleaming 9.11]]</ref>
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 Long term exposure is believed to have severe consequences.<ref name="I21 c1">'''Mrmdubois:''' Right, so the power kicked in when Glory Girl and Panacea where hitting or had just hit puberty. Panacea is introverted and would have spent most of her hangout time with Glory Girl anyways meaning she’d be getting blasted with this power…pretty often going by the way Glory Girl used it on her with no compunction during the assault/repair on the skinhead. Chuck in the changes in biology from growing up and awakening sexuality and it seems pretty likely to me that this was going to go weird places right off the bat<br/>[...]<br/>'''Wildbow:''' I wondered if anyone would pay any attention to that.- [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/#comment-20604 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref-->

After [[Gold Morning]], Victoria starts trying to be more deliberate with how she uses her aura.<ref>“It does,” I said.  “Not necessarily in the ways you’d expect, pushing people away or any of that.  It makes a ''mess''.  It makes people unpredictable.  I have an awe-fear aura so I’ve seen this at work.”<br><br>“I almost envy you,” Ashley said.  “To have something you can so casually employ.”<br><br>“It’s not casual,” I said.  “Because like I said, it’s complicated in terms of the mess it makes of things.  I’ve been trying to be more deliberate about how I use it.” - [[Flare 2.6]]</ref> For example, she starts using it with physical contact or at point-blank range to more effectively stun her targets.<ref>The one who had given Jasper the finger, though, he had just a little bit more to prove.  I put my hands on him.  I pushed him, and he resisted.<br><br>I pushed him with my aura, small, closer to center, a pulse of intimidation just for him, to break his posture and resolve.  My hands pushed him the rest of the way.  He landed on his ass. - [[Daybreak 1.3]]</ref><ref name="II3.3 e1.5" />
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After [[the Firmament]] was damaged, her aura was altered.<ref>“Coming down!” I shouted, as I saw a spot.  I flared my aura a bit, which made some people stop in their tracks.  The reaction wasn’t shock and fear like I expected. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/01/04/infrared-19-3/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.3]]</ref> Instead of forcing people to feel fear or awe, her aura now forces people to feel something akin to interest or attraction to her.<ref>I hesitated, and then I asked, “Is it awe, fear, or something else?”<br/><br/>“It’s always been fear.  I’ve never felt your awe, exactly,” he said.  “So maybe it’s the awe?  I don’t know.”<br/><br/>I frowned.  “If you had to give it any label at all, what would you call it?”<br/><br/>“Interest?  Attraction.  Like when I noticed Erin for the first time.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/02/infrared-19-7/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.7]]</ref> Following a revelation during her second visit to the Firmament, Victoria gained the ability to choose what emotion her aura projects, based on her own feelings and memories.<ref>I could choose what emotions I put out there, now, but it wasn’t as simple as choosing from a tidy little list.  Just the opposite.  I dug into memories and the rawest, deepest feelings I had.  A moment of clarity midway through therapy at the hospital.  Moments, my thoughts wandering at night, where I’d jolted awake with a realization.  The feeling after I’d smeared my mother against a wall, and realized it was my fault.  Each of those memories was like an exposed nerve, and the screaming in my head was salt on those nerves.<br/><br/>I’d wanted ‘wake up’ but the feelings I dug into as I broadcasted weren’t quite that. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/07/last-20-4/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.4]]</ref>

====Emotion Resistance====
As Victoria gained her aura by triggering in [[Gallant]]'s vicinity,<ref name="SB2">'''Andrew Greaves:''' We know that Glory Girl is a second generation Cape, and the origins of her force field power are rather obvious. But what about her empathic aura? Where did that come from?<br><br>It's well known that second Triggers involve polling any other Shards within range and such, but does this also happen with first Triggers? Could Gallant have already been a cape and nearby when she Triggered?<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' You're thinking along the right lines, re: the source of her aura, Andrew. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14796522 Another comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref> her power makes it difficult for him and some other emotion-based parahumans to read or influence her (e.g., Gallant,<ref>'''20:05 Ridtom:''' I wonder what Dean sees when she uses her aura? Just a spotlight?<br>'''20:05 Prothean:''' A really angry/impressive/sad/whatever person<br>'''20:05 Prothean:''' ?<br>'''20:07 Wildbow:''' Maybe he's interested in her because he can't get a perfect read on her - Comment by Wildbow on IRC, [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17029118/ archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name="II1.5 eResistance" /> [[Crystalclear]],<ref name="II1.5 eResistance">As someone with the ability to control emotions, I was supposed to be harder to read and affect.  It was why I’d deflected Crystalclear earlier.<br><br>It was why Dean and I had gotten along.  Even why we’d been possible. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/11/25/daybreak-1-5/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.5]]</ref> [[Snag]],<ref>He threw a trio of fat shurikens at me.  My forcefield blocked them, saw them bounce off, one landing on the bed, two falling to the floor beside me.<br><br>I kicked the bed to bring the more solid bedframe to where I could grab it, and rammed the end of the bed at the corner where he was.  The shurikens detonated behind me, and on the bed in front of me.  Something that wasn’t fire or anything of the sort.  Something jumped between them, like electricity but not.  Where it touched me, my heart jumped, my mind stumbled, and feelings welled.<br><br>All of the doubts, fears, and hesitations inside me magnified, multiplied.  It paralyzed me for the moment.<br><br>This, at least, was something I’d been trying to get a handle on.  Here, my resistance applied. - [[Daybreak 1.6]]</ref> [[Love Lost]],<ref>I could feel the effect of it, even from a distance.  My heart rate picked up, and for a moment my thoughts and feelings spooled out.  There were a hundred things I was holding in my heart and head that had to sit there.  There were worries, irritations, traumas, and causes for outright ''fucking'' fury that I couldn’t do a damn thing about.  Just being on the periphery of the effect made them swell up and jostle together.<br><br>Sveta’s arm tightened around me.  I could hear the ''thump'', ''thump'', ''thumpthump'' of her tendrils against the inside of her body.<br><br>I met her eyes.  I could instantly tell that she’d been affected more than I had.<br><br>I was resistant to emotion effects, because I generated them.  Snag had hit me hard because he’d hit me where it hurt the most.<br><br>My rage?  It was there, beneath the surface, but it wasn’t a weak point.  It was a regular point. - [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref> [[Cradle]],<ref>I closed my eyes.  I was aware that Cradle probably wasn’t keen on picking a fight with me because Lionwing had called his emotion power a kind of emotion reading or feedback response.  If my resistance to emotion powers factored in, I might seem a little fuzzier.<br>[...]<br>But for the rainfall patter of Sveta’s tendrils on the walls of the station, we were silent, as we darted after Cradle.<br><br>He stood at the threshold to the portal, and he seemed genuinely surprised to see us.  If Cradle wasn’t as quick or effective in assessing me and how to target me, it might have had to do with my emotion resistance.  If he had difficulty with Sveta, it might have had to do with the fact that there were no veins for her emotions to run through, her brain maintained a different construction. - [[Heavens 12.9]]</ref> [[Roman]]<ref>I lifted him.<br><br>He used his power on me for just a second, inflicting rage.  The effect was dampened, half-strength, but I still dropped him, and he writhed on landing.<br><br>We stood, huffing at each other, glaring.<br><br>I reached for him again.  Again, he used rage, and my grip on his collar was fierce. - [[Last 20.5]]</ref>).<ref>The little benefits of powers, like Byron’s cold resistance and my relative resilience to emotion powers. - [[Heavens 12.8]]</ref>