Thread:B1bl1kal/@comment-3581997-20161219134645

I had a question on what constitutes Brainwashing for our purposes. This came up when cleaning up and revisiting the pages on members or Arachnos. Should all members of an organization, such as Arachnos in this case, who willingly undergo psychic conditioning count as Brainwashed. The Patrons were not exposed to it but everyone else was, Oliva Darq, Marshall Brass and Arbiter Daos all had their loyalties reinforced with a connection to a psychic network that constantly sends a subconscious undercurrent of loyalty to all those who use it.

The issue is of-course that the process is not secret and members have the option to opt into it, they simply won't get put into any high-ranking position where they could do real harm unless the organization has assurance they are 100% loyal. The process seems to straddle the line between Persuasive and Suggestive Brainwashing methods, and I know we don't count Persuasive Brainwashing as brainwashing. I was also concerned if it would just add to category clutter if I just started adding such categories to all such villains that are part of similar organizations if we are describing the individual members and not the group as a whole in that article. 