despite what y0u might think given my reputati0n f0r perversi0n i d0nt actually find hypn0sis very er0tic at all because real actual hypn0sis w0uld make any enc0unters under its influence n0nc0nsensual (which i am n0t a fan 0f f0r 0bvi0us reas0ns) and r0leplay hypn0sis rem0ves the aspect 0f psyche leverage and psych0l0gical manipulati0n that i l0ve s0 much
:o) Hypnosis does not work unless the subject wants it to. It is an altered state of consciousness, yes. It is something that happens to you every day. A flow state when playing a game, hyperfocus in a scuttlebuggy, the feeling just before sleep...These are all forms of hypnosis.
:o) It is an exchange of power. An agreement.
:o) Think of it as the same thing as subspace. An altered state, but not something in which you can foist unwanted advances upon someone.
:o) ...Now trollian mind tricks are a different thing.
:o) But I would never use mine for such things, hm?