Anyone know any good hypnotists around the Calgary Alberta area that aren’t too pricey? Looking to win a bet with a buddy who doesn’t believe hypnosis is real. It would most likely just be me and her so I do not need a show, just a quick private session. Doesn’t need to be anything crazy just want to prove a point and make a little bit of money in the process.
Please let me know if this character concept is interesting, if it works, or any advice you’d have to make it better. It’s my first time doing this but thought it was cool and wanted some feedback.
The character, Mind-Trick, is basically based off of moon knight, Daredevil, and the winter soldier as well as a basis of one psychology class I took at university. She would be based in an already superhero filled world but I haven’t gotten far enough to give more details on that yet. An image of Mind-Trick is included.
Bella Di’Drea was a bright psychology student who idolized her professor, Dr. Seraphine Fin, unaware Fin was the supervillain known as The Hypnotist. During a winter storm, Fin used deep hypnosis to abduct her, erasing her identity and rebuilding her into the weaponized persona Mind‑Trick. For two years, Bella’s consciousness was suppressed while Mind‑Trick trained, killed, and obeyed Fin’s every command. After Fin’s death, Bella resurfaced during the day, but Mind‑Trick continued to awaken at night, leaving them trapped sharing a life neither fully understands.
Mind-Trick is a master assassin who has been trained nonstop for 2 years in order to achieve peak human performance and agility. Bella’s dad is a retired boxer so she already knew how to fight and was in great shape. Mind-Tricks weapons are herself and her pendulum which can be used at range or up close, the chain was lengthened in order to be used as a weapon. She can also use micro-hypnosis techniques which are basically a non verbal Jedi mind-trick (hence where she gets her name) that can be used to incapacitate or mess with someone’s mind for a couple seconds. Her whole dynamic is the split between Bella and mind-trick, created by Mind-Tricks first time feeling emotion after the death of The Hypnotist (The Villain that enslaved her). Only one can be in control at a time, the other cannot remember anything that happens while the other is in control. I think this creates an interesting dynamic in how they communicate or how their relationships are affected by this. That’s all I have so far please feel free to let me know if you have any notes, I’m all for constructive criticism.