Originally Posted by
Ultimate Rogue
… I think both
Jordan D White and Hickman have addressed and rubbished the theory of brainwashing/control in interviews somewhere.
but, then
that's what they would say though
Shady Shenanigans maybe, or just poor expressions of the narrative from the writing and art. ...
… Rogue, who's just had a year long story about fear induced self sabotage has also seemingly been used to show how fearless and chilled the islanders are now, by not needing a power dampener.
And I wouldn't use the terms brainwashing/mind control myself, anyway. They're too strong of words for what I believe might really be goin on. I suspect somethin' closer to being mildly drugged, with a subtle hypnotic charm induced persuasion type of effect, that makes the target(s) more prone to feelings of elation and/or susceptible to the power of suggestion. Like they're all buzzed, so to speak, from inhaling too much of their own hype... almost. It's hard to be definitive eXplaining it, but that's close enough.
And I took this scene:
… to mean Rogue still needs a dampener, when touching skin to skin.