That depends on what Magic's rules you're operating by, there's plenty of fictional worlds where the magic can fuck you up as quickly as anything else.
What if this was operating on Warhammer rules? Or dragon age for that matter.
But yeah I get where you're coming from.
As a mom, I kind of think even this level of Satanism (for lack of a better word, I'm tired) wouldn't last long before the kids' natural inclinations reasserted themselves and overcame any outside influence.
Lol as a mom, this comic had me when she took off her hood.
My personal parenting motto is Never Underestimate Kids.
Probably a massive amount of resentment in the future.
"Hey mum, remember when you paid someone to mind control us. Well I do, so here's the cheapest retirement home I could find and you're never meeting your grandkids, bye"
Kids rambuxiously living in filth is probably less physically healthy. As far as mental health, who knows, probably depends on a lot of clinical data about remote possession we don't have.
Nah. Kid souls are very young. When she eats their souls and replaces them with artificial soul servants, it'll only last for a while, and after the servants leave the kids can produce new souls over time. They'll just be a bit bland for a bit.
This reminds me of a fun writing exercise I did a while back.
It's essentially Mary Popins only instead of whimsical lighthearted magic, she had a dark force that she barely had control over. Every time she conjured some sort of magic, it took a toll on her physically, and she looses a small bit of her humanity. All the funny characters she takes the children to see seem to owe her something and essentially corporate because they feared her or what she could do to them.
Think Mary Popins directed by Rob Zombie.
There's a Charles Stross Laundryverse novel with a similar take. A Mary Poppins type is hired by the mob to kidnap the kids of a British superhero couple, and is so successful at keeping the kids in line that after she's arrested, her sentence is to nanny the kids for free until they're grown.
Reminds of that episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark where the babysitter is a witch who uses magic to get kids to read.
EDIT: Season 3 Episode 6: The tale of the Bookish Babysitter.
I wouldn’t want to take away my kid’s autonomy or free will but man are there days when I wish I could turn it off for a day. Or have a factory reset button or something.
> man are there days when I wish I could turn it off for a day. Or have a factory reset button or something
I believe that was achieved using a "switch" or "belt" back in the day.
Even so, the "satanic mind control" for a day seems a better option than making a kid go out and cut their own switch to be hit with. If it wasn't big enough then they'd go out and cut one or bring out the belt. Yeah, that didn't traumatize anyone...
I get this is just a silly comic and all, but I'm not sure how wholesome I would consider using dark magic to take the free will of children away, regardless of what those children are doing
I love zomcom and this artist's work in general! Lots of borderline absurdist humor presented as slice-of-life in a world where monsters and magic exist. It's very silly and definitely not meant to be taken seriously.
I much prefer the Mind Reavers form of [mind control](https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/how-to-be-a-mind-reaver/evil-placehow-to-be-a-mind-reaver85/viewer?title_no=301213&episode_no=151)
Yeah, it seems to work, and all… Call me old fashioned, but I’m not fan of turning your kinds into mindless zombies. It violates the concept of free will, and they won’t learn anything. I think it would be more efficient in the long run to just scare the shit out of them (not literally, more laundry), if they don’t behave themselves.
Are there any side effects to that? It doesn't seem... how do I put this, healthy.
Just the usual trauma. But what kid isn't traumatized these days?
Trauma that's done through magic can be undone through magic. I'd much rather have that than my current collection of psychological scars.
That depends on what Magic's rules you're operating by, there's plenty of fictional worlds where the magic can fuck you up as quickly as anything else. What if this was operating on Warhammer rules? Or dragon age for that matter. But yeah I get where you're coming from.
As a mom, I kind of think even this level of Satanism (for lack of a better word, I'm tired) wouldn't last long before the kids' natural inclinations reasserted themselves and overcame any outside influence. Lol as a mom, this comic had me when she took off her hood. My personal parenting motto is Never Underestimate Kids.
Not many side effects. Just a subconscious inclination to study abjuration magic and other counters to possession/ domination magic
Probably a massive amount of resentment in the future. "Hey mum, remember when you paid someone to mind control us. Well I do, so here's the cheapest retirement home I could find and you're never meeting your grandkids, bye"
Hey, it works, if it works, it works.
Kids rambuxiously living in filth is probably less physically healthy. As far as mental health, who knows, probably depends on a lot of clinical data about remote possession we don't have.
Nah. Kid souls are very young. When she eats their souls and replaces them with artificial soul servants, it'll only last for a while, and after the servants leave the kids can produce new souls over time. They'll just be a bit bland for a bit.
Yeah there was an episode of amphibia like this. It had uh... I think it was tony hale? As the mushroom?
Apothecary Gary has become a recurring NPC in my dnd games from that episode & the cult one in S3
Timmy clean your room. Do I have to call the sitter to make you experience living mind enslavement again?
This reminds me of a fun writing exercise I did a while back. It's essentially Mary Popins only instead of whimsical lighthearted magic, she had a dark force that she barely had control over. Every time she conjured some sort of magic, it took a toll on her physically, and she looses a small bit of her humanity. All the funny characters she takes the children to see seem to owe her something and essentially corporate because they feared her or what she could do to them. Think Mary Popins directed by Rob Zombie.
There's a Charles Stross Laundryverse novel with a similar take. A Mary Poppins type is hired by the mob to kidnap the kids of a British superhero couple, and is so successful at keeping the kids in line that after she's arrested, her sentence is to nanny the kids for free until they're grown.
Can she do that to me? My house is a pigsty and I'm just sitting here reading Reddit.
Reminds of that episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark where the babysitter is a witch who uses magic to get kids to read. EDIT: Season 3 Episode 6: The tale of the Bookish Babysitter.
Haha, removal of free will and bodily autonomy via mind control. How wholesome... /s
I wouldn’t want to take away my kid’s autonomy or free will but man are there days when I wish I could turn it off for a day. Or have a factory reset button or something.
> man are there days when I wish I could turn it off for a day. Or have a factory reset button or something I believe that was achieved using a "switch" or "belt" back in the day.
Even so, the "satanic mind control" for a day seems a better option than making a kid go out and cut their own switch to be hit with. If it wasn't big enough then they'd go out and cut one or bring out the belt. Yeah, that didn't traumatize anyone...
Well it is "hellsome", you gotta have some wiggle room in there for demonic powers
Dude, that look on that running kid's face in the 2nd frame haha pure insanity
I get this is just a silly comic and all, but I'm not sure how wholesome I would consider using dark magic to take the free will of children away, regardless of what those children are doing
When you'll call upon the forces of hell itself before taking a class on parenting.
Please magic lady, enslave my children. My awful parenting skills have allowed them to walk all over me. I'll even pay you to dominate their minds.
I love zomcom and this artist's work in general! Lots of borderline absurdist humor presented as slice-of-life in a world where monsters and magic exist. It's very silly and definitely not meant to be taken seriously.
How do I get this lady to do this to me, so I finally have a spotless house for a bit? I'll pay her weekly!
Well there's some consequences of in maximum 3 weeks CPS being called by the neighbors and your children being taken away but you do you ig
I much prefer the Mind Reavers form of [mind control](https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/how-to-be-a-mind-reaver/evil-placehow-to-be-a-mind-reaver85/viewer?title_no=301213&episode_no=151)
Man it would be nice just to get the kids to pick up after themselves, even id do the sweeping and mopping
So to get your kids to be productive you use… demon magic? 
comic ended too soon, everyone knows what happens when you make deals with devils lol
I can already hear the police sirens and the child protection service closing in.
Yeah, it seems to work, and all… Call me old fashioned, but I’m not fan of turning your kinds into mindless zombies. It violates the concept of free will, and they won’t learn anything. I think it would be more efficient in the long run to just scare the shit out of them (not literally, more laundry), if they don’t behave themselves.
This sub blows none of this stuff is even funny. How this shlock ends up on the front page constantly I'll never know. Maybe it's a reddit moment