#niisha

For as long as the powers are active, yes, though it is a bit more complex than it sounds. While the Connections can change, memories do not, and that can keep the powers from being as straight forward as it might seem.

For example if Niisha's powers were used on Hawk Moth to make it so he no longer viewed LB and CN as enemies but as friends, that doesn't mean he'd immediately hand over the Miraculouses no questions asked. He may no longer have the desire to defeat and destroy them or his strange desire for revenge on them, but he's still Gabriel Agreste under the mask.

He's still a man that loves power and control. Someone that sees Nooroo and kwamis as slaves to his whims. Someone who still wants to save his wife at all costs and intends on using magic to do so. He wouldn't just hand over his Miraculouses to his new friends because he now saw them as friends, knowing that he needs those Miraculouses to accomplish his goals. He would also have all his memories of hating them, wanting to defeat them, and wanting their Miraculouses. A part of him would be very aware that they are on opposite ends of a struggle even if he now views them as friends, and he isn't about to do whatever they ask even if he now doesn't want to throw a hundred akumas at them.

What this could do however is open up an opportunity to talk. This new friendship Niisha created could have Hawk Moth reach out to Ladybug and Chat Noir and tell them his whole story. How his wife is dead and Mayura is dying and why he was seeking their Miracuouses. He would probably hear them out in turn, and be more open to other options the heroes have to help those hurt by the Peacock Miraculous, and be more willing to trust them than he would have before.

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So basically Niisha's powers can create a very complex mental game in a way. Let's say that someone used it to make Ladybug and Chat Noir enemies, this wouldn't make them suddenly stop being heroes and attack each other instead. Both Ladybug and Chat Noir would still see themselves as heroes that need to protect the city, and they would do so. It is just now that unbreakable trust and teamwork the two had would be gone. They wouldn't be able to look at each other and immediately know what the other needs them to do, and they wouldn't be working side by side. However they probably wouldn't directly interfere with the other while fighting a foe because they have clear memories that show this other person will help them take down the bad guy, even if they don't like each other one bit.

Niisha constantly sees a complex web of how the world and people are Connected, and will always know who you see as friends, family, and enemies. Because if this Niisha tends to learn more about people by observing who they are linked to rather than by talking with them, which those who don't know them can see as off-putting. Niisha is comfortable with any pronouns, but prefers to use the same ones as those they are talking to.

Niisha's Miracuous is a carved jackal head on a golden bracelet, and their weapon is a wooden knobkerrie. Their favorite food is koeksister, and their transformation phrase is "Niisha, link!".

Each kwami would have their own varying opinion, but over all I’d think most kwamis would find it very sweet.

Niisha, whispering to Lux: The souls of the innoce-

Lux: A bagel.

Niisha: No!

(OOC: When I got permission from Immy to upload some old and unpublished pics on this account, I made sure to specify that they would be properly accredited and explained. Because, oh boy, some of these require explanations. Around a decade ago for several years, Immy used to do this thing called Lame Cosplays every October, one per day, which was various characters cosplaying as other characters for Halloween. It’s since been discontinued because, among other reasons, trying to churn out 31 good pics in a month tends to involve breaking timespace to make new hours in the day.

I was feeling nostalgic a couple months ago and leafed through my Ba’tala folder, and while some of the older images are of uncertain providence, the moment I saw the Mega Man X theme and Kogaa as Storm Eagle, my first thought was “Yeah...this could only have been my idea.”

I still love everyone’s expressions in this one.

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