Yeah, I figure there are some cases where it's just like, a straight-up one-to-one thing where whoever or whatever is doing the possessing completely replaces the personality of the host.

[ like when maya channels people, though he has no idea that's actually a thing! anyway i feel like this must have happened at some point in his old 60s/80s anime in a stupid way ]

But it does seem like just influencing rather than overwriting is more common as far as these things go.

I've seen moments of one-to-one. But I'm a lot more familiar with it being more of a nudge.

I don't know if that's any better, though.

Probably worse that way, since you can't be sure how much of it was really you.

Yeah. That's true.

It's nicer to have something to blame besides yourself. And given that we know people in these situations just go somewhere else to deal with the aftermath alone...

Yeah... better to have less to feel guilty about.

Guilt never does anyone any favors.