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Is there a word for.........?


I can't find this on google-search or anything.... What is the word that means "a vampire's power to control human bodies just by putting their index finger under the human's chin"?

(Rudolph's father does this to Tony in the movie.)

It's a little weird that none of the first matches bring it up. I didn't spot it on Wikipedia either.


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Felching.

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Um, no, that's not it.

There is no word for it. I think the dad just shut tony up by lifting him up in the air by his chin. That would do it, don't you think?

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Well, if there is no word for it, then how is it described in literature?

Can somebody show me an excerpt from a novel?


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I'm not really sure I know what you're asking for but...

I believe what he did was hypnotism, and he put his finger under Tony's chin to shut him up and/or lift his head up to force him to stare into his eyes. This is a typical way to hypnotize somebody (by having them look into your eyes.)

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Well then you weren't paying much attention to the movie.. Tony was LIFTED OFF THE GROUND WITH THAT FINGER. That was some magic, which supposedly should have a term.


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Well I said that in my 1st post but you didn't listen. >:(
"There is no word for it. I think the dad just shut tony up by lifting him up in the air by his chin. That would do it, don't you think?"

As far as I know, vampires don't have this ability specifically. I've never heard of vampires levitating humans, although they can levitate themselves.

Honestly, that whole scene was done for comic effect. There is no word for it, it was just vampire dad trying to scare Tony away with his "scary" powers. Tony wasn't be controlled, just lifted into the air. End of story.

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I guess it was supposed to be an example of a vampire's super-human strength. A human couldn't lift up another human with just his index finger, but a vampire can.

Rudolph also demonstrates his strength by shoving a huge dresser in front of the door while they're in Tony's room. *shrugs*

I guess you're describing super-human strength. You're not gonna find a word with the definition you gave.

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What. Would. Jim. Do?

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You NEVER said that in your 1st post. YOU'RE the one who wasn't listening.

Tony WAS being controlled at the same time as being lifted into the air.

You are not, in any way, explaining how Tony was being shut-up just by having a single finger get put under is chin. How the heck would that do it? It's only one finger, so Tony can still talk while he's in the air...And even if Tony COULDN'T talk while he was in the air because of the finger's strength (which is what YOU are implying), then how do you explain why Tony was standing completely still while he was in the air?

It doesn't matter what you know or don't know (which is obviously because you don't watch enough vampire movies), because I'm already explaining what I know myself, and vampires DO have this ability specifically.

In "Van Helsing", a human prince is about to punch/tackle a vampire, and the vampire stops the prince by simply putting an index finger under his chin (just like Rudolph's dad). The finger does not only cause the prince to close his mouth (just like Tony), but it also causes him to freeze up completely (just like Tony)...except that the prince is NEVER lifted into the air. He is kept on the ground the entire time.

So how the heck do you explain that?

This topic is NOT supposed to be about vampires levitating humans NOR about levitiating themselves. It's supposed to about the word for this specific ability of controlling human's bodies by putting fingers under their chins.

Whether Tony's scene was done for comic effect or not, the writers would not have included the dad using that specific ability unless it was an actual vampire ability that had a word for it. Like I already said, Tony was being controlled, at the same time as being lifted into the air.

NOT end of story.

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In old books they called it hypnotizing them, but in the more recent novels, they call it glamouring. True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Twilight, The Mortal Instruments--I think all of these have mentioned being "glamoured".

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