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Message: <blockquote data-quote="abirdcall" data-source="post: 8471346" data-attributes="member: 6748898">The X-Men is a good example to look at. They have multiple members who are capable of mind control. In fact, the hero of the story, Xavier, is the mind controller rather than the 'villain' of Magneto.(please forgive if there are errors here it's been over 20 years since I've read comics).Let's take Xavier, Jean Grey (Phoenix), and Psylocke.Xavier is immensely powerful but rarely uses his powers as it would be immoral to do so. Mostly he is seen doing so to locate mutants or to heal trauma. He doesn't have telekinetic powers so if directly threatened he will use mind control to defend himself.Then we have Jean Grey. She usually uses telekinesis and mostly saves telepathy for communicating between the team. She doesn't use her mind control powers often.  Her powers as phoenix were more physically destructive and often manifested in fire than mind control. Psylocke started out as a sort of Jean Grey-lite. Both telepathy and telekinesis (more of psionic blasts). She could mind control but mostly didn't, using telepathy for communication and defense. After she was turned into a ninja she concentrated her psionic powers into 'psy-blades' which she used to 'physically' attack people in melee essentially doing psychic damage.It stands to reason that telekinesis is thought to be more moral than mind control in the X-Men comics. However, the heroes still had mind control powers and sometimes used them in various ways.</blockquote>

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