The issue is just that. Vaylin is already is a crazy who's experienced intense psychological torture, the void of Nathema that was constantly trying to tear her mind apart, etc. She also had no signs of mental frailty when she returned to the prison for the first time either. Point being, I'm not exactly sure what Zannah's fear spells would show Vaylin that she hasn't already experienced or overcome.
Certainly you're not talking about Chapter 9, where Valkorion explicitly states that his consumption of her essence is what allows him to control her spirit, right? The part where Outlander frees Vaylin from Valkorion via the Holocron and he's unable to simply telepathically dominate her?
Zannah matches terribly with Vaylin. She can't press Vaylin enough offensively to not be destroyed by her force powers.
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Yea, mentally fcking up Vaylin could easily end with Zannah pulling off an outburst like the one she had on Nathema which ends up taking out Zannah anyway.
Compelling arguments are being made for Vaylin's ability to overcome Zannah's psychic intrusions. But could she no-sell them? It's possible the struggle would enable Zannah to press her advantage, right?
Regardless, the consensus seems to be overwhelming that Vaylin would defeat Zannah. Anyone care to defend Bane's pupil here?
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I'm wondering what willpower consists of, Skillz, and why it would allowed her to resist Zannah. Mind elaborating on that a bit? Because she's need quite insane amounts of it to overcome Zannah in a mind battle given her mental instability and past experiences.
Because Bane literally states that it's the way to go against Zannah's sorcery.
Mental instability (in and of itself) doesn't constitute a win for Zannah here if we know that Vaylin's willpower is intact. Which we do, given she overcame her experiences on Nathema as a child without being mentally destroyed and on Nathema as an adult (when she used BRAIN to break free). She literally had the void of Nathema clawing to erase her mind from existence for years.
SOR Revan, who's probably more mentally unstable than Vaylin, has arguably the best willpower in the mythos. Would Zannah oneshot him because of his "mental instability"?
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