Reprogramming

Reprogramming (or brainwashing in the case of humans) is technically unthemely on the MUX. In the case of canon examples like the Constructicons and Storm Shadow, the thinking is this: brainwashing and reprogramming are like hypnosis – you’re not going to do something you wouldn’t do anyway, and eventually it wears off.

The reason the Constructicons remain Decepticons is that they like being Decepticons. The Robo-Smasher as a device may have had more long-term personality effects, but it’s destroyed now and any subsequent reprogramming by Bombshell or Soundwave (or by Dr. Mindbender’s Brainwave Scanner) are going to be temporary at best. Storm Shadow is a killer because he was trained to be a killer, and without regular BwS sessions he'd eventually return to "normal."

Since reprogramming RP in the past have caused a lot of problems on other MU*es, on our MUX it requires Admin staff approval even for temporary TP-related reprogramming. Generally it’s to be avoided and discouraged, and will definitely be denied as a background option for new OC apps. Usually if you have to ask, the answer is no.