Opt-In (Powers)

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Castiel has a handful of powers that can cross over into godmodding territory without a player's express permission. For the sake of consistency and my own accountability, I'm going to assume the below powers will not work on a character, unless that player has opted into using the form below. (Since some of his powers will be nerfed anyway, this will be easy to explain away ICly, so no issue if you don't want to opt in and/or if you only want to opt in partially).

A full list of Castiel's powers can be found in his application here, for reference. The potentially godmodding powers referenced in this post are as listed below:

• Angelic Perception - Castiel can identify someone's species and get a general read on their health, and whether or not they've got any wild magic stuff going on. With some more exploration (scent, physical touch, etc) he can get even more specific with the identification, to the point of diagnosing diseases or determining whether or not they've recently traveled through time.
  
  I would play this power out by, essentially, metagaming. I already tend to read up on characters I'm threading with (if I'm not familiar with them) anyway, but for characters who opt-in, I'll use knowledge of their canonpoints, their personalities, their thoughts and feelings and character, to filter into Castiel's tags as mild observations. He may also sometimes say things aloud that seem a little too perceptive or on the nose, or I can keep those to a minimum if preferred.
  
  

• Telepathy/Soul Reading - Castiel can read minds and souls to a degree; it's more of a production if he's trying to really look for something and comes at great risk to the one being read. He can also jam his hand right into someone's soul and get an idea of what it's like on a much more detailed level (it hurts like a motherfucker, and he can also siphon power off of a soul to heal himself/get stronger, but it's very dangerous. He can also do some mild mind-control stuff (suggestions, gentle coercion, implanting/removing thoughts or memories), but he utilizes it very rarely. I'm also going to shelve Prayer under this header; anyone who prays in his name specifically can deliver their words to him as if sending out a telepathic message.
  
  I would play this power out by obviously just straight up writing Cas reading their minds. I'd use commentary or narrative flavor in received tags as cues and have Castiel pick up on surface thoughts where appropriate (to confirm, he doesn't do this very often as he's come to understand it's an invasion of privacy). Anything more forceful (soul-reading or siphoning, mind control, etc) will be specifically plotted out beforehand. As for prayer, I'll leave that to the other player's discretion, since Castiel can only receive prayers.

If you would opt into (fully or partially) Castiel being able to use these powers with your character, please fill out the below!

<b>Character Name & Series:</b> <b>Journal Name:</b> <b>Angelic Perception:</b> (May Castiel perceive things about your character? What things would you like perceived? Is your character touched by magic? Do they wear their trauma or their triumphs like marks on their psyche, their soul? Does your character even <i>have</i> a soul? Castiel can perceive most things physical, emotional, mental, magical, and spiritual; feel free to be as wild or as reserved with descriptions as you'd like!) <b>Telepathy/Soul Reading:</b> (May Castiel read your character's surface thoughts? Will your character ever pray to Castiel? Do you want Castiel to hear your character's prayers?)

Thank you so much!

EDIT: If also, the form is too much and/or not necessary and you wanna just put a comment down there (like imhilarious) with a carte blanche permission, feel free!