Board Thread:Theories Discussion/@comment-12515537-20151121035914/@comment-26209808-20151121213343

In a series where magic reigns supreme that sorta thing is to be expected, sadly    (ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ. It'd certainly be a good way to explain her change in attitude but similarity in base goals.

It's possible, especially since Ma is one third Eve, who we know for a fact  was an...avid user of the hypnosis power. Even if Eve had escaped Ma at some point (which we know she eventually did, but I'm unaware if it was before or after the great retcon of all existence in EC 999 - I'm guessing after), odds are Ma would have retained some of her knowledge.

And Ma would indeed have the time and perhaps even the means to do this, she had like 300 years of off-screen time, meandering around doing Sickle-knows-what with more power than should be given to any one person just sitting firmly inside of  her.

As usual: Ma's motivation could probably be summed up with the usual answers of "For the Evulz" or "We don't know - why does Ma even do anything", but a lack of clear motivation is pretty much the only fault I can think of...and that's just because it's Ma (#prayforamasong2k16).