Become a wizard? Become a vampire? Become a collaborative disputant?

This research had me smiling about both real and fantasy-realm possibilities. How about you? What do you think? Could the narrative collective-assimilation hypothesis be used in mediation? Abstract of "Becoming a Vampire Without Being Bitten: The Narrative Collective-Assimilation Hypothesis" (Psychological Science): We propose the narrative collective-assimilation hypothesis—that experiencing a narrative leads one to psychologically become a part of the collective...