I'm definitely not comfortable with control other characters beyond minor physical reactions to my actions like a punch that sent them to the ground. I'd be too scared of doing something they didn't like or god-moding by accident. As for the third person viewpoint. i can see the benefits, but I don't think I'd ever use it unless it was required. I won't demand you change or anything, I'm not that type of guy, and seeing as I'm in an english college class we will probably toy with the idea so I will look into it, but I just don't feel like it suit my style of RPing.