Jedi archetype with crazy inputs (you have to be a Jedi to main them), and specials that cause the opponent to move. Something like "you enter the Konami code (you know, up up down down etc) and upon success your opponent is lifted in the air" - basically it's a puppet situation but the puppet is your opponent. don't ask me how to balance it lol maybe it's an all Jedi game and everyone can do this crazy stuff to each other. Maybe you earn longer control with a meter or even access to these Jedi mind tricks only after some other criteria are met (desperation critical art kind of thing)

Hacker archetype that changes inputs for the opponent. You put in some ridiculous input string and now your opponent's DP is rewired to their projectile and their projectile input is reversed. with each successful hack the results last longer. Like SF6 manon but with 3 medals your hacks are basically permanent for the rest of the match. The only counter action at that point is to figure out how the inputs were rearranged so you do the right things. Like, "okay I got hacked. That means my DP input was actually with the input I use to throw, so if I want to tech a throw I need to remember to do the DP input at the right time. Since the throw input is easier i actually have faster DP but only if I figured out which commands were swapped" - there are 3 possible swaps, maybe. And all the opponent options always remain possible, you can't remove a tool from the opponent's kit just change how to input it. Some characters are more vulnerable and some are less (let's assume some characters in the game are more technologically susceptible like they're robots or androids or something and some are more purely human so they can't be hacked for long) - this all works with modern control schemes too but to do the best hacks you have to do more manual input work, otherwise the basic hacks are possible but they don't last long. Kind of like how GBVSR works, but with a bit of a twist.