Interesting part of Alec's power is the timeframe for it. At best he can take someone over in 15 min, but it can also take hours. With Cherish we see her affect Ballistic in an instant, Heartbreaker is probably similar, but for Alec the best he can manage is messing with limbs. With how long fights actually take, he'll never be able to hijack anyone in one. Pretty much the only time he could take someone over is if he actively goes after them.
And that makes sense with what his situation was when he got powers. He didn't really want strangers to come and help him. Heroes have tried and failed and that only makes his living situation worse and his dad more quick to anger. He wants the people he's familiar with, the people that are constantly around him to step in and help. But they don't, so his power forces them to, so long as he knows them and knows them well.
(Can't remember if you've talked about this particular aspect of his power before @lakesbian but I saw you're recent post and started thinking)
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