User blog comment:Flashfire212/Ask Flash's Characters!/@comment-995908-20150807230849/@comment-209421-20150808024717

One of many, unfortunately.

Toxic's one of those weird cases. A character who isn't overtly charismatic or pleasant, yet seems to convert people to his side. The answer is in his pheromones. Some people are more genetically susceptible to his influence than others, and it can have a lasting effect.