Repulsion does not entail Mesmerism, not the fictional kind, anyway. Unless Hypnotism is a kink. Attractive Traits don't lead into positive ones. That's what is made for the tension to occur.
Such as the snake oil it could be, what antagonist force of a goal's want or desire is going to be made clear with the writing of the plot-structure and the character structure. Like with all things made with conflict, there ain't going to be any peace when.
The anomie be it rising and foreshadowing, not within the anti-plot realm of jumping, static.
Attraction and the non negation really is one piano key being played.