* FramingDevice: Used in ''Spin'' and ''Vortex''. In ''Spin'', the main events are actually the diary of the protagonist Tyler Dupree, which he writes as he [[spoiler:undergoes the Fourth treatment]]. in ''Vortex'', the story of Turk is read by a Houston social worker as written by a mentally-challenged kid ([[spoiler:it was placed in his head by Isaac Dvali from the original timeline]]).
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Isaac]] makes one at the end of ''Vortex'' in order to [[spoiler:make Turk's life better in an alternate reality. He also unintentionally helps to make Orin's life better (young Turk accidentally killed Orin in the original timeline)]].
* HiveMind: The cortical and limbic democracies in ''Vortex'' allow people to share thoughts and emotions, respectively, depending on which of the parts of the brain the node is attached to. Each person is still an individual, but is massively affected by the merging, especially in limbic democracies. Vox is a limbic democracy with the overall consciousness being called "Corypheus". The Corypheus's overriding goal is to reach Earth and make contact with the Hypotheticals. Attempts were also made to make cortical-limbic democracies, but they invariably failed with massive casualties. Eventually, limbic democracies are abandoned, as cortical democracies are more stable and less prone to collective insanity.

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