History Main / MentalAffair

* This is the basis behind the {{Hentai}} Manga ''Ne.To.Ge'' (''Lovers in a Cyber World'') by Tamaki Rozomu. A couple of teenagers meets in a virtual reality {{MMORPG}} realistic enough for them to have sex. They later discover that they are classmates, with an already BelligerentSexualTension dynamic. Although this does led to romance (and marriage), unusually for a hentai title the girl insists on "no sex before the wedding"... in the real world, at least.

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* At the end of ''{{PsychicAcademy}}'', [[spoiler: Mew]] offers this to Ai when they meet in the Paradream for the third time. He declines. [[spoiler: Then he wakes up and learns that she died in the night.]]

* One of the most (in)famous examples happened in the pages of ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'', when Cyclops had an affair with Emma Frost. Deserves a special mention because they ''get walked in on by his wife'' (another telepath).
** Scott's brother had this too, when he started dating the school's nurse while in a coma, thanks to the latter's telepathic son. The less we talk about this, the better.
** Continuing the theme of mental affairs, soon after discovering the one between Emma Frost and her husband, Jean proceeded to {{Mind Rape}} Emma. One of several on Phoenix's record.

-->Spock let the link swing open between them. Jim felt himself falling, falling into some endless ocean. Then Spock was there, around him, through him, in him. He reached out—no, he reached within himself—and embraced the essence that was there and the two were one, then two again.
* Very common in ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' fanfics [[{{Squick}} involving Gardevior.]]

* This is very popular in DoctorWho fanfiction, especially Doctor/Master slash.

-->'''Fox:''' "Your mother's done some fucked up things to me while I was sleeping."
-->'''Marcus:''' "Is she really that sadistic?"
-->'''Fox:''' "No, it's not mean really, just a way of allowing her to get what she wants."
-->'''Marcus:''' "Huh?"
-->'''Fox:''' "Sex, c'mon, you're eighteen, I thought you would have figured this out by now."
-->'''Marcus:''' "That's just what I wanted to hear, [[{{Squick}} now I've got the image in my head...]]"

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* The "Earth Way" of having sex in {{Barbarella}}

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* In ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}} II'', Visas (with high influence) will offer this at the {{Point of No Return}}.
* This is how [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] "join" in ''MassEffect''. Physical contact may or may not be involved.
** Supposedly, they can choose whether or not to get pregnant from this, and the child will always be another [[OneGenderRace asari]], no matter who [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction or what]] they were with.

* In ''GeneCatlow'', the "Sight of the Soul" is like a global, psychic internet... and, as two of the main characters learn the hard way, fooling around there can actually lead to pregnancy -- even if their bodies aren't touching, their life-forces are, and that's enough.
** In fact, it is apparently MORE likely, because the end result is one character getting pregnant who was, otherwise, sterile.

-->'''Fox:''' Your mother's done some fucked up things to me while I was sleeping."

-->'''Fox:''' You're mother's done some fucked up things to me while I was sleeping."

* Occasionally happens in ''StarFox'' fanfics involving Krystal. Sometimes goes into the weird territory, as shown with this scene from the ''Generations'' trilogy:

* In ''Gene Catlow'', the "Sight of the Soul" is like a global, psychic internet... and, as two of the main characters learn the hard way, fooling around there can actually lead to pregnancy -- even if their bodies aren't touching, their life-forces are, and that's enough.

[[caption-width-right:316:Not that Jean says "[[CaptainObvious In your head]]", as if there were ''anywhere else they could be''.]]

* This is the only way that vampires ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent or one species of them, anyway]]) can have sex in a movie that aired on Syfy. It's not clear whether both parties necessarily experience the event at once, and the human partner in each case was able to envision a different partner than the vampire.

This rarely leads to physical consequences as it would in the real world, since it happens in the Astral Plane, [[ButICantBePregnant unless]] YourMindMakesItReal. Emotional matters are a different story, since it is otherwise no different than a physical affair.

* This is kind of how asari "join" in ''MassEffect''. Physical contact may or may not be involved.

* Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and Huxley (Sandra Bullock) in ''Demolition Man'', until Spartan realizes that's all there is to it and [[{{Squick}} immediately takes off his headgear]].

-->Spock let the link swing open between them. Jim felt himself falling, falling into some endless ocean. Then Spock was there, around him, through him, in him. He reached out—no, he reached within himself—and embraced the essence that was there and the two were one, then two again.

This rarely leads to physical consequences as it would in the real world, since it happens in the AstralPlane, [[ButICantBePregnant unless]] YourMindMakesItReal. Emotional matters are a different story, since it is otherwise no different than a physical affair.

(On the less sci-fi side: yes, a lot people are guilty of this - the one-sided version - and [[AllMenArePerverts not just men either]]. Teenagers particularly, and happens to almost everyone in their dreams at least a few times in their life. Also, some religions consider it to be a sin.)

When two people have psychic sex; from beaming sensual pleasures to each other, to copulating a dreamscape of your minds' creation.

* One of the most (im)famous examples happened in the pages of Comicbook/{{X-Men}}, when Cyclops had an affair with Emma Frost. Deserves a special mention because they ''get walked in on by his wife'' (another telepath).
** Scott's brother had this too, when he started dating the school's nurse while in a coma, thanks to the latter's telepathic son. The less we talk about this, the better.
* Mind**** and Sistah Spooky in ''{{Empowered}}''.

* In ''SensateFocus'', a [[{{Understatement}} not]]-[[SoCoolItsAwesome too]]-[[GushingAboutShowsYouLike bad]] ''StarTrek'' SlashFic, Spock states that using their telepathic bond "is an intimacy on par with human marital sexual relations." Later on in the fic, this happens.
-->Spock let the link swing open between them. Jim felt himself falling, falling into some endless ocean. Then Spock was there, around him, through him, in him. He reached out—no, he reached within himself—and embraced the essence that was there and the two were one, then two again.
* Very common in Pokemon fanfics [[{{Squick}} involving Gardevior.]]

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* Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and Huxley (Sandra Bullock) in ''Demolition Man'', until Spartan realizes that's all there is to it and [[{{Squick}} immediately takes off his headgear]].
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/MotenaiRonin This troper]] frequently gets this scene/movie mixed up with a similar pairing in Stallone's role as Judge Dredd in the '95 movie of the same name and would like to thank the above troper for removing the need for some squickish ret-conning on this troper's part.
* This is the only way that vampires ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent or one species of them, anyway]]) can have sex in a movie that aired on Syfy. It's not clear whether both parties necessarily experience the event at once, and the human partner in each case was able to envision a different partner than the vampire.
* In ''Dreamscape,'' a psychic who can enter other people's dreams consummates his relationship with a scientist inside one of her dreams. When she wakes she's furious because he invaded her mental privacy.

* Happens a few times in ''The Wind Up Bird Chronicle'' by Haruki Murakami. The character in question is referred to as a "prostitute of the mind."
* A brief episode near the climax (no pun intended) of ''{{Otherland}}'' has Renie and !Xabbu meeting in a virtual world as pure avatars, without bodies. Their mental union is compared to sex in terms of its intensity and significance. Later, they do it in virtual bodies, and then again "for real".

* In ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' Visas (with high influence) will offer this at the PointOfNoReturn.
* This is kind of how asari "join" in ''MassEffect''. Physical contact may or may not be involved.

* In ''Gene Catlow'', the 'Sight of the Soul' is like a global, psychic internet... and, as two of the main characters learn the hard way, fooling around there can actually lead to pregnancy - even if their bodies aren't touching, their life-forces are, and that's enough.
** In fact, it is apparently MORE likely, because the end result is one character getting pregnant who was, otherwise, sterile.

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* In ''StarTrekEnterprise'', T'Pol experienced a MindRape that started out as a consensual MentalAffair (the other guy refused to get out of her mind when she'd had enough). She ends up getting a fictional analogue to AIDS as a result. Trip also participated in a mating ritual that involved reading his partner's mind and her reading his, which caused a [[MisterSeahorse male pregnancy]].
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* In the {{StarTrek}} series with Jonathan Archer, T'Pol experienced a MindRape that started out as a consensual MentalAffair (the other guy refused to get out of her mind when she'd had enough). She ends up getting a fictional analogue to AIDS as a result. Trip also participated in a mating ritual that involved reading his partner's mind and her reading his, which caused a [[MisterSeahorse male pregnancy]].

** This troper frequently gets this scene/movie mixed up with a similar pairing in Stallone's role as Judge Dredd in the '95 movie of the same name and would like to thank the above troper for removing the need for some squickish ret-conning on this troper's part.

* Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and Huxley (Sandra Bullock) in ''DemolitionMan'', until Spartan realizes that's all there is to it and [[{{Squick}} immediately takes off his headgear]].

* Spartan and Huxley in ''DemolitionMan'', until Spartan realizes that's all there is to it and [[{{Squick}} immediately takes off his headgear]].

* In ''Dreamscape,'' a psychic who can enter other people's dreams consumates his relationship with a scientist inside one of her dreams. When she wakes she's furious because he invaded her mental privacy.

* In ''Dreamscape,'' a psychic who can enter other people's dreams consumates his relationship with a scientist inside her dream. When she wakes she's furious because he invaded her mental privacy.