* MoralEventHorizon: For ''Zombies of the Gene Pool.'' In their youth, several of the Lanthanides [[spoiler:had drunken sex with an underage female acquaintance at a convention]]; applies InUniverse as well, since the narration notes that Marion's tone of voice is a lot less respectful after TheReveal.
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* ValuesDissonance:
** When ''Bimbos'' was first published in 1988, SF/fantasy, gaming, computers, and fandom in general were still ''extremely'' niche activities. It shows in the general attitudes of the non-fan characters (and perhaps even in the writer's).
** Marion actually gets a mental monologue where she reflects on her own Values Dissonance, how in college she had the "Fans are Literature/{{Slan}}s" mentality that non-geeks weren't "real people", and how she realized how disturbing and selfish that attitude is once she grew out of her outsider phase.
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