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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob has grown up with this power all his life, and no longer finds it remotely embarrassing when he picks up on stray sexy thoughts. However, he's still human, and when he's in the mood he tends to idly surf around [[SexByProxy until he finds something juicy]]. When his friends find out about this they're horrified at the invasion of privacy, pointing out that it's almost ''literally'' MindRape (or at the very least Mind [[PeepingTom Voyeurism]]) Feeling guilty, he suddenly becomes very aware of people's more intimate thoughts, which [[CentipedesDilemma just makes him pick up on them even more often]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob has grown up with this power all his life, and no longer finds it remotely embarrassing when he picks up on stray sexy thoughts. However, he's still human, and when he's in the mood he tends to idly surf around [[SexByProxy until he finds something juicy]]. When his friends find out about this they're horrified at the invasion of privacy, pointing out that it's almost ''literally'' MindRape (or at the very least Mind [[PeepingTom [[ThePeepingTom Voyeurism]]) Feeling guilty, he suddenly becomes very aware of people's more intimate thoughts, which [[CentipedesDilemma just makes him pick up on them even more often]].



* '''Conversed''': "Ugh, how is that any different to [[PeepingTom peeping through people's bedroom windows]]? And don't tell me he has no control over what he reads, or he'd never get anything but white noise."

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* '''Conversed''': "Ugh, how is that any different to [[PeepingTom [[ThePeepingTom peeping through people's bedroom windows]]? And don't tell me he has no control over what he reads, or he'd never get anything but white noise."

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* '''Parodied''': Bob ends up grossed out from hearing thoughts involving literal filth and poor hygiene habits. It works on a perfectly innocent level and is a ParentalBonus.

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Bob ends up grossed out from hearing thoughts involving literal filth and poor hygiene habits. It works on a perfectly innocent level and is a ParentalBonus.



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* Implied: Bob is idly resting on the train, then suddenly starts, and looks around [[LuminescentBlush while suddenly very flushed.]] We know Bob is telepathic, but we never see [[SexyDiscretionShot what thoughts he was scrying on...]]

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* Implied: '''Implied''': Bob is idly resting on the train, then suddenly starts, and looks around [[LuminescentBlush while suddenly very flushed.]] We know Bob is telepathic, but we never see [[SexyDiscretionShot what thoughts he was scrying on...]]]]
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is disgusted by people's sexual desires and it causes him to dislike people.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob gets used to people's odd desires, and it stops being a problem.
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** Alice thinks dirty thoughts whenever she thinks a telepathy is around, knowing that any reaction would give them away.
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** YourNormalISOurTaboo is in effect, and [[HumanAlien Bob]] is tormented by lurid images of ...[[FauxHorrific people eating with forks!]]
** Bob [[NaughtyNuns encounters a nun]] with a [[CovertPervert particularly interesting private life,]] and [[PervertRevengeMode then suddenly slaps her, saying "You pervert! Shame on you!"]] HilarityEnsues due to the surrounding Muggles lacking the context for his actions...


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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's seen so much filth he thinks that Alice cannot surprise him with her kinks. [[HorrifyingTheHorror He's wrong.]]


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* Implied: Bob is idly resting on the train, then suddenly starts, and looks around [[LuminescentBlush while suddenly very flushed.]] We know Bob is telepathic, but we never see [[SexyDiscretionShot what thoughts he was scrying on...]]
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* '''Played For Drama''': [[TheWoobie Bob]] is a [[BlessedWithSuck telepathic]] survivor of sexual abuse who [[PowerIncontinence can't turn off his mind reading]]. The common sexual thoughts [[{{Trigger}} bring up some very traumatic memories]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': [[TheWoobie Bob]] is a [[BlessedWithSuck telepathic]] survivor of sexual abuse who [[PowerIncontinence can't turn off his mind reading]]. The common sexual thoughts [[{{Trigger}} [[TraumaButton bring up some very traumatic memories]].

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** Sexual thoughts tend to be both "louder" than other everyday thoughts and pretty common.



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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob ends up grossed out from hearing thoughts involving literal filth and poor hygiene habits. It works on a perfectly innocent level and is a ParentalBonus.


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* '''Played For Drama''': [[TheWoobie Bob]] is a [[BlessedWithSuck telepathic]] survivor of sexual abuse who [[PowerIncontinence can't turn off his mind reading]]. The common sexual thoughts [[{{Trigger}} bring up some very traumatic memories]].
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** Bob has no control over which thoughts he picks up

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** Bob has no conscious control over which thoughts he picks upup, and as such his power tends to be hijacked by his [[AllMenArePerverts baser instincts]]. His Dirty Mind Reading is essentially a psychic version of DistractedByTheSexy.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"Ugh, how is that any different to [[PeepingTom peeping through people's bedroom windows]]? And don't tell me he has no control over what he reads, or he'd never get anything but white noise."

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* '''Invoked''': ???Bob deliberately tunes into people's sexual fantasies.


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** Alice tries to seduce Bob by thinking sexy thoughts in his presence (though of course, he's also aware of her thoughts about trying to seduce him by thinking sexy thoughts in his presence...)
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* '''Subverted''': Bob reads something which sounds absolutely filthy, but turns out to be am InnocentInnuendo.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob reads something which sounds absolutely filthy, but turns out to be am InnocentInnuendo.

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* '''Justified''': Bob has no control over which thoughts he picks up

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Bob has no control over which thoughts he picks up
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** Bob is reading the thoughts of hormonally-charged teens.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob has grown up with this power all his life, and no longer finds it remotely embarrassing when he picks up on stray sexy thoughts. However, he's still human, and when he's in the mood he tends to idly surf around [[SexByProxy until he finds something juicy]]. When his friends find out about this they're horrified at the invasion of privacy, pointing out that it's almost ''literally'' MindRape (or at the very least Mind [[PeepingTom Voyeurism]]) Feeling guilty, he suddenly becomes very aware of people's more intimate thoughts, which [[CentipedesDilemma just makes him pick up on them even more often]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then reads "Phew, I think he fell for it. [[OhGodDidSheJustHearThat Oh God, Did He Just Hear That?]]"

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then reads "Phew, I think he fell for it. [[OhGodDidSheJustHearThat Oh God, Did He Just Hear That?]]"I ForgotAboutTheMindReader!"
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* '''Exploited''': Bob finds it extremely easy to track down [[ConvenientlyCommonKink people who share his more peculiar fetishes]]. And there's all that SexByProxy. And the feedback loops are ''intense''...

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Bob finds it extremely easy to track down [[ConvenientlyCommonKink people who share his more peculiar fetishes]]. And there's all that SexByProxy. And the feedback loops are ''intense''...''intense''...
** One of Bob's enemies intentionally thinks about sex in order to distract Bob or otherwise sabotage him.
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* '''Averted''': Bob can [[ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts seek out exactly the information he wants]] from someone's NeuralVault, bypassing the Fort Knox-sized "Sex" wing. [[PowerPerversionPotential Unless that's what he's after.]]

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* '''Averted''': Bob can [[ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts seek out exactly the information he wants]] from someone's NeuralVault, NeuroVault, bypassing the Fort Knox-sized "Sex" wing. [[PowerPerversionPotential Unless that's what he's after.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': Telepaths are constantly picking up people's sex thoughts.
* '''Straight''': Bob gets mind-reading powers and finds out that people really do think about sex once every three seconds.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is beset by a constant stream of {{Filth}} he can't shut out.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob only picks up the odd sexy thought, but [[AccidentalPervert always finds it embarrassing.]]
* '''Justified''': Bob has no control over which thoughts he picks up
* '''Inverted''': Bob uses his telepathic abilities to project sexual thoughts into others' heads.
* '''Subverted''': Bob reads something which sounds absolutely filthy, but turns out to be am InnocentInnuendo.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then reads "Phew, I think he fell for it. [[OhGodDidSheJustHearThat Oh God, Did He Just Hear That?]]"
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob can [[ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts seek out exactly the information he wants]] from someone's NeuralVault, bypassing the Fort Knox-sized "Sex" wing. [[PowerPerversionPotential Unless that's what he's after.]]
* '''Enforced''': It's a porn film about telepaths, what did you expect?
* '''Lampshaded''': "Dear God, do people never think of anything except sex?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob finds it extremely easy to track down [[ConvenientlyCommonKink people who share his more peculiar fetishes]]. And there's all that SexByProxy. And the feedback loops are ''intense''...
* '''Defied''': Alice tries desperately to ThinkUnsexyThoughts when Bob is around, as a form of PsychicStatic.
* '''Discussed''': "I'd never want to be a telepath. You'd just hear everyone's most disgusting fantasies..."
* '''Conversed''': ???
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