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{{trope}}
[[File:mental_affair_922mental affair 922.jpg|link=X-Men (Comic Book)|frame|Note that Jean says "[[Captain Obvious|In your head]]", as if there were ''anywhere else they could be''.]]
 
 
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This rarely leads to physical consequences as it would in the real world, since it happens in the Astral Plane, [[But I Can't Be Pregnant|unless]] [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]. Emotional matters are a different story, since it is otherwise no different from a physical affair.
 
Some forms of [[Mind Control]] and [[Mental Fusion]] might eerily feel like this.
 
Gives [[Jedi Mind Trick]] an entirely different ring, doesn't it?
 
On the less sci-fi side: yes, most people are guilty of the one-sided version of this at some time in their life. Also, some religions consider it to be a sin.
 
Of course, not to be confused with [[Mind Screw]].
 
{{noreallife|at least, not until we have evidence that supernatural abilities exist.}}
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== Anime &and Manga ==
* This is the basis behind the [[Hentai]] Manga ''Ne.To.Ge'' (''Lovers in a Cyber World'') by Tamaki Nozomu. A couple of teenagers meets in a virtual reality [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] realistic enough for them to have sex. They later discover that they are classmates, with an already [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] 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.
* At the end of ''[[Psychic Academy]]'', {{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.}}
 
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** Scott's brother had this too, when he starts 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.
* Mind**** and Sistah Spooky in ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]''.
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Sensate Focus]]'', a good ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Slash Fic]], Spock states that using their telepathic bond "is an intimacy on par with human marital sexual relations." Later on in the fic, this happens.
{{quote| 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 involving Gardevior.
* The ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4008376/1/Stand_My_Ground ''Stand My Ground''] has "sex in the mindscape" variety {{spoiler|DG is recovering from an assassination attempt, and creates a dreamscape to recover in. She manages to pull Cain inside to let him know she's okay.}}
* Quoted from the [[Main/Pokegirls|Pokegirls]] pokedex entry for Bakuchan (a ghost-type):
{{quote| Bakuchan are often employed as starters for Tamers with physical disabilities or debilitating Blood Curses that would make it difficult for them to Tame Pokégirls otherwise. The reason for this is simple: Bakuchan can get Tamed in their master's dreams, where such restrictions would not affect a Taming session. Fans of the Bakuchan praise her ability to mold their dreams into their greatest fantasies for their satisfaction as well as hers, down to taking the appearance of a more-beloved harem-sister if necessary.}}
* This is very popular in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fanfiction, especially Doctor/Master slash.
* Occasionally happens in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FoxFOX]]'' fanfics involving Krystal. Sometimes goes into the weird territory, as mentioned with this scene from the defunct ''Generations'' trilogy:
{{quote| '''Fox:''' Your mother's done some fucked-up things to me while I was sleeping.<br />
'''Marcus:''' Is she really that sadistic?<br />
'''Fox:''' No, it's not mean really, just a way of allowing her to get what she wants.<br />
'''Marcus:''' Huh?<br />
'''Fox:''' Sex, c'mon, you're eighteen, I thought you would have figured this out by now.<br />
'''Marcus:''' That's just what I wanted to hear, [[Squick|now I've got the image in my head...]] }}
 
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', T'Pol experienced a [[Mind Rape]] that started out as a consensual [[Mental Affair]] (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 [[Mister Seahorse|male pregnancy]].
 
 
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II'', Visas (with high influence) will offer this at the [[Point of No Return]].
* This is how [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|asari]] "join" in ''[[Mass Effect]]''. 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 [[One-Gender Race|asari]], no matter who [[HotImprobable Skitty-On-WailordSpecies ActionCompatibility|or what]] they were with.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* 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 -- evenpregnancy—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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