The Hood Maker story
In an authoritarian regime called the Free Union, a minority of humans have developed telepathic abilities. Mistrusted by society, they are referred to as "Teeps", live in ghettos, and are routinely discriminated against. A telepath named Honor is recruited to work for the police, and forms a close relationship with her handler, Agent Ross. The pair investigate when a mysterious individual calling himself the "Hood Maker" begins distributing telepathy-proof hoods throughout the city.
11 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hatred of exceptional people | choice | Ordinary people hated the telepathic "Teeps" because they often worked for the oppressive government and rooted out subversion. |
| social oppression | choice | The telepaths were oppressed by normal people. |
| invasion of privacy | major | Telepaths endangered this right which caused "normals" to hate them. |
| law enforcement | major | The story followed a futuristic police investigation. |
| mind reading ability | major | Honor, and other telepaths called "Teeps", could read minds. |
| mutual trust | major | Central to the plot was whether or not Honor could trust Ross, and to a limited extend the converse. |
| romantic love | major | The telepath Honor formed a close relationship with her handler and the pair ultimately fell in love. |
| what it is like to be different | major | Honor and other telepaths lived as outcasts. |
| Oedipus complex | minor | Honor read a man's mind to find out that he was attracted to his own mother and used to masturbate while watching her in the swimming pool. |
| prostitution | minor | We saw some scenes from a futuristic brothel. |