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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-02-07 04:12 pm

[ SECRET POST #2957 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2957 ⌋

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Re: Why not just "platonic soulmates"?

(Anonymous) 2015-02-08 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I think kindred spirits is too non-specific. Kindred spirits can be romantic. It can be between family members. It can be between people of different ages or mentor/mentees, between people who may love and care for each other deeply but don't have some kind of exclusive mutual connection the way best friends do, et cetera.

Think of Anne of Green Gables, and how many different types of people she calls kindred spirit -- Diana, Matthew, Miss Stacy, Mrs. Allan, etc.

Re: Why not just "platonic soulmates"?

(Anonymous) 2015-02-08 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
But isn't the same for pretty much most terms?

Take "friend" for example.
People use it for someone they just enjoy spending time with or for someone they trust completely. And there's always people claiming they have a romantic friendship or a sexual friendship.

In the end adding an adjective (like platonic; without it I would assume "soulmates" as something romantic) explains more than the term itself with all its possibles ambiguity.