[ SECRET POST #3030 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3030 ⌋

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Comments

Re: "Soulmates" AUs

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I can't help think I'm harping on something that may bug some folk who recall when I couldn't keep from mentioning it all the time, but Valandhir's "The Raven's Blade" really got me originally because it had a great example of a soulbond that was totally platonic. (The RP she and I play is definitely not platonic though.)

The other factor about that series reflects on a tendency in soulmate fics I dislike - the idea that the soulbond influences the bonded pair into loving each other. I don't really like the idea that a soulbond will do that, I prefer to see attempts to show the characters falling in love like normal relationships, only maybe with another avenue of communication available due to the bond.

Despite this peeve, I do like soulbond AUs, I am just a bit picky about them.

Re: "Soulmates" AUs

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Since a lot of the other comments are about soulmate concepts that have some kind of instant recognition deus ex machina going on, I feel I should elaborate on the mechanism in RB.

Basically "oath bonds" are caused when one person saves the life of another, creating an empathic link, linking the bondmates' lives so the shorter-lived one will have their aging slowed, but if one gets killed, the other will also die. It is possible to break the bond so if one partner is dying, they can prevent the other dying with them.

Oath bonds do not have to be romantic, though Valandhir and I RP romance plots that include things like destined love and psychic communication, like sharing emotions and even sharing "mindscapes" where they can see each other's "soulforms".