[ SECRET POST #133 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #133 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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- Posting for Sonny-Boy! Last day to submit secrets for next week!

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Comments

[climbatize.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? Of course you'd see the person's actions changing when they switched because it'd be a different person at the front. When my bonds front, they're not me, they're them being themselves. You kind of lost me there. o_O (Also, if that's your criteria, how could you tell if someone actually was a soulbonder? They'd only act like one person or something?)

And no, it's not the same thing at all. I get that some soulbonders are making it up and want to be whatever's popular, but a lot of people just happen to be into the popular thing and get bonds from it, and that shouldn't make their experience any less valid. I said the vampire/werewolf thing was fishy because isn't Otherkin/Otakin about actually being the character or animal? It seems weird to suddenly discover that you've been some kind of mythological creature all your life when that creature's becoming popular, that's all.

[valkyriur.livejournal.com]

(Also, if that's your criteria, how could you tell if someone actually was a soulbonder? They'd only act like one person or something?)

You can tell. If they're pretending you can see them plan in they're head what they're going to do. And so here's my insanity right here: There's no aura shift when they're pretending. :P

It seems weird to suddenly discover that you've been some kind of mythological creature all your life when that creature's becoming popular, that's all.

It's about the same as suddenly realizing you have Sephiroth in your head, as far as I can tell.

If you couldn't find anything by Google, I'm sorry I can't help you. It was a while ago when I decided to look stuff like that up.

[climbatize.livejournal.com]

Well, doesn't everyone plan in their head what they're going to do, to some extent? I think you should give these people the benefit of the doubt, because it'd be crazy to go to all the trouble of pretending to be a bunch of different people in real life. We've had people not believe us, and think it was just me pretending because I hated them, etc etc, and that was pretty tough to deal with.

Realizing you've got Sephiroth in your head is totally different from realizing you're a vampire. Soulbonds aren't permanent... they're just like RL-friends who come and go, but if you're a vampire, you're always a vampire. It's like, my pet bird can't turn into a dog just because he feels like it, but he can make new friends and enemies whenever he wants. Except that was the worst analogy ever, sorry.

I found some stuff on hojo.org, which... that's not soulbonding. At all. D: Hopefully nothing like that is still going on.

[valkyriur.livejournal.com]

I think you should give these people the benefit of the doubt, because it'd be crazy to go to all the trouble of pretending to be a bunch of different people in real life.

It'd be crazy, yes, but I've seen crazier. Like I said, a lot of people want to be victims and not take responsibility for themselves, so they do stuff like the above.

I'm not saying that they aren't out there. But the "real" ones are rare from my experience. And as for benefit of the doubt, I do when I first meet them. Most end up proving themselves otherwise.

[climbatize.livejournal.com]

Okay, if those people really are pretending, for those reasons? They shouldn't even call themselves soulbonders. Being a soulbonder means taking more responsibility for your actions, and everyone in your system's actions, 'cause you've got to prove to the world you're okay. It's not an easy way out or something. [/rant]

So that sucks, and I'm sorry you had to meet people like that. D:

[valkyriur.livejournal.com]

I like your little rant. ;)

Eh, not your fault, so don't be sorry for it. I have met some great people who are (insert you term here), but having to sift through all the other people is hard sometimes.

It was good talking to you.