Put a less sarcastic way... :) I'm still of the mind that there needs to be a different word for the process. But seeing as how we've both been there and done that, nothing's going to change. I'd also pair in the fact of creative souls--poets, writers, artists, they're not quite mad and they're not quite sane--they straddle the lines, being the middle ground to either/or, so no--for me, IMO, "rational sane soulbonds" cannot exist, because if someone truly believes a character from a book, play or movie is walking around in their head...that's not sanity. That may be creativity, but it's not sanity.
I like the point that someone here (or maybe elsewhere) brought up, though--that sometimes names are appropriated for people who didn't otherwise have an idea of how to construct themselves. F'rinstance, Faith in whomever's system that was--Faith is not a Slayer, is not gifted with mystical powers, has a middle name, a different last name (assuming Faith on BtVS and Angel was ever given a last name), is not the same character as Joss Whedon wrote--but shares somewhat of an appearance and the first name. I kind of like that idea--makes the whole soulbond issue tie up neatly in my head.
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Put a less sarcastic way... :) I'm still of the mind that there needs to be a different word for the process. But seeing as how we've both been there and done that, nothing's going to change. I'd also pair in the fact of creative souls--poets, writers, artists, they're not quite mad and they're not quite sane--they straddle the lines, being the middle ground to either/or, so no--for me, IMO, "rational sane soulbonds" cannot exist, because if someone truly believes a character from a book, play or movie is walking around in their head...that's not sanity. That may be creativity, but it's not sanity.
I like the point that someone here (or maybe elsewhere) brought up, though--that sometimes names are appropriated for people who didn't otherwise have an idea of how to construct themselves. F'rinstance, Faith in whomever's system that was--Faith is not a Slayer, is not gifted with mystical powers, has a middle name, a different last name (assuming Faith on BtVS and Angel was ever given a last name), is not the same character as Joss Whedon wrote--but shares somewhat of an appearance and the first name. I kind of like that idea--makes the whole soulbond issue tie up neatly in my head.