I'm hijacking Phin's journal to comment myself, so apologies for the double post. I'm part of his group, by the way, not just a friend or anything.
Perhaps the people in your group that are becoming more like certain characters aren't exactly changing to be more like the character in question. It could be that they are just using certain traits of the character for personal growth. I know that I've tried to emulate certain traits that I admire in characters before, and I'm not a soulbond. Maybe they are just changing, and it happens to resemble something much like what a character similar to them would go through. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are becoming like that character or anything. In my opinion people can be pretty fluid at times, and change a lot. ~Drew
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Perhaps the people in your group that are becoming more like certain characters aren't exactly changing to be more like the character in question. It could be that they are just using certain traits of the character for personal growth. I know that I've tried to emulate certain traits that I admire in characters before, and I'm not a soulbond. Maybe they are just changing, and it happens to resemble something much like what a character similar to them would go through. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are becoming like that character or anything. In my opinion people can be pretty fluid at times, and change a lot.
~Drew