Soulbonding

"If you write enough and you love what you're writing, sometimes the characters will take over and seem both real and very important to you. It's apparently a common thing.  Being a bunch of confused teenagers, we labeled this phenomenon 'soulbonding'" (Raincrystal, 2006 February 22).

This can range from a sense of characters having their own voice, to a person from fiction becoming a fronting system member who engages in daily life.

Quick Details

Created By: Amanda Flowers
Time Created: 1997-1999
Location Used: JFW mailing list, Livejournal, mockery comms

Circumstances of Creation

According to Riesz: "The JFW (Just For Writers; also known as the Writers' Club, though I don't know anyone in the club who actually calls it that) is a mailing list which was originally set up for writers of fantasy, sci-fi and/or videogame-based stories (according to the Members' Guide, its very first incarnation was as a club for fiction based around the Final Fantasy series). Nowadays that aspect of the club has been more-or-less sidelined; it's now really just a small group of likeminded people, most (if not all) of whom are SoulBonders" (2001, December 26)

Citations

Raincrystal. (2006, February 22). Soulbonding [web page]. http://www.seiryuu.org/~raincrystal/soulbonding/ Internet Archive.  Retrieved 2019/03/15 from https://web.archive.org/web/20060222091626/http://www.seiryuu.org/~raincrystal/soulbonding/

Riesz. (2001, December 26). soulbonding faq [web page]. http://childofmana.tripod.com/soulbondingfaq.htm Internet Archive.  Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20011226155411/http://childofmana.tripod.com/soulbondingfaq.htm