Goodness gracious.  I was fourteen when I initially wrote this site, and it kills me that anyone still references it (or me) in any way.  Here's the thing: I still actually believe in the term as I originally defined it, as it's been defined by numerous writers again and again.  For me, it was simply a way to describe an emotional connection to your characters; I still feel these connections, and I think most writers do, honestly.  The present definition seems more in line with people who live in multiple systems, wherein one body is occupied by numerous spirits.  That's fine, but that definition has no relationship to my way of thinking, and I became angry when certain people in the 'community' (sweet Jesus) expected me to act as some kind of leader or speaker for the whole & then chastised me quite severely when I was not comfortable with doing so.  That expectation was the source of my vitriol at the time, especially because the term honestly was--and still is--being appropriated by people who believe that they're married to Sephiroth or Snape or whatever.  Which, again, great: if you want to marry Snape on the astral plane, totally your business.  But, again, AT THAT TIME, I was expected to accept that practice as part of my soulbonding definition.  I don't accept it; not then, or now.

Presently, the term has gathered so much moss that it honestly has no reference point back to what I originally wrote, which is great, because it relieves the pressure from me.  But people are STILL LINKING to this ancient site, when nothing here is recent or relevant--it hasn't been for almost ten years (I think I was eighteen when I wrote that inflammatory revision).  While I still have my own view of the term, I don't begrudge anyone else's view--and the reason I did at the time was because of unfair external pressures being placed on me by folks who had no right to do so.

--the one 'known only as Lyn', what even