#painsharers

[redroomroaving]

Abdirak x Donnick (aka Soup) sharing a little rest.

[redroomroaving]

OH MY GOD LOOK AT THEM

look at my beautiful boys

Oh

I'm dead

@redroomroaving has indoctrinated me into the soup fanclub, I fear. 😮‍💨

[i-like-cats-and-stars49]

I think we as a society are missing out on the potential of shellshocked soulmate AUs.

I do not know why I enjoy this trope so much because I think in a lot ways it's pretty allo-and heteronormative and I do not in any way believe in soulmates irl but it is interesting to explore in fiction, I guess.

After that completly unnessecary ramble, here are some cute suggestions I would love to have fics about:

-a classic "what I draw on my skin, appears on mine, too" soulmate AU

Fits them both perfectly, they would have been in contact since they were small but can't meet each other because Mikey's a mutant.

-painsharing between soulmates AU

Mikey's dangerous lifestyle as a TMNT would lead to a lot hurts that Miles has to suffer, too. Yay! Angsty, I guess. Miles would worry a lot about his soulmate in this one. (Maybe, it would even work better if it's a Raised By Draxum AU)

-This isn't really a seperate soulmate AU trope but the return of Mystic Miles.

So, because soulmates share oftentimes literally in these AUs souls and we say that Mikey's mystic come from his soul, would that mean Miles would be just as mystically talented as Mikey? Like, in this case, it's not only Hamato ninpō Miles would get but like all of Mikey's mystic badassery.

Fun angsty twist to the whole thing: When Future!Miles dies in the bad timeline, Mikey gets stronger in mystics because he now has all of his mystic potential for himself. Yayyyy

So yeah, shellshocked soulmate AU, my dudes. Fun stuff.

[diablointercept]

pain sharing soulmates 🫣

this one can't be explained in just a snippet so.

okay painsharing has been done a few times with soulmates so i wanted to tweak it a little and just mess around with the concept. so instead of sharing the physical sensation, i wanted to make them experience a more consistent pain based on the physical distance between soulmates.

obviously you can see how this would be an issue since maxiel were born on very opposite ends of the world and both have to travel a lot for yk. their jobs.

i haven't fully worked through it yet besides some general ideation and such, but was also thinking of making one of them hyper-sensitive to the pain and the other very blind to it. for angst reasons.

snippet below

According to the thousands of historical records on the subject, the phenomenon could be dated back to the same period as the dawn of humanity.  In 1951, when it could still be found in roughly 8.7% of the world’s population, the World Health Organization dubbed it NSPD—Neurologically Shared Pain Disorder. No treatment options.  In 1980, when NSPD could be found in roughly 7.5% of the world’s population, the DSM-III was released. It featured new sections on gender dysphoria within children and renamed the extremely controversial “ego-dystonic homosexuality” with a tamer sounding but equally controversial “sexual orientation disturbance.” If one turned the pages of the DSM-III even further, they would chance upon a section dedicated solely to NSPD. This series of entries would be removed in the next volume, 14 years later.    In 1999, when NSPD could be found in roughly 6.3% of the world’s population, it was formally renamed to the more sanitized Distance-Relative Pain Reflex (DRPR). A single treatment had emerged earlier that year, in which one affected by DRPR would be placed on routine doses of Aphairo, a version of duloxetine that was targeted toward pain relief.  On April 15, 2012, when DRPR could be found in roughly 5.2% of the world’s population, the first Formula 1 racer known to have DRPR stood on the top of the podium. As far as the public would know, Nico Rosberg would remain the only Formula 1 racer with this condition until 2022.  In February of 2021, when DRPR could be found in roughly 3.3% of the world’s population and several months before Max Verstappen would win his first Formula 1 world championship, a legal case would be brought before court regarding the prescription and usage of Aphairo on patients with DRPR. One of the 1,387 pieces of evidence collected was made by Winona Flemming, a 27 year old woman, who testified that her medication had not only vastly dulled her perception of DRPR-related pain, but it had permanently damaged her ability to determine the distance between herself and the person she was linked to. 283 other people, varying in age, race, and gender, would claim the same over the course of the next month.  Five hours later, when the story would break into the mainstream news cycle, Max Verstappen would email his doctor and ask to make an appointment regarding medication, and then he would dump 42 tablets down his drain. At the same time, Daniel Ricciardo would ring his doctor up, discuss the possibility of trying Aphairo, and then call his mother. 

this was thrown together pretty quickly a few days ago so i have no idea whether or not my ideas will change. for now here you go.

[definitelynotshouting]

thinking on the fact that vex 'despawning' is them dying of starvation damage. thinking on the fact that the conVex (scar and cub) canonically ate the nHo. thinking on double life soulbound painsharing. thinking on the fact that you described hunger AU scar as intimately knowing why grian did the life games.

Ohhhh you could do so many cool things with a vex!Scar interpretation of hunger au. There really is something to be said about scarian sharing their respective hungers together. Something something the intimate act of feasting together something something food as both love and a weapon something something the raw animal will to survive something something understanding someone down to their most basic, unfiltered core. Idk is this anything can anybody hear me

[addrianastarflower]

Top 10 Merlin fics I've read and why

Since Merlin is trending again, I might as well have this great oppurtunity to compile my list of the top 10 Merlin fics that I've read!

As you may notice, I'm a hardcore whump enjoyer with some occasional fluff, so that's what this list largely is. -- All fics are rated Gen, Teen+, or Mature. None contain explict content.

These are in no paticular order because I love them all so much <3

But Never You by secygaybxtch -- THIS FIC, it's made me cry too many times to count and definitely deserves it's spot as No.1 -- A magic reveal fic

Ship Of Theseus by theandrogynousdragon -- I have been emotionally damaged by this fic, quite severely might I add. I've read it at least 15 times. The way immortality and their take on time travel is portrayed is simply beautiful. A fandom must-read.

The Servant or the Wife? by diabeetus -- Just hilarious, inspired by that one post on here ya 2010ers know

His Favorite Meal by diabeetus -- Another beautiful take on immortality, just very well done

The power to save by KellyDrake6 -- All around just a solid fic, I'd reccomend it

Remember Everything by SilasSolarius -- Very dark with some heavy TWs (pretty pretty please check the tags) but very well done

Emrys the Really, Truly Terrible by lindenwaverly -- just fricken hilarious

Sharing is Caring by platonic_boner -- just cute and funny -- painsharing soulmates au

King-Mandated Treason by superwho_ace -- Also just hilarious

THE RULES by Slayer_of_Destiny -- very good and funny fic

[ao3feed-ateez]

paint your bruises

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/yF7dN9f by Anonymous As soon as the door opened, Wooyoung punched the stranger on the stomach with all the strength he had. They both doubled over at the same time, groaning as the pain surged from both their cores. Wooyoung had never felt it so intensely before, and coughed when the air left his lungs. It wasn’t the best welcome, surely, but at least it didn’t leave any doubts. Next door neighbor was really his soulmate. Alternatively, Wooyoung and San have the most uncommon soulmate link in the world: pain-sharing. Words: 36765, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M Characters: Choi San (ATEEZ), Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ), Park Seonghwa, Kim Hongjoong, Jeong Yunho (ATEEZ), Song Mingi (ATEEZ), Kang Yeosang, Choi Jongho (ATEEZ), Original Male Character(s) Relationships: Choi San/Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Art Teacher Jung Wooyoung, Personal Trainer Choi San, painsharing, Violence, Blood, Graphic Scenes, mentions of knives, mostly fluffy, Poor movies references read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/yF7dN9f

[ao3feed-iwaoi]

chests full of butterflies

Read this masterpiece on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qxGUYmz

by eurydicees

Legend has it that a soul can take the form of a butterfly. Legend has it that everyone has a soulmate. Legend has it that having a soulmate means you'll be loved.

Iwaizumi is pretty sure that all those legends are full of shit. Some people never meet their soulmate. Some soulbonds are born broken and others are built up to break. Sometimes a butterfly is just a stupid butterfly.

(Or, Oikawa is Iwaizumi's soulmate. Iwaizumi is not his. Hanamaki and Matsukawa are soulmates. Neither know what to do about it. They're all making it much more complicated than it needs to be.)

Words: 2250, Chapters: 1/13, Language: English

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Iwaizumi Hajime, Oikawa Tooru, Hanamaki Takahiro, Matsukawa Issei, brief appearances by iwaizumi's mother & most of seijoh

Relationships: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru, Hanamaki Takahiro & Matsukawa Issei, Hanamaki Takahiro & Iwaizumi Hajime

Additional Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, painsharing soulbonds, Romantic Soulmates, Platonic Soulmates, Platonic Relationships, Time Skips, Canon Compliant, Pining, Unrequited Soulmates, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hanamaki Takahiro is a Good Friend, Aromantic Hanamaki Takahiro, Unconventional Relationship, a study in different ways to be soulmates, and also an experiment in how long you can pine for someone before realizing they like you too, Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru Angst, Iwaizumi Hajime-centric

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qxGUYmz

[redroomroaving]

Thanks for flagging @beesht!

If you're interested in reading about some thorough abuse of the warding bond spell for sharing pain and pleasure purposes, can I interest you in my Donnick x Abdirak fic 'Sufferer, I Shall'?

Proudly bearing the ol' 'abuse of spell' tag on AO3

🫡 come join me in this tag, it's wonderful and I refuse to be alone in it. Let's fill this thing, baby!

(they even managed to have sex entirely through the bond in the follow up. 👀)

Question for fellow BG3/D&D smut writers...has the Warding Bond concept been used yet? Like em - share the pain, but also the pleasure? >.>

I'm writing it now and it's so ridiculous, but fun :} Clerics FTW.

[captnpunk]

this tiermaker was fucking excellent 

[redroomroaving]

Abdirak x Donnick (aka Soup)

Inspired by stuff in my Sufferer, I Shall follow up.

(if you wanna read about these two forbidden lovers, my fics are here!)

[jackwolfes]

hello! what are your upcoming works you’re most excited about?🌷

OH BOY 😀

1. mermaidlan (pirate x mermaid Wesper AU; being done for the SOC Big Bang! which i dont think im meant to say yet so shhh)

2. moonlight prince (pirate kaz x former pirate jesper x prince wylan; very much horny poetic bullshit but VERY fun to write)

3. arranged marriage AU (wesper arranged to be married AU ft a disastrous first impression; started here)

4. amnesia AU (wylan wakes up after an accident with no memory of his life before age 16; jesper is understandably an Unhappy Egg)

5. soulmate painshare AU (soulmates feel each other's pain; wesper has a bad time about it)

other things i'm very jazzed for: a jesper-centric polycrows fic; norabug One Last Stop AU; chapter 3 of silly little love notes; platonic wynej; some kazper; the continuation of this ficlet; dominatrix for hire wylan; laundrette au; FINALLY FINISHING THE FUCKING PYNCH FAKE DATING FIC

[ao3feed-izuku-midoriya]

Poor Unfortunate Soulmates

Poor Unfortunate Soulmates by MixerMonochrome

Pain, sudden yet muffled, paints its way across his right shoulder and down the back of his throat. The tips of his fingers and the skin of his knees curl on the edge of oversensitive, and Izuku doesn't know where any of it came from.

It isn't until the throbbing in his shoulder squeezes, taking itself from an amalgamous ache to a more distinct shape that he jolts with a gasp and things start to connect for him.

"Midoriya, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" His teacher's voice breaks through the revelation, flat and sardonic. Izuku is too caught up in his head to notice, mind churning a mile a minute as he begins to fit together a picture.

"I think… I think I just got a soulbond." He says, eyes wide as his hand drifts up to his shoulder. He brushes against the ache, trying to push the phantom sensation of nails digging into his flesh away, but there's no hand there and the pressure stays.

-Or- Izuku and Eri are soulmates and share each other's pain. At least, that's how it's supposed to work. Izuku finds he isn't too keen on sharing in this case, and would much prefer to take it all himself.

Words: 4986, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Eri, Chisaki Kai | Overhaul, Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye, Toogata Mirio, Yagi Toshinori | All Might

Relationships: Eri & Midoriya Izuku

Additional Tags: Platonic Soulmates, Soulmates, Pain, Whump, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Painshare bond, sir nighteye is a jerk for a while, mild references to Eri's treatment/experimentation, let me know if there's any tags i should add!, Thanks you tag wrangler!! You rock

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29418774

[ao3feed-bnha-girls]

Ivory

Ivory by granny griffin

Pain sharing soulmates made much more sense than quirk backlash. There was simply no correlation between her quirk use and the phantom pain that sometimes decorated her, like the colored parts on an old apple. But the solution created a new problem. Someone far away was experiencing this hurt first hand.

Words: 1609, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Yaoyorozu Momo

Relationships: Todoroki Shouto & Yaoyorozu Momo

Additional Tags: Platonic Soulmates, Self-Harm, Soulmates, Painsharing Bond, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29704440

[the-ghost-of-jason-todd]

just read a soulmate series that gave me whiplash

because it started out as, i assumed, ‘first words your soulmate says to you are written on your body’ except one of the two didn’t have the first words he had like..... they had known each other for four years and THEN the other person said the words??

but THEN it was like, painsharing, too?

but that wasn’t all, THEN it was a reincarnation AU and they were gods who were cast out of like fucken olympus or something??  and there were no real tie ins between all these three things, like no explanation about why the universe was like that?  like i’m all for mashing together soulbonds and such but like... they just didn’t seem like they thought it through at all?  like it was suddenly just ‘here i’m going to throw in another type of soulbond just because’ and i ????

[hypocritehero]

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Generate An AU

Soulmate AU (Painsharing)

Everything has been leading up to this. Izuku can’t fail here, not now. He obtained a Quirk, he passed the entrance exam- he’s not about to be expelled because of a fitness test.

He takes a deep breath and tightens his grip on the ball, searching for the solution to bring him one more step closer to his goals. His Soulmate is out there somewhere waiting to be saved. Izuku can feel it in his pounding heart, in his buzzing skull, in the yawning chasm between two souls yet to connect. He needs to become a Hero, not just to become a Symbol of Peace for everyone, but for them.

One finger. That’s all Izuku needs to finish this. With a mental apology to someone he’s never spoken to, he rears back his arm, charges up his Quirk, and throws. His finger feels like it’s been run over by a truck, but the ball is soaring farther than everyone else’s besides Uraraka’s. He clenches his screaming fist and grins tremulously at his teacher.

“I can still move-!”