#soulmate types

[leakyrocktarot]

Do you have a soulmate?

Yes, but let me tell you about them anyways. Buckle up because this will be a long ass read, get some snacks, something to drink, and cozy up! This post is about the many different types of soul connections!

Disclaimer:

This is my rendition of research and personal experience. I implore you to do your own research!

So, soulmate is just an umbrella term, there are many different types of soulmates and soulmates are not always romantic- I mean who’s to say they’re always human? Soulmates are just that, mates for your soul. Mate means companion, it can be in a romantic/sexual/procreation context like with wolves, or it can just be your best bud. In my opinion, there are fifteen different ways to classify a soulmate which can better help you understand and learn the lesson they are in your life to teach you. The purpose of a soulmate is to carry your soul through a specific experience to aid you on your journey. Everyone has a soulmate, everyone has multiple soulmates, everyone is interconnected through a web of lives, every soul on this earth and past this realm is connected. You could have many soulmates and one person can classify as multiple types of soulmate which is why the term soulmate should be seen as an umbrella term rather than a thing itself. There is nothing that separates us except for the perception of separation, the ego, and the humanness of life. Sometimes we get swept up into someone else's journey, and it sucks, because we may get hurt, which is why the first soulmate type I will be talking about is a Karmic soulmate.

Karmic Soulmates:

A karmic soulmate is someone who comes into your life to teach you hard lessons. The entire purpose of this connection depends on your lessons but they can serve as major teaching moments, or the connection that wrecks you so bad you turn to spirituality to heal. In life, there is duality, as with karma there is dharma, so while someone may be a karmic soulmate, it doesn’t always mean that they will be abusive or bad, just that you will be learning painful lessons through and with them. A karmic will either force you to choose yourself by putting you in terrible situations where you have to either choose yourself or allow yourself to be harmed, or they are going to push you to choose yourself by being in your corner, making you make the hard decisions for yourself. For example, if you have been told since childhood that you’re never good enough but you really want to be a creative person, but the trauma makes you avoid being creative, a karmic person would either try to reinforce that trauma and hurt you more until you retaliate, or they will push you into being creative by calling out you avoidant tendencies. It depends on your personality! Either way, a karmic will always be a hard relationship, purely because it forces you out of your comfort zone, it forces you out of your habits, out of the behaviors you have created in the name of safety or ease that do not serve you, to show you the habits, coping methods, and tactics that you use that actively put you at a disadvantage in life and leave you feeling less than what you deserve. It opens you up to a path you would’ve never considered because of your programming, background, childhood, trauma, etc. It allows you to see another path, different to the one you have always chosen or were taught to choose, allowing you to see more, which brings us to the karmic being a spiritual awakener. Just as they are a lesson for you, you are a lesson for them as well and they could be the precursor to your spiritual journey, even if you are already on one, they could cause you to dive deeper and reawaken for lack of better terms. The Karmic is meant to feel alluring, as though you cannot avoid or get enough of them, they draw you in because they are a destined soulmate, you are drawn to them because you have something you can learn from them. Relationships- romantic wise with a karmic are not known to last, more often than not they are there for a reason and season but, there is a possibility that they can stay for a lifetime as long as no one is going against their purpose or causing the other harm or choosing the other over themself. A Karmic soulmate can be abusive, but they don’t always have to be, the end goal is you choosing yourself and your betterment, not martyring yourself for them, as well as clearing out past life cycles, or karmic debt. We often start off in life with the same cycle that we experienced in the life before that we could not heal in that lifetime as well as the baggage of karma in our past lives that we are meant to heal and release during this current life. With that being said, a karmic can be anyone, it can be your best friend, it can be a parent, it can be a lover, crush, stranger, your pet, literally anything or anyone. You know that person is karmic when you come out of the relationship having either learned a harsh lesson, or experienced harshness from them.

Twin flames:

The most controversial type of soulmate is a Twin Flame. Mhm, yep, get those eyerolls out, yep, done? Great, so! A twin flame is complicated because of how over sensationalized it is in pop culture media. It is seen as the epitome of soulmates, it is idealized as hyperreal love, the goal, often seen as a fantasy version of real life where things are all sunshine and rainbows and happiness, but people forget or are so wrapped up in the idea of finding their perfect half that they forget the intense healing work that comes with twin flame connections. A twin flame is just that- your twin flame lmao. The names are very forward. So twin flames, at least how I understand it, are based on the Greek mythology of the creation of humans. The idea comes from humans having been created with two heads, two hearts, four arms, four legs and in order to sew discourse they were separated, cursed to find their “other half”. Here is the thing, your other half does not exist, you are you, you are a whole, yes you can find someone that matches your freak perfectly (twin flame) but they are not the other half of you. Think of a real life example of duplicates, fusions, they are two whole beings that come together. When you meet twin siblings, they are different people but came from the same source at the same time. When you peel a banana and find two bananas inside, they are two separate beings that came from the same source. Your twin is literally only someone who matches you to near perfection. But, because they are their own being and have lived their own life completely separate to yours, they have vastly different yet somehow oddly similar experiences. They are your true mirror, in the sense that a soulmate is your mirror and mirrors reflect an inverted image, a twin flame shows you who you are in your rawest and naked form. Which is why they are insanely difficult to be in. They show you who you are in the rawest form and when you avoid that, you run from yourself and create disharmony, discord within yourself and the connection. If you are used to running from yourself, avoiding yourself, avoiding your trauma, your mistakes, hating yourself, and you fall in love with someone who is basically your mirror, that forces you to learn to fall in love with yourself and that is a hard task. If you learned to hate yourself for years upon years, to then be face to face with literally a mirror of you, you would resent the parts of you that you see in them at the same time adore those same parts because they are attached to the person you love and again it creates this disharmony with the self. It confuses you until you learn to love yourself, until you heal and come into union with yourself. Many people view the idea of union as meeting your twin flame and starting an instant romantic connection but- no. the laws of nature, the universe, human nature does not allow for that 100% of the time. Oftentimes, coming into union would mean reconnecting with who you are at your core. Ask yourself, if you are in a twin flame connection, what does inner union look like to you? If you are in a twin flame connection, are you putting more emphasis on your partner, who they are, what they represent rather than yourself? The thing is about soul connections is the fact that we often get lost in our companions that we forget the self, to take care of the self. You must not forget that you are part of the equation, you must heal, be open, do not let your ego run your mind and actions. The epitome of twin flames is yin and yang, without balance between the nodes, there will be chaos

Animal Soulmates:

The easiest soul connection to have is an animal soul connection. It is as it is, this is your pet, your best friend, your lil baby lol. It’s when you come across a pet by chance and form a deep bond that is unbreakable and unshakable. This pet will be perfect for you as they would have your exact personality, always be there for you, they match you to a T. the bond is filled with ease and overflowing love and respect for each other. It is akin to a witch and her familiar as they become a part of you that will never leave even if they cross over that rainbow bridge. As you may or may not know, I have a cat, her name is baby and she is 100% my soulmate, she was made for me and I for her as she found me randomly one day and never left my side. I do everything I can for her and she in turn makes me so abundantly happy. Just seeing her cute face can turn a terrible day around. 

Soul Partner:

This is probably what you think about when you think of the term "soulmate" and what is seen the most in media. It's the most common, most idealized, most written about, most fantasized type of soul connection. Even with all of that, all it is, is someone who you will spend the rest of your life or a significant portion of your life with. Again, this can be platonic, or romantic. This could be someone you grow up with, someone you marry, someone you start a business with, someone you co parent with, your pet, someone you will be tied to for the rest of your existence even if they were to pass or leave your life. Your soul partner often enters your life to support you emotionally or professionally. We as humans are social creatures, you cannot go through life without ever relying on or interacting with another human, which is why, a soul partner is just that, your emotional support buddy for life! A soul partner is a very basic, simple, and the most common type of soul connection, therefore everyone knows about it but refers to it as a soulmate. The terms are interchangeable, because they mean the same thing and are both umbrella terms for soul connections and soul connections overlap so don't worry about having a clear distinction between the two because they are the same thing.

Soul Tie:

A soul tie is someone that comes into your life for a very specific reason or season. By that I mean, this could be your first love who you date for only a couple of months that teaches you that you know nothing about actually dating someone, or this could be your fifth grade literature teacher that compliments your writing and encourages your talent. A soul tie is the reason why soulmate types overlap because every soul connection you have is for a reason, and that reason is what ties you together. Another example of a soul tie is having a friend that has to move away but can't take their pet with them so you take the pet and that pet becomes the most important thing in your life, or someone you met six weeks ago who introduces you to your twin flame, or that one lover you just can't seem to let go of. Think of the connection as a courier, someone meant to deliver you something or someone and go. They don't often stay for long and are often passing strangers. A soul tie can also refer to spell work, in the sense that someone or something has tied the strings of fate of your souls together into a knot that makes it hard to leave or separate yourself from that person.

Important reminder, not all soulmates are "good" soulmates, some are here to teach you hard lessons.

Past Life Soulmates:

A past life soulmate is exactly as it sounds, a soulmate you were in connection with in a past life. The purpose for past life soulmates returning in this life is often to finish or close out unfinished business or past life cycles. Remember how I said a lot of soulmate types overlap? Well, a past life soulmate is often your karmic, twin flame, or a specific person you promised to reconnect with. First, Karmic soulmates. A past life karmic soulmate is someone you were with in your past life, but one or both of you moved on to this life without closing out the cycles from your past life and are now reenacting/reliving these cycles until you can close them out. Technically a twin flame is and isn't a past life soulmate because they are your souls twin- created at the same time and in likeness of each other. Your twin flame can be your past life soulmate if you were in connection with them in your past life. Now, think of all the times you've promised to meet someone in another life, you've basically created a future life soulmate lmao, that is how you get past life soulmates, by promising to meet someone else in another life.

Romantic Soulmate:

It's as simple as the name, this is someone you have a romantic soul connection to. It is purely to classify non platonic relationships. For example, you could have a completely platonic connection with your twin flame while someone else can have a romantic connection to their twin flame. That does not mean you won't ever feel romantic feelings for your twin flame, it only determines whether or not you will have a long term romantic relationship with them. By long term I mean longer than 3 months. A romantic soulmate is just a soulmate that you will be romantic with, that would be your future spouse, who could also be your soul teacher (another type of soulmate) or anyone who you date.

Plantonic Soulmate:

Again, as simple as it sounds, just another way to further classify your connection with a soulmate. A platonic soulmate ranges to literally everything, your best friend, your mom, your professor, your coworker. It is someone you have a close and profound platonic connection to that affects your life exponentially.

Soul Family and Soul Tribes:

Soul family and soul tribes relate to the found family trope. This is a group of people that are connected to each other in intricate ways. This could be your actual family if you have a tight knit and healthy family, or it could be a group of friends that came together in an unexpected way but have a bond that transcends time and distance. This is and will always be a positive connection, doesn't mean that there won't be any difficulties or discourse in the connection, but it does mean that you will always find a way to mend the bond. It is a strong connection. This could be a community of people you've surrounded yourself with, could be you closest friends and or future partner, if you are polyamorous could be both! The purpose of a soul family/soul tribe is to heal familial traumas, break generational or familial curses, could be from past lives as well. This can be your very distant cousin who is the generational curse breaker of their direct lineage and is your role model, or your diaper mate lmao. More specifically for soul tribes, you can create one, or be inaugurated into one, these connections are often formed with people who have similar goals, and hurts to you. Either way, a soul family or soul tribe is or makes you feel as though you were cut from the same cloth.

Kindred Spirit:

A kindred spirit is technically not a soul connection but it is, but it isn't, let me explain. A kindred spirit is someone who you randomly meet that you can connect with effortlessly, it's as if you have lived the same life, they like what you like, have experienced eerily similar things, have the same dislikes or specifications, same job or talents etc. however they are someone you meet in passing. It could be someone you randomly strike up a conversation with in the grocery store. Often times you meet these people because you are vibrating on the same frequency and that energy draws the two of you together to meet. This person could literally pass as a clone for you, you may look alike (doppleganger) or you may just have very similar lives. For example, you could be married to a pro wrestler, believe that frogs are the meaning to life, have a disdain for tomatoes, and are obsessed with Vincent van gogh and this person would be married to an mma fighter, believe that toads are the meaning to life, absolutely despise tomatillo, and have a blog dedicated to only Leonardo da vinci. It's uncanny similarities that would give "uncanny valley" a run for their money, but just someone you meet in passing, however it is possible to form a bond over the similarities.

Soul contract:

Also not a soulmate type but the reason why you meet certain soulmates. A soul contract is confusing and deep territory that I won't be getting into in this post, however I will only talk about it in relation to soulmates. So when you have a soul contract with another person, it generally means that if certain conditions are met, the two of you will meet in this life to then hash out the terms of said contract. You usually have a soul contract with people who are integral to your souls journey. For example, you could have a soul contract with a karmic partner and in the contract there will be a clause that they are there to teach you a specific thing and once that thing is learned the contract will be fulfilled and you'd be left to do with the relationship as you please, or the agreement to start a business, have a child, literally anything that aligns you with your true purpose. It's a lot more complicated than how I make it seem, it is not a term to be thrown around willy nilly however. It's very confusing and I'm only mentioning it to give insight to soul connections. These contracts are mutable and are constantly changing because whether or not you meet someone hinges on whether or not you have "fulfilled" the terms for lack of better words. Basically, you have to be vibrating on the same frequency to be in connection with certain people and in order to vibrate on that frequency there are things you can or need to do. For clarity sake, not saying this is how it actually is, just for clarity; if you are aware of a specific future partner and that they are vibrating at 78 hertz but you're vibrating at 42 hertz, you need to get to 78 hertz by following a specific path, this could mean healing, or doing a job, it could mean anything that changes the trajectory of your life so that you align with that persons frequency/energy/wavelength and that pulls the two of you together in a way that allows you to cross paths and this would be handled by your guides.

Soul Teacher:

Finally back to the easy and simple soulmate types and explanations! So, a soul teacher is someone who comes int your life to teach you something spiritual which refers to me or other spiritual practitioners. This is the one you're experiencing right now! A soul teacher is someone you meet by chance and they impart life altering knowledge onto you that opens your eyes and changes how you view and move through the world. Sometimes they are only meant to teach you about certain topics, for example about soul connections, or the akashic records, or they can be a full mentor, teaching you about witchcraft, spell work, and deity work! These soul teachers are there to make sure that your soul or you as a person learn something either very specific or a genre of things and can often trick you! By trick you, I mean in a way that will force you to handle a situation differently to how they taught you to further broaden your horizon and what you know. Basically view yourself as Harry Potter interacting with one of the many professors at Hogwarts.

Soul Crossing:

A soul crossing is similar to kindred spirit in the sense that they are someone who enters your life very briskly but opens your eyes to a lot. A soul crossing is someone who is your soulmate through and through but they are only in your life for such a short and sweet time. For example, this could be someone you meet on vacation or on a cruise, you spend so much time together having so much fun but once the cruise is done, they're gone with the wind. This connection can be very sad in the fact that they last so shortly but are so amazing to experience. This is someone you meet purely by chance, often times through a series of unconscionable actions that wouldn't have usually happened, it would literally seem as if the universe randomly brought the two of you together solely for that short time only. this type of connection can usually last for barely a couple of months, sometimes as short as a week. It often feels like a zing from hotel Transylvania but- without the long lasting love lol.

I want to preface what I’m about to say,

Just because you are someone’s soulmate does not mean you are there future partner. Someone can be your soulmate purely because of their effect on you and your soul's journey through this lifetime, just because you are someone’s soulmate does not mean that you will ever meet them nor will there ever be romance involved, nor that there will be or was a lifetime where the two of you were romantically connected. There is no guarantee that you will ever meet all of your soulmates because sometimes, that just isn't in your path, sometimes they are only there to be an influence or inspiration. Remember, soulmate is an umbrella term for someone/something that has a profound presence in your soul's journey.

I’m going to hold your hand when I say this, your cognitive dissonance will deactivate your critical thinking the moment you feel triggered, yes you can be a soulmate to a celebrity, they are people too, they are not gods, or deities, they are human. HOWEVER, just because you feel profoundly connected to a celebrity or idol (looking at you kpop community) doesn’t mean that the connection is romantic. Yes, it is possible that it can be, but that does not give you the right to stalk them, harass their partners, try to force a connection, nor does it gives you the right to act like a pompous douche that's better than everyone just because your soul decided to connect to someone of influence. If it is meant to be, you will not have to force it and should not force it. Forcing yourself to be in proximity with a celebrity (i.e stalking them) just because you think you belong together rather than letting that be in the back of your mind and focussing doing what you are meant to do in life will not make it happen, in fact it will never happen because you refused to do the work and scared the shit out of them, shot yourself in the foot so to speak. If you are on the path to union with a romantic soulmate, there are things that you absolutely need to do and if you try to undermine that, thinking you can use a shortcut, you will be dropped on your ass pretty painfully. The universe has rules to the game and going against them will not win you anything other than harsher lessons. This is NOT the go ahead to start a witch hunt for “fs’s” This is NOT the go ahead to delude yourself into thinking you are a celebrities fs, this is PURELY educational. The "title" of "soulmate" does not give you any special abilities, special powers, it doesn't make you special or different at all it is just a connection. If you think you are a celebrity fs, consider talking to a professional, ensure that you are not experiencing limerence, having a parasocial relationship, feel free to message me if you want to talk or have more questions.

The only reason why I am mentioning this is because we as a society have treated celebrities and have made them out to be monoliths when they are humans too. I feel as though knowledge is very important and anti-intellectualism is on the rise especially in communities where things aren't "verifiable" such as spirituality which makes the content we make and consume either a very powerful or harmful substance. I'd much rather my content be as educational and grounded as possible to free the minds from the boxes we put them in than to uphold societal ideologies that are rooted in toxicity such as classism and beauty standards and further constrict our nature and divinity. I am fully aware that my words have consequences within others, which is why I am very serious and put great consideration and research into what I am saying. I am going to be as careful as possible when I say what I say, however, if you find issue with what I am saying, please feel free to message me and we can have a conversation about it. I decided to add this in last minute because of how the media frames celebrities and how people interact with celebrities and the parasocial relationships it creates.

I may make another post talking purely about this concept because of how highly and nuanced it is and I have so many personal thoughts that I want to share but, this post is only for educational purposes. When you make room to speak about what exists, you no longer have to spend time wondering about everything left unsaid.

Celebrity Soulmates:

Celebrities can be soulmates in the sense that they do impact our lives in some ways. I personally classify a soulmate as someone who has a profound affect on your life path, for example, inspiring you to take a leap of faith. Celebrities are highly influential people and what makes them famous is the affect they have on society, with that being said, having a celebrity be your soulmate is not as weird or as a cringe take as it would seem. To understand what I mean, you'd have to refer to the other types of soulmates. Celebrities, depending on how they affect your life can be seen as a soul tie, a soul teacher, a kindred spirit, a soul crossing. Because we see them in media and often idealize them and their lives are so public, we can learn so much from them. Removing them from the mental pedestal and seeing them as someone who is in the public eye opens you up to learning a lot more from them. For example, Chappell Roan, she is literally just a person, someone who is deserving of respect and having her boundaries respected. But just because she makes music that a lot of people love, her image has gone from a fellow human to this elevated view that is both toxic for the fan and the celebrity. This type of connection is hard to talk about because- I mean you're going to be seen as someone who is mentally unwell. At the end of the day, celebrities are people, but because they are celebrities, a soul connection can be seen as or is nothing more than a parasocial relationship or infatuation.

I'm trying to be as careful as possible with what I say because of the way people tend to be overly attached to and obsessed celebrities to the point of convincing themselves that they're soulmates and it is a dangerous and slippery slope to have that mindset without mindfulness and discernment. Maybe the reason why you're so infatuated with this celebrity is because there is something you can learn from them, either from their life story, or from the content that they create, maybe they're just an outlet or source of comfort to help you get through a rough time. Maybe you come across Kenji and his videos help you get through a nasty divorce, or maybe you come across Hozier's music and it inspires you to create your own content, or you come across CoryxKenshin and he inspires you to go out and make a difference in your community. That is the impact that celebrities often have on people, all without even knowing this is their role in so many lives. I like to think that often times, the reason why people become famous is because they have something or create something that helps the collective in any way and because they have their own lessons to learn. Sometimes, we are unknowingly a huge part in someone else's journey, whether it is positive or negative. I personally believe we come across these specific celebrities or creators because they will have the most impact on our lives and further our journeys. For example, Jay from the Kubzscouts! He has stated the reason why he posts so often is not only because he loves what he does, but also because he grew up watching youtubers and those youtubers being his comfort and he wishes to provide that some comfort to others and he does! Because of that, he inspired so many other people including me to want to do the same which furthered people in their journey. I hope you've seen from the other soulmate types that a soulmate does not have to be someone who is overtly profound presence in your life, just someone who has a profound affect on you that further pushes you on your life path.

To finish off this section without saying too much and deconstructing social constructs, yes, it is possible to have a celebrity as a romantic soulmate, but that is something that I cannot say with ease or lackadaisically. If it is in your path, it will happen naturally, just focus on yourself, your healing, and following your life path and you will get there some day. I must warn that, because of the fact that celebrities are famous and in the public view and are the object of many peoples attraction, you must be aware of things called limerence, parasocial relationships, obsessions, love addictions etc. These are things that can influence a person into believing that there is a soul connection when there isn't one. It is easy to say you love a celebrity and feel a connection with them because you can consume their content without limit, but you are not interacting with them, you do not know them. You cannot use your feelings of attraction or romance to justify the idea of a connection, either you have one or you don't, and you will know the difference because it isn’t a vice or a distraction from your problems. It’s something that will put you in a position where you will have to do a lot of grueling mental, emotional, and physical work to get to where you need to be. It is also important to note that your guides might allow you to believe that a celebrity is a soulmate because that is the only way for you to genuinely follow your life path.

Final Statements:

With all of that being said, you might be thinking "that sounds like anyone can be my soulmate?! How can I tell if a random joe on the street is my soulmate or not?!" Well, yes and no LOL. Literally that is the beauty of human nature combining with spiritual purpose. Anyone can be your soulmate, but it depends on the stage in life you are in that determines whether or not they will be in your life. It is also very common in romantic soulmates, more specifically twin flames to pass each other several times in life before getting to the point of actually meeting. There are so many instances of people taking family photos or pictures of themselves with their partners in the background without even knowing!

If you are trying to call in a soulmate, following the guidance of your guides, they have an invested interest in your wellbeing and highest good however they cannot force your or force things to happen without your willingness. Their job is to guide you, not to do things for you, and if you heed their guidance, they will guide you to your highest good.

Again, if you have any questions, anything you want to say, add, need clarification on, would like to talk about, or would like to request, or would want an in depth post about a specific soulmate type, please feel free to message me! My inbox and ask box are always open and I will never judge you 🤍 I hope this post was as informative and I hope it gave some insight!

Here are some links with more information related to soulmates and soul connections!:

12 types of soulmates

Another 12 types of soulmates for clarity sake, this one contains content related to childhood soulmates, that would fall under the umbrella of platonic soulmates.

8 types of soulmates

10 types of soulmates

Types of soulmates

13 most common types of soulmates

A third 12 types of soulmates

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Types of Soulmates

I tried so hard to get as many as I could in a concise fashion

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-Unable to Harm Them

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[idliketobeatree]

yea I think about the extremely unrehearsed hug Niko gave Edwin, and how delighted he was in those few seconds even if he wasn't sure where to put his hands about 8 times a day. wbu

[foryouthegays]

aspec means whatever the fuck u want it to mean if u id with aro or ace in any fuckin way and call urself some form of aspec ur good idgaf .and this is like .average soulmate au .idfk if u see something and its soulmate au would u click.

[wishchip106]

whats wrong with them 🤨

unintentionally copying each other

[liesmultixxx]

annabeth being picked by percy for the quest without hesitation gives off major “for the first time in my life i wasn’t picked last in gym class” vibes

and if i had that when i was younger, i too would’ve fallen head over heels for that person :3

[ariesprincess222]

we’ve known they are locked down but DAMN it really gets me sometimes like that’s crazy

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

3x5 | 3x7

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Heartsong

Everyone dreams of finding the other half of their heartsong. You know your heartsong from birth, grow up surrounded by the music that is you, and after a certain age, you're always listening for the one person in all the world--your soulmate--whose song exactly matches yours.

My sister found her soulmate in kindergarten; all through school, they sat by each other as often as they could, their heartsongs all the brighter for being shared.

I know girls who tricked themselves half a dozen times into thinking that they'd found the one, only noticing the clashing notes of their songs after the relationship had crashed and burned.

There are entire streaming services for heartsongs--in college, my friends listened to almost nothing else, waiting desperately to hear the song that would align with theirs.

I was no different than other girls. I tried all the usual tactics. I developed a good ear--maybe too good, because I always noticed the subtle differences in the closest matches. I dated a few of those, hoping the theory would prove true that heartsongs could develop over time so we'd grow to match each other. Every one of those relationships ended the moment the guy heard the heartsong of his true soulmate.

I went to countless social events. I tried the sites online. I even did a bit of world traveling, in case my soulmate had been hiding all this time on the other side of the globe.

As year after year (after year after year after year) went by with no success, I was forced to accept the truth--I had no soulmate.

Maybe my soulmate had died. Maybe I was too strange to have a match. However it had happened, I was a superfluous person, doomed to be always alone.

The revelation crushed me at first. I was strange, unlovable, incomplete. I was half a person whose heartsong would never be whole.

My mom came over the night of my revelation and found me weeping on the floor of my kitchen. She hugged me, let me cry, and then cooked me a meal.

By the time my tears had dried enough to let me take a bite of the spaghetti, I noticed her heartsong was clearer than ever--and it meshed with mine. It wasn't a match--it was better than that. My heartsong served as a descant to hers, our two melodies blending into a new song.

After that, I stopped trying to listen for one specific song, and started listening to every song. My friends had heartsongs that blended with mine in different ways--when a group of us were together, we became a symphony. My brother's heartsong was a lower version of mine--our growing up together had given us a shared bond. When the grocery store cashier and I shared a laugh, for just a moment, our heartsongs fell into harmony.

There was not one song, one relationship, that defined and completed my life. Every relationship was important. Every relationship was beautiful.

It's possible, I suppose, that my soulmate is out there. Maybe one day I'll hear that song that perfectly matches mine, and enjoy a bond that different than any of the others in my life.

But if I don't find him, it doesn't matter.

Because I'm more than one half of an incomplete song.

I am a vital part of countless symphonies.

[gurggggleburgle]

Luo Binghe is the kinda psychopath to pull out scrabble on a date and call it flirting and Shen Yuan is able to respond positively to this because man has zero, negative, and infinity levels of rizz catching all and simultaneously no bitches at once because these radio frequencies are all different lengths in this essay I will...

[spitinsideme]

ragatha acting like pomni doesnt give her attention 24/7 (pomni enjoys it actually, she wont admut it though !!)

(demon x nun au !!)

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #108 Part 2

The thought sounded ridiculous and yet Damian found himself unable to completely scoff at the idea. He himself had seen some strange things in his lifetime and it wouldn’t be fair to completely dismiss the idea outright. 

“I’m unsure what your point is but I guess I suppose they exist.” Damian eventually said.

Danny chuckled at this, “I guess you're not from Amity Park huh?” he joked.

Damian scoffed, “I’ve never even heard of that place but I gather that’s where I am at the moment?” He mentally filed the name to search later. 

“Yeah, born and raised. Anyways, we’re the most haunted city in America. Ghost’s are real, you’ll probably meet one at some point. They’re uh… kind of attracted to me? Kind of like… “ He trailed off for a moment, likely lost in thought trying to come up with an example. Damian was going to call him out for spacing, they were probably running out of time before one of his siblings or Pennyworth came to check on him. Luckily Danny continued, “Hey, what city am I in right now, maybe there’s a comparison I can use?” Danny asked.

“Tt, did you not even think to use GPS to find your location before calling me?” Damian scoffed, his supposed ‘soulmate’ was incompetent, “You're in Gotham.”

“Gotham? Well I guess you could compare them to Batman’s rogues then, however they tend to play a little rough. It’s kind of how ghost’s bond.” Danny’s explanation made it sound like he was the one roughhousing with these ghosts. He wasn’t quite sure where this was going but he let him continue, “so well… this next part’s kind of hard to explain especially without proof but well… I’m what the other ghost’s call a halfa. I’m half ghost half human.”

Damian opened his mouth to retort, the notion that you could be half dead was ridiculous really. But as soon as he opened his mouth a cold blue wisp wafted out of his mouth shocking him. An unfamiliar feeling washes over him and he looked down in terror as he started sinking into the bed.

“Explain your power’s now, I appear to be sinking into your bed.” Damian demanded. The feeling was odd, it was almost as if the bed didn’t exist. 

“Uh, right, Okay… so, it’s kind of emotion based? Take a few deep breaths and you’ll be able to ease yourself back out.” 

Damian did just as Danny instructed and took a few deep breaths. Soon he was able to solidify and sit back up on the bed. Suddenly, a knocking sound was heard through the phone. 

Shit, just like he thought, they took too long and one of his siblings came to check on him. He thought it was sweet that they cared, but he’d never voice this thought out loud to anyone. 

“Danny, I need you to listen very carefully. I need you to open the door and hand the phone over to them. Don’t say anything, understand?” 

“Uh Okay?” Damian could tell Danny was raising an eyebrow at this but he did as Damian told him anyway.

“Uh, Hello?” The voice on the phone said, Damian recognized it as Tim Drake-Waynes. 

“Drake, Please step into the room and listen to my instructions,” Damian waited a moment as he heard the door shut. “Alright, meet my soulmate Danny, apparently his parents study soulmates and they did something and now we’re in each other’s bodies.”

He heard Danny sigh, “It was only supposed to strengthen the soulmate pull. It’s not my fault they don’t know about my weird biology.” 

“Weird Biology?” Drake parroted, “do they not know you're a meta?”

There was a pause before Danny spoke, “No, I’m not a meta… but for the simplicity of things, and this conversation, sure, you can call me a meta.” There was a tiredness to his voice, as if he had this conversation with someone else before.

“The name’s Tim,” he told Danny, then Drake suddenly said in an excited voice, “hey, let’s let him in on the family secret and prank Bruce. Let’s tell everyone else about it and see how long it takes him to figure out it isn’t you… we’ll have to train Danny of course. If he really is your soulmate he’s going to find out eventually and it might be good to prepare him ahead of time” The idea sounded ridiculous to Damian but at the same time, he was recently having some doubts about his Father’s attention on him. Drake had a point, if Danny really was his soulmate, he’d find out eventually. 

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Danny wasn’t sure what was going on, after he handed the phone off to Tim, they talked about some family secret. Soon Tim hung up the phone and turned to Danny, “Damian say’s Sam and Tucker are there and they’ll call back when he’s back up to speed which means that we need to get up to speed ourselves,” he glared at Danny. Danny, who was still wearing Pajamas stood there as Tim approached him. Once they were a yard apart Tim spoke again, “Listen, the secret I’m about to tell you must not be told to anyone outside of this house, got it?” He fixed a hard glare at Danny.

Danny shrunk back for a moment before a thought occurred to him, “why don’t I tell you my secret as well? Damian is already learning by now and since you're his brother you’ll probably be able to help out.” Secrets for secrets, that way they would both be afforded some leverage in the situation. 

Tim seemed to think for a moment with a hand on his chin, he nodded for a moment before looking up at Danny, “Alright, but tell me yours first.” 

[namelessmap]

Perhaps in another universe // sketch wip

[v88sy]

You know, if there's absolutely no intention of bringing Tommy back, I want them to never speak of him again.

I don't wanna be baited, and then I can continue with my silly little head canon that they started talking again/are friends. Maybe even fucking in secret if Buck's single. 🤭

[s0fter-sin]

prince!ghost and lord in waiting!soap

ghost is a warrior prince, next in line after king price and it’s always been accepted he would be the lone ruler; never one for entertaining the courts or indulging foreign rulers trying to consolidate their power. he hardly acts like a prince at all, in name only when he spends more time as a pseudo captain of the guard. price has never begrudged him that, not when he himself has been a lone king since his inauguration

though he’s a warrior prince, he’s never lost the favour of the people; many see him as a guardian even if he doesn’t interact with the people as much as benevolent and stalwart king price. who he does interact with is the kingdom’s children; always ready to bend a knee and listen to bright voices, to praise stick swords and shields or hear the plight of a struggling family. it was a common belief that if he wasn’t out protecting, then he was with the protected; face covered, blonde curls shining in the sun

soap’s always loved ghost. as his lord in waiting, it’s been his job to attend him since they were young and even as a child, he’d idolised him; his skills in battle, his surety. he thought his life would be nothing but service, clothing a brat prince and making sure his shoes shined. but ghost has proven more than that; he treats him as an equal, consults him on strategy and court politics and over time that idolisation turned into love

and ghost has always felt the same. he’d begrudged the idea of a lord in waiting, not wanting someone always in his business but then came this spitfire who never missed an opportunity to push back on him; to make him dig deeper. johnny is more than some mere servant; he’s his confidant, his best friend, his… everything. he could be simon with him, not prince ghost

but simon figures that out too late

king price gets word from king shepherd, a kingdom they’ve only recently stopped feuding with and he’s offering up his son, prince graves, as a way to bond their kingdoms together and firmly put war behind them. price is ready to deny him, he doesn’t fear war from shepherd, when he sends some ancient laws that leave him unable to refuse. he hates it, hates that he’s ruining ghost’s happiness and feels like he’s betraying his adopted son but there’s nothing he can do

graves comes to their kingdom within the month and it’s clear from the moment he walks through their gates that he’s the opposite of ghost; arrogant and conceited, his ceremonial armour glossy and untouched by battle. he’s dismissive of their servants, of their ways, of their people and ghost hates him

graves insists that the wedding happen as soon as possible, pushing the craftsmen and cooks beyond their limits to prepare and every moment ghost spends with him, the more he dreads his wedding day. every evening he retreats to his room, exhausted, and it’s all johnny can do to keep him afloat; trying to keep him positive as ghost falls away and simon breaks in his arms. he wants to whisk him away like the old tales, the pain his oldest friend and love is in making his heart ache but all he can do is promise to be there with him

but it seems graves wants to take even him away

“soap’s been my lord in waiting since we were children,” ghost protests, voice barely clinging to civility. “i wouldn’t want to lose such a valuable worker.”

“there are plenty of decent servants in our kingdom; you’ll forget this one soon enough,” graves waves away, carding a possessive hand over his curls and it’s only bc he’s looking for it that soap sees ghost’s jaw twitch beneath his neck gaiter. “it’s custom for one marrying into our kingdom to embrace all that it has to offer, leaving who they were behind to become someone better. you’re entering a new life with me; you don’t need the baggage of this dreary place.”

soap feels sick as he walks behind them, his blank expression hiding all sign of his breaking heart.

“soap is beholden to me,” ghost declares. “we were sworn together by the old laws. i’m afraid a custom isn’t enough for me to break a vow to the gods.”

graves lets out a disgruntled noise, tugging harshly at one of ghost’s curls with only a thin veil of fondness; his conceding smile not reaching his eyes.

“i never made a vow to the gods,” johnny points out later. “price gave me to you because he was sick of me setting fire to the kitchens.”

simon hums and sets his freshly cleaned armour aside, turning to him with a twinkle in his eyes he’s barely seen since sheperd’s missive. “you pinkie swore that you would never leave me; that’s more powerful than any promise to the gods,” he says and soap’s thrown back fifteen years, to a willow tree big enough to touch the sky; to two boys from different stations who didn’t care that one was dressed in silk and the other in scraps.

johnny feels a lightness he hasn’t in a month as simon winks at him. “besides, do you really think graves is smart enough to figure it out?”

the days pass quickly, graves’ veneer of affection growing ever thinner, and before either of them are ready, it’s the eve of ghost’s wedding.

he’s said nothing, done nothing but stare at the wedding robes graves had tailored for him in the fashion of his kingdom and johnny doesn’t know how to break the silence. he draws out each second as he fusses with the cape piece and ensures the shoes shine in the fire light until he has no more excuses.

he sighs as he straightens up, brushing off polish onto his pants. “i suppose this is where i leave you,” he says with a weak smile but it quickly dies when simon still doesn’t look at him. “i’ll be here in the morning to help you get ready… good night, simon.”

johnny bows and makes for the door, trying to convince himself he didn’t just say goodbye.

but he’s stopped by simon’s hand loosely wrapping around his wrist.

he looks back as simon finally tears his eyes away from the robes, looking at him with such clear longing it almost brings him to his knees.

“i don’t want graves to be the first man to touch me, johnny,” he confesses and johnny’s breath hitches. “i don’t want to be married to another… not when the one i’m set to wed isn’t you. but if i have to do this… please let me feel loved one final time.”

simon’s thumb brushes the back of his hand; their kingdom’s greatest warrior caressing him with a touch light as silk. he doesn’t pull johnny in, doesn’t need to; johnny’s already sinking into his touch.

desperation and love tinge every movement; johnny dancing his fingers over simon’s neck gaiter until he all too happily removes it, baring his scarred cheeks and lips. johnny kisses each one, willing his love and his touch to linger above all others as they move together; sharing breath, sharing body, sharing soul the way they wish they always have.

when ghost makes his way down the aisle, it’s not in the fine embroidered robes graves had laid out for him. he’s in his battle armour; dark and weathered, the sign of the ghost, the warrior prince, going to battle. the only thing missing is his helm, tucked under his arm.

showing his hair; curls gone and shaved tight to his skin.

a thing done only in a time of great mourning.

graves looks irate and it’s the only spark of joy ghost feels as he stops before the altar; set beneath the willow tree where johnny promised himself to him. one final insult.

ghost is silent throughout the ceremony and in spirit and in grief, so is the entire gathered kingdom until the priestess reaches the final vows and suddenly, a great roar rises above the crowd as seemingly every child in the kingdom swarms the altar.

ghost is too shocked to do anything but let them push him away from graves, bullying their way between them like they’re preparing to protect him just as he’s always protected them.

graves is furious but the children stand firm in the face of his threats until he moves to strike one-

and freezes as soap’s blade finds his throat.

“you would dare hurt these children?” he growls, sword following graves as he stumbles back. “you’ve kept up your charade the entire time and here is where you show your true colours. i think it’s time i show mine.”

graves splutters as johnny turns to the priestess and king price, falling to one knee and offering up his blade. “your grace, i wish to challenge prince graves for the hand of prince simon!”

his voice rings clear and he feels the eyes of every person in the kingdom.

but he only cares for one man.

who is watching him with more love than he’s ever felt.

“who are you to challenge me?” graves sneers. “you’re nothing more than a servant; no better than the dirt on my boots.”

johnny doesn’t bother to look at him, too caught in the love in simon’s eyes and the grateful look on king price’s face. “then you should have nothing to worry about. you’ve been crowing your accolades from the rooftops since you got here; let’s see if you live up to the hype.”

because simon only ever introduced him as his lord in waiting.

never as sir soap- his second in command and one of the greatest swordsmen their kingdom has ever seen.

[cryborgmechs]

luvdisc is one of my faves <3