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"The" Soul Bond

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by silverlasso, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. The Doctor

    The Doctor Unspeakable

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    Ahahahahahahahaha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

    H/G and R/Hr.

    And Ginny, guessing by her double appearance, is a favourite of the author. Has anyone on that stupid site written anything where Ginny isn't a fucking Sue?

    I skipped straight to end. They're married. Of course. By Harry's sixteenth birthday.

    :puke:

    And Good!Draco. And Harry has a sister. That snogs Neville. I think.

    Jesus Christ, I feel like writing the anti-fangirl fic.

    Harry has a sister, but she's a fat cow with a voice like a banshee - and's Umbridge's daughter. Ron and Hermione get together, declare their undying love, then Hermione kills him and runs off to join the Death Eaters, because we all know Hermione/Bella/Narcissa/Daphne/Tracy is hot. Ginny is soul-bonded to Harry, so he locks her in Azkaban and begins his Quest to fuck every Witch born after the year 1960. Sirius and Lupin has crazy buttsecks, then Lupin transforms and fucking EATS Black. Snape turns good, but only because he's trying to get into Pomphrey's McGonagall's, Sprout's, and Pince's pants. He succeeds, of course.

    Luna gives blowjobs to Neville and Ron, then uses their spunk to produce a hybrid Longbottom/Weasley, which oozes liquid fail. She finds a Crumple-Horned Snorkack and mates with it, repeatedly. In the Great Hall. Lord Voldemort falls down the stairs and breaks his neck. Hot Dudley/Vernon/Petunia action, before being viciously murdered by Mrs Next Door, sick and tired of the smell. Grindelwald lures Dumbledore into his cell using his 100-year old masculine wiles, then kills him, takes his place, and begins engineering his takeover of Britain. He is only stopped at the last second by Harry, when one of his bitches admits to sleeping with him.

    Snape is raped by Draco and Lucius, then finds he likes it. They admit their love, proceed to have a NC-17 rated smut scene, before being killed by the tag-team of Bellatrix and Narcissa, whose power of sister-scissoring makes their heads asplode.

    ...the fuck is wrong with me...
     
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  2. Euroclydon

    Euroclydon High Inquisitor

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    ergh... I used to follow this story back in my "dark-days"
    I dropped it like an aids baby when it got to a RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade not Role Playing Game ) battle on brooms, in the streets of Atlanta during the Olympics:wall:
     
  3. malaga

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    That could be so full of win...

    I want someone to write this decently. Anyone will do.
     
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    Tehan Avatar of Khorne DLP Supporter

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  5. Dubrichius

    Dubrichius Groundskeeper

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    I'm no psychiatrist, but I'd say that there's quite a bit wrong with you. Don't get treatment for it, 'cause you come up with some pretty hilarious stuff. On a completely different track, but still related to this thread (somewhat), I'm of the opinion that the only bond that Harry creates with Ginny should involve a tube of super glue and a rabid hamster.
     
  6. Warlocke

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    I've said before, I don't mind the whole idea of soul bonds, in theory, if they're used with care and forethought in a story.

    Too bad the odds of that happening are very, very low.

    Typically, it's just a device used to show that Harry and whoever he's paired with are, without a doubt, OMG! Made for each other!
     
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  7. Gulfbar

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  8. nonjon

    nonjon Alumni Retired Staff

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    I don't think I need to click on Gulfbar's links to know those fics suck. Must be my sixth sense.

    But I will admit to having read and occasionally enjoyed a fair amount of cts's Reign Over Me. It was taking too long, and I really started to hate Harry, so I stopped reading a couple years ago, but it's not as awful as the usual fangirl tripe. (And the picture isn't a double dose of Ginny, but one of the Lily-looking redheads is Harry's sister. And yes, I'm embarrassed just talking about the fic.)

    But as to whether the soul bond can work? Meh. Like any it's dependent on the author and how it's handled. Probably the best example of a well-explained and justifiable "soul bond" is the concept of Veela Mating that Jeconais used in Hope. It's H/G too (except the "G" doesn't stand for "gaping Weasley vagina" like in most mentions of H/G).

    I don't care if it's called something else, if it comes from an author-created explanation for a magical creature, or they lack the ability to telepathetically talk. It's a soul bond, and one of the few worthwhile uses of it. Or at least one of the fics that succeeds in spite of it.
     
  9. Mors

    Mors Denarii Host DLP Supporter

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    My feelings exactly. Meh, it was good while it lasted. I even remember recommending it as an "awesome read" at some forum or the other.

    I probably won't re-read it now, though. Let the fond memories remain. :p
     
  10. the13thdragon

    the13thdragon Raptured to Hell

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    I agree with you but it's still the nearest to being a readable soul bond story (with Ginny that is) that I have ever read.
     
  11. mathiasgranger

    mathiasgranger Slug Club Member

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    One really doesn't have to look far to see that the continued existence of soul bonds can be blamed on one person....Jo Rowling. Hell, in the end Harry's soul bond to Voldemort was the thing that saved him...

    Sure she spruced it up and called it a horcrux, but I think we all know what she actually meant. Hell, look at her epilogue and call her something other than the Alpha Fan Girl, the first Potter fangirl in existence.

    (Of course the primary reason I hold this truth to be self evident is right here.)

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2898924/1/The_Sleeping_Dragon_Wakes
     
  12. Banner

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    @mathiasgranger
    I can't make out the details on your avatar. What IS that picture?
     
  13. mathiasgranger

    mathiasgranger Slug Club Member

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    Will Ferrell as George W. Bush...the scenario being Bush back on the farm, a campaign advert for the 2004 election...hence the implements making him seem more down to earth. Look for the clip online, it's rather amusing.
     
  14. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    Inherently, soul magic sucks. Why? Well, it's simple.

    No one ever gives the magic any consequences.

    Something like a "soul bond" should be dramatic and stressful. Harry and Ginny (trapped in a soul bond) should acquire each other's habits and distastes – their characters should be undone – their identities should unravel: They should begin to lose their ability to distinguish themselves from each other. Hive-mind, I guess.

    It's a scary thing, but there's conflict there (unlike in 99% of shitty soulbound stories). Can Harry/Ginny endure such a thing? Can they find happiness in being one-mind two-bodies? That's essentially what a "soulbond" should be.

    Using "soul magic" of any kind should be powerful, but have consequences worse than death. Not some common, run-of-the-mill, "lol slip on this ring and both of you guys will be in eternal lurrrrve!"

    What is the soul? If a fangirl addressed this, maybe I wouldn't mind so much.
     
  15. Banner

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    I have a concept for a realistic side effect of a soul/telepath bond...

    It could be interesting to see what would happen in a telepabond between Ginny, who has a very intimate connection with Riddle, and Harry, who is one of Riddle's Horcruxes AND gets visions and emotional manipulation from Voldemort.
    They could pick up his sexual kinks (assuming that Riddle HAD much interest in sex.) That would be fun to post on AFF or SIYE.
    They could become far more interested in learning, and better organized and effective casters. That would be good for long-term plotting.
    Each could become terrific manipulators of the people around them. Riddle managed to commit multiple murders while a student, and the only one who suspected him at all was AD - and he wasn't suspicious enough to act or even investigate.
    Pull Voldemort into some sort of gestalt - a Dark Triumvirate. Especially since no one would have any suspicions about Ginny. She would be a marvelous Agent-in-Place.

    Remember the thread about shared horcruxes being soul-bonds? We were discussing Really Nasty side effects for a while there.
    http://forums.darklordpotter.net/showthread.php?t=8226
     
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  16. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    *shrug*

    Nothing's more nasty than losing yourself, I'd think. Even for the sake of "love".

    Of course, to change, we must lose ourselves first... but that's just my devil's advocate playing against me. I'd still rather not loose who I am, no matter how vague that is.
     
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