Plural Ask Anon: Aah that does kind of help!! “if we're writing, we make the character version of them do something that they wouldn't.” This is the exact situation that brought about me starting to question this? I’ve always- for lack of better terminology- “heard” this character, fairly soon after starting writing for him. I get “muses” like this sometimes and thought it not too uncommon as far as i could tell, but this one is very adamant about things he would/would not do and seems to “hang out” when I’m not writing, including making commentary on my day to day life. I don’t think he’s around all the time and I think(?) I’m exclusively in control of the body (idk if he’s Tried tho? He seems uninterested in actual participation in my life???). Idk I’m just kind of like????? I’m just… confused, I guess? I like having him around and it’s not a distressing thing for me, it’s just new and unusual.
Yeah that's fair! That sounds like he could be a soulbond, possibly a daytripper (soulbond that goes back and forth between universes/realities/whatever preferred word), or a permanent resident who just isn't around at all times. A soulbond need not take control of the body, it's just something ours do, which kinda-sorta helps prove that they're not just being controlled by us.
If you'd like to learn more about soulbonds, I recommend going here: (link). It contains definitions and external resources from essays to personal accounts to how-tos. It's honestly kind of what made us realize most of our fictives were indeed soulbonds, lol
