My host has been reading up on soulbonds and fictives quite a bit lately to try to figure out just what each one of us is. I decided to have a look myself and i really do have to wonder….what is a soulbond? My host says we dont fall into that sort of thing but ive seen quite a few things that always contradict other articles and such.

The shortest definition I can come up with is this: A soulbond is an externally originating headmate with a fictional origin that has an emotional attachment of some kind to the soulbonder.

Soulbonds can be: canon fictional characters, AU versions of fictional characters, RP or story characters that you have written, or written by someone you know.

Soulbonds are not tulpas, they are not created in the mind. They have an existence outside of the soulbonder’s head, and the soulbonder is merely host to them in some way, like a channeller with a spirit.

Soulbonds always have some emotional attachment with the soulbonder, generally having the soulbonder’s best interests at heart. The soulbond may feel romantic toward the soulbonder, or be a guide or mentor. Even villainous soulbonds seek to help and care for the soulbonder, though they may do so in villainous or actually unhelpful ways. 

Soulbonds are (generally) sure of their identity as the fictional character they claim to be. They have memories of the events that happened to them, they think and act as themselves. They may even be able to go back and forth between the soulbonder and their homeworld.