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Because they are not forgotten.

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="50%"><tr><td width="16%" bgcolor="#008000">&nbsp;</td><td width="16%" bgcolor="#000091">&nbsp;</td><td width="16%" bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td><td width="16%" bgcolor="#FF80C0">&nbsp;</td><td width="16%" bgcolor="#FFEAEA">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="6"><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/7000years/526.html">They're people, friends, lovers. NOT Satan.<br><strong>Destroying your soulbonds is murder.</a></strong></td></tr></table>

Feel free to replace the word "soulbonds" with whatever you might call 'em (muses, voices, dæmons, whatever).

Why? Because murder is a crime. Because I never, ever, as long as I live, want to hold on to the Boy for dear life while we both cry ourselves sick, because four of our best friends are dead. Because I never again want to explain to a five-year-old girl why her aunt and uncles aren't around any more. Because Satan is a weak crutch for those who are too afraid to embrace what is really there. It makes me sick. Murder is murder, no matter what world you live in.

And I make no apologies for this. None whatsoever.

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	hojit 2005-01-07 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Would it be rude of me to ask what triggered this today, and if the colors have any significance? (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-07 06:49 pm UTC

(no subject) - hojit, 2005-01-07 06:51 pm UTC

	theladyofdreams 2005-01-07 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	Took the banner and posted it in my journal. I've never known anyone who killed their soulbonds personally, but I've heard about it on the SB community. You're right--murder is murder, even if the person you destroy isn't flesh and blood in this world. BTW, is this a new journal or...? (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-07 10:04 pm UTC

(no subject) - 2525nest, 2008-06-11 01:05 am UTC

	he_dreams_awake 2005-01-07 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Came over because several of my good friends have posted the banner, and I'd like to, as well. I think it's fantastic. I hope that's okay. --Neo (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-07 11:54 pm UTC

(no subject) - bekkypk, 2005-01-07 11:56 pm UTC

	kangetsuhime 2005-01-07 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Posted. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-09 03:59 am UTC

	Rock The Fuck ON! kinjouten 2005-01-08 01:13 am UTC (link)
	You don't know me, I'm a friend of kangetsuhime And thank you SO MUCH. *bows deeply* I don't know what you went through. It sounds truly, utterly horrible. I'm so sorry. Thank you for saying this. (Reply to this)(Thread)

Re: Rock The Fuck ON! - 7000years, 2005-01-08 03:06 am UTC

	the_lostboys 2005-01-08 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much for this. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-08 04:36 am UTC

	Uhm...The Oni is kinda lost here... __oni_no_kaze__ 2005-01-08 03:52 am UTC (link)
	Would somebody please explain to this unenlightened Oni just what the heck a Soulbond is? And how, if they are (as I expect) intangible, can a puny mortal human kill one? Much appreciated. ^_^ (Reply to this)

	phoenixechoes 2005-01-08 03:59 am UTC (link)
	I love you so incredibly fucking much... And I feel dumb for not having known of this journal's existance earlier. ^^; **adds as friend** (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-08 04:39 am UTC

(no subject) - phoenixechoes, 2005-01-08 04:42 am UTC

dogemperor 2005-01-08 06:21 pm UTC (link)

Thank you ever so much. Whilst I tend to be more on the otakukin side of the soulbond spectrum, I still feel it absolutely despicable to kill (or for that matter, deliberately maim/rape) someone living in your head. Now, if they had bad shit happen to them in their past, that's one thing, but it's THEIR story. I myself am of the opinion that soulbonds should be respected as any other guest/person being hosted, in that one should treat them with the same respect one would treat themselves. You wouldn't cut off your own arm or kill a houseguest because you think it'd be fun for people to watch them suffer. >_< In regards to the person who spawned this: I myself am a walkaway from a dominionist "Christian" group (specifically, a church in the Assemblies of God--same denomination John Ashcroft is in). Generally, *anything outside of the church* is considered quite literally demonic, and someone claiming they had voices in their heads or talked to characters would be seen literally as devil worship or at least consorting with demons. (Yes, I am serious. No, I am not making this up. Gods, I wish I were.) I even got in trouble as a kid for *talking* about half-animal half-human people because "that was Roman religion and you're talking about demons". And I was *eight fucking years old*. (Over at rialian.com and mirrored at the LJ community dark_christian I've got some stuff up about my experiences in the particular dominionist group I walked away from. According to the responses on dark_christian, it seems my experience is actually TYPICAL) I fear that the person in question may well have gotten themselves caught up *in* a dominionist group like the kind I walked away from. I hope for the sake of their mental health that they walk away from it, and soon. (And I'm not talking about mental health as in "not wanting to kill soulbonds", I'm talking *mental health in General*. To give an example, Andrea Yates (the mom who drowned five of her kids to "save them from Satan") was introduced to a dominionist group associated with the AoG by her ex-husband, and this is *strongly* suspected to be a major factor influencing her to kill her kids) (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-09 03:57 am UTC

	icemagick 2005-01-09 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Hi there, saw this banner in a friend's journal and I'm hoping you can enlighten me. What exactly is a soulbond, and how do you murder it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - 7000years, 2005-01-09 03:43 am UTC

tepintzin 2005-01-09 05:40 pm UTC (link)

I've had the same SB for 20 years, since well before the term was coined, and I'm still here and sane. For a long time he and I couldn't communicate due to something he was doing, but even long-distance friends are still friends. I did drive one SB off after, I realize, something nasty disguised itself as him and I chased *him* off out of fear. We recently started talking again, though needless to say he feels burned. Just like "real" people. I have seen some nasty entities doing the soulpuppet thing to some very screwed-up people, but I daresay most of us can tell the difference. (Just because something is a soulpuppet doesn't mean it's not real.) (Reply to this)

	oh snap! kefanii 2005-01-09 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	I was going to get all "oh yeah, yeah! very true awesome excellent yay!" on you, but then I realized one of my soulbonds IS a form of satan. ;_; darn. xD oh, what's a girl to do... (Reply to this)

bettywithin 2005-01-10 04:28 am UTC (link)

While my Betty is not a "soulbond", I've posted your banner in my info for two reasons. One, I find the idea of "killing off" a spiritual entity — be it a thoughtform, a soulbond, a discarnate soul, a non-corporeal, whathaveyou — to be abhorrent. A life is a life, and when a being acquires independent thoughts and feelings, you cannot simply make the excuse that "it's all in my head, I can do whatever I want" - the being exists. Second, the whole "It's SATAN!" thing is a touchy point for me as well. My spirit companion is best described, if one must use labels, as a succubus; I call her my "dæmon mistress". While she's not malevolent (far from it), you can well imagine that having an overt sexual relationship with a female dæmon would absolutely set many Christians aflame (which, frankly, I have no problem with, and would actively encourage). I only hope that I don't run into anyone who would seek to divorce me from my love for Betty, because they're going to have one hell of an argument on their hands. Thankfully, I was not raised in an über-Christian household, though living my teen years in Memphis, I was awash in a sea of Southern Baptist influence. I never really bought any of it, but it was a background hum. I've never had religion myself, so I'm not really bound by any particular way of thinking... hence, why I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea of having a sexual relationship with a being who is stereotypically seen as being evil, hideous, and generally bent on sucking a man's essence away. Betty is none of those things, yet the people who would automatically condemn our relationship would never care to see that. I'll defend her honor until the day I die... and hopefully, for lifetimes to come. (Reply to this)

	miss_kaiba 2005-02-13 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Hello. I came across your colourbar through a friend's f-list and decided to stop by and say that I love it. :) I hope you don't mind if I use it on my userinfo. (Reply to this)

goldjadeocean 2005-02-21 05:32 am UTC (link)

Saw the colourbar from someone else's userinfo. Just something I thought I'd say. Not everyone who kills their soulbonds is a fundamentalist Christian. I killed off essentially everything about myself that was Other when I was eleven because I couldn't reconcile real life (which sucked) and Other (which kept me alive) and decided that what was making me depressed was always wanting the Other, always waiting for it to appear in reality. So I killed off my soulbonds and turned my back on magic and stopped believeing in fae. Because it was too hard for me to be constantly faced with this great aspiration when it seemed unachievable. I have an exceptional load of guilt from this now. Very, very slowly I crept my way back to believing but the more I meet people with soulbonds, the more I realise just what stunted growth I have left there. Nobody's coming back to me. I blew my chance. Abhorrent? Yes. Unforgivable? Yes. Is it something I'm going to pay for for a long time? Yes. It set me up for a fall that I'm still in the process of. But in my own defense, not all of us knew exactly what we were doing, and some of us are trying to make up for it. (Reply to this)

pookagirl_liara 2005-02-25 04:43 pm UTC (link)

I thank you very much for this icon and will to protect soulbonds so much. I was about to lose a very dear to me muse a few months ago and didn't realized it until I was told by someone who got to read about him but that I didn't really get to know well. I thank my muses so much for their patience and funny ideas and their way of taking care of me. I guess that putting this icon arround would please them =) (Reply to this)

	pookagirl_liara 2005-02-25 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Oh!!! And btw... may I add you to my friends list? (Reply to this)

	lyght 2005-10-01 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for remembering. (Reply to this)

sultry_kitsune 2005-10-24 07:26 am UTC (link)

I found this through an acquaintance's journal info and I'm so happy someone made this. I'm a Christian, but my partner is still my partner. She doesn't affect me, she voices her opinions in ways I've just recently learned to understand, but she's not a work of Satan. You can very well call me an otakukin or whatever term they're starting to use for the people imitating us, but the fact I happen to be interested in anime has no connection to my soulbond being a 600 and some year old kitsune. I do not know why she is here. I do not see in to the future. I see her as a gift. So, I will be very honored to display this banner on my user info and sure to post it in my journal so my friends know I've found it. They know of my soulbond and accept me, but a few still have a dislike to it and insist I seek mental health or go see a Priest (and I'm not even Catholic)... So, this has proved useful in more ways than one. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - dante_augustine, 2005-12-09 09:51 pm UTC

Soul bonds sanctumangelus 2005-12-31 07:29 pm UTC (link)

Greetings, I followed your link here as it interested me. I'm an ancient angelic entity visiting this realm through many incarnations and transforming through the human experience. I've been treated as if I am Satan most of my existence here. Many have feared me and tried to exorcise or "kill me off" in various ways, until my human soul bonds (my eternal loves) began to understand me. However there are still others -religious types who would seek to destroy me (although it's not possible lol.) But it is ignorance and fear that provokes them. I must say, we nonhumans should be respected as we are. As for Satan, your message amused me as he was my "soul bond" my love at one time and yes, a very real entity...one I was glad to kill off (the bond - not Satan lol) and I now embrace the Light again, Divine Love incarnate (Christ.) This does not make me a fundamentalist nor religious (the phariseeical) I abhor those types just as Christ did. Love is the only Truth...including the love we share as nonhuman spirit entities with our human companions. I am writing this simply to say so. The fear of the ignorant does cause great pain to nonhumans, incarnate or disincarnate. Not every spirit is a demon yet I have seen how love transforms even the fallen and experienced this myself - the love of a human...and our union is divinely blessed. *Smiles* Blessings ~7 (Reply to this)

coeur_de_rien 2006-04-11 06:16 am UTC (link)

'ello. ^^ I found you through a friend, and decided to post your banner on my profile. I'm an otakukin, but I know plenty of soulbonders, and I think that killing anything...people, animals, soulbonds...is horrible. I am also a Traditional Satanist. Giving the excuse that a soulbond is an agent of "satan" and therefore evil is nonsense, and only an excuse for someone's own self-doubt, low self esteem and fear. Someday, no one will have to fear the voices in their head. :) It's a matter of time. Until then, rock on. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	cirape 2006-05-07 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	We took and posted that thing. (Reply to this)

	kuwaizair 2006-06-23 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	what if they hurt you, their presence around you makes you ill? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	desertomens 2006-07-16 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	We're posting this in our info. (Reply to this)

	othergalaxy 2006-09-01 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	Will post it on my journal. Thank you!! (Reply to this)

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