#telepathic bonds

BUT ANYWAYS! The reason it's my favourite because of how much Kirk and Spock could use it. They literally can send each other their THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, what's not to love?

Like imagine some stuffy admiral comes on board and Kirk can hear Spock get irrationally angry when said admiral disrespects not only Kirk but the rest of the bridge as well. Or there'll be idle chats or questions of things like "what does -insert figure of speech here- mean?" or "could you tell me something about this place honestly where ensign ridley can't hear? i don't want the poor boy to get scared"

BUT ALSO IMAGINE IT IN LIKE AN ANGSTY CONTEXT TOO.

Like whenever one of them is rendered immobile does the other try to reach out through the link? When Spock died in WOK did he give Kirk one final "I love you, T'hy'la." before dying? Did Kirk try to fruitlessly reach out through the link right after Spock died just to ensure the bond was dead?

SIMILARILY- when Kirk died, did Spock similarly try to reach him? Illogically reaching for a man that is gone and who cannot be saved now?

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Word Count: 1790 Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Clint Barton, Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Minor Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton, Team Dynamics, Telepathic Bond, Fear Series: Part 4 of Febuwhump 2025 Summary:

Telepathic bonds.

Of any type.  Soulmates, linked-by-ritual, magic-gone-wrong, unconventional shackles.  Willing, unexpected, dreaded, forced.  Friends, enemies, rivals, strangers, allies, family.

Hmm, what’s that?  Hurting one will hurt the other?  Oh, how awful.

What did you say?  If they stay apart too long they’ll grow sick and weak and die?  How tragic.

Pardon?  The only way to get unlinked is by venturing into the depths of dark and dangerous lands to get a poisonous cure that’ll cause unbearable pain and might not work?  What horrible luck.

Could you repeat that?  Killing one would kill the other and they’re currently both hostages in enemy clans?  That sounds like a recipe for disaster.  (Yum.)

I didn’t quite hear that?  There’s actually a really simple way to unlink them and avoid all this pain but that means condemning one of them to die and the other one refuses to do it?  Oh dear.  (Cheshire cat grin.)

Enemies using the bond against each other?  Rivals refusing to heed the warning of pain as they stretch the link to its breaking point?  Bonds used as torture?  Strangers torn between saving themselves and saving the other?  Refusing to give up on the bond even when delirious from pain?  Trapped in a bond with someone dangerous and monstrous and terrifying?

How dreadful and appalling and horrible.

the missing part by ednae on AO3 ~ 20,354 words ~ 5/5 ~ Teen and Up ~ No Warnings ~ Klance

"I can hear your thoughts," Keith nearly whispered.

Lance went pale, but that wasn't what Keith was focused on.   Because he could feel the horror creeping up inside himself as Lance heard his declaration.  Because he could feel his own heart skip a beat in time with Lance's.  Because he could feel the rejection bubbling up inside him as Lance frantically worked out what all this meant.

"Wh—what are you talking about?" Lance said, stumbling over his words even while his mind screamed clear as day please say you're lying just say you're fucking with me don't play these kinds of games with me—

In which the paladins are subjected to the unfortunate consequences of a broken mind meld program.

Thank you, both for the compliment and for giving me a chance to talk about one of my favourite topics. Before I start, I’m going to link to a post I wrote last year about actual bonding ceremonies. I don’t know if you’re planning to include that or not.

The biggest piece of advice I can give is that their marriage bond can only be as healthy and respectful as their marriage. If one partner manipulates the other and ignores their boundaries, those patterns will spill over into their bond. 

My Doctor and Rose have a healthy bond because they have a healthy marriage. They listen to one another, respect each other’s differing opinions and experience, work as partners with both of them taking the lead when appropriate... The Doctor doesn’t use the bond to barge into Rose’s painful memories, and she doesn’t force him to tell her things he’s not ready to share. 

The whole idea of respecting boundaries is why I created the rule that bond mates don’t lie to each other. In my mind, lying to someone you’re connected to telepathically should be pretty much pointless. And if you’re lying to someone even though you know they will know, that’s hugely disrespectful. 

But at the same time, it’s important to respect that your partner might not want to share everything right away, so I also gave them a way to indicate to each other that, “Yes, you’re right, I am upset. But I don’t want to talk about it right now.”

And now to my second piece of advice. Figure out exactly how telepathy and telepathic bonds work in your world. Is it just for communication? Communication and empathically sensing each other’s emotions? Or can they actually see each other’s thoughts inside their head? The degree to which telepathy works will guide you as you figure out how your couple can set respectful boundaries. 

I chose to make it possible for bond mates to follow each other’s train of thought, but I made it something that takes a little bit of effort. Outside of not wanting to deal with writing characters who always know every single thought in the other character’s mind, I wanted them to be able to keep fun surprises. How boring would holidays and birthdays be if you always knew exactly what you were getting? 

And because it takes effort to pick up on your partner’s every thought, it’s possible to mark a thought as private so it isn’t intruded upon. There’s the built-in boundary.

There’s one other thing that can affect how respectful your characters are of each other. If the bond is mandatory or a biological compulsion, instead of being a choice, the whole respect angle can be tricky. It sounds like you’re planning for your characters to have a healthy relationship, or you probably wouldn’t be asking how to write their bond to match that. 

But. If there were a situation where two people who don’t respect each other are bonded, it could very easily be exploited. Or if they have an inherent, culturally ingrained respect for telepathy but don’t have personal feelings for each other, the bond might be cold and distant. My Doctor and Rose have an intimate bond because they chose it as a way to express their love for each other.

Truly, the most important fact is that their bond will mirror their relationship. If your couple loves each other and respects each other, the bond will show that. They will treat each other telepathically the same way they treat each other outside of their own heads. 

But if they’re constantly trading barbs or tromping on boundaries or selfishly doing what they want without thinking about what the other wants... Then the bond will be another way for them to snap at each other and take advantage of each other and use each other. 

Thanks again for asking!

Chapters: 29/31 Fandom: Kingsman (Movies), Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Broadchurch Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Percival/Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Harry Hart | Galahad/Percival, Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin/Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin, Nanny Ashtoreth/Aziraphale (Good Omens), Merlin/Percival (Kingsman), Harry Hart | Galahad/Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Percival/Merlin/Eggsy, Alec Hardy/Ellie Miller Characters: Percival (Kingsman), Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Harry Hart | Galahad, Merlin (Kingsman), Nanny Ashtoreth (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Alec Hardy Additional Tags: Kinktober 2020, Omorashi, BDSM, Dom/sub, Verbal Humiliation, Human Furniture, Anal Fisting, Breathplay, Boot Worship, Sensory Deprivation, Forced Orgasm, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Breeding, Knotting, Casting Couch, Pegging, Daddy Kink, Temperature Play, Dacryphilia, Spanking, Frottage, Face-Sitting, Prostitution, Merlin Has a Large Cock, Intercrural Sex, Threesome - M/M/M, Puppy Play, Mirror Sex, Creampie, Exhibitionism, Formalwear, Double Penetration in One Hole, Double Anal Penetration, Masturbation, Inflation, Stripping, Public Sex, Role Reversal, Crossdressing, Lingerie, Telepathic Bond Summary:

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