Okidoki, this is the last info post before I get to the main plot, I swear /lh
Soulbonds!! Yes, they're the same as Soulmates, but I just like to use a different term that was made up in-universe.
(But also bc I didn't actually mean for this to be a soulmate au at first and didn't really connect the whole soulbond thing to being soulmates until someone pointed it out lol)
(But I am not complaining kjdfghd-)
Anyway, so, a large majority of people are born with "defects" (remember that though these people are still people, they are treated like robots and non-human junk)
These defects can range from missing or faulty senses, emotions, feelings, or even limbs and organs being missing or faulty.
While certain defects will be fixed medically-missing limbs/organs usually-with some requiring "fixing" by AFO, some of these just cannot be fixed medically.
These defects will be fixed when a person meets and establishes their soulbond.
A very rare portion of people are born "perfect" with no defects whatsoever, and this usually means that they do not have a soulbond, though that does not at all mean they are incapable of being with someone!!
Usually, these "perfect" folk are immediately chosen by AFO for Special Experimentation, to try and perfect the formula even further and turn them into pawns for his schemes.
It is either that or he decides to "Gift" them to the Skyracing commission to take care of. (Hawks....was one of these Gifts)
A bond can between more than two people, and yes, this could end with someone looking like a walking rainbow.
A bond also does not have to be romantic, platonic soulbonds are very common (and QPRs <3333)
Everyone has their own soul colour, yes?
And each Soulbond has its own colour.
This colour will be different to the people's individual colours, and usually will be either a mix of the colours or a separate colour linking them both.
(Like how edgejeanist are red and blue respectively, but their bond colour is purple)
This colour is very important.
If you remember from my other post, injuries received on a marking will show up as the person-who-did-it's colour.
If the mark/injury/scar is received from an established soulbond, it will be the bond colour instead!
This can also affect the way an injury bleeds, as the blood can appear a mix of the injured person's colour and the soulbond colour.
A Soulbond is established through a moment of heightened emotion and physical contact between some of their markings.
This can be something like a sweet emotional confession, heartbreak, anger between two fighting rivals, or......another form of...intimate.....action-
The place where they were touching markings will now show their new bond colour after this moment and will last for about a day or two. This is how they can tell a bond has been established.
Now, whenever their soulbond makes contact with one of their markings, a mark will be left in their bond colour.
This coloured mark can last from a minute up to a day or so, depending on the intensity of the touch.
(This means like, a brush of the hand will not last as long as a slap across the face- or- the contact from a heavily intimate moment.)
Fixed Defects Will Become The Colour Of Their Soulmates Markings.
So for instance, I'll use Jeanist and Edgeshot as examples:
They both have one defective eye that shows up grey and awful looking- as soon as they are bonded, Jeanist's eye turns red and gathers a normal appearance, and Edge's turns blue!
Things like missing senses will show up as internal markings, and feelings will connect to the eyes and heart.
If a soulbond dies/gets turned into a soulless, the place that was their colour will turn to a grey version of their bond colour.
There is a Bond Percentage, that determines how perfectly the two souls fit together and how in sync they are, etc.
A low % does not mean that they aren't fit for each other, or that they are a bad coupling- It just means that their souls/defects/everything doesn't line up perfectly and that's perfectly normal :)
The average % is about 65% to 70%.
A "100% True Bond", as it is called, is so rare there have only ever been a few Bonds known with it, and it is often brushed off as not real or impossibly high standards-
(A 100% True Bond is a bond that means that they are literal other halves to each other, complete each other and are so in sync that they can actually utilise special abilities unique to their bond! -> no one knows that yet though)
(A very high bond can also tap into certain special abilities, but just not to the extent of a 100% True Bond)
(can you guess which two little gays just so happen to have a 100% true bond???)
All for One doesn't care for soulbonds and brushes it off as a trivial little thing that came with the formula and couldn't ever really do any harm or affect anything.
He does not know that a very strong Soulbond is what's going to be the end of him....
Okay, so here's this!!! I may have missed some stuff, I do apologise if I have-
Feel free to send in any asks if you want me to elaborate on any of this!!
