The beginning of a bond
Sometimes a new soulbond doesn’t push through all at once by surprise. Sometimes there’s a limbo period where you can sort of sense that somebody’s *there* trying to get ahold of you in the back of your mind. A metaphorical ringing telephone. Sometimes you can see the caller ID, sometimes it’s from a blocked number and all you know is that it’s somebody, and they keep poking you.
I’ve been feeling that sort of mental push for a couple of weeks now. The sense of someone reading over my shoulder occasionally, along with various emotional flushes. This particular bond seems to carry with him a sort of embarrassed and disgruntled indignant that he carries with him like a cloak.
The bond in question? Anakin Skywalker. Its funny because it’s one of those cases where I’m not all that invested in the source material but the bond is popping up anyway. I’ve never rped Anakin or Vader, and the last time I saw the prequels was when they were in the theatre the first time. But the new movie has shaken up all the SW fans and there’s all this discussion of the character on my dashboard, and every time I read any of it, this little presence in the back of my mind gets embarrassed and huffy, or otherwise emotional.
Often that’s the way with bonds. They just start out as a feeling, and then the connection gets stronger and you get words and actions. I finally managed to get a few words out of Anakin today, so I’d consider him now a full, if nascent, bond.
He doesn’t seem to know why he’s here, and I certainly don’t know why he’s here. But that’s okay. i’m sort of looking forward to seeing what he has to say. Maybe I’ll force him to sit through team Starkid’s ‘Ani’. (or maybe I’m not that cruel)
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