Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
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Heart-kin. Noun. Coined by Julie E. Czerneda, common term among Om'ray/M'hiray (also known as "the Clan"; these aliens appear in her Trade Pact Universe trilogy and in the ongoing prequel to that, the Stratification trilogy-in-progress). To be heart-kin with someone is to confer a bond as close as kinship without the physical/genetic ties of blood relationship. In Om'ray/M'hiray culture, this bond is considered to be on a level with those bonds of blood, in some cases surpassing them. I often use the term "heart-kin" when discussing the people to whom I feel most intimately and intricately bound, those with whom I share a deep and special understanding, so that our minds in meeting might discern each other. One can be kin and still be heart-kin, but not all relatives are automatically given the status of heart-kin; it must be earned.
In connection to this slightly:
Mountain troll theory of friendship. Inspired by J. K. Rowling, and the scene in Sorcerer's Stone in which Harry and Ron save Hermione from a mountain troll. The chapter ends with the sentence, "There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them." This theory explains those friendships that spring up more quickly than expected, generally between people who are thrown together under highly stressful circumstances and must get to know each other quickly in order to depend upon each other for mental/physical/moral support and continued survival.
Heart-kin. Noun. Coined by Julie E. Czerneda, common term among Om'ray/M'hiray (also known as "the Clan"; these aliens appear in her Trade Pact Universe trilogy and in the ongoing prequel to that, the Stratification trilogy-in-progress). To be heart-kin with someone is to confer a bond as close as kinship without the physical/genetic ties of blood relationship. In Om'ray/M'hiray culture, this bond is considered to be on a level with those bonds of blood, in some cases surpassing them. I often use the term "heart-kin" when discussing the people to whom I feel most intimately and intricately bound, those with whom I share a deep and special understanding, so that our minds in meeting might discern each other. One can be kin and still be heart-kin, but not all relatives are automatically given the status of heart-kin; it must be earned.
In connection to this slightly:
Mountain troll theory of friendship. Inspired by J. K. Rowling, and the scene in Sorcerer's Stone in which Harry and Ron save Hermione from a mountain troll. The chapter ends with the sentence, "There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them." This theory explains those friendships that spring up more quickly than expected, generally between people who are thrown together under highly stressful circumstances and must get to know each other quickly in order to depend upon each other for mental/physical/moral support and continued survival.
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Date: 2009-01-29 06:49 pm (UTC)I absolutely LOVE your uniqueness.
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