soulmark

English

Etymology

soul +‎ mark

Noun

soulmark (plural soulmarks)

1. (fandom slang) A mark on a character's body identifying their soulmate(s); the physical manifestation of a character's soulbond.
   • 2011, Angela Corbett, Eternal Starling, unnumbered page:

     “Unfortunately, it's not defective. Though most people's soulmarks only recognize one other soul, yours seems to recognize two.”

   • 2017, Kinga Kowalska, “Embodied Soulmarks and Social Expectations: The Materialization of Romantic Love in Soulmate AU Fanfiction”, in Anna Malinowska, Michael Gratzke, editors, The Materiality of Love: Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice, unnumbered page:

     The changes to Darcy's soulmark correspond with her soulmate's state of mind.

   • 2018, Malin Brus, "'I Don't Think We've Been Formally Introduced?": Re-contextualising a Literary Model for First Meetings through Adaptation Theory and Fan Fiction", dissertation submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 21:

     In the fan fiction adaptation, Someone_aka_me uses the same lines to forge a connection between Alec and Magnus, both figuratively (putting both characters in the same scene and having them react to and impact each other) and literally (this particular piece of fan fiction introduces an alternative plotline in which Magnus’s words activate a soulbond between them, as they match a pre-existing soulmark imprinted on Alec’s skin).