::: grin ::: I think you're wrong about the idea of a soulmate. Stealing from Mercedes Lackey, there are just those persons out there that "complete" another person. It doesn't matter if love is involved or not, but rather that these two persons are not whole somehow, someway without the other.
Too often, people assume that a soulmate is the perfect lover, companion, gf/bf, whatever... but that isn't farther from the truth. No, a soulmate is that aspect that is missing from yourself that can only be found elsewhere.
With Buffy and Angel, the idea of soulmates can be unbelievably romantic... as long as it isn't taken too far. Look at it. He crossed "oceans of time" (Sorry. Had to steal Oldman's line.) for the one that completed him. They match as opposites, down to hair and eye color and height.
But my favorite thing for people to consider is how badly they both fared once separated. Sure, they're both champions, fighting the good fight, but it was only in those brief moments together that they caught their breath to move on again. Not as lovers or anything else, but as two halves coming back together.
IMNSHO....
Too often, people assume that a soulmate is the perfect lover, companion, gf/bf, whatever... but that isn't farther from the truth. No, a soulmate is that aspect that is missing from yourself that can only be found elsewhere.
With Buffy and Angel, the idea of soulmates can be unbelievably romantic... as long as it isn't taken too far. Look at it. He crossed "oceans of time" (Sorry. Had to steal Oldman's line.) for the one that completed him. They match as opposites, down to hair and eye color and height.
But my favorite thing for people to consider is how badly they both fared once separated. Sure, they're both champions, fighting the good fight, but it was only in those brief moments together that they caught their breath to move on again. Not as lovers or anything else, but as two halves coming back together.