@FandomChats it's not an appealing trope to me. It usually reduces the stakes & makes the story less compelling.

However I'll still read a soulmates fic if there are other things about it that interest me.

Some recs, all #WangXian except for one #YiZhan RPF

 https://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks?commit=Sort+and+Filter&bookmark_search%5Bsort_column%5D=created_at&bookmark_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=Soulmates&bookmark_search%5Bother_bookmark_tag_names%5D=&bookmark_search%5Bexcluded_tag_names%5D=&bookmark_search%5Bexcluded_bookmark_tag_names%5D=&bookmark_search%5Bbookmarkable_query%5D=&bookmark_search%5Bbookmark_query%5D=&bookmark_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&bookmark_search%5Brec%5D=0&bookmark_search%5Brec%5D=1&bookmark_search%5Bwith_notes%5D=0&user_id=lookitmychicken

*Sunder* by #naqaashi is especially interesting because its soulmates concept is linked to golden cores. And WWX gave his golden core to JC.

https://blorbo.social/@lookitmychicken/109435050554122946