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Charabond is a term similar to fictive and can be used to replace the term fictive. It is under the umbrella term anaspect and is a term exclusive to soulbond, gateway, spiritual, and other non-medical systems. It is a term meaning a headmate looks like a character from a fictional media or may have a fictional counterpart, but they are not medically introjected and come from another location/universe than this one. Charabond can also replace the term 'fictional counterpart' for ease of typing and explanation.
The word itself comes from the simple words 'character' and 'soulbond', meaning said characters anaspection is spiritual. Even though the word comes partially from soulbond, the term is not exclusive to soulbond origin systems only and can be used by any non-medical system.