>The red thread of fate (Chinese: 姻緣紅線; pinyin: Yīnyuán hóngxiàn), also referred to as the red thread of marriage, the invisible string theory and other variants, is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese mythology. It is commonly thought of as an invisible red cord around the finger of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation, as they are "their one true love".>According to Chinese legend, the deity in charge of "the red thread" is believed to be Yuè Xià Lǎorén (月下老人), often abbreviated to Yuè Lǎo (月老), the old lunar matchmaker god, who is in charge of marriages. In the original Chinese myth, the thread is tied around both parties' ankles, while in Japanese culture it is bound from a male's thumb to a female's little finger. In modern times, though, it is common across both these cultures to depict the thread being tied around the fingers, often the little finger. The color red in Chinese culture symbolises happiness and it is also prominently featured during Chinese weddings.>The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break.Any novels or poems cover this?
>>24944807i gotchu
>>24944881I am afraid to watch this.
>>24944807>Any novels or poems cover this?Yeah there are like a million novels and poems about love and fate
>>24944807Asimov wrote a story called What If—? where a married couple get a chance to see a parallel universe where they didn't have that first meeting that caused them to get married. They still fall in love in the alternate world.
I told this story to this 19 year old girl I dated, saying there was a red string connecting us together, and she tattooed a red line on her finger, like a wedding ring. We broke up like a year later, lol.
>>24944807Me and my homies hate fate. Defy the heavens.
>>24945811tattoos are so shit
>>24945880I have a Japanese style sleeve as a white manyes I'm a weebyes I would racemix with Japanese women
>>24945889You are better than that anon, don't sully your blood
>>24944807Almost every romance anime has this.
>>24946079too late, I had a child with a puerto rican womanreally fucked up there desu
>>24945880What are you telling me for? I didn't get one.
>>24944807There are more than two billion indians and chinese. Meaning that your true love is likely to be mapped to one of them which makes this a shit theory
>>24944807does the chinese tradition actually have our notion of romantic, chivalrous love and courtship, or is this a modern reimagining?
>>24947504My favorite Chinese love superstition is that whoever gets splashed by boiling water when placing a live dog into a stew pot is destined for an impassioned love affair.
Oh how I wish people were fated to find soulmates and live happily ever after. Unfortunately life isn't that kind.It seems like in many stories fate is something burdensome, but to me, a lack of fate seems much more burdensome. If fate was real then I would have no problem just accepting it and would even welcome the sense of direction it would provide in my life. Instead I am left floundering, given options to create my own destiny but being too weak and indecisive to do so.>>24945770That sounds like a wholesome story.>>24946434There's nothing saying that the red string is entirely random or probabilistic across every possible partner. People tend to be more compatible with people from their own culture and it would take quite of twist of fate to have someone meet another from outside their general region, even in the age of the internet and international travel. If people were truly destined to end up together like this then most people would still end up with someone from their geographic locality in the same or a similar cultural background.
>>24944807Kinda
