The rules for claiming

[icemink]

I know this isn't cannon (as in from the show) but what would people say are the rules for claiming? I'm dealing with it in one of my stories, and feel caught up in the mechanics. Mostly I'm trying to figure out what in a bite makes it a claiming.

So what are your opinions? I know there isn't a hard and fast rule, and I can make it work however I please in my story, I just haven't figured out what will work best in my story yet.

Comments

[icemink.livejournal.com]

Although I like your ideas on intent, they don't entirely fit my story, because the intent is definitely there on both parts. I think I'm going to go with it being something verbal that's missing. But I want something other than the word 'mine'. I kind of like the idea that saying her name (with the intent to claim) right after the bite is what completes it. This way it could be a name magic kind of thing. And now I'm back to intent again.

[ex-bloodshed662.livejournal.com]

do what I did in Some Cold Lovin, Las Vegas Style and have some "latin" words be responsible for completing the claim. That certain latin binding phrase could be missing...?

So many ways to do it...