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Not exactly. While Aether is "parrasitic force", seeking hosts to feed on their life energy, its power layes on changing the things around itself into another Aether, more correctly a matter into dark matter, capabl of destroying planets. Malekith planned to use it to cast "darkness" on the universe (thought I find this a little speculative, as 9 worlds cant cover up whole universe), thus "shaping the reality". Thats the connection. Because something is parasiting and seeking symbiosis or connection with another thing doesnt mean it is "Soul Stone". We will have to wait for the confirmation on the true role of the Aether. We all got it wrong when it was confirmed that Power was Orb, not Aether, lets not jump into conclussions. That Aether is Reality Stone is as the same of speculation like that Loki's Scepter Gem is Mind Stone.

For your previous statement about Soul changing color into red in comics, is valid. I havent read the comics at all, but I trust you. But than, if Aether was Soul Stone/Gem, why it didnt changed color when it was in Jane Foster? When she is "good" person, unlike Malekith's "evil"?

And when Jane was possessed by Aether, she hardly understood what happened to her. SHe didnt knew what to do with it. Malekith has got the knowledge of what Aether is and what it is capable of. Thus he could "change reality" in a way, but this may not be exactly how Reality Stone works, thought I admit among all the stones Reality is the best candidate for being able to "create solid matter".

Scepter Gem firing bursts of energy while being (speculatively) Mind Stone, the same that Tesseract can be used for creating energy weapons. All of the Infinite Stones have unique kind of energy, which can be "harvested" and used in many ways. Mind can be used for firing energy discharges if Thanos, who msot likely made it, has got enough knowledge how to do this, and he surely does. Again, my speculations, but based on facts and logic.