So Tim Drake dated Stephenie Brown and had a ton of romantic subtext with Conner Kent.

And Cassandra Cain dated Conner Kent and had a ton of romantic subtext with Stephenie Brown.

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Fic: Six Things That Changed Because They Were In A Sedoretu, and One Thing That Didn't

Six Things That Changed Because They Were In A Sedoretu, and One Thing That Didn't (7929 words) by Beatrice_Otter Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Written for: @tielan in Sedoretu Exchange 2023

Relationships: Lee "Apollo" Adama/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Anastasia "Dee" Dualla/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Sam Anders/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Lee "Apollo" Adama/Sam Anders, Sam Anders & Anastasia "Dee" Dualla, Lee "Apollo" Adama/Sam Anders/Anastasia "Dee" Dualla/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace Characters: Lee "Apollo" Adama, Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Anastasia "Dee" Dualla, Sam Anders

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sedoretu, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Happy Ending, Polyamory, Podfic Welcome, Don't copy to another site Summary:

what it says on the tin

On AO3. On Squidgeworld. On Dreamwidth. Rebloggable on pillowfort.

Betaed by iberiandoctor With an old-school fandom, I figured why not go for an old-school format?

Fic wittering and explanation of a sedoretu behind the read-more.

sedoretuex has revealed, and I can now reveal that I wrote TWO stories! (I have not yet had time to read any stories but my own--I have been really busy this January--but I am planning on making my way through the collection soon.)

My second story for this exchange was a pinch hit for tielan that I had been eyeing for treat purposes since the beginning, because our tastes are very similar and every one of her ideas was amazing and absolutely a story I wanted to exist. But there was a problem! Each one of those stories, my feeling was "I want that to exist, but I don't know if I can do justice to it."

Here were my main options:

1) Relationship and prompt I have written for tielan before (MCU, Steve/Maria/Natasha/Bucky, the previous fic being Look Clear and Calm)

2) Really interesting relationship and prompt from a TV show I've only seen sporadic episodes of (Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton/Daphne Bridgerton/Kate Sharma (Bridgerton TV), The oldest son and oldest daughter of the Bridgerton family finding and settling on a sedoretu husband and wife for their familial quartet. In the middle of the season. With the ton looking on.)

3) Relationship I requested myself and would really like to se done, but I requested it because I'm not sure of my ability to write it and the canon is a TV show I haven't watched in almost 2 decades. (BSG, Lee/Kara/Sam/Dee)

4) Relationship I already wrote for this ficathon for my original assignment. (Star Wars Legends, Luke/Mara/Leia/Han, the other fic being Dawning Understanding)

And these were just the top four. There were 13 requested quartets and I could have written 10 of them! I was spoiled for choice! Honestly, it was a little bit paralyzing.

But in the end, I went with BSG, and decided that Wikipedia would have to be enough canon review. And it really did write itself; everything poured out. As always, for me, Dee was going to have a major role and survive; I love her and she was done so dirty by canon. Her death was the first time I got incandescently angry about a fridging because I could see it for what it was. And of the relationships in this foursome, Lee/Kara is my least favorite. (I am glad that in Kara we got to have a female character who was fucked up and messy and not punished for it or considered 'whiny,' but at the same time, there were a lot of other fucked up and messy female characters on that show, and a lot of the other character arcs interested me more than 'cosmic destiny + will she and Lee ever get their act together.' But I know that Lee/Kara is tielan's favorite! So as I was plotting out each section I had to restrain myself: how much Dee was too much? What could I find to say about the other three? Because if I was writing it for myself, the balance would have been very different. (But I think it would have been a weaker story, less balanced.)

A sedoretu is a specific organization of a poly marriage created by Ursula K. Le Guin in her short story "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" aka "Another Story" available in a 1994 short story collection of the same name. It includes four people and specific arrangements of the relationships inside it. All people have a "moiety" that is considered as inherent as gender; the two moieties are Morning and Evening. Sex with someone of the same moiety is considered incest. The expected relationships within each sedoretu are: The Morning woman and the Evening man (the “Morning marriage”) The Evening woman and the Morning man (the “Evening marriage”) The Morning woman and the Evening woman (the “Day marriage”) The Morning man and the Evening man (the “Night marriage”) (i.e. two homosexual and two heterosexual pairings)

Here is the Fanlore explanation of it and the E2 explanation.

Polyam event - Sedoretu EX

Title: Sedoretu exchange Type: Polyam-specific event Fandom: Multifandom Summary by event creators: This is an exchange dedicated to celebrating the sedoretu. A sedoretu is a specific organization of a poly marriage created by Ursula K. Le Guin. More information about what a sedoretu is can be found here. Schedule: September 9, 2023 - September 16, 2023: Nomination Period September 17, 2023 - September, 30, 2023: Sign-up Period Rules and info: https://sedoretuex.dreamwidth.org/927.html AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/SedoretuEx2023/profile

Prompt 2 for the Sedoretu story: Hope. (What is a Sedoretu?)

I didn't mean for these parts to be continuous, and the next few parts probably won't be. I just wanted to write exposition to set up the main issue of the story. This one refers to character death and sacrilegious relationships (in-universe.)

Hope For the Future

Fandom: Original Work Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Goddess of Justice/God of Peace/Goddess of War/Priest Who Serves Them All (OW) Tags: sedoretu, priestly class, historical fantasy, gods and men,

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aral Vorkosigan/Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Oliver Jole/Aral Vorkosigan/Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Aral Vorkosigan/Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan/Simon Illyan/Alys Vorpatril Characters: Aral Vorkosigan, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Simon Illyan, Alys Vorpatril Additional Tags: Time Period: Vorkosigan Regency, Sedoretu, Relationship Negotiation, Established Relationship, Pre-Relationship, Not Beta Read, One Shot, the intrinsic and inescapable political nature of relationships for all vorkosigans, Polyshipweek23 Series: Part 1 of polyship week 2023 Summary:

Cordelia isn't trying to play politics. Which is a good thing, because politically speaking it's a terrible idea.

Or;

In which Barrayar developed a social norm of fourway marriages sometime during the time of isolation, and yet incorporating Simon and Alys into Aral and Cordelia's existing galactic style marriage is apparently a much less straight forward suggestion than an unsuspecting Betan might think.

[for polyship week 2023, the day 1 prompt sedoretu]

So either I am worse than I thought at using AO3’s tagging system or I just discovered a very big void of content that needs to be filled immediately…

Look, I'm not going to write the fic, but Goncharov, Katya, Andrey, and Sofia could slot so perfectly into a my favorite niche polyshipping trope, the sedoretu. (What's a sedoretu? This post explains.) You could even weave together the film's clock motif with the Morning and Evening moiety names. I'm not the only one who sees this potential, right?

Sedoretus are frustrating to me because I always ship all the components of the polycule and I'm too lazy to write the possible repercussions of moiety incest

Sedoretu Exchange 2023

Posted by: glassesofjustice This is an exchange dedicated to celebrating the sedoretu. A sedoretu is a specific organization of a poly marriage created by Ursula K. Le Guin. Okay, but: "What is a sedoretu anyway?" 2023 Exchange Rules & FAQ Schedule Nominations: September 9, 2023 - September 16, 2023 (OPEN) Sign-ups open: September 17, 2023 Sign-ups close: September, 30, 2023 Assignments Out: Sunday, October 1, 2023 (16 hour grace period for unmatchable) Assignments Due: December 2, 2023 (What time is that for me?) Work Reveals: December 16, 2023 (Archive opening may be delayed to ensure everyone has a gift) What time is that for me? Creator Reveals: December 23, 2023 Info ☆ sedoretuex ☆ AO3 Collection | Tagset comments via The Fandom Calendar https://ift.tt/e5Nt0Qo

im thinkin about not-cats n sedoretus for some reason

@sunlitmcgee thoughts?

Dawning Understanding (6870 words) by Beatrice_Otter Fandom: Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker, Luke Skywalker/Han Solo, Mara Jade/Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade & Leia Organa, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Mara Jade & Han Solo Characters: Mara Jade, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa

Additional Tags: Sedoretu, Polyamory, Podfic Welcome

Summary: Leia, Han, and Luke have 3/4 of a sedoretu. Mara would make a perfect addition ... if she decides to take the leap.

On AO3. On Squidgeworld. On Dreamwidth. Rebloggable on Pillowfort.

A sedoretu is a specific organization of a poly marriage created by Ursula K. Le Guin in her short story "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" aka "Another Story" available in a 1994 short story collection of the same name. It includes four people and specific arrangements of the relationships inside it. All people have a "moiety" that is considered as inherent as gender; the two moieties are Morning and Evening. Sex with someone of the same moiety is considered incest. The expected relationships within each sedoretu are: The Morning woman and the Evening man (the “Morning marriage”) The Evening woman and the Morning man (the “Evening marriage”) The Morning woman and the Evening woman (the “Day marriage”) The Morning man and the Evening man (the “Night marriage”) (i.e. two homosexual and two heterosexual pairings)

Here is the Fanlore explanation of it and the E2 explanation.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Link/Sidon/Yona/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link/Sidon (Legend of Zelda), Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Sidon/Yona (Legend of Zelda), Yona/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Sidon (Legend of Zelda), Yona (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Sedoretu, Getting Together, Adventuring as Dating, Cozy, Mute Link (Legend of Zelda) Summary:

After the restoration of the land and Zelda's return, a few key players feel something is missing, and one incredible queen nudges the entire sedoretu into its proper form.

Multiamory March: Kiss

For Multiamory March 2024 I'm writing original fiction. It's about... how do I put this... how I feel Sedoretu would work in a society like the one we live in in 2024. I haven't decided if this is our world or a more generic world that follows the rules that Ursula le Guin put forth in her stories about the planet O; maybe that'll come to me while I write. The main storyline will be about three people who lost one of their spouses in the recent past, and how they go about finding a fourth.

More information about what a Sedoretu is here.

(This particular one is set during the group's wedding, so it's before their loss.)

March 1st: Kiss.

Wedding Ceremony (500 words)

Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Pepper Potts, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Maria Hill & Tony Stark, Maria Hill/Pepper Potts/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Characters: Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts, Maria Hill, Tony Stark Additional Tags: Sedoretu, Developing Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-ish Notes: Finally putting this out there.

This story won’t be to everyone’s tastes (in fact, I kind of expect it will be to nobody’s tastes). I wrote it for the Sedoretu Exchange 2023, as requested by one of the participants.

For those unfamliar with the concept of a sedoretu, it’s a quadrilateral set of relationships, traditionally composed of four people - two male, two female. Each person in the quad is in one same-sex relationship and one diff-sex relationship.

The idea was proposed and written about by Ursula Le Guin, and this past season was the first time anyone tried to run an exchange based on the idea.

It was loads of fun, and a great deal of hair-tearing frustration as I tried to wrestle the characters into position with sufficient detail so that the relationships would work for more than just the people who traditionally read everything I write. (Thank you, my darlings, I see your names pop up on kudos and comments and I notice and I love you for still coming back.)

At any rate, those of you willing to take the plunge (or who’ve already read it) I hope you enjoy(ed)!