First Sedoretu Ship?

[anxious_songbird]

What was the first ship you shipped like a sedoretu?

Were you aware yet what a sedoretu was? Do you imagine this ship on planet O or do you make AUs for them? Why do you think this ship works well as a sedoretu?

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Not sedoretu proper, but one of the earliest "square" type relationships I remember is the Sharamudoi from Earth's Children. Each Shamudoi couple has a cross-couple among the Ramudoi, and they live together as one hearth for part of the year. I always figured that as a poly relationship, even though the author never went into much detail about the pairings. I think the sedoretu framework would work very well with that. This was way before I encountered sedoretu proper.

Another interesting version appears in The Neanderthal Parallax. Each Neanderthal has a man-mate and a woman-mate. The sexes live separately most of the time, meaning the homosexual relationship gets about 3/4 of the time; and "when Two become One" they switch to their opposite-sex mate. So while most people would just have an endless sprawl of connections, it would be possible to build a sedoretu-like relationship with overlapping homosexual and heterosexual relationships. I discovered this after sedoretu, and admired the parallels.

I like foursquares a lot, whether sedoretu proper or just something similar.

Re: Thoughts

[anxious_songbird]

Oooohh~ I'm kinda intressted now in Earth's Children! What's it about?

Also it's very fun to Know that something is going on, & then figuering out the vocabulary for it.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Oooohh~ I'm kinda intressted now in Earth's Children! What's it about? <<

Earth's Children is a series of prehistoric fiction, and basically launched that genre. I am the one person who skipped the pr0n to pore over the pages of Ice Age flora and fauna. So when I got my hands on The Tale of Tal, I could recognize a goodly number of things in the pictures! \o/

The Sharamudoi appear (briefly) in the second book, The Valley of Horses. You can probably find a copy at your local library or used book store.

>> Also it's very fun to Know that something is going on, & then figuering out the vocabulary for it.<<

I agree. "Oh! There's a word for that!" is such an exciting moment. :D

One of the favorite comments that I get on my writing is when someone says they found their orientation or other identity described in it, and never knew there was a word for it before.