4. Pressure for a normative marriage/relationship, but one that’s very different from and more complicated than our norm.
I think it's really interesting that this is where Le Guin chose to lean in as well. At least two of her short stories with sedoretu talk about the pressure to get married in intense detail. One ends just before tragedy; the other one eventually sorts itself out.
I don't think I've seen any stories (outside of maybe tFatF fandom) that touch on that at all
Merlin fandom also does this, with Arthur and Morgana, post-reveal. But yes, it's a rare topic.
So when I try to transpose moiety to a modern society, it's interesting to think about what it means for that society, underneath, that they've held on to the moiety system, that they still honor this idea of universal kinship as a fundamental organizing principle.
This is fascinating! This may be why O is still majority agrarian (authorial intent-wise), but that's clearly changing after contact. I wonder what relations the Ekumen and scientific advancement do to that, and whether O keeps that system, as Winter appears to keep shiftgrethor but ease it somewhat.
But, you know, that's basically Saga Age Iceland there.
How would you handle the patronym system? (I can't believe that's my major stumbling block. You've addressed so many of the core issues already....)
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Sorry, I had to chuckle at that one. :D
4. Pressure for a normative marriage/relationship, but one that’s very different from and more complicated than our norm.
I think it's really interesting that this is where Le Guin chose to lean in as well. At least two of her short stories with sedoretu talk about the pressure to get married in intense detail. One ends just before tragedy; the other one eventually sorts itself out.
I don't think I've seen any stories (outside of maybe tFatF fandom) that touch on that at all
Merlin fandom also does this, with Arthur and Morgana, post-reveal. But yes, it's a rare topic.
So when I try to transpose moiety to a modern society, it's interesting to think about what it means for that society, underneath, that they've held on to the moiety system, that they still honor this idea of universal kinship as a fundamental organizing principle.
This is fascinating! This may be why O is still majority agrarian (authorial intent-wise), but that's clearly changing after contact. I wonder what relations the Ekumen and scientific advancement do to that, and whether O keeps that system, as Winter appears to keep shiftgrethor but ease it somewhat.
But, you know, that's basically Saga Age Iceland there.
How would you handle the patronym system? (I can't believe that's my major stumbling block. You've addressed so many of the core issues already....)