>>This reminds me of my anthro-cat conworld (by the description you give I mean). Where for legal, cultural & past biological reasons, toms and mollies live in seperate societies, only commoning togethor to keep the species alive. In this conworld, gay relationships are seen as the "real" ones since the het ones aren't able to communicate for much of the year. Though of course, there'll always be outliars.<<
Yes, that sounds very similar.
>>Huh, didn't know about that! (knew moieties were a thing IRL + things aren't the same as worldbuilded in planet O. But not the seperate neighborshoods) <<
Seems like it'd work great for sedoretu, don't you think? Morning moeity in the east, Evening in the west. Singles might live in their moiety area. Families might live north and south, or could decide the family's "locative moeity" by the oldest person in the sedoretu, or whatever.
>> Funny enough, in a now abanded idea I had, the marker was surnames just being the name of the moiety.<<
Either that, or a name referring to it. Say you had a Morning person, the names might be Dawn, Daylight, Sunrise, Lark, etc. Evening names could be Dusk, Moonlight, Sunset, Owl, etc.
>>Yea, that's why I mentioned it. Since from what I get nobody with common sense actually likes unicorn hunting.<<
Honestly, I think that's a cultural failure. There are bisexual people who want to become part of a group. There are people who start out looking for possible partners, and it's common to find one at a time rather than a bunch at once. (Though I've seen quite large polyfamilies merge, like the Borgamists.) So picking on people for their interests is not a great thing. Just don't be a creep with your searching, and yes, some people are creeps and not all of them are couples looking for a bisexual third.
>> I wonder if being a good speaker is like, a SUPER attrative trait from the start. <<
From what I've seen, yes. Any trait that boosts communication will turn poly heads. If you can talk about your feelings, if you can describe things well, even if you're just a fun storyteller -- they will notice.
>> Also more people need a communication fetish.<<
I totally agree.
I am Ask and my partner is Guess, so we have to talk about things a lot. But we've been together for a long time. It does work. The funniest "open" aspect? He likes roller-coasters, I don't. I've tried to find folks to go on them with him, with a few successes, but most people find that weird.
Humans. Go figure. I do not understand the jealousy they get into. Why would I get upset about him doing something with someone else that I don't like to do? I am happy when we are with a friend who likes coasters and they go.
... that's probably how trolls feel about their different quadrant-mates.
Re: Thoughts
Yes, that sounds very similar.
>>Huh, didn't know about that! (knew moieties were a thing IRL + things aren't the same as worldbuilded in planet O. But not the seperate neighborshoods) <<
http://www.thomaslegion.net/cherokeeindians.html
Seems like it'd work great for sedoretu, don't you think? Morning moeity in the east, Evening in the west. Singles might live in their moiety area. Families might live north and south, or could decide the family's "locative moeity" by the oldest person in the sedoretu, or whatever.
>> Funny enough, in a now abanded idea I had, the marker was surnames just being the name of the moiety.<<
Either that, or a name referring to it. Say you had a Morning person, the names might be Dawn, Daylight, Sunrise, Lark, etc. Evening names could be Dusk, Moonlight, Sunset, Owl, etc.
>>Yea, that's why I mentioned it. Since from what I get nobody with common sense actually likes unicorn hunting.<<
Honestly, I think that's a cultural failure. There are bisexual people who want to become part of a group. There are people who start out looking for possible partners, and it's common to find one at a time rather than a bunch at once. (Though I've seen quite large polyfamilies merge, like the Borgamists.) So picking on people for their interests is not a great thing. Just don't be a creep with your searching, and yes, some people are creeps and not all of them are couples looking for a bisexual third.
>> I wonder if being a good speaker is like, a SUPER attrative trait from the start. <<
From what I've seen, yes. Any trait that boosts communication will turn poly heads. If you can talk about your feelings, if you can describe things well, even if you're just a fun storyteller -- they will notice.
>> Also more people need a communication fetish.<<
I totally agree.
I am Ask and my partner is Guess, so we have to talk about things a lot. But we've been together for a long time. It does work. The funniest "open" aspect? He likes roller-coasters, I don't. I've tried to find folks to go on them with him, with a few successes, but most people find that weird.
Humans. Go figure. I do not understand the jealousy they get into. Why would I get upset about him doing something with someone else that I don't like to do? I am happy when we are with a friend who likes coasters and they go.
... that's probably how trolls feel about their different quadrant-mates.