Schedule:

☆ Deadlines/Reveals are 8:59pm PDT | 11:59pm EDT ☆
July 1, 2025 - July 12, 2025: Nomination Period
July 13, 2025: Tagset Cleanup
July 14, 2025 - July 27, 2025: Sign-up Period
July 28, 2025: 16 hour grace period for unmatchable - reply to mods inquiries by 1pm PST | 4pm EST on July 28th. Assignments will be sent out no later than July 29, 2025.
September 29, 2025: Fanworks due (What time is that for me?)
October 13, 2025: Archive goes live (Archive opening may be delayed to ensure everyone has a gift) (What time is that for me?)
October 20, 2025: ♥ Creators revealed! Comments are not required but encouraged. ♥

AO3 Collection | AO3 Tagset

☆ Deadlines/Reveals are 8:59pm PST | 11:59pm EST ☆
♥ "What is a sedoretu anyway?" ♥

Rules & FAQ

Rules

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

• This exchange is for participants 18+ only.
• This exchange does not allow AI generated content in any form.
• Don't be an asshole. No mononormativity. No kink or ship shaming.
• Assignment Minimums: Art requirements: Art must be complete—sketches are not permitted. Art must be a minimum of lineart with basic colors/shading as well as background OR two lineart drawings. Lineart may not stand alone as a gift without colors/shading/background. Art may be traditional or digital, but cannot be drawn on lined paper. Manips and other graphics are not permitted. Fic requirements: Fic must be at least 2,000 words.
• A minimum of four fandoms must be requested. A minimum of three fandoms must be offered.
• Gifts must be complete and cannot be part of a previously posted series.
• One sign-up per person. Socks are not allowed and if discovered, all sign-ups will be deleted.
• Do not link or post your assignment in public or semi-public spaces before creators are revealed.
• If you "no show," meaning you do not default before the deadline and do not post a work by the deadline (or extended deadline), you will be banned from the next round.
• Defaulters are not guaranteed a gift.
• This exchange will allow any gender combination in your foursome. If you wish to only create/receive traditional combinations, only request and offer those combinations.
• This exchange matches on fandom, ship, and medium. Morning and Evening preferences can be stated in the Additional Details box but are not matched on. We want creators to have as much creativity in the process as possible. Aunt/Uncle preferences can also be noted in Additional Details but are not necessary part of works.
• This exchange allows up to three ship DNWs per request. If you absolutely don't want a particular pair to be one of the marriages, you can DNW them as a ship. If you request a sedoretu and your DNWs make it impossible to write, your contradictory DNWs won't be enforced.
• Sign-ups without four unique requests, one of which is tagged Safety Fandom Request (details below under heading "Safety Fandoms"), will be deleted without notice when sign-ups close.

An Archive of Our Own account is required to participate. You can request an account here or let mods know if you need an invite.

AO3 Emails
Make sure the email attached to your AO3 account is one that 1) you check regularly, and 2) are comfortable with exchange mods seeing. You can verify your email here: archiveofourown.org/users/[your ao3 name here]/change_email.

Please read the FAQ, if something isn't clear or you have other questions, please comment on this post.

FAQ

Nominations

• Please add disambiguations to all of your relationship nominations. This means adding the fandom in parentheses after the relationship, e.g. Poe Dameron/Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa/Rey (Star Wars), Carol Danvers/Jessica Drew/Patricia Walker/Jennifer Walters (Marvel Comics)
• Check the tagset for existing fandom conventions and disambiguations.
• How major fandoms should be organized:
• Use DCEU for all related movies, DC Comics for all comics, and Arrowverse for all DC TV Shows.
• Marvel movies and shows will be grouped into Marvel Cinematic Universe (Note: D+ TV – WandaVision, Falcon & Winter Soldier, Loki, What If?, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Secret Invasion, Echo, Agatha All Along, Iron Heart, etc all go under MCU), Marvel Comics all together, and for Marvel Netflix TV, please disambiguate under the fandom "The Defenders (Marvel TV)", Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter are their own fandoms.
• X-Men movies under either X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) or X-Men (Original Timeline Movies), X-Men comics under X-Men (Comicverse) disambiguated (X-Men Comics) and feel free to add specific runs to your disambiguations, X-Men cartoons and animated series can be nominated as their own fandom.
• All Star Wars properties (this includes Star Wars D+ shows) together under Star Wars - All Media Types
• Dragon Age video games together under Dragon Age - All Media Types
• You can nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 relationships
• Fandoms may be requested more than once with different relationships, however, there must be a minimum of three unique fandoms.
• Creator's Choice of Fandom will be allowed this year, and whether or not the gender is specified is up to the nominator. When unspecified, it is then up to the creator. Family Member/Family Member/Family Member/Family Member is fine, as is Female Family Member/Female Family Member/Male Family Member/NB Family Member. Given character limits, you can use [Gender Abbreviation!], so in the above example: F!Family Member//F!Family Member/M!Family Member/NB!Family Member. You can also be explicit, Sister/Sister/Mother/Brother, etc.
• Creator's Choice of Character and Creator's Choice of [Insert Gender] Character is allowed. Please put them at the end of your group, e.g.: Peter Parker/Pepper Potts/Tony Stark/Creator's Choice of Character (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Note: If you want to nominate Creator's Creator's Choice of Character (Any Fandom) please do so under crossovers.
• Nominate crossovers under Crossover Fandom with the tag format Character A (Fandom)/Character B (Fandom)/Character C (Fandom)/Character D (Fandom). Disambiguations might need to be abbreviated to fit in the character limits. Do the best you can to make it clear. If you have two characters from each fandom, you disambiguate once for each fandom, e.g. Abby Griffin/Marcus Kane (The 100)/Pepper Potts/Tony Stark (MCU)
• Nominate original work under Original Works Fandom, disambiguated to (OW). Whether the pairing gender is specified is up to the nominator. When unspecified, it is then up to the creator. Given character limits, you can use [Gender Abbreviation!] to shorten your noms: e.g: F!Apocalypse Survivor/F!Apocalypse Survivor//M!Apocalypse Survivor/M!Apocalypse Survivor (OW) is fine.
• If you'd like to request or offer worldbuilding related meta for one or more of your fandoms, nominate under Worldbuilding Fandom. Use this convention to format your noms in the ship field: WB: Fandom e.g. WB: Star Wars All Media Types, WB: Ocean's 8, WB: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells. If you are open to worldbuilding focused fic, note it in your Additional Details.
• RPF nominations must be for famous people 18 years old or older. Non-famous relatives or associates of famous people are not allowed.
• Rule 63 is not allowed in this exchange for established canons/characters.

Sign-Ups
You may edit your Sign-Up at any time before Sign-Ups close.

Requests

• You must request a minimum of four unique fandoms, one of which qualifies as a safety fandom (max ten), 1-10 relationships per fandom, and 1-2 mediums.
• At least one of your requests must meet the requirements for a Safety Fandom (outlined below) and must be tagged Safety Fandom Request in the Additional Tags field. We will be checking all sign-ups for four unique fandom requests, one of which must be tagged Safety Fandom Request. If your Safety Fandom does not meet the requirements, you are not guaranteed a gift.
• Fandoms may be requested more than once with different relationships; however, there must be a minimum of four unique fandoms.
• Each request will include the option to specify medium: art, fic, or both. The medium you choose applies to all relationships in that request.
• Do Not Wants (DNWs) need to be mentioned in your additional details box in order to be enforced. DNWs should represent things that would ruin a gift for you. They should not be used to box in your assigned creator. You can also list up to 3 ship DNWs per request.
• Please only use your DNW's for concrete things that would ruin your gift. They should not be used to try and receive a hyper customized gift that boxes in your creator. Vague DNWs are unenforceable. Including a lot of general and/or smut likes is the preferred route and will give your creator a lot of options to create something you enjoy. For example, this would not be enforceable: DNW: Anything but fics about ice cream.
• Re: Ship DNWs are intended to signal to your creator that you do not want certain sexual relationships within a requested sedoretu. They operate as follows:
  • Request: Michael Burnham/Ellen Landry/Gabriel Lorca/Saru (ST Disco)
  • DNW: Michael Burnham/Saru
  This would create a sedoretu where Michael and Saru would be of the same moiety, whether evening or morning, and could not be in a sexual relationship. Even if you request non-traditional moiety relationships, your creator cannot violate this DNW by writing Michael/Saru; it is a DNW. However, we will not enforce ship DNWs that make a sedoretu request impossible to write.
• Each request will include a space to link a Dear Creator letter where you can note specific prompts and preferences, and/or you can include these in the "Additional Details" box. "Additional Details" are optional. However, creators only have to honor the DNWs that you have included in the “Additional Details” box in your Sign-Up but should try to make a gift you will enjoy.

Offers

• You must offer a minimum three unique fandoms (max 10), 1-10 relationships per fandom.
• Each offer will include the option to specify medium: fic, art, or both.
• You may choose to offer "any" to indicate you are willing to be matched on any relationship in the tag set in that fandom.

Safety Fandom(s)
This exchange requires you to sign up with at least one Safety Fandom. A safety fandom is designed to allow Pinch Hitters a reasonable time to enjoy a new canon or review a familiar/old canon if you are unmatchable and no PHs are available for your main fandoms
What is a Safety Fandom?
It must:

• be in English or have an English translation, AND
• be a piece of visual media (TV, Movie, etc.) between 15 and 300 minutes (5 hours), OR
• be a standalone written (reading length) work at 50,000 to 80,000 words (80-140 pages), OR
• a standalone audio work (song, book, podcast) at 2 to 6 hours, OR
• a manga of up to 30 chapters, OR
• a run of up to 30 comics, OR
• a video game that can be completed in under 10 hours, OR
• a still image or short series of still images.
• RPF must fit into one of the above categories.

If your choice is rare or hard to acquire, it is not a Safety Fandom.

Practically: Use the Additional Tags area to add Safety Fandom Request to at least one of your requests where the fandom meets the above requirements. You can add the tag to more than one if it applies, but it must apply to at least one of your requests.

Matching

• Matching will be OR matching (you only need to match on one relationship in the request, not all of them).
• Matching will be on Fandom, Ship, and Medium.
• If you are unmatchable as a creator (i.e. no one is requesting anything you are willing to create), the mods will contact you when signups close and ask you to add more offers (See above re: ao3 email). If you do not reply within 16 hours, your signup will be deleted.
• If you are unmatchable as a recipient (i.e. no one is offering anything you are requesting), your requests will be posted to the Dreamwidth community for claiming as a pinch hit (see below). We will only hold the collection opening if you have 3 unique fandom requests.
• If you have someone blocked, please request not to match to them If this is the case, please tailor your sign-up on your own (as much as possible) not to match them. Then contact the mods with the following:
  • reach out by email to: glassesofjustice4all+sedoretuex @ gmail . com with "Do Not Match" in the subject line,
  • do not tell us why you don't want to match with them,
  • indicate whether you do not want to be matched as their creator, their recipient, or both; and
  • Tell us what to do if they want to pick up your pinch hit or they write you a treat.

Assignments

• Assignments cannot be created in part or in whole by AI.
• Fic must be at least 2,000 words long.
• Art must be complete—sketches are not permitted. Art must be a minimum of lineart with basic colors/shading as well as background OR two lineart drawings. Lineart may not stand alone as a gift without colors/shading/background. Art may be traditional or digital, but cannot be drawn on lined paper. Manips and other graphics are not permitted.
• You must respect DNWs.
• Betas are not required but encouraged.
• Please do not discuss your assignment or giftee in public. This exchange has a mandatory anon period before authors are revealed.

Defaulting

• If you cannot complete your assignment, please select the "Default" button on the Ao3 "Assignments" page as soon as possible to allow more time for a pinch hitter.
• There is no penalty for defaulting before the deadline.
• If you do not default and do not post a work by the deadline or post a work that remains incomplete after the deadline, you may not participate in the next round of this exchange.
• Defaulters are not guaranteed a gift.

Pinch Hits
Pinch hits will be posted to the Dreamwidth community. To claim, respondents can post a comment to the pinch hit post.

Treats

• Treats are welcome! You may write treats whether you are signed up for the exchange or not. They can be posted to the collection..
• Treats must meet assignment minimums and must respect the requestors' DNWs.
• Treats can be gifted to the collection without a recipient if, after finishing your work you aren't sure if your work matches the original request enough or edges too closely to a DNW (but this will not fulfill your assignment). Do not gift them to the mods.

Moderated Collection

• The collection is moderated. Your gift will be checked by a mod before it is approved into the collection.
• Recent ao3 updates indicate you can access your unapproved work from the "Works in Collections" page to make edits to it. If you think you will need to make frequent edits, you can keep the fic open in a browser tab or search for it from your stats page.

We have a tentative schedule outlined below.

Schedule:

• July 1, 2025 - July 12, 2025: Nomination Period
• July 13: Tagset Cleanup
• July 14 - July 27, 2025: Sign-up Period
• July 28, 2025: 16 hour grace period for unmatchable participants - reply to mods inquiries by 1pm PDT | 4pm EDT on July 28th. Assignments will be sent out no later than July 29, 2025.
• September 29, 2025: Fanworks due
• October 13, 2025: Archive goes live (Archive opening may be delayed to ensure everyone has a gift)
• October 20, 2025: Creators revealed!

There will be a few rule changes, and those will be communicated in more detail shortly. Briefly, we're planning to incorporate safety fandoms and increase the number of required minimum requests and offers. This will hopefully ameliorate the PH issues we had in the first round.

We're also planning to allow participants to match on worldbuilding meta but are still working out the logistics.