NotGuilty

it being a/b/o was a subplot that existed to add the the MC's humiliation. An alpha, a man of the highest status, trapped in a place where his one quality that gave him power is utterly useless - and he is left at the will of someone he would easily have deemed worthless and lesser than himself.

Here’s the thing though, that was already being achieved by the fact he’s a rich kid with a powerful daddy. Making him say he’s an alpha and setting it in a world where a/b/o exists had no impact on the story, characters, or circumstances. The only thing the story “gets” out of it is the fact that it can label itself as a/b/o for marketing purposes.

Like, imagine this story, but instead of calling himself an he calls himself a beta. Or even an omega. Fuck it, let’s have himself call himself a “mermaid”. Nothing would change, because none of his character or story is dependent on him being an alpha or being set in an a/b/o world.

Idk about you, but if a character in a story called themself a “mermaid,” I’d expect it to, y’know, actually mean something in the context of the story.

Btw a subplot still needs to have a plot. What you described isn’t a plot, it’s a circumstance lol

Ig I used the wrong word there, whoops Yeah I get what you mean, I meant to say I think that's what the intention behind it was. But I saw there was gonna be a season two so maybe that will bring more focus to the a/b/o dynamics here?