Just why are people so narrow-minded, with their head stuck up their ass these days? Threads like this are a complete pain to read, and here's why:
A/B/O is simply another way to implement MPreg into a lore. A lore, which also forces relationships, giving the trope of "we had to get along" or "enemies to lovers" a new fertile ground.
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Okay, I'd like to leave some tidbit of information and then my answer because a lot of answers to this question relates to the origin of the concept of A/B/O. (This is gonna be really long, btw.)
The A/B/O categorization doesn't actually exist in the nature of wolves.
In 1947, an animal behaviorist named Rudolph Schenkel conducted research on ...... reply
youre right. as a radfem i can never consume omegaverse and god i have tried. isnt the point of yaoi and BL for women to be detached from the story for once? then whats the point of introducing a whole entire subspecies that are treated EXACTLY like women are in our reality and face the biological problems we face just for being women? i know women...... 1 reply
include you are my world too bc what, are we supposed to applaud because the alpha ''resisted himself'' that's like the bare minimum people go crazy for smh, and most of the time he doesn't, he gets ''aroused'' by the way the omega looked at him and jumps him, the arguement of an omega being okay with it DURING HEAT when he isn't even himself is li...... 1 reply
I’ve always felt this way about omegaverse, just the discussion of omegas and their roles irked me as a woman. Not to mention the whole mpreg thing was always obviously a kink thing and never went over what pregnancy or “motherhood”- in this case fatherhood is actually like. It’s just boom! Have a kid and happily ever after. I understand th...... 3 reply
Long babble incoming:
I have conflicting thoughts because first I liked omegaverse/ABO/ werewolf when I was younger, then I kinda hated it, then I loved it after someone explained its potential for queer story telling, then I went back to hating it and now I'm tired.
I am not familiar with its origins, and I feel like I'd need a genealogy to see ...... reply
Well the thing is that omegaverse has always meant to portray the characteristics and heat cycles of animals, especially wolves. In many animal groups, “omegas” or female animals are ultimately reduced to their biological needs to find mates and reproduce through heat cycles and pheromones, just as “alphas” or male animals are the same.
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