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A/B/O and misogynie
Ok so today I tried reading an omegaverse bl. Not my first rodeo but I had learned to read the one that were more like Unromantic cause I really liked it and there wasnt everything I hated in a/b/o in it.
Welp the omegaverse I read suddendly made me remember everything I hated about the genre. But even more the inequality and misogyny of it all. Yeah in some omegaverse bl they don’t even mention women but let’s be honest omega have the « typical » role of a women and the role women had not long ago. Shut up, be a good sex toy and give birth to em children. And it annoys me.
But the one I read just now praised alphas « they’re more aggressive but since they’re better in everything they’re the only one that can own land (?!) choose their mate (obviously without consent from the other party) and be leaders » And they described omegas as « pretty but useless, only there to give birth so obviously they’re all women » and the MC was one of the rare male omegas and was pretending to be an alpha
Its not even about this bl alone like that’s not even hidden of underlying misogyny that’s full on exposed.
it’s not even just omegaverse, most BLs have really weird stereotypes where the bottom has to be feminine and weak while the top has to be very masculine, dominant and often violent. Which says a lot about what ideals we are glorifying in a relationship. Not even gonna talk about how heteronormative most BL dynamics are because that’s a whole o...... 3 reply
Mmmm aromantic had dubcon in the first chaps tbh im not so sure we should be praising it but omegaverse highly resembles the patriarchy. They are extremely similar in nature even if the origins are different. The strong will prey on and opress what they percieve as weak, real fucking annoying and uncivilised behaviour. reply
I read an omegaverse danmei novel that touched on these issues. It’s called “ Why are the Protagonist Gong and Shou Fighting Because of Me?” I know how the title makes it seem but it’s a surprising read. 2 reply
Well I'm sure a lot of it is social commentary about how society views women, a lot of the time with X-Men levels of subtle commentary. Now the fact that they're almost exclusively written by women points in that direction, although I'm aware that's a generalization. Of course a lot of authors also use it to write stories for a predominantly teenag...... reply
Omegaverse imo can be really fun to read if treated correctly. I’ve read novels that were set in abo world that I absolutely loved and others that absolutely hated to my core. I definitely think its a very heteronormative type of au no matter how well it ends up being written though but I feel like that goes for a lot of BL stories. Misogyny is d...... reply
