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about omegaverse stemming from misogyny..
I wanna know you guyses thoughts because honestly im seeing why people believe this. I've been reading omegaverse manwhas for a few years now and I must say that even before knowing of this subject, I was already irked by some common cliches of omegaverse.
These are some omegaverses that I heavily dont fuck with for reference: Love is an Illusion Kiss me Liar Low Tide in Twilight Omega Bite The Origin of Species Honey Trouble (I HATE) Last Omegaverse (+many more)
I actually dont really the majority of omegaverses, but there are FEW exceptions: Define the Relationship Do You Still Like Me?
and they rly did make some eye opening points that made me feel kinda irked about omegaverse, heres the caption of their post:
"the message of omegaverse is so dehumanizing, how omegas are treated like they are just destined to find an alpha which just reduces us to the same biological stereotypes we face in real life. honestly, heat is just this massive spike in hormones that shuts an omegas brain down just to force a pregnancy, while pheromones are nothing but a way for the body to scan for genetic health. the bond is just a permanent imprint in your head that turns into an addiction, because destiny is a lie made up by our bodies and the knot is just a physical lock that forces everything to happen. at the end of the day, it is just a program we didn't even choose."
I'm not gonna say anything else because some of my few fav manwhas are actually omegaverse, but they're all mostly alpha x alpha and dominant omegas x alphas I just wanna know everyones thoughts abt this cause I know this is a sensitive subject thats been talked about recently.
Personally, I am a big feminist, and after hearing these points I dont really want to consume media that pushes these ideals that can be connected to deeper societal/sexist issues. This whole idea of heat and mpregnancy just seems weird to me now, it feels like blatant mockery of the experience and struggles of being a woman. Idk if I can view omegaverse the same. "Fiction is fiction!!", ok but remember fiction can influence beliefs, values and behaviour. Fiction reflects real human experiences.
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
Girl, this is so true. What bothers me the most is that some authors tend to show scenes where the protagonist feels guilty and ashamed of their omega nature, which could be a great opportunity to explore something deeper in our patriarchal society, but in the end, it's just used to "highlight the qualities" of the alpha and how different and speci...... 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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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
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.
These tropes ...... 1 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
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
Uhhh... Not really, all the Omegaverse you just find or read is like that. Although, if you're gonna ask me early omegaverses were mostly like that. And nowadays many Omegaverse that aren't like that (misogynist) can be found. So I'll ask you to just find BETTER OMEGAVERSE. And There's also the MPREG if you don't want Omegaverse. NOTE: Omegaverse a...... 2 reply
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
