a/b/o

[forgetful]

THE ALPHA/BETA/OMEGA MEME


In our world, sexual roles are commonly defined by genders -- male or female or other, by sexualities -- gay or straight, bi or asexual or in-between. But what if they were defined by something else entirely?

Alpha/Beta/Omegaverse is a fusion of fanfiction tropes and animalistic behavior. In this world, sexual roles are divided into three categories: the Alphas (the dominant, the protective and the aggressive), the Betas (ordinary humans) and the Omegas (submissive, fertile and able to carry children).

RESOURCES:
Fanlore on the Alpha/Beta/Omegaverse
Alphas, Betas and Omegas: A primer.

CONTENT WARNING: Below the cut contains descriptions of animalistic sexual behavior as applied to humans, situations of dubious consent, explicit situations, mpreg, and scenarios of societal oppression. Click with caution!


ROLES:
1 - The Alpha.
* Stereotypically type A personalities.
* Anatomically: Males have a penis; females may have a penis in addition to a vagina.
* Alphas knot their mates, meaning that the base of the penis swells and locks them inside their mate while they produce copious amounts of semen in an effort to breed.
* Strong sense of smell.
* Near an Omega in heat, they experience a compulsion to mate that is almost impossible to overcome.
* Alphas may go into rut, which is their equivalent of Omega heat, and drives them to mate.

2 - The Beta.
* Ordinary human being.
* Males have penises; females have vaginas.
* Can mate to anyone.
* Might be able to smell hormones of Omegas and Alphas, but will not be overwhelmingly affected by them.

3 - The Omega.
* Stereotypically submissive, quiet, intelligent and less physically able.
* Female anatomy is similar to Betas; males are self-lubricating and may have either an external or internal vaginal setup.
* Regularly go into heat, which involves being overcome by the urge to mate. They are unable to consent while in heat.
* May be made compliant by a bite to the neck. However, that may also induce a mating bond.
* Often regarded as second-class citizens or prizes to be won.

SITUATIONS:
1 - Bonding - Love at first sight. You've spotted your soulmate. You can smell them, you can feel them, you know that they'll be with you until the end of your days. Unless there's something between the two of you. It could be age - maybe one of you has to wait until the other has reached maturity. It could be that the bond is one-sided, and the other has yet to fall in love. It could be an unwanted bond, or society could have divided you into different places. Is your love strong enough to conquer?

2 - Heat/Rut - The need is coming on you strong. Everyone for a half-mile around can smell it. Better find someone to ride it out with, or hole yourself up in a room with a few bottles of water and a durable sex toy. And you'd better hope that there isn't someone out there who will take advantage of your pliable state. Best case scenario, there might be a Beta who can take care of you, or fend off anyone too predatory.

3 - Pregnancy - Whether through a heat or not, you're pregnant. Congratulations - or condolences. Is it time to start a family, or time to start panicking?

4 - Suppressants - You're using suppressants to keep yourself on an even hormone cycle, skipping heats, or maybe pretending to pass as a different class of society. After all, Omegas might want to be in the military, where they're not usually allowed - or an Alpha might want to take a job in a university or as a nurse. Shouldn't they be allowed to, if their hormones are suppressed? Just hope that you don't miss a dose.

5 - Mistaken Identity - That friend that you always thought was an Alpha, or an Omega, or a neutral Beta, turns out to be something entirely different, and your world is turned absolutely upside down. Does it challenge your preconceptions? Or does it just ruin the balance between you two?

6 - Unlikely Pairs - After all, there's no actual reason that Alphas have to mate with Omegas. Maybe two Omegas can satisfy each other. Or two Alphas. Or your intended mate could easily be a Beta. Maybe this is just about breaking out of your pre-established role and becoming something new.

7 - Manifestation - In some cases, an individual may not know they are Omega, Beta or Alpha until their first heat/rut/manifestation, usually happening in early teen years. It may take you by surprise; it may be a blessing, or may be a deep disappointment.

8 - Other - Adventures in getting jobs, making families, fighting bad guys, and anything else you can come up with!

Comments

Evan Buckley | 9-1-1

[bucksgonnabuck]

[willing to roll with any of the three options]

Maedhros | the Silmarillion | OTA

[holdshisown]

[Omega]

Xue Yang | The Untamed | OTA

[cultivatingsin]

[Alpha~]

63!Evan Buckley | 9-1-1

[onlythingthatmatters]

[probably either an omega with some shitty side effects from a neglectful pack in childhood or beta. also interested non-sexual exploration of how relationships work in a/b/o worlds.]

[bombero]

Thing is, Eddie's been through a lot of different kinds of pain in his life. Emotional, physical, you name it. He can handle the worst of it. When the lightning strikes and throws him off the engine, he thinks the tearing feeling in his chest is because of heart palpitations or something. Then he looks up at sees Buck hanging there limply from her harness and he knows it's not.

She's dead.

He doesn't even recognize that he's screaming until he runs out of air. There's no thoughts in his head, nothing coherent, just get to mate and need to help her because some part of him deep down knows that there's a sliver of a chance they can restart her heart. Eddie's not strong enough to pull her up, not when she's dead weight on the end of the line, and that makes him howl almost as much as the initial sight of her dangling in the air did. But the team manages to get her down. They find out what Eddie already knows.

Chim starts doing compressions and Eddie tries to crawl in the back of the ambulance with them. Bobby stops him, presumably says one thing but then changes his mind and shoves Eddie into the vehicle's cab, taking the driver's seat himself. Eddie doesn't know how long it takes them to get to the hospital. He's not really sure of anything other than the aching, bleeding hole in his chest, the small whines he can't stop making, the way Bobby is keeping a hand on the back of his neck every chance he gets the whole drive there, the only reason Eddie hasn't completely lost all of his coherency.

The hand stays there as Buck is wheeled into the hospital, Chim still doing compressions and--oh. As the staff come to take the gurney, he feels a flickering. The bond starting to come back. They got her heart restarted. It's only Bobby's hands on him that keep Eddie from falling to the ground completely as he sobs. Somewhere in the back of his mind he hears his captain say something about mate, feral, and sedation before everything goes dark.

When he wakes next, he's in a hospital room, on a different bed than his mate. He doesn't know why, exactly, but he thinks it probably has something to do with the tubes and how she smells of blood, and pain, and antiseptic. They spend days there, he thinks. His mate unable to wake. Eddie going from gingerly laying near her and scenting her as best he can, to pacing the perimeter of the room, to making a make-shift nest on the other bed because their pup comes in every day and he needs a place where Eddie can put him to comfort and protect him while his omega can't do it herself.

The rest of their pack is in and out as well, which gives him some comfort. There's almost always at least one of them there when the strangers with flat scents covered by astringent chemicals come to check on his omega. They keep calming hands on him while he growls low in his throat as they touch her, do something to the machines connected to her and, one time, take some of the tubes away and make her stop breathing for a long moment. (Both his pack alpha and pack omega were there, then. Both had to hold him back on the bed with the shittily made nest while he watched and wondered if the healing wound in his chest would rip open again. Pack omega spent the rest of the day with him after his omega started breathing and Eddie felt like a pup again, seeking reassurance and scenting and comfort.) But still she stays asleep.

Eddie finds himself sleeping more. Or laying on the other bed and staring at his mate. Each hour without her makes it harder to keep going. He knows he has to for their pup, but there's something wrong in him. Something that can't be fixed without her. Their pack smells a little more worried every time they're around. At one point, the pack omega urges him up onto his mate's bed. Eddie goes with it. He wants to feel her more than he is scared of hurting her worse. He curls himself up as small as can be. It's not comfortable, but nothing is. He pressed his face to her side and lets out a long sigh as what's left of his mind drifts.

Bruce Wayne | DC Comics | M/M

[knightbynight]

[ INCREDIBLY closeted omega. No robins/adopted kids for any smut prompts, but will happily set some gen scenarios within the broader AU/world and how this impacts the universe and 'family dynamics'.]

nananana BATDAD

[flybackhome]

[When Bruce picked up a ragged little pup who barely looked nine up off the streets to find out he was twelve and also on the cusp of a complicated puberty as a young alpha, he probably wondered if he could send him back. Or so Jason imagines on a night like this; it was a gala, Jason's second big event. He has a tuxedo and a bow tie and he looks like a perfect little gentleman, which is why-

-which is why when he saw someone put a hand on Bruce, it probably was a bit jarring. In retrospect, Jason doesn't even think it was all that possessive. No one in society knows that Bruce is an omega, and that's okay, Jason will play along because of all people he knows it's not always safe. His mom was an omega. Alphas took advantage of her all the time. Like his shitty dad.

But he saw that hand on Bruce's arm, and the instinct was overpowering. Don't touch my dad!

And then there was the baring of teeth and the push and the fuss and-

-Alfred was there, at least, closeby, and he could escort Jason out, even though Jason did not want to go, and he kept snapping, and now he's pretty sure Bruce is going to kick him out.

He's sitting in the car with his book to "cool off" before they go home and he's pretty sure he's just going to get driven off back to Park Row and shoved out. He thinks he's read the paragraph in his book five times and still has no clue what it says.

When Bruce comes down it feels like it's been hours - it's probably only been about fifteen minutes.]

mafuyu | given

[talented]

[ m/m. omega. more info and some more stuff on his old emp ]

Lady Leandra Lucia Thornevale | Original | OTA

[wickedallure]

[Info. A fitting alpha villainess or a hidden omega, your choice.]

[especiallytalented]

[How would you feel about playing the Alpha Villainess off of Makoto? It seems like there's some fun dynamics we could use there.]

Nicky | The Old Guard | OTA

[allandmore]

[Whichever works, though either way Joe is absolutely his. They do sleep with others though and they do share, so if you're interested in both vs. just Nicky, let me know, we can make it work.]

Chrissy Cunningham + Stranger Things + OTA

[cheerybomb]

[Surprise!Alpha, she's been on suppressants disguised as multivitamins since puberty, because Mrs. Cunningham wasn't about to allow any kind of Deviance in her household.
Not interested in pregnancies, Jason or any of the kids, cross-canon and further AUs are all welcome, if you're not sure just ask!
Also available in male surprise-Omega flavor over at ccunningham]

Zepar + OC + OTA

[hurtyourealgood]

[The thing with being a (formerly) divine creature is that he can fill any niche needed, and he likes doing it.]

Gabreel King + OC + OTA

[malecompanion]

[High-compatibility beta, it's why he's in the line of work he's in, because he can help whoever needs it. He can knot (not as fully as an alpha, but it's still there) and can handle an alpha in rut without having to worry about a bond-bite or a pregnancy taking hold.]

Joe | The Old Guard | OTA

[nicely_tousled]

[Either/or, regardless Nicky is his, but that doesn't mean they don't sleep with others sometimes, and there's also a chance that if you take one to bed you're going to get both. Which is to say: if you're interested in both, just let me know, we can wing it.]

Klaus + Umbrella Academy + M/M

[ouiking_ouija]

[Either way, though he was probably heavily suppressed until he left home regardless. Not really interested in siblings, Sparrows or pregnancy plots.]

Shiny \ Fabulous Killjoys OC \ OTA

[twice_as_shiny]

[Whatever she is, she was definitely medicated while in the city, but things are different out in the zones.]

Cassian Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[in_this_fight]

[ooc: Open to discussion.]

Rey | Star Wars | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

[ooc: Open to discussion.]

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Either a beta, or an omega trying to pass off as a beta ))

Edmond | Nu:Carnival | m/m

[tsunderant]

[honestly interested in exploring him as an omega or an alpha.]

Balerion || HotD au

[theblackdread]

[ Alpha. ]

james t. kirk ( star trek: snw )

[avide]

[ probably a chill omega. ]

Dick Grayson | Batman/DC Comics | M/M preferred for smut/shippy

[justlikeacircus]

[Omega using suppressants pretty much always, masquerading as a beta as Dick and an alpha (as much as he can) as Nightwing so he gets taken more seriously/doesn't have to deal with alphas being asses in either identity.]

[telekinesis_kills]

[ If you're up for gen, I could always toss annoying teenage alpha Danny at ya. "You smell kinda... off" mistaken identity style shenanigans, or perhaps Dick can commiserate while Danny complains about high school drama (God, Omegaverse high school must be a nightmare). ]

[ If that doesn't interest you, no worries. ]

morvay | nu: carnival | m/m

[wombtat]

[ a big ole omega. however: beefcake omega. ota prompts and any combo of a/o, b/o, o/o, etc. ]

Jessica Jones | Jessica Jones/The Defenders | F/M

[assholic]

[Alpha. A/A and A/O scenarios are a go. No altered genitalia for her, but I'm fine with a male partner being able to knot (would prefer to avoid other types of altered genitalia for males). No Kilgraves. Cast and crosscanon good, but prefer to know the canon for crosscanon so I know if they're compatible. Open to everything else. 1, 2, 4, 7 are faves. Willing to be Omega in rare pairings with discussion beforehand. Happy to AU her into scenarios or fit things into Marvel NY. Jessica will be a very territorial and protective Alpha. I'm also very open to combining this with werewolf AUs or a monster mash scenario.]

Donatello | Rise of the TMNT | OTA

[soft_shelled]

[Any role, and not interested in pregnancy with him as the pregnant one.]

Bucky Barnes | MCU | m/m preferred

[frozenassets]

[Beta or Omega. No pregnancy please]