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[plasoniclove]

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

Jaune Arc | RWBY | M/F

[pyrrhic_paladin]

((Probably an Omega pretending to be a Beta. I'd also be open to him being an Alpha with confidence issues though.))

Peter Parker || MCU

[intimidatingspidernot]

[ota, 18+, can do either role]

plz tell me if I am bothering you

[amiexpelled]

[ Hiii. Wanna do anything with these two human disasters? Usually I play Scott as an omega trying to pass as a beta but I can't adapt to your preferences. ]

Steve Rogers | MCU | M/M

[brooklyn_boy]

[Voice testing. Canonmates only for now. I have a hundred ideas for how this could potentially go, so just DM me with any questions.]

Derek Lockwood | Original | OTA

[doctricis]

[ An Omega on suppressants. ]

Peter Quill | MCU | m/m

[its_starlord]

[he's either an Omega pretending to be a Beta or an actual Beta.]

63!Remus (Pandora) Lupin | the books about the scar kid | ota

[marauds]

[oh let's make this interesting. omega fucked up by being a werewolf with an alpha wolf.]

Weiss Schnee | RWBY | F/F

[loneliest_of_all]

((Haughty Alpha or Bossy Omega))

Bucky Barnes | MCU | Canonmates preferred

[frozenassets]

[TFA - can be either an Omega or a Beta. As the Winter Soldier, Omega. No pregnancy, please. Medium to longer tags preferred]

TFA Timeline

[brooklyn_boy]

[LMK if you want things changed. I kept things ambiguous about Bucky so you can make the call on Beta or Omega.]

Steve wasn't avoiding Bucky. It was impossible with how small the camp was and how much of a spectacle he made wherever he went. And, besides, after all the trouble he'd gone through to mount a suicide mission to save him, it would be absolutely ridiculous for him to be dodging his best friend now.

But, at the same time, he could probably count on one hand all the time they'd sat down to talk since that rescue. He'd have enough left over to make a good fist.

Steve sat heavy at the bar, listening to the music filtering in from the other room. He still was a shit dancer, but he at least could appreciate the sound of something other than gunshots for awhile. The lights were low, too, so it was easier here than other places for him to blend, if he kept his hat on and low. He knew, intellectually, that this was also the worst possible place to be if he was avoiding Bucky. But he wasn't avoiding him. So, it was fine.

They'd have to talk eventually, after all. Everything would have to come out, eventually.

A beer was placed in front of him and he sucked half of it down, regretting deeply the fact that he would never get drunk again, probably; beer wasn't nearly as satisfying without the promise of a buzz. He'd had worse, though, and this was probably a safer drinking option than the water here. It would be fine, for now. At least it gave his hands something to do other than worry the dogtags in his pocket, memorizing what they said by touch alone.

'STEVEN G ROGERS'
'0-704192 T42 23A
BROOKLYN, NY
CATHOLIC
ALPHA'

The 'Alpha' was the part that was getting the most abuse. The thing that had changed most about him, after the serum. Or at least that was how he felt. The muscles, the height, the strength? That was all different. But that? That was a fundamental alteration of his body he hadn't been prepared for.

He let out an exhale and pulled the tags out, letting them rest in the condensation puddle his beer bottle had left behind on the wood. He remembered being thirteen and being told by the doctor that he was a Beta. It had been a damned lucky break for him since a heat could have just about killed him, in his condition. And who in their right mind would have wanted an Alpha, like him? He'd been disappointed, but life was what it was.

Turns out everything can be altered with the right chemicals.

He finished his beer and turned his tags over a few more times, knowing that this would need to be a conversation. He would need to talk to Bucky and tell him about all of this. But the idea that things might change between them? The very thought that things would be strained or different--more so than they already would be with all of these changes--made him feel sick. When he'd had nothing at all, he had Bucky.

He couldn't lose that. Not now.

Another beer was dropped off. Steve left it there, untouched, staring off into the middle space as he planned conversation after conversation with his best friend. He wasn't avoiding Bucky. He couldn't. And sooner or later, this was going to come to a head and the truth was going to come out.

Steve clenched the tags in his hand, one curling in on itself under the strain.

One way or another, it was all going to come out. And he'd have to deal with what came next.

Ochaco Uraraka → My Hero Academia → ota!

[roundface]

[Beta or stubborn omega trying her best.]

[Open to all options for canonmates, prefer no 1&3 in cross-canon!]

[creative_name]

((open to a reluctant Alpha Momo?))

phichit chulanont ( yuri!!! on ice )

[selfies]

( any role but leaning more toward tiny ray of sunshine alpha who passes as beta. ota! )

akira kurusu, persona 5

[rehabilitations]

[ can do any role but leaning towards beta/omega. ota prompts but pass on 3. ]

[headphone]

[ are you down like jay sean 2 write for us smthn cute ]

A-ya | Shuuen no shiori | M/M

[bored_rumors]

[ An omega who passes as a beta! ]

arisugawa dice | hypnosis mic

[fluker]

[ most likely a deadbeat omega, but could also be an alpha running from responsibilities. ]

my fbi agent reading this tag: what the fuck

[teased]

[ The rational half of him should have seen this coming, but Tyki had always been a person who did as he pleased without so much a hint of concern towards the reputation of his family. He had received a number of marriage proposals from interested omegas, and perhaps somewhere along the line that's where his hatred for them began to grow -- it didn't help with how suffocating his brother, Sheril, could be, constantly encouraging him to find a partner to settle down with. He could just use and abuse each person willing until he finally found someone suitable enough to entertain him, but that's all easier said than done.

He wouldn't call Dice an exception, at least not in the face of his family who would without a doubt mock him for falling into the inevitable. Whoever would have thought of the poor hobo cat that he picked up from the front of Tesco would end up being an omega? Instinct came first, coherency and years of denial hitting Tyki as hard as a truck the morning he woke to find out that he had slept with an omega. His first reaction was to kill him and he came this close until something in the back of his head told him not to -- actually it was Jasdevi walking in and excitedly going of to tell the others he's finally settled down. And they definitely fucking laughed at him. Everybody laughed at him.

This faux relationship was beneficial to him if it meant having less conversation of who he should breed. (Though Road has commented on how Dice's stinks so just why Tyki chose him "speaks volumes". Whatever.)

But today he might just kill the omega. Especially when he's being a complete ass and going through his phone to find a number of questionable internet searches. ]

What the fuck? [ Dice is but a small distance away, relaxing on the couch like it's nbd, and that means Tyki is going to chuck the phone at the back of his fat head. Wordlessly he approaches soon after releasing the device out of his grasp, phasing through the back of the couch as he reaches over to grab Dice by the back of his neck. Fingers lock into his hair, gripping onto him with the same intensity a lion would its prey, and it's not much longer until Tyki is slamming his head against the glass table -- something cracks. ] You bitch, were you just going to keep this a secret from me?

tyki mikk | d.gray-man | ota

[teased]

( incredibly lazy alpha who probably hates omegas. )

eto yoshimura | tokyo ghoul | ota

[intestines]

( alpha! )

Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim | m/m

[rals]

[alpha or omega]

Chuuya Nakahara | Bungou Stray Dogs | M/M

[thetaintedsorrow]

[A bossy omega. Not interested in 3.]

oogami koga | enstars

[wilk]

[ the loudest omega. ]

[samatoki]

The fuck are you doin'?

( great. it's been happening a lot lately and the collar in his hand is proof that koga isn't following the rules. he doesn't have to check the scent to know that it doesn't belong to their sister because she actually listens unlike a certain someone. he's holding the evidence in one hand, grip tight since he's slightly annoyed with having to do this almost every day; scolding his brother because he's trying to act like he cares. it's a feat, truly hard when it comes to a character like samatoki but his teeth press down on the cigarette between his lips and there's the slightest sound of a growl surfacing from his throat.

now if koga just stays in place and doesn't take any closer step towards the door's exit, he'll be fine. ) Goin' out dressed like that? What are you forgetting, huh? ( it's best to wait for koga's answer but so much sounds like bullshit to samatoki, he's let this slide once and then twice -- pushing it to three is overstepping the boundaries of what he'd actually allow since this house is filled with omegas and one alpha. his role is easily identified by his build, even the way he carries himself so though his stride towards koga is confident and he raises a hand to part the other's lips to force his mouth open; samatoki doesn't mind pressing the pad of his thumb down upon fangs to get what he wants. ) Tell me, do you like fuckin' with me or ..?

( an honest question, tail swaying from left to right as he positions the tip of his nail right along koga's tongue -- pressing down in an attempt to cause pain. ) Speak.

doppo | hypnosis mic

[kannonzaka]

( most likely the most plain beta you've ever seen, or an omega )

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke | Bungou Stray Dogs | M/M

[mafiadog]

[Alpha. No 3.]

ruki mukami | diabolik lovers (m/m)

[kachiku]

( definitely the worst kind of alpha. )

pu$$y

[grinders]

[ his first thought? it's... annoying. a pain in the ass. too much effort to extend for someone so naturally low energy -- too much time wasted sitting down and doing nothing, even though normally, that'd be his preferred setting. it's different, though, when you're expecting, because your stupid vampire boyfriend can't keep his hands to himself??

he's only a few weeks along, barely any difference in his body visible at all -- but the sole knowledge that he's off-duty for the remaining of this pregnancy, for safety reasons, is enough to keep him mildly irritated at all times. it's not that he likes work; it's that he feels useless when he can't do anything at all, especially when his friends are out there, risking their lives and trying to make up for his absence. which is hard, he knows -- not to toot his own horn, or anything, but who else can do true damage? nobody!!

for now, though, there's a different issue to take care of, which is his overeager alpha of a mate. seha almost jumps when the doors slam open, signaling ruki's return -- with a console in his hands, he glances behind his shoulder, sprawled on the couch. ]

Welcome home. [ he calls out, hearing the rustle of ruki's jacket and what sounds like plastic bags; he did ask him to buy some chips, so figures. ] Did you get me snacks?

Alessandro Ricci | Gunslinger Girl | OTA

[signor]

[... is probably no longer entirely certain what he was natally and has been using various drugs as needed to simulate whichever he needs to be for espionage missions. no mpreg or penises-on-females.]

Sion Astal | Legend of the Legendary Heroes | OTA

[sunderings]

( especially interested unlikely pairs: A/A dominance and aggression threads and O/O finding a way to do without alphas.

for more 'traditional' threads, I can write Sion as either a reluctant-to-mate alpha who needs to work on having an heir for his kingdom, or a closeted omega in the same circumstance. )

Lin Xue Ya | Thunderbolt Fantasy | M/M

[ex_enigmaticgale571]

( omega interested in dicking over/humiliating alphas. ♡ )

Tatsumi | Orenchi no Furo Jijou | M/M

[soaring_water_bills]

[ Either a beta or an omega! ]