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Alpha/Beta/Omega

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!

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(ooc: Do you want to fast forward some? Have Kahn transport Uhura and his crew onto the Dreadnought? He could spare the Enterprise. It would give us a good point to break off from canon]

[Harrison was just full of surprises. She couldn't believe she was offering to help a known criminal like him. Kirk had seen him murder a room full of officers, seemingly without provocation. She had no doubt he was a killer, but somehow she wondered what the whole story was there. What had driven him to do something like that?]

Kirk doesn't know there are bodies hidden in the torpedos. He'd never fire them if he knew....

[She left the brig to inform the Captain. She was only gone for a few minutes and yet it felt like hours had passed until she finally saw him again]

Harrison, you need to talk to the Captain. Tell him the whole story.

[ooc: I'm fine with that, except that I don't think he'd bring her with him. He'd be more likely to give her a rendez-y-vous point to meet him at later, so the choice would be hers.]

[He accepts her judgement, and not just because now Kirk has broken into the torpedo and seen. Things unfold- his body count goes up by a few more, Marcus among the dead on the Starfleet ship. If he doesn't beat Kirk quite so ruthlessly before beaming him back, at least that's something.

He also has a very good reason to leave her intact. The torpedos and their occupants are beamed over to his ship, the captain is beamed back to theirs, and no one needs crash land into anything or die over any malfunctioning warp cores, or the like. It leaves them at a bit of a stand off.

Whereupon, he asks to speak with her- recalling all of a sudden that he'd never actually got her name.]

[Uhura's face is the first to greet him when the Dreadnought hails them. Between nearly getting blown to bits and knowing both Kirk and Harrison - no Kahn now - were in danger; her nerves were more then frayed. She had never felt so relieved in her entire life when Kirk was returned in one piece and Kahn's face showed up on the broadcast.

When did her heart start to skip a beat at the mere sight of him? Had their bond deepened somehow through all this chaos and turmoil?]

Lieutenant Uhura speaking.

[ He had his revenge. He had his crew. What more could he possibly want?]

Lieutenant. I'd like to propose an official ceasefire between my people and yours.

[He says, breathing deeply, now that everything is stable, now that his shields are up and his people are safe.]

We are genetically variant enough to humans that we ask to be considered our own race, and that negotiations proceed as though a war between our kind has come to an end.

[Albeit a war of his army of one. He projects quiet reassurance through the bond. No one else will have to die.]

[The Admiral was dead. Many Captains and first officers had fallen during his initial attack. To be quite honest, there wasn't much of the Star Fleet chain of command left intact. For a one man army, Kahn had certainly inflicted more then his fair share of damage.

Her gaze shifted towards Kirk, beaten and bloody, but still very much alive. Only the Captain of this vessel had the authority to allow a truce. As much as Kirk might hate and despise Kahn for the death of Christopher Pike, he knew the ship was in no state to withstand another assault from the Dreadnaught.

There was a long, tense moment before Captain Kirk agreed to the truce and terms. Causing the entire crew to breath a sigh of relief.

Now that all of that was over. Uhura had to wonder, where did that leave them?]

Was there anything else you have to say, Kahn?

Edited 2013-06-18 00:18 (UTC)

Just that what happens next, Lieutenant, is up to you.

[Inclining his head, quietly.]

Since you had little choice in the bonding, I want to give it to you now. If you ask it, I will wake my second in command and beam myself aboard your ship, or beam you here if you prefer. If you wish, we need never see one another again.

[He wonders if it would fade between them, given time.]

[So Uhura was finally being given a choice. That, more then anything else, helped her to make her decision. She spared a glance towards Spock, then Kirk, and finally turned her attention towards Kahn]

You can transport me to your ship. Don't wake your second in command. We need to talk.

[Kirk was already protesting when she finished her sentence in that same determined tone of voice that often made even Spock back down]

In private. To reassure the Captain, I need you to give your word you'll return me to the Enterprise in an hour.

[Kahn wasn't going to hurt her, she could feel his reassurance through their bond]

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[He nods at Kirk, an drops his shields- which should be as good a sign as anything.]

We're ready to beam you over, if your transporters are still inoperable.

[He doesn't bother to look at Spock. The man wasted his chance.]

[Sulu lowered the shields on their end and Uhura gave Kahn a brief nod before ending the broadcast. She had to reassure Kirk she'd be fine before making her way towards the transport station.

She needed to be physically close to him. Maybe then she'd be able to sort through all these emotions and intense instincts.]

[He moves to his own transporter station- it's a crew of one, after all- cuts the connection to the Enterprise and then brings her directly to the bridge.

He waits, for her to orient herself, for her to decide what to do.]

[She was wrong. Having him directly in front of her with no glass wall between them only made it harder for her to keep control of herself. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do first. Yell at him, punch him, or kiss him....possibly all of the above.

She held her ground for now, trying to remain calm even though it felt like every cell in her body was screaming at her to yield to him in every way he might possibly desire]

How is this going to work, Kahn?

Work? It won't. It's a catastrophe, and one or both of us are going to be desperately unhappy, and I don't know how to fix it.

[He confesses, drained of every artifice. He's come so far, and to be presented with this on the cusp of victory..]

[Kahn did seem exhausted at this very moment. The war was over, he'd won, his crew were safe and now he didn't know what to do with her. She could feel that through their bond. She hadn't been a part of his initial plan]

You could leave. You'd survive the fading of the bond.

[Uhura wasn't genetically enhanced. She was just...Uhura. An omega rarely survived long if their mate fully rejected the bond or went into the deep recesses of space. He could take his people and leave. Take the selfish way out of this]

You're public enemy number one on earth. The federation has been corrupted from it's very core....and I'm still a Starfleet officer. Do we even try to make this work?

[He shakes his head, instantly. He's lost so much, feeling her slow death inside of his mind is unfathomable.]

You come with me, or we both stay.

[Their only choices.]

They won't execute me, if I go to your world, not and risk your life. I'll be incarcerated, somewhere where you can have access to me to keep you healthy. It will ruin your career, you'll need to be constantly near somewhere with a base suitable for keeping me.

[Or, she comes with him.]

[Either way it seemed one of them would have to give up everything]

Kahn, I've worked hard my whole life to get where I am.

[He needed to understand that. All the hours she'd put into building her career, all the languages she'd learned, all the careful planning]

But if I can't continue onboard the Enterprise, I don't want to be a Starfleet officer anymore.

[What was the point in being a starfleet officer of she'd be forced to stay on some base just so Kahn could be kept securely locked up]

I don't think there's any chance they would let me remain on board that ship, and I don't think you'd survive it if I weren't.

[He admits, reaching out to touch her now, just one hand resting on the small of her back.]

So. You'll come with me?

Pretty sure Kirk would work against us even if there was a chance.

[Kirk wanted him locked up and nothing was going to change his resolve. She was bonded to Khan. Where he went, she had to follow. Or where she went, he had to follow. But on earth he'd be locked up for the remainder of his life.

She found herself leaning into the arm he put around her. Her head and neck tilting just so]

I guess so. If you promise there will be no more killing.

None for vengeance.

[He agrees, because he's felt hunted so long he can't imagine not having to defend his crew with blood once more. He leans in, hesitates, and asks;]

This will be truly irrevocable, Uhura.

[Her eyes met and locked with his. Just so he could be sure there wasn't so much as a hint of hesitation or doubt within her. She couldn't say that she was thrilled at the choices presented to her. Losing her dream of being a part of the Enterprise crew would take time to heal]

Do it, Khan. Finish what you started on Kronos.

[He leans in, and bites her, in the same spot his teeth closed earlier. It completes matters; everything clicks into place, just so.

He wants her to know he's sorry she's hurting. It filters through, soft and faintly mauve.]

[Uhura's hand went to his shoulder, her fingers digging in as she tried not to make any embarrassing sounds when he marked her. The sensation of his teeth clamped tight against the skin of her neck forcing a her eyes to fall shut as a wave of serenity flooded her senses. This felt so right. Everything, including their bond, was humming with contentment]

It's alright. Everything will be okay.

[Her free hand slid across the side of his face and further up to push his bangs out of the way, a tender gesture. Spock meant nothing to her now.]

[His relief is palpable. She'd be well within her rights to never forgive him for this.]

We need to get the ship flying, before Starfleet changes its' mind. You need to send them a transmission, explaining your choice.

Can it fly with a two man crew or do you need to wake up your crew?

[In theory Uhura could potentially help, even if the bulk of her experience was limited to communications.

His mark was still throbbing when she hailed the Enterprise. At least it looked like McCoy had patched Kirk up again]

I've decided to resign my post on the Enterprise.

[She waited only a moment to let the surprise register on Kirk's face. Spock didn't even lift a brow. It was probably a logical conclusion for him]

Khan didn't threaten me or force me to go with him. This is my choice. I'm sorry, Captain Kirk. We're leaving.

[She cut the feed before he could respond and turned in her seat to face Khan]

Two will be fine. We'll begin waking them up once we're further out.

[Moving to the console, though it hurts to take his hands off her. He reaches reflexively for the bond, a touchstone.]

Khan Noonien Singh, but you can keep calling me Khan.

[Uhura wondered what his crew members would be like. Would they be every bit as cunning and ruthless as Khan himself? They were all genetically modified to be perfect, weren't they? There was no way to know until she met them.

She pushes a reassurance through their bond as she tries, albeit perfectly, to take over the necessary stations to get this ship up and running. She hadn't exactly excelled in the mechanics of star fleet ships, let alone a brand new one such as the Dreadnought]

Nyota. You can call me Nyota if you want.

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