#I'm gonna behave like a pack alpha and will protect and provide

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Why do they call Sanji "Mum" and not "Dad"? I'm new to omegaverse, sorry

Ahh, no need to apologise! This might be a good time to explain how I imagine omegaverse, since everyone does it a bit differently:

I imagine the kids call Sanji "Mum" because that was basically forced on him. If Sanji would have stayed on the Sunny he would have picked "Dad" for himself, because he sees himself as a man and wouldn't want to make it instantly obvious that he's an omega to whoever listens in. I do think in an omegaverse universe the word "mother" is more gender neutral to begin with. In a society where it's not totally uncommon for the person who gave birth to you to be of various genders, the word would probably evolve to be more inclusive - I did say before tho that I see male omegas as something rare. And I think the whole role to be 'nurturing, soft, gentle' is already forced on people who give birth, so there is definitely also some feminisation happening that Sanji rebels against. (Let's also not forget he's also misogynistic sometimes, he wants to be a manly man.)

So I guess that was not his choice (the kids got told from an early age that he's their mother and they should call him that) but after a while it sticked and I think he kinda likes it by now. (I still have some sketches to finish with Sanji missing his suits, cause he does wear more flowy, soft stuff while in captivity, but we'll come to that!)

Another thing to talk about is the whole thing with mating bites, heats and pheromones - I think the first one don't really exist anymore (that is a bit archaic) and if you're bitten there is no kinda magical connection - you just have a bite scar, which will probably raise some eyebrows, but that's it. The pheromones I already established as existing, but I think they are often a bit more subtle and overlooked, especially if you wear perfume and stuff (which the strawhats don't do - and they probably don't shower as much, let's be real, so on the Sunny it's quite easy for them to smell each other out). I think heats do exist, male omegas maybe get like four a year? But they definitely also get their period afterwards if there is no pregnancy - everything else doesn't make sense to me.

So yeah! I kinda toned some things down, but I also think that socially, especially in a universe like one piece where slavery still exists it's not easy being an omega and there a still many expectations about gender in general.