#literally have always hated these fucking things lol

[olderthannetfic]

My problem with "current" slash A/B/O isn't that there's PIV, my problem is that the current trend of Alpha=Dick and Omega=Vagina and alpha being "masc coded" while omegas are "femme coded" and a myriad of other choices makes it feel too close to regular trashy het romances. While people seem to complain that het A/B/O exists and "steals" from fanfic. lol. It's not the same, but it feels like it's scooting closer to a line that's het romance adjacent especially with the dynamics being the way they are.

Not every fic. But those that have that trend are always easily comparable to het romances of the same ilk. There's even some obvious overlap between the two "trashy stereotypical het romance" and these A/B/Os.

like it's defaulting right back that the idea that the ultimate relationship is between an AMAB top(penetrator) and an AFAB bottom(penetrated). AMAB meaning that the entire body is male presenting: Upside down triangle, penis, etc. And AFAB the entire body is heavily female presenting: Soft curves, vagina, etc. You have so many options, and this is what you've decided we're gonna steer the A/B/O genre into? AMAB/AFAB on steroids?

Doesn't help that the occasional times where the female dynamics are mentioned, they're basically still just AFAB/have vaginas regardless of being Alpha or Omega. So women, even when being Alphas are still lower than the men Alphas. Only difference between A-Women and O/B-Women seems to be personality, if the female character is canonically aggressive or angry she's typed as Alpha, if she's soft and sweet, or kind and nice she immediately defaults to Omega, or Beta.

You literally have an entirely new dynamic to play with, women vs man, and alpha vs omega + beta. And all you can imagine is as an extension that Alpha is the ultimate AMAB and Omega is the ultimate AFAB, while Alpha women are just kinda somewhere on the side as a throwaway. Why is an AFAB body "omega" coded, or in the case of Alpha women still AFAB but more aggressive and unlikeable? As if being "Alpha" specifically masculine and being the top, is somehow only acceptable when it's a AMAB man?

Add to that entire situation that some people just remove like 90% of the things that make A/B/O what it is, and you really just do end up with something that feels like it was ripped and copied straight outta a quick-publish het romance from the gas station. Seriously, if you hate the heats, animalistic desires, the knotting, the mating bites, the posessiveness, and the idea of A/B/O brand sexism, and everything else, what the ever loving fuck are you doing in the fucking A/B/O tag?

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The people into alien world building were attracted to A/B/O quickly for obvious reasons, but it has always been full of Standard Porn Tropes and became popular because of that.

If anything, there has been a trend in the opposite direction.

[zooophagous]

Ok who the fuck had the idea to make those stupid teensy tiny little panty liners the size of a thumb. Who can use these. They absorb almost literally nothing. And why does everyone who ever stocks a bathroom seem to think they're adequate. I know you bleed from your crotch too Janelle you can't tell me this is enough for you either.

[kirayamidemon]

going fuckign insane fuckisng kill fmee

[smoshingatut]

I'm kinda tired of dungeon meshi fans blatantly misinterpreting Kabru's goals, motivations, and character so they can ship him with Laios...like obviously it's awesome if you enjoy Laikabu but can you nooot twist Kabru's intentions for involving himself with the guy who constantly triggers his monster trauma and pisses him off so bad he gets brain damage so that he turns into "the guy who wants to suck Laios's dick" as his entire character? I've even seen people cut off Kabru's words to make it seem like he is admiring Laios because it would disrupt that narrative

[forestgreenlesbian]

.

[kavehater]

Chappel Roan saying she’s sad she’s demisexual and then there’s me being aroace as a whole like don’t you think I’m even more sad 😭

[luxaofhesperides]

sharon will u PLEASE hop off my ass?? goddamn.

[get-more-bald]

frank is so so so so so so so fucking stupid

[maretriarch]

female separatism is a fake meme opinion to have and not one anyone is actually doing, considering, or feeling. it exists only as a snarky one sentence comment to leave on political tiktoks.

[derpinette]

i have a weird relationship with weight because i hated eating more than anything the moment i was ready for solids ( i hate chewing with my entire life always have & will ) which made me underweight for most of my life ( to this day ) & during late primary-middle school this made me actively suicidal because i felt like something was wrong with my sex because i just was not developing whatsoever prompting me to have a years long phase of trying to gain weight in any way i could ( #EPICFAIL by the way ) & i was already insecure but i felt seriously so unforgivably ugly after bullying not just at school but by adults of my entourage. but then i did in my late 15s which prompted the pendulum to swing in the other direction & suddenly i FREAKED OUT & thought well being skinny is pretty much all i have & know myself to be & clearly it is not going to last forever so i Better preserve it i was delusional about how skinny i thought i was actually i look stumpy & weird i have to prove myself. But now i am normal again kind of

[coockie8]

ngl truly drives me nuts in the DBH fandom when people will tear down HankCon for the truly dumbest reasons in existence (Hank sees Connor as his son because he, an older man, calls Connor "son", an extremely common term of endearment from older men to younger men, literally one time while he's dying, and, the infinitely dumber, Connor, an android designed as an adult, motion capture performed by then 31-year-old man Bryan Dechart, is a literal child!), but then put Reed900 up on some pedestal as the be-all-end-all of Android/Human relationships in that game, and it's like...

Yeah, obviously their relationship is "less toxic" or whatever bullshit you spew; it's entirely fanon! RK900 doesn't even have speaking lines; the personality you've invented for this character, and his relationship with Gavin, is 100% fanon; there is not a single lick of canon present in this ship.

So yes, of course it hits all the beats you like with no canon to make it messy; you invented the entire thing!!

[stinkrascal]

listen i love animals too but sometimes dog people are so fucking gross, i just saw this tiktok vid where this lady is cooking dinner and halfway through the video she took a piece of raw beef from the meal, let her dog lick it off her hands, and then kept cooking without washing her hands even though she had dog slobber all over her hands like GIRL WHAT?!?!?????? i love my pet too but holy shit i also love being you know hygienic??? barf vomit gag hurl etc

[folkloregirlfriend]

i am in a miserable place

[greetingsfromuranus]

Man nobody told me the comedown from a manic episode lasts like a year

Makes sense now I guess lmao

[nomairuins]

i just fucking hate having ptsd all of it. so many stupid fucking things send me into fucking hysterics it sucks and i hate it and i dont want itttt anymore i dont want it.

[lesbiantrish]

im genuinely so sick of this.