#trying to worldbuild in my omegaverse fic

[rabbitcrimes]

one of my favorite little omegaverse things is the proliferation of scenting wrists which is not how human body smell works at all but is where we put perfume. it's so like. anatomy made up by people who have only ever read about having a human body. i also think this pheromones-as-perfume connection is borne out by the fact that everyone always describes characters in the omegaverse as having absurdly unlikely notes to their scents. like you just like perfume you're describing perfume there is no way he smells like cinnamon and chocolate lol

[thepandalion]

devastating: the good fic that ends on a cliffhanger and will never update

[autisticandroids]

au fics part one: true aus

alright i'm a little late to the current round of @spnficrecfest. on account of I Hauve Covid. that's also why i missed the long fic / short fic round, and i will go back and do that at some point, but not yet. anyway. two fic rec lists for this round. one for true aus, and one for canon-a-little-to-the-left aus.

i'm actually not a huge fan of true aus, especially not for spn, but there are a few really fabulous ones out there. these are some of those.

in order of wordcount.

sparks fly by anandroidinatutu, 1k

cas and meg as teenagers in court ordered group therapy >:3.

it's a wonderful life by ghostyouknow, 3k, chose not to warn

weird and amazing megstiel fic. a pwp with worldbuilding, somehow. the omegaverse zombie apocalypse. this is a serious favorite for me, i've read it many times. just top tier megstiel fic.

25¢ pocket guardian angels by hopelessheathen, 13k

oh my god, this fic. this fic. this is a VERY weird one in the best ways. like it's just a traditional destiel romance but also it's like. wondrous. fantastical. a joyous read. i would also personally recommend the podfic by gravelly, it's lovely.

with sure certainty by andimeantittosting, 16k

extremely cute destiel regency au. that's it.

embryonic diapause anthology by wayward_demonbard, 30k

a series of four distinct destiel aus centered around the concept of embryonic diapause. all of them are weird, creative, and angsty. some of the more unique fics i've come across.

issues by everandanon, 63k

the thing about me is i love mess and i love drama. and that means i love issues. it's just a plain old mundane au, but it's all miscommunication and character drama in the most fun ways. and i love cas.

a beginner's guide to communing with the dead by suspiciousflashlight, 77k, chose not to warn

i know i've been trying not to rec fics that are too popular, but there comes a point where you've reread a fic twice to remind yourself that you like fanfiction where you have to be honest and rec it. dean is a magic cop and cas is a creature he summons, illegally. they fight crime.

the dean winchester beat sheet by saltyfeathers, 144k

hey man, it's beat sheet. you didn't think i was gonna not recommend beat sheet, did you? if you haven't read beat sheet, you should read beat sheet. come on now.

[highermagic]

Big Post of Ghoap/CoD fics!

I've been writing a lot for Call of Duty but haven't been great at keeping up to date on posting, so here's a big list of the things I've been writing! Mind the tags for each as they'll contain specifics. Enjoy!

Twitter Archive: Ghoap | A collection of my threads from twitter and bluesky involving ghoap + cod in general.

Rough-Hewn | Dragon Price, ghostprice, implied poly141. Price is a dragon that comes to defend his hoard when they get taken from him.

Light Up Six Torches | Ghoap WIP. Greek myth inspired AU with Ghost, Gaz, Price, and Roach as sailors who come across Soap, who seems to have survived an attack by sirens. Not all is at it seems.

Ad Astra Per Aspera | Reaper Ghost and Viking Soap who tries to convince Ghost to let him live through the power of his dick love.

Results May Vary | Dragon Ghost and Wolf Shifter Soap, who are in love with each other but have drastically different mating practices and keep accidentally screwing it up. Happy ending!

Snowblind | Ghoap featuring Laswell, an Envoy on her way to visit King MacTavish and his sorcerer consort. Great feats of magic and devotion unlike any other, with lots of my favorite kind of worldbuilding.

Chasing the Rabbit | A CoD x Outlast crossover with Waylon, Eddie, and Miles as well as others from the cast of Outlast. Ghost was captured and put into the machine and Soap goes in to get him out, but of course it isn't that simple.

Like Feeding Something Starving | WIP. Poly141 + Ghost with a womb tattoo where if he doesn't get creampied often enough he'll go insane. Lots of mental fuckery in this one, all of them loving each other as best they can considering the circumstances.

Idle Hands With Time to Kill | Ghost is away on a solo mission and calls Soap to keep him company. Phone sex and very unsafe uses of a knife.

Where the Delicate Stops | Mafia boss Ghost with his right hand man Soap. Soap reminds Ghost what happens when he takes his mask off for other people. Rough and possessive and, in my opinion, some of the best smut I've ever written.

Scars Left By a Stray Cat | A Ghoap AU where Ghost used to be Soap's childhood babysitter, and they find each other again in the military. Very soft.

Weaned on Bitter Honey | Omegaverse Ghoap where Ghost gets dosed with some kind of super soldier serum and everyone keeps a very cool head about it, naturally. Has a WIP sequel with Hannigram and Weddie from Outlast.

Bombs, Babies, and Bullets | Animal companion AU where Ghost has a stork and Soap has a kingsnake, and they fall in love.

Glow-worm | Ghoap. Ghost interrogates a prisoner and Soap is really, really into it.

Bonded Pair: Do Not Separate | Rock pigeon hybrid Ghost trying his best to build a nice roosting nest for Johnny.

The World Ends With a Whimper | Alone Ghost and Soap taking care of each other in the wake of the zombie apocalypse.

Onyx and Lapis Lazuli | Dragon clan Ghost and wolf clan Soap are trapped in a cave together and have to rely on each other to survive.

I have more in the pipeline but that's all of them so far! Enjoy! <3

[frownyalfred]

hello! I’ve read different omegaverse fics and most of them seem to have different worldbuilding so I was curious about yours. In ASOH, do mated alpha and omega couple’s heats and ruts line up? Also how often do heats and ruts hit? I would also love to know if you have any thoughts on if any of this is different for Kryptonians. I hope you have a great day, I love your writing!

I actually think they start to sync up even before mating. The longer you spend near your alpha/omega, the closer your ruts/heats get to each other. Gradually at first, until they start to overlap and then sync. Mating would automatically cause them to sync, I imagine. And a shock heat/rut could cause a sync if it was strong enough, even while unmated.

In my head, ruts/heats come cyclically around 4-6 times a year. Some people have fewer, some more.

Some things I think are different for Kryptonians: fewer annual heats/ruts (possibly leading to repopulation issues back on Krypton), longer knots during ruts/heats, more likely to experience mini ruts/heats during pregnancy to encourage healthy progression. Just a lot of adaptive instincts and physical changes to try and address fewer pregnancies in the last few generations on Krypton.

[blorb-el]

Psssst does the au superbat fic exist bc I waaaaaaaaant it

I want it too 😭 tragically it only exists in about........4.5k scattered scenes which I try to poke at in between working on my main project rn!

misc worldbuilding scraps that are currently rotating on the back burner:

(omegaverse) human instinct relies on scent > hearing > taste > sight to find compatible partners, kryptonian instincts lean on sight > hearing > scent > taste, hence the mating markings

omegaverse humans have a much higher degree of face blindness than we normal humans do lmao

helps clark pass, the more he pulls his scent back the more it fades away, clark kent smells so dull/insignificant/mild that it seems like he's got a medical condition (hypomyrodia). jonathan kent had this. when jonathan and martha found bby kal, he was scared and tried to match scents to the two humans who found him, which caused his kryptonian scent to quickly fade. a hypomyrodic pup would probably face high abandonment rates and low adoption rates, so it was probably a relief that two willing parents brought the pup in

kryptonians all pretty much exist along a relatively smooth spectrum of sexual characteristics and can transition somewhat like clownfish if there's a hormonal imbalance in their community. having zero (0) other kryptonians around does things to clark before he grows the fortress and is able to synthesize hormone stabilizers

humans meanwhile have ten major sexes because betas can be true beta, alpha-leaning, or omega-leaning depending on their recessive genes

poison ivy is x100 more horrifying in any omegaverse world. she only manages to zop clark though bc the pollen is enchanted. however it's enchanted to induce primal alpha hindbrain, which means something very different to lone kryptonians than packbonded humans

it would have been the norm on krypton to have one's facial markings out. kryptonians would pull them back if they were sick, or perhaps terrified... primal hindbrain clark looking around and seeing nothing but non-glowing faces, and it coming across as everyone around him fucking terrified of him

for the first few months of their acquaintance clark is like. im not sure what gender batman is and at this point i'm not sure its ok to ask (he can smell past the concealing patches to bruce's strong omega scent but the patches could also be doubling as, like, the equivalent of binders, could be that batman's gender is null, but he mixes in diluted alpha cologne, but that could just be for concealment/intimidation....???)

sun-powered kryptonians have a strong, distinctively alien but somewhat alpha-smelling scent (when they're not pulling it back) but barely leave any on people they try to scent with, and scents barely stick to them. when clark politely explains this to bb dickie hes just like well i guess ill just have to scent you for longer! and clark goes 🥺

at this early point in the timeline barry is the only known omega superhero so the tabloids are huge into superflash

anyway all that's just kind of fluff/details... the core theme i've been rotating around is overcoming real and genuine barriers to intimacy. the loneliness of knowing you're a square peg in a world of round holes, the necessary compromises of sanding away your corners, the joy of meeting someone who will stretch to meet you where you are. there's a fair few excellent fics of bruce uncomfortable in an omega's role and body, i want to come at it from a perspective where a xenomegaverse clark has to define what gender means to him, in the heightened roles of the omegaverse. we are looking also at layers of passing. when parts of your closet become your armor that protects but encumbers you, and other parts become your exoskeleton, which grow into who you are. we are looking at that comic about the orchid that has the pattern on it meant to appeal to an extinct species of bee. we are looking at compromise made of love and compromise made of fear. and we are looking at tentacles baby.................

[deathbyoctopi]

Another year, another rec list with some of the best xuexiao I've read these last 12 months!! >w<

And like last year's rec list, this isn't either exhaustive or limited to fics posted in 2023. It's just the things I have found, which I liked, and want to spread the love about ^-^

Here's, in no particular order, my favourite xuexiao (and occasional songxuexiao) fics. Also, take a look down below for other mxtx or danmei pairings!

You're mine by twilightshards. This is a phenomenal oneshot where Xue Yang does not wait patiently to take revenge on Baixue temple, but rather follows the annoying daoshi out of Jinlintai as soon as he gets off the hook. He catches up with them a couple of nights later, only to find Xiao Xingchen in a... compromised position. While moaning Xue Yang's name.

The tamed by @fieri-sentio-et-excrucior. Last year I recommended the wonderful The Prisoner of Jinlintai fic, and now we got a sequel to that!!! Exciting stuff, very exciting... Xiao Xingchen saves Xue Yang from his botched execution and Song Lan is there raging at what he thinks is a psycho taking full advantage of his friend's kindness. Absolutely loved it!

蛇 - shé by shoujorei. A spectacular oviposition fic with blind snake hybrid Xiao Xingchen and enemy-posing-as-housemate Xue Yang, who really didn't know what he was volunteering for when he offered to "help" daozhang with his next heat. An absolute delight!

good lies go bad by istilfearkanna One of the Yi City what-if's I like so much, showing what would happen if Song Lan is successful in killing Xue Yang and, as per canon, vows not to tell his friend anything. So naturally you have Xiao Xingchen happy about his rekindled friendship, but also deeply worried about his missing friend... breaks my heart every time T-T (thx lionfish13 for the rec!!!)

Down in the black sea by @10holmes. A mermaid AU which has to be the sweetest Xue Yang /Xiao Xingchen tale I've seen in a while, with xxc being a revered merman saving the life of a handsome pirate... without realizing that is the infamous Xue Yang, mermaid hunter and slayer of plenty of his kinsmen!! But of course, they fall in love. It's downright adorable (and deliciously angst-inducing!) Also, the worldbuilding in this one is marvelous!

promises, promises by an anonymous author. Time travel fic!!! This one follows Song Lan trying to right the wrongs of his life in the easiest way possible: that is, to eliminate Xue Yang before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Except... he gets distracted saving the life of a poor child with a mangled left hand. Still ongoing, and XXC isn't in the picture yet, but the new chapters are highly anticipated and the writing style is so, so, so good.

the non-con opition by the same anonymous author. How do I know? None of your business!! But the awesome writing style continues here, as well as the song lan/xue yang being brought together by fate is just as awesome. It promises to be songxuexiao eventually, for now it's a delightful soulmates/omegaverse with alpha!Song Lan in rut nonconning the hell out of a mysterious omega with a foul mouth.

Sant Xingchen i el drac by @ergbolli45 A little sweet adorable spin of a traditional legend very dear to my heart. It's winter, the Yi City crew are bored around their campfire, and A-Qing wants a story. So, Xue Yang offers to tell a tale from some exotic land on the west about a little princess, a brave knight and a fearsome dragon.

sticking their dick in crazy by Sectionladvivi. I'm not generally one for modern AUs, but this one is such a stupid and shameless pwp that it skyrocketed through my rankings XD SongXueXiao, and oddly enough, the crazy one alluded in the title isn't Xue Yang!! Delicious and filthy. No thoughts, just horn.

Priceless by @fieri-sentio-et-excrucior. Another modern AU!! but how can I resist, when this is Xue Yang breaking and entering happily married songxiao's domicile, who were getting ready for a very sexy night... and end up, Song Lan tied up and forced to watch the criminal fuck Xiao Xingchen senseless (and unaware it's not his husband the one in bed with him!). Evil and sexy, another wonderful fic by such a wonderful author <3

hands, reaching out by @neriine. A retelling of Yi City but with mutation-like special powers, making it especially interesting when it comes to xuexiao's backstory (song lan is also there, in the background) and the night hunts. It's sweet, sweet, Xue Yang as always a murder gremlin who thinks he has it all under control when the first thing that he doesn't know half-way about is his own feelings... Very well-written, and creative in its worldbuilding!

THIS lovely picture is not from a fic (well, not yet, unless I manage to do something cute with it >w<) but serves as an example of all the wonderful pic manips @wangxianswuji has made, which maybe it's cheating a bit for a fanfic rec post, but. They're just so good. Go check their profile and drool with me ^-^

and speaking of art, I can't not mention @wrathyforest's art done for the fic Now that I see you, particularly one of my favourite moments with Xiao Xingchen defending Xue Yang from an undesirable... this fic was in last year's rec list, and very deservingly so!

ANd now for the other ships!

Love of my life, don't hurt me by @foreheadkissesforzewu-jun This is a delightful and spectacularly cruel tale of unrequired love by a gallant cultivator spiriting his soulmate away. At least, that's what Wen Zhuliu sees it, when in fact this fic is him kidnapping and brutally assaulting Lan Xichen, while following the events of the Wen war and the sunshot campaign. Loved it, but PLEASE read the tags.

Jade pillar, bending like reed by awkwardrecline. dark jades (and dark!Lan Xichen in particular) are so so sooo very dear to my heart... this fic has it all, a tyrannical Lan clan leader who will abuse his power left right and center, a jealous didi who wants nothing but possessive love, so much smut everywhere... Cloud Recesses is never as sexy as when the jades are so unrestrained, I love it! ^-^

My future mommy's mistake by tenwudzvrs. Is this fic pretty much what many people consider nono kinks? mpreg, noncon, xue yang being an utter dick? and do I love it precisely because of it? XD pregnant Wei Wuxian goes home one evening but comes across a ruffian in a back alley, who does everything to him up to and including speaking with his husband through the phone while nailing him to the wall. Lan Zhan isn't happy. I am delighted.

What brother needs, brother gets by @foreheadkissesforzewu-jun. a modern AU jadecest pwp which... to be honest, it's pure oral fixation Lan Xichen going to his didi after he got dumped by some idiot and Lan Wangji doing the best he can to comfort him. It's ridiculously shameless and incredibly enjoyable, just to see these two come to the conclusion that the best course of action is to fuck each other!! XD Wei Ying will find a surprise when he gets back home from his travels and finds his husband has collected another husband...

furious love by @alipeeps. From Till the end of the moon, a very nasty and wonderfully in-canon insight on the disastrous marriage between Ye Xiwu (the original) and Tantai Jin. Let's just say she decides to take her marital rights to the extreme, and using the very same lust potion that originally landed her in that marriage to begin with! Tantai Jin is one of those characters that truly suffer beautifully, and suffer he does here!

a fire, made high and wild by @judiwench. A fic for Sleuth of Ming Dynasty, which is a series that wormed its way into my soul. Sui Zhou desperately searches Tang Fan (him, please, him, not his corpse) only to find him... less than good. I was seriously debating between this one and is the festering that kills a man by the same author, but... Agh, they are both amazing snippets at their obvious mutual love, and the trauma that brings it to light. Highly recommend the series and these fics!

a long sleepless night by @dying-redshirt-noises. This one is from Mysterious Lotus Casebook, a wonderful three-way pwp in the Girls' Mansion where Fang Duobing gets doused with sex pollen... of course, Li Lianhua wants to help, but there is not much he can do with his yang disfunction. How handy to have someone like a-Fei nearby to rail the young master, then!! It is sexy and wonderfully in-canon, and I'm all for it.

And I'm probably still forgetting a few fics, there is nowhere near enough jadecest here compared to what I know I have read and enjoyed... Shame on me again for forgetting to bookmark more often than not.

I'm a bit sad that I barely found any of this year's authors on tumblr (don't know if they don't have accounts here, or do under different usernames) so if anyone knows about them, repost bc I'd like to engage and give them my most sincere praise.

Also, I will say I purposefully avoided tgcf fics for fear of spoilers until I read the whole book, so... next year I'm surely filling this with hualian and such!! >w<

Finally, since we're at it, I just will get a bit of self-promotion with the 5 fics I liked most of what I wrote on this year. I'm IMMENSELY PROUD to have produced 36 fics in this year of our lord 2023 (3 per month!!! omfg!!) and while I can't claim favourites, these might be the ones I'm most proud of:

Some kind of dream. Xuexiao roleplaying after a night hunt, with some nice power dynamics, very mutually enthusiastic consensual non-con, and Xue Yang all but confessing that he is Xiao Xingchen's worse enemy... Smut and fluff, all in one. I do love the 3 year bliss in Yi City, and all the in-canon opportunities it offers!!!

Incensed nights. An INSANE endeavor for kinktober, with WangXian dreaming each night a different cozy, cruel, smutty or simply crack-y scenario. 31 fics for the price of one!! multiple pairings, I can't stress how much Lan Zhan dreams of his brother, or wei wuxian's mind follows other ships... Extremely happy with this one, and I nearly went crazy, seriously.

Shards of morning nights and forbidden kisses. My attempt at jadecest, niecest and omegaverse, all in one. ANd quite successful, might I say! Both clan leaders Lan and Nie want to find a way to claim and marry their respective omega didis, but something something clan rules forces them to play a delicate and sexy political game. It ends in a very nice orgy XD

A Comedy of Yi City Errors. This one, I'm particularly happy with the sheer amount of planning and interlocking plotpoints it has, with Song Lan coming across Xiao Xingchen, a-Qing and Xue Yang without even realizing. I'm told it is quite funny... And I like it very much >w<

...what did you call it again? the only one not mdzs in the list, this is for Till the end of the moon and it's yet again Tantai Jin suffering in his so beautiful way! It was done for an exchange, following the premise: take a canon even and make it worse. Do you think ttj had it bad in the series, with the servants mistreating him in Ye Manor? Ya have seen nuffin!!!

Once again, thanks for reading, thanks to all authors for writing, and let's have a wonderful 2024 full of fics and love!!!

[suzukiblu]

Haha! I’ve really been enjoying ‘We are so please with this Match’ - Kara’s perspective really is brilliant for this whole Situation. Also in the back of my head I’m thinking about your Kryptonian worldbuilding for the sorrowverse and wondering if Kara’s pov is maybe just a little bit skewed by the House of El already being Really Goddamn Weird by Kryptonian Standards. Probably not, since you have a lot of different and equally good ideas in your head, but I’m always cackling just a little whenever I read anything of yours about Krypton and think about sorrowverse Jor-El for more than 30 seconds.

Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you, I've been having a lot of fun writing it! ❤️ I wanted to focus on a beta perspective for a heat/rut fic for once, and ideally work out some more biological/social role stuff to use for betas in general in the process. I've been trying to use them more and get more into them as a gender of interest for omegaverse, I've just never quiiiiite gotten as deep into them as I wanted to.

I'm not sure what you're referencing with "sorrowverse" so you might have the wrong person for that, but also I genuinely can't definitively say I DON'T have a WIP that I've called that at this point, hahaha. 😅 I have, uh, too many WIPs. That's it. That's all. That's the issue. Hahahaha self why. Why are we like this.

( it's the ADHD. it's very much the ADHD. )

[solivagantingrebel]

i was curious, do you have a favorite fic premise/au/trope? for ghoap or any other pairings you enjoy? if you cant pick just one, then top three or five would work too :D - ☀️

I do! More than a few, actually. I think I love writing AUs in general, at this point I'm probably just aiming to collect most of them with my wips kfjkasjsa

In no particular order:

Childhood Friends AU - this was a discovery i made while writing the christmas fic, and goddamn, it just works in so many ways for me. it's all about the tenderness of knowing someone before they became themselves and being known in a similar fashion, with added bonus of nostalgia, yearning and reuniting later in life when you never thought it'd be possible. it's so everything to me.

Power Dynamics - 1) it's very fucking hot, and 2) the inner conflict with this is very, very rich like. the whole duty vs emotions, responsibilities vs taking care of someone you love, and admitting your feelings vs doing the 'right' thing. the whole "i shouldn't" and also "but i can't help falling for him" - which works better in fiction i'll admit but it's really fun to write!

Shifter AUs! & Supernatural AUs in general - okay this might be the monsterfucker in me talking but these have so much potential?? i'm more of a character focused writer so using the said character to embody and change the world / worldbuilding around them is soooo fun. i think i really enjoy the flexibility of doing whatever the fuck i want with the setting in aus in general but these allow me to stretch my muscles far more than other aus that require more grounded research. also + i was an animal nerd growing up and putting that obsession to use is really enjoyable. imagining your favs as various creatures is a great time.

SOULMATE AUS - god, what is there not to love about soulmate aus? the fact that the premise itself lets me wax poetry and go a lil flowery and metaphysical with the prose makes it extra fun. i do enjoy exploring the concept of love in general like - love as obsession, love as possession, love as unconditional devotion, and love as an equalizer, and soulmates have what i need for it. i like reading it a lot too, and hopefully, i will be able to write it down properly in bleeding oath. fingers crossed i'll try my best to deliver 🤞

Omegaverse - okay, okay hear me out, at first it was a kink thing. a lot of the kinks i like are in the trope, and when it's done really fucking well, it's delicious. but i've also seen a lot of writers use it to write beautiful stories and i think that's one of the things i like about fanfiction, you can do whatever the fuck you want with the aus and premises and let your creativity go wild. picking and choosing what you like from said tropes is absolutely valid and should be encouraged <3

Sorry for yapping like a mad man, but thank you for allowing me to! 10/10 question.

[tommyssupercoolblog]

How does scent work?

hi!!! i assume this is a misce question???

generally speaking, if you're trying to get into misceanimalis and want a scent, you'd pick a scent you thinks best represents you (and generally also your secondary gender as part of that- most omegas will pick feminine or sugary scents, for example), and hunt down a perfume or cologne with that smell. You can also match it with shampoos, conditioners, etc. if you're REALLY particular about it being one brand's, exact same, version of that smell? Well some companies, like bath and body works, will release multiple products with the exact same scent- so you could start there!!! alternatives (or just other ways to add it as well) include essential oils, lotion, laundry detergent/sheets, necklaces or jewlery with the scent contained in them (generally made using essential oils or other liquid scents in like, a glass bead or vial), and just. having a scent listed on your blog but not going out of your way to pursue it. or not having one at all!!! for mine I use, again, bath and body works, and I have the perfume and lotion :) I don't use them every single day because, like, i don't even get DRESSED out of my pajamas every day let alone do my perfume or add accessories or anything, lmao, and also because as an alter in a system i'm not always in front. like 9 times out of 10 i am but still. ((((plus even when i am and we do wanna put on some sorta smelly stuff, Seán has his own stuff he likes, too. sometimes we even just. wear both of them at the same time.)))) IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OMEGAVERSE IN GENERAL AND/OR WHY MISCE PPL DO THIS, PLEAS LOOK UNDER THE CUT!!!! :D

because omegaverse is based around the disproven wolves hierarchy, other aspects of biology, unrelated to the heats/ruts part, are often also influenced by animal stuff. case in point, scent.

most mammals can gain lots of information through smell about each other, including health, mood, a personalized "this is insert person" smell, and in A/B/O, a persons hierarchy or secondary gender. it varies from animal to animal, but you get the idea; smell is IMPORTANT, and you, as an individual, have a smell.

the idea is that scent glands on your body (especially neck/cheek areas because, animals, so like. scent marking things by rubbing your face on them is a BIG THING) would carry these scents and that info around. of course, if you have a pet cat or dog or something, they can already smell info from you. but humans generally can't pick up on these things from scent- even when you smell like, sweat, it doesn't smell like a specific PERSON most of the time. like, look me in the eyes and tell me you could pick your best friend's smell out of like, the smell of everyone you know. you couldn't, and i'd have to make every participant run 80 laps before you could smell anything at all from even one of them. so, when people are part of misce and emulating the lifestyles and identities of omegaverse worldbuilding/culture, the best way to replicate this system is with things like perfume. you might not know generally what people smell like, but if your ex used a specific cologne or perfume (OR EVEN just the same hair products and dryer sheets) all the time and you caught a wiff at the supermarket, you're probably going to immediately recognize it and think of them. as for the aformentioned gender of it all, tons of fics have specific kinds of smells associated with certain genders, and in general, flowery scents and fruit or dessert scents are assosiated with omegas, more musky scents (and sometimes like. what, raw meat? barbeque sause? but that's way rare compared to the everpresent "this omega smells like a cookie") are associated with alphas, and betas usually get androgynous or subtler scents, and sometimes scents that are just like. "insert whatever plant/nature thing that isn't a flower or something dark/musky smelling here". sometimes they don't have scents at all. I think this is a byproduct of the personality in the gender stereotypes, and how we associate those with smell. o megas are generally sweet and nurturing, and people associate that with sweet things (sweet means sweet) or flowers because of the "nurturing = woman or mom" thing and how flowers are heavily used in women's products. Alphas are meant to be aggressive leaders who are like, the elephant in the room almost, and kinda intimidating, so something dark and "!!!!!!!" is very much on the table, and again, that also ties into masculinity. Betas as a third gender in a society where most of us grew up with two get the leftovers, and also they're generally seen as more of just...pleasant agreeable support figures who hang out around the others and chill, so that results in more mellow, "calming" scents, and if all your characters have plant or nature smells you're probably going to try and find that for the betas too. (or again, just say they don't have one at all for easiness's sake.) not everyone sees scent as gendered though and even those that do might be scent-nonconforming. the general idea is, "This is the smell that represents me and makes me recognizable in my community. When you smell this smell, or at least my version of it, it's easy to guess that i'm nearby. If something has my scent on it, then it's mine, back off; and that includes my mate (again, nuzzling/mixing scents), so don't try me"

I hope this helps!!!

[sasheneskywalker]

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favorite color: black 🖤

last song: Ruelle - The World We Made

currently reading: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith, Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson and a lot of DC comics

currently watching: Watchmen, Arcane, Good Omens, The Boys

currently craving: i'm always craving chocolate lol

coffee or tea: tea. i drink huge amounts of tea every day. coffee has weird effects on my brain, it can give me a headache or fill me with boundless energy or immediately put me to sleep, depending on the positions of the stars and the phase of the moon, i guess. i only sometimes drink it for the taste.

hobby to try: i'm learning knitting and crocheting right now.

current au: too many to count. i think the most interesting one is my omegaverse. i'm writing a universal "omegaverse worldbuilding" doc for all my fics in an effort to conceptualize an internally coherent omegaverse world, similar to our real world. it currently has 17 pages and that's like 10 percent of what i want to include. i'll post a link to it when i finish it.

tagging: @necrotic-nephilim, @disniq, @red-handed-tamarin, @chejuu, @there-must-be-a-lock,

@itsnyxkvistad, @jzbnee, @paprikadotmp4, @freedvmrouge (if you want!)

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as promised, the omegaverse worldbuilding!! i write a fair amount of omegaverse, but i don't think i've ever really explained how i personally think of it working? so i figured i'd write a post up. i'll edit all my omegaverse fics to have a link to this in the notes. also, if u like any of this and wanna use it in your own fics, feel free!! i'd appreciate a shout-out if u do but also u don't have to.

so first off, alphas/betas/omegas all occur in roughly equal proportions across the entire population. alphas and omegas, especially, tend to stay balanced with each other, but areas can have higher or lower numbers of betas compared to them. high-beta areas can be exclusionary to alphas/omegas (feel like they're too instinctive, heats/ruts are inconvenient, etc), while low beta areas can be exclusionary to betas (they can never really understand how the bond between omegas and alphas works).

general biology!! alphas go into rut, omegas go into heat. betas don't have to deal with any of that. generally people present around the age of 14-15, though younger/older is possible, just rare. alphas get their first rut, omegas get their first heat, and betas just get increased sensitivity to scent (more on that later). there are designated centers to help unpartnered alphas/omegas through ruts/heats, which includes when presenting. there's a pre-heat/rut phase that gives enough warning time to get to a facility if you need one. basically everyone gets on suppressants after initially presenting, which takes frequency of heats/ruts down from once a month to once a year.

alphas also have access to an alpha Voice. an omega will find it harder to resist an order given with an alpha's Voice, though not by too much. omegas can purr both on command and instinctively, both of which work to calm an alpha down, though again, it's fairly easy to ignore the influence. the effect of these increases if the pair is bonded. more on that later. betas aren't affected by Voices or purrs.

alphas are biologically wired to be more dominant/aggressive, while omegas are wired to be more submissive/passive. this is because biological determinism is fun when i can play with it in a kinky little playground :3. because of this, alpha/alpha and omega/omega relationships often have a natural give-and-take, where the dynamics between them shift frequently. that factor is part of the appeal of the relationship for folks who are interested in the same dynamic.

alpha!akira, on the other hand, is a fucked up lil weirdo bc i like to make him suffer :D. he's an alpha who likes submitting, and based on the universe and how i want to write them, is something that's either known but very uncommon, or completely unheard of. you can be transdynamic (in which case, similar stuff as exists for transgender folk in our universe exists), but akira is an alpha, just a submissive one. he doesn't want to be an omega, he wants to be an alpha who gets fucked by his boyfriend :3.

bitching (turning from an alpha into an omega without medical intervention) is generally not a thing in my universes. when it is, an alpha submitting to another alpha they're compatible slowly turns them into an omega. the more compatible they are and the more submissive the bitched alpha is, the faster the process goes.

…oooh you know what would be fun is a fic with omega akechi and alpha akira, but both bitching and…a reverse of bitching where omegas turn into alphas exist, so they switch dynamics. hm. i'll chuck that onto my ideas list. anyways back to bitching. before going into heat, the process isn't permanent. generally the bitched alpha no longer submitting to the other will stop/reverse it, but if they're compatible enough, it might still continue. physical separation is your best bet. alpha/alpha relationships in universes where this exist typically don't have to worry about this, since the dynamic switches frequently and even the submissive party is usually at least trying to fight back, or is only giving in grudgingly.

alpha afab folks aren't able to impregnate ppl, and amab omegas aren't able to get pregnant (unless it's a magic universe, but then literally anyone could impregnate/get pregnant bc of body-altering magic), bc they don't have the parts for that. for a while ppl thought alpha afab folks couldn't get pregnant and omega amab folks couldn't impregnate ppl, but that's actually not true! the issue with alpha afab folks getting pregnant is that their rut (or the suppressants they take to prevent it) also interfere with the hormone cycle that causes ovulation. for omega amab folks, being an omega interferes with their sperm, and means that the sperm don't move quick enough or live long enough to actually fertilize an egg. since afab alphas still have eggs, and amab omegas have sperm, though, even an afab alpha/amab omega couple could have a bio kid with ivf and surrogacy.

scents!!! everyone has a base scent, usually at least somewhat similar to their parents' but not always. when presenting, you develop the ability to smell emotions, not just someone's base scent, and start emitting emotion-based scent as well.

scents blockers can come in a few different formats. there are disposable patches—good for if you want to put them on or take them off quickly, and don't need them to last more than a day. they're what's most commonly used. there are also scent blocking clothes, most commonly scarves. these need to be retreated with the scent blocking chemicals after a period of time. finally, there's blocking gels, which can be used if you need to wear blockers for a while, patches are unpleasant sensory-wise, or if you want your neck bare but still have your scent blocked. gel is common in intimate scenes in tv/movies for that last reason!! scent blockers only need to be applied to the neck. there are scent glands in the wrists as well, but those only give off your base scent, not any emotional ones. blockers also only block emotional scents, not your base scent.

there are multiple situations where scent blockers are required. one is in school after presenting. this is partly to avoid overwhelming newly-presented teens and partly bc god, can u imagine going through high school and everyone around u can smell ur fucking emotions? nightmare material.

similarly, people working in customer service jobs almost always wear scent blockers, bc again, imagine working customer service, someone smells you're annoyed, and starts getting on your case about it. very high-end restaurants/shops actually require their employees not wear scent blockers, since it's a sort of bragging point that their employees are so well-trained/paid that they don't need them. there are pools/bathhouses which require scent blockers as well, since water can amplify smells.

since tvs can't transmit scent, folks on like, talk shows or interviews will usually wear scent blockers so they aren't responding to cues that the audience can't detect. it's less of an issue with tv/movies, since actors are used to communicating scent cues visually if the characters aren't wearing blockers. plus, scent blockers in general are often worn in professional environments.

finally, a degree of scent control is possible if you focus, though strong emotions can still slip through.

bonds!! there are two bonding glands, one on each side of the neck. betas don't have them. there has to be at least one bite to bond. bonds only go through if both partners want it. that said, heat/rut, drugs, alcohol, that sort of thing can all alter someone's willingness to consent to a bond, but don't stop the bond from actually going through.

there are five different kinds: single unreciprocated, single reciprocated, single-double, double unreciprocated, and double reciprocated. typically, only alpha/omega pairs can bond—if two people of the same dynamic try to bond, there's a hormone clash and the bond doesn't go through. however, this only applies to reciprocal bonds!! two alphas or two omegas can bond with a single or double unreciprocated bond. that said, since unreciprocated bonds have an inherent power dynamic, it still doesn't usually take since, as mentioned, both partners have to want the bond to go through. the vast majority of alphas aren't willing to accept a bond where they're always the submissive party, and the vast majority of omegas aren't willing to accept one where they're always dominant.

most common is single reciprocated: A bites B once, and B bites A once. the levels of bonding hormones are lower and balanced, since only one bonding gland is pierced and its reciprocated, so the two partners don't have to be very compatible. both partners can send thoughts/emotions to the other, but can't read the other person's mind at will. the omega will be a bit more susceptible to the alpha's Voice, and the alpha will be more easily soothed by the omega's purr. the bond can be broken, and while it does cause pain to both parties, it heals with time.

next most common is a single-double bond. A bites B twice, B bites A once. A can read B's mind whenever they want. B can send thoughts/emotions to A and recieve thoughts/emotions A sends to them, but can't read their mind. hormone levels are relatively high and unbalanced, so the two need to be more compatible than with a single reciprocated bond. if A is an alpha, B will be a lot more susceptible to their Voice, but can resist with a great deal of effort, and B will have a bit more control over A with their purr. if A is an omega, B will be a lot more controlled by their purr, and A will be a bit more susceptible to their Voice. the bond can still be broken, but it's very painful for the person who was bitten twice.

next is double reciprocated. A bites B twice, B bites A twice. both can read the other's mind at will, the alpha will be far more swayed with the omega's purr, the omega will find it much harder to resist the alpha's Voice. bonding hormone load is high but balanced, so pairs need to be more compatible than with a single reciprocated bond, but less so than a single double. while breaking the bond is possible, it's incredibly painful for both parties, and often leaves them unable to bond again.

next is single unreciprocated. A bites B once, B doesn't bite A back. A can send thoughts/emotions to B, B can't send anything. if A's an alpha, B will be a bit more susceptible to their Voice, if B's an omega, B will be more susceptible to their purr. hormone load is unbalanced but low, so it requires more compatibility than single reciprocated but less than single-double. breaking the bond has no effect on A, and B will experience only mild discomfort.

finally, least common is double unreciprocated. A bites B twice, B doesn't bite back. there are high, extremely unbalanced levels of bonding hormones, so the two need to be extremely compatible. A can read B's mind at will, B can only receive thoughts/emotions A sends. if A is an alpha, B becomes unable to resist their Voice. if A is an omega, B's emotions are completely controlled by their purr. double unreciprocated bonds can't be broken. if B dies, A will be unaffected (in bond terms, at least). if A dies, B will almost always die shortly after.

and that's my omegaverse worldbuilding!! feel free to ask questions about it if u want. might reblog and add to it later if i realize i forgot anything.

[deliahscrush2003]

beta reader here!

beta & alpha readers wanted for fic projects will beta in exchange!

Hey everyone!

For those that don't know me, my name's Lou (she/her) and I have recently gotten back into revamping the numerous fic projects I had in my vaults and trying to get back into my writing again.

I have put out this post to say that if anyone is also in a similar situation with their own fics, I am offering my fellow fic writers to beta & alpha read fics in exchange for coming on as an alpha or beta reader for my own projects.

As a beta & alpha reader, I am willing to not only check for grammar, punctuation, spelling and formatting but also:

identify weaknesses in the plot.

identify pieces in the story where engagement was high or lacking.

identify points in the story where clarity is needed.

help develop characters (both oc & canon)

canon check pieces of information (for canonverse/compliant fics)

|| if you have specific needs, feel free to check with me ! ||

As a writer, I am looking for someone to help with:

identifying inconsistent tense.

identifying where engagement was high or lacking.

identifying points in the story where clarity is needed.

writing relationship development (platonic/romantic)

editing plot structure and fluidity.

writing descriptive settings.

identifying monotone or repetitive parts of the story.

Most importantly, I am looking for people who can approach my story as both a reader passionate about the fic and a writer/editor passionate about helping improve the story.

My projects are also multi-chapter (150,000) and usually part of a wider series (minimum of 3 parts) ; therefore, I am open to working on fic projects that are of equal length!

The fandoms that I write and will read for are:

Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Game of Thrones/House of Dragons (TV), X-Men (movies), Teen Wolf, The Last Kingdom, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Harry Potter (fuck JKR tho), The DC Animated Films/Young Justice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Walking Dead (universe), Scream (movies), The Vampire Diaries/The Originals, The 100, Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Percy Jackson, Criminal Minds, Wolfblood, The Chronicles of Narnia, Outerbanks, The Maze Runner, Grey's Anatomy, Tower Prep, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, FATE: The Winx Saga, Stranger Things, Star Wars, Resident Evil (Gameverse), Power Rangers (the movie), The Hunger Games, Five Night's At Freddy's, Pacific Rim.

The fandoms that I have as WIP right now are:

Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Chronicles of Narnia, The 100, Game of Thrones.

The rest of the fandoms listed are in the worldbuilding process, which I also welcome help with if anyone is interested in bouncing ideas back and forth and fleshing out each other's fics!

This is the link to my Ao3 if you want to understand my writing style.

if you're interested in one of the projects I have for these fandoms (as a beta or just as a potential reader), send me a DM or a ask!

The type of fics that I enjoy writing/reading are (with consideration that Ao3 is my primary writing platform):

M-E Rated (For that reason, I prefer to work with 18+ betas)

Plot-heavy but with a well-written romantic subplot (requirement)

Specific tags/plot I enjoy/write: Time-travel, Fix-It, Canon-Divergence, What-Ifs.

Canonverse fics.

Both OC (has to have the potential of good development, though) and Canon Character-centric fics.

Found family, healing from trauma, redemption arcs.

Crossover/fusion fics (where the original fandom is set in the universe of another fandom)

Zombie-Apocolypse fics.

Dark twists on characters, plots, and the wider canonverse.

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The type of fics that I steer clear from or don't enjoy reading/writing:

G-T Rated.

No romantic subplot at all (I am a romantic girly, sorry to say)

A Mary Sue OC/Reader-Insert or Mary Sue plot.

Reader-inserts.

Established Relationships (unless I can read the build up first)

Specific tags/plot: P*dophilia, Incest (outside of canon-typical), Mpreg, Omegaverse (only under special circumstances).

Modern AUs, Human AUs, No Power AUs.

No Comfort, No Happy Ending, Major Character (Permanent) Death.

Character bashing (I do read fics that bash, but I find it hard to beta for them only because I like to discuss characters objectively - but there are exceptions, so feel free to check)

Anything that attempts to glorify or justify racism, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, xenophobia, ableism, sexism, bigotry, abuse, r*pe or anything even remotely similar.

(feel free to check with me tho, I am open to discussion of everything except the bottom dot point)

Because I believe beta reading to be an experience that should be enjoyable and insightful for both the reader and writer, I am open to :

Discussing any ships, character arcs, or plot points that my betas personally wanted to see in the show or are very passionate about (read: this does not mean I will change my entire story but that I am open to possibilities)

Analysing and critiquing any of the above media (read: NOT BASHING, but genuine analysis of how different media were handled to apply to our own form of writing)

Giving out and receiving fic, tv, movie and book recs to aid in inspiring each other during the course of our writing, but also to support our fellow writing community!

Even if you're not interested, please repost so it can reach those who are!

[pinepickled]

Fandom Homework for @razielim

I decided to do this as a kind of WIP checklist for stuff that's in my docs but maybe won't be published soon. I'm not adhering to any strict time limit, but I'm definitely going to write. Under the read more:

Starting with the fact that I've now made a pact to finish writing long fics before i start to post them. Before when I was a younger and more inexperienced writer, I felt like I could handle writing week to week if I could get that sweet validation from readers. However, I also knew that my writing wasn't that good, and quickly life and insecurity got in the way. Now, I'm comfortably writing extremely lengthy fics and waiting to post them. some of those fics go as follows,

A Tiger and Bunny omegaverse fic. It's a total rewrite of the first season (with tentative plans for the second) that revolves around Tiger's life as the first Omegan Hero. The Barnaby in this fic is totally unhinged. Kotetsu has 3 baby daddies. It's the most emotional piece on feeling like your life is over and no one cares about you that I've ever written. It's taking a much darker tone than the show will, and also a much hornier one. I have a lot of hidden surprises for people, lore building up the wazoo (especially in regards to Tiger's past) and even religious/magical aspects once Lunatic gets introduced. It's definitely going to be a wild ride. I can't give an exact word count because these chapters got too long to keep on the same doc, but it's probably around 50k words now, and I'm not even halfway done. It's been in the works for, maybe, 2 years? 3?

A Jujutsu Kaisen fic. If I'm being quite honest, the manga going downhill so fast killed a lot of my inspiration to write for this series. However, there are still aspects I really like about both the series and definitely my fic. The fic has gotten to maybe 20k words? And it's ongoing. I got stuck on one seen between Gojo and Nanami last year and have been too busy to overcome it, but I desperately want to. I have such a story to tell with this fic. It's going to revolve mainly around Touji- I guess I should mention now that it's an Omegaverse fic- who gets mated to Gojou unwillingly before he dies the same way he did in the manga. Fast forward 10 or so years, he's back, and if he wants to survive, he's gotta stick around an uncontrollable, violent, god-complex Alpha who's got his pup in his clutches. That's a very dramatic way to say Touji will have to tolerate Gojou's kisses. It includes a lot of worldbuilding into the way powers work in JJK, as well as the presence of deities and Sukuna's past. It also includes an intricate weaving of omegaverse into the actual world of JJK, including all the changes I'll make. It's a polyamorous fic, everyone/everyone basically, so you bet Sukuna will be involved heavily in the romance aspect. And I made Yuji an Omega.

An rpf fic for a kpop group I wont name. It's a mafia omegaverse AU, where the MC will be an omega from the pampered rich neighborhood, who runs away from home to try and attain freedom. In this fic, Omegas are bought and sold like objects, and regulated and humiliated sexully very often. It's a mix of horny and actual legit analysis into what it means for your soul to be crushed over and over again, trying to reach for love from the people who own you. It got a lot darker than I intended lol, but as of right now it's short. It's gonna include a lot of triggering topics like rape, forced sterilization, gang violence, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, torture, and more. But I adore it. What's that one post? "The hands that cradled you were drenched in indescribable amounts of blood." "But they cradled me, yes?"

An extremely long planned out yet very little written omegaverse Supernatural fic, wherein Dean is an Omega who was pushed into the incestuous role of being a mother and wife after Mary died, and Michael just wants his pookie to be okay. But so does Sam. Shenanigans, not so much. I like to think of it as an exploration into the taboo being condoned by a holy being. About god being dead, too. About how fucked up it is that you're fucking an angel in the body of your dad in the 70s. It's almost a complete degradation of Dean's self esteem as a 'righteous man', with Michael, Lucifer, Sam, Castiel, and Ruby all telling him to abandon the upright view his father and the world at large expect of him, and to accept that he wants to be coddled, pampered, spoiled, and fucked. Men aren't fucked. But Dean will be.

A Miraculous Ladybug omegaverse fic (are you seeing the trend yet) where Luka gets a random miraculous (not part of the cat and ladybug's miraculous box) that allows him to transform into a hero called Beast of Omen, given power from the qwami 'Fenrir'. It's a darker, more I'd like to say realistic and fucked up interpretation about ML. For one, the main cast are all in high school, not middle school, close to their senior year. Luka is actually older than Juleka, as the cowards originally intended, and is in his college's second year. The majority of France are not shifters, meaning they can't smell or purr and they don't have claws. Luka, however, is a slightly apologetic Alpha. This is set in like season 3-4 kinda, when Luka and Marinette are hesitantly dating. The first chapter is set right after Marinette breaks up with him. Luka had withheld himself a lot, conscious that his more Alphan traits could scare her, but now she ran away from him anyway. Marinette is one such non-shifter. Adrian, however, is the most coddled and ignorant Omega on the planet, who has no idea how the Alphas around him- including his own father- look at him.

A Jason Todd fic where an adult, Alphan Damian asks Jason to come with him to Nanda Parbat after his grandfather sends out an uncharacteristic summon for him, his mother, and the ever elusive Nyssa al Ghul. Jason basically is forced to accept being pampered and looked after for a few weeks as Damian rebuilds his self esteem. There's also a bit of hate/love sex with Jason and bruce much later in the game, but god was it delicious. I love spoiled and pampered Jason getting waited on hand and foot by Alphas and having no idea what to do with all the attention

A descendant's fic (yes the disney movie) where Auradon prep is a college, Ben is 28, and the main cast are still the same age (if older by one or two years than canon). Ben is an Alpha (yes im doing this) who is really into being a daddy dom, and he's been searching for the perfect little to make into his puppet-queen for years. With his coronation just a few months away, a blessing is sent to him in the form of the Isle's children, who all happen to be adorable, young, impressionable Os in need of a strong and comforting hand to guide them. This fic actually features a very broad range of OCs from my end, and I have to say, I like where it's going so far. I also do my best to give it a more mature tone (naturally since the original was a movie made for children) while keeping the fun and bitchy elements. Also some mild magical world building.

Lastly, a very olllllllld Haikyuu fic, also Omegaverse, involving Omega Iwaizumi in a throuple with Alphas Oikawa and Ushijima, and also Omega Akaashi living with Alpha pack leader Bokuto

hehe, i had fun

[anticidic]

hi darling!! i am back because i realized that somewhere along the "just spit it on to the page" writing i've been doing for the abo fic that is still 100% your fault, i am somehow at. almost 10k words. which is insane.

BUT since i've got so much and yet have barely begun, i decided to poke you about something that im playing with in it which IS: what are your thoughts on the possibility of Chuuya's secondary gender being messed with/fucked up by his time in the labs?

that is still 100% your fault

but omg i'm happy for you!! i'm still totally interested in what you've got cooking and will 100% give it a read, hehe 👀

(putting this warning ahead of time but cw: for talking about experimentation)

it's funny you say that, because my beast skk fic has this loosely used as a subplot explanation for some of the fuckery going on with him that i won't go too into details bc the fic is still ongoing and i'm pretty sure I have readers following me here. but i somehow managed to make professor n even more of a scumbag for what happened to chuuya, so uhh, yay?

my immediate thought is: heck yeah!! esp. if you like to add a touch of explanation to your omegaverse worldbuilding beyond just 'uhhhh it happens because i say so'

the tldr of what i did in my own fic about chuuya getting experimented on was that his clone was used as a scapegoat for a secret experiment wherein scientists were trying to see if they could combine alpha/omega traits either into a beta or put alpha traits into an omega and vice versa with alphas. like, implanting the scent glands of one individual into another in the hopes that the recipient would inherit the behaviors of the first person and by proxy their unique scent, because scents are tied to identities in a very 'if your identity is stolen, your life may as well be forfeit in whoever's hands it fell into because they know now all of your memories'

the short answer is that the experiment went fucking terribly because it turns out the body can't handle experiencing both a rut and a heat at the same time. people just drop dead best case scenario because they fail to thrive.

ANYWAY, that was the angle i went with as an example and i feel like since what was done to chuuya as a kid is vague enough to leave up to interpretation, this can work in your favor for what you have planned. as a wink-wink nudge-nudge, you could also factor in the poisons used on chuuya/him getting stabbed with that knife laced with poison. where the consequences aren't immediate, but long-term it ends up altering his genes on a basic, functioning level.

it doesn't have to be all bad, either. his time in the lab could've positively affected him (i know this sounds ironic but i don't mean that he had a good time there sdfjkdjfk just that there was a silver lining to the unspeakable horrors that he can use to his advantage) depending on the omegaverse worldbuilding you do. maybe one of the subgenders has a disadvantage of some sort, and he was experimented on ~for the greater good~ to save him from a future life of hardship. OR, OR, you could use it as an excuse for why he doesn't experience heats or ruts or isn't affect by the scents of those around him. maybe professor n dun goofed real bad and no one even knows what to classify chuuya as. he's just chuuya.

there's actually a lot you can do with it tbh that are all very, very interesting. it's ripe for angst, for some cool lore, and interesting plot twists that i don't see explored often in omegaverse tbh. i hope this gave you some food for thought!!

[versegm]

Like ok real talk I know omegaverse as a trope has a Reputation of being a bad excuse for kinky porn, and like. Yeah sure there are a lot of boring omegaverse that just goes "hey what if we did gender roles 2.0," but I assure you there are omegaverse fics out there that actually try to do something interesting with that worldbuilding. I've read a fic where the protag couldn't smell pheromones, and the impact it had on his day-to-day life as he was unable to perceive 50% of social cues around him. I've read a fic where the protag had been hazardly shoved in the "omega" category because that's the closest his presentation came to, but he didn't actually fit in any of those labels biologically. I read a fic about an omega who used his uwu I am sooo weak stereotype as a way to manipulate people into doing shit for him. I read a fic where being a beta was actually considered the worse option, as being an omega or an alpha gave you buffs on some sorts of magic. I've read a fic about a character who presented as a sigma male, and it was played 100% seriously with his struggles living in an extremely gendered society and being constantly told "oh you're just an alpha who wants to be special" "oh you're just a beta who's a bit of a late bloomer" and such. I have read a chilling fic played as horror where a character used her pheromones as a way to groom someone and brainwash her.

Again. A lot of omegaverse is worldbuilding for the sake of porn, and it rules. A lot of omegaverse is boring misoginy 2.0, and it sucks. But when you act like that's all there is, you remind me of my dad telling me that fantasy isn't a real genre of literature because it's always "medieval setting overwhelmingly good guys fighting a nondescript evil" because he skim read the wikipedia page for the lord of the ring and thought that was the entire genre.

I'm not telling you to drop everything and start worshipping omegaverse as the single best trope of all time- hell, I'm not even asking you to read omegaverse at all. But I am asking you guys to stop acting like you know everything about a genre or a trope based on cultural osmosis and maybe three bad exemples you read once. This doesn't just apply to omegaverse btw, sometimes you don't know much about a genre or medium or trope and it's fine, just don't act like you know everything there is to know about it.