this is such a good take ngl
IVE BEEN THINKING THIS FOR YEARSSS ILY, its why i cant stand the omegaverse
What a lot of ppl enjoy ab the omegaverse is the heat/breeding aspect, whole soulmate thing, and pregnancy for anyone
For a female omegaverse they can still explore their relationship with all these parts and cis women still cant get each other pregnant irl. Also it depends on the creator, like a creator might make it so female alphas dont have a womb to carry a child or something
But the worldbuilding/lore aspect can be off
no joke, I always think about this and as a girl maybe that also explains why I'm always so invested in omegaverse stories. you just explained my thoughts and questions in the most perfect way possible so thank you for that lol
Haha im the opposite
If it's true that women read omegaverse because they want to see men going through the same things they do then I find that really weird. Personally I find it painful reading about a man going through the crap women go through on a daily basis and worse, especially since most of the time omegas are depicted as innocent and look feminine. I think people just want to read het porn but without the women.
I agree with everything you said (￣∇￣")
Anyway:
There are, but the ones I found were mostly korean novels without manhwa adaptation and untranslated, so I don't think people are very interested in them (probably for the reasons you listed). The only manhwa I know with an omega female lead is this: https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/which_alpha_do_you_want_to_play_with/
There are a few with a female alpha and male omega couple but that doesn't fit with what you're asking because it's still the same concept of 'switching gender situations'. There were some GLs as well, but I haven't read them so I don't remember which and it still involves female alphas so nevermind
as a girl that reads omegaverse, i also would find that kinda weird and i personally just read it for fun - but tbh i kind of still would understand why, since i think it's probably not about wanting to see men going through that pain but rather maybe understanding the social struggles and how it's not made up problems by feminists (since many men think that way) but yeah man idk myself what to think and what not LMAOO but what you said at the end could also be true for some stories where it's not about plot but rather p0rn
This is an interesting take, and tbh it WOULD be interesting to see a switch of gender to portray discrimination and social struggles but barely any omega verse BLs focus on that... those mangas are more so rampant with rape and it kinda uses the secondary genders as a tool for justification / victim blaming (omega's pheromones so the alpha couldn't help himself) so that the author can write noncon in so I just find it ickyyy personally
I don't necessarily see it as women wanting to see men suffer like them, but I can see how omegaverse probably came to be due to a juxtaposition of women's struggles on men, probably because women wanted to read BL but still identify better with the main character.
I personally don't read it for either reason, I don't even particularly care about the mpreg (don't kill me), I just find the dynamics and the concept of bond interesting to read (when it's healthy)
I HATE THATTTT
And it doesn't have to necessarily be like that, it's the author's choice. There are quite a few omegaverses that have a very healthy relationship without rape, so there's no justification for that trope
But you don't really need omega verse for that?(Except the pregnancy for everyone part but I have weird feelings about pregnancy in general so imma ignore that for now)
Like, there are other genres with "heats" if what u want is the sudden sex craze. And even then again, I can't speak for men but plenty of women go though not exactly a heat but a period of heightened arousal because of their hormones before their period.
As for the soulmate thing I think some author's add that but it's not obligatory in the genre. You could just as perfectly wrote a soulmate au without adding omega verse.
Ik it's written mostly for the hornyness but like. Idk. It's literally the day to day plights of women but (slightly) exaggerated and on men
Yeah that's why I'm mostly asking about straight omega verse.
Cause in my mind omega verse = sexism, so a straight omega verse is like...sexism²?? If that makes sense.
idk I guess it depends on some author's but like as a whole it just...
Lol I'm glad.
Why do you like it though? Can I ask?
YESSS you're so right!!
Yeah maybe. I think it's a bit of both?
People want to read het porn without women(and I think that's the cause of a blend of fetishism and sexism) but also I do think it's a way for some to buffer out the empathy in a way?
Like, as girls, we've basically all goes through some form of SA or harassment before. At school, work, public transport, whatever. So maybe reading about women in those situations makes it more realistic and therefore painful? If it's a man since it statistically doesn't happen often they can treat it as just a story.
Just my two cents
Lmaoooo
See I'd understand it if everyone read omega verse but let's face it, almost everyone who reads it are girls.
There's no need to deconstruct it when we as girls already know what it's like to live in a patriarchal society.
Sure wish we could force men to read it from tike to time tho. Might just give them the littlest bit of empathy lol
I've also heard of a theory that one of the reasons why BL is so popular among teenage girls is because it allows them to explore their sexuality in a more subtle way, because they would not relate directly to the main character (who usually assumes the submissive "feminine" bottom role) but can still unconsciously use them as a self insert, so their gender is essentially the "buffer"
Exactly. As much as I hate omegaverse I can see the tiniest potential for an opportunity to write a story that explores societal issues and injustice. But the way the genre currently exists I don't see any redeeming quality. It's just a way for authors to write rape scenes and justify them. The number of times I've seen comments like "what did you expect guys he was in a rut he couldn't control his instincts!!" is insane.
Idk why this reminded me of the fact that the first omega verse story was a supernatural fanfic
Lol. But also if what you like is the bonds aspect, isn't soulmate stories better?
Out of curiosity, are there any female omega verse?(Where they aren't Alfas )
Cause I was thinking the whole omega verse genre is dumb asf, because it's literally just about what women go through, and ppl wanting to see men in those positions but then giving them everything a woman does have and goes through except for the flat chest + privates. (Which doesn't even make SENSE because how else are you going to breastfeed+ birth the damn child. You just want women with extra steps)
Like, the sexism, the danger of SA, the social stigma, literally getting pregnant, heats, scents- they're all based ok what real women go through.
So the point of the genre is to see "men" go through that.
That would mean any reason for there to be a female omega verse story pretty meaningless cause literally just put that story irl and it would have the same effect. But idk there are all kinds of stories out there so I'm checking