why does it matter so much to u lol. if this story isnt your cup of tea just don’t read it. if u rlly think about it falling for each other bc they smell good could actually be romantic because imo smelling good is attractive and u can definitely fall for someone if they smell good. perfumes and such exists for a reason. plus this author might just want to make an interesting plot and not make it all about rape and sex cuz what’s interesting about that lol. also wdym by certain expectations? like that all they’ll do is just fuck?? have the omega get assaulted or sometginf?
Your response is another that really interests me. Yet another canned one about “tropes”. You’re very derisive about the pheromone premise, not even linking it to real life concerns and anxieties human are facing as genetics are settling more and more into the collective mind set. This is an idea that has always terrified humans. Just look to the Magna Carta from the 11th century. If you understood more about humanity, and were able to appreciate individuals’ mental make up, you wouldn’t be so trapped in your shallow mindset and enjoy the story more
I'm liking the story. I was speaking to all the people in the comments complaining about the seme being an asshole. It's an ABO - so I think the seme being an alphahole is kind of par for the course. This story is an interesting take on the ABO dynamic - with all the omegas gone and the seme's family so obsessed with the idea of the "superior" alpha that can only come from an omega/alpha pairing, forcing them both into a situation neither one wants. But everyone's trashing the seme for being a major ass about the whole thing and I think that's kind of unfair - especially since we haven't gotten any real backstory on him and why he "hates" omegas.
If you want a sweet and fluffy alpha, all supportive and bucking the social system that's been telling his kind for generations that they are the top of the food chain...obviously this story isn't going to work for you. I think *expecting* the alpha to be all gentle and nice to the omega from the get-go is silly. ABO is pretty much designed to have a jerk alpha who is *eventually* softened as the two fall in love. yet the comment section is full of people calling for his blood and chop off his body parts and etc.,
I like the story. I was speaking to the people bitching about it. He's an alpha - they shouldn't be so outraged and upset that he's acting like one. Jerk-turns-into-sweet-lover...isn't that what ABO is best at? Yet the comments are full of people calling him awful things and hoping he'll lose body parts and everything else.
Thanks for responding! It felt like a mixed messages, so I’m glad you clarified. I see what you’re saying. I agree with you that people are stereotyping characters and not looking at the story. That’s a shame. Disregarding the whole male pregnancy, this story does well in playing off people’s deep seated fear/fascination with genetics vs free will. You know something’s successful because of the unconscious lashing out they do when a subject makes them uncomfortable. You’ll see this occur a lot with satire. A majority of people do not understand and so do not know how to handle the feelings it engenders, and will respond with great negativity
of ABO to be an excuse for alphas to be conceited assholes and omegas to be baby factories? Try to dress it up as nicely as you can, that's still the basis of the trope. This story is just taking the idea to the extreme. "Forced to fall in love because your bodies smell tasty to each other" isn't exactly romantic.
A lot of stories try to make it pretty by having the alpha not be such a major asshole and the omega gets to be feisty but in the end, neither one has any real choice in the matter once their hormones kick in. Or they "fall in love" almost instantly (again because of the hormones or a convenient "soul mate" reasoning).
ABO is meant to be much more bestial than romantic, or why bother with the ABO dynamics at all? I don't read ABO stories very often but when I do, I expect certain things.
Sometimes I wonder why the author bothered with it if the alpha isn't going to be an "alpha" - just use another excuse for mpreg if that's what they want to write about. Then you don't have to bother with the ABO dynamics that have to be subverted to make the story more socially acceptable.