i will not say the slur against aboriginal people

- warning, a bit of a long post. I normally go back in edit these but tbh I feel like shit so if it's not well thought out gimme like a week, I'll come back and rehash everything

Crazy take here, but I think omegaverse is too focused on perpetuating rape culture, instead getting bdsm about it. Lemme elaborate.

A lot of omegaverse is angst and smut. Both cnc and plain ol nc lol, whether romanticized, well written, shown in a poor light, or treated casually, is up in the air, but this does not negate the fact that it is everywhere. I am not saying whether that is bad or good that can be for a different post.

What I am saying is, submission is often used a subplot to force people into doing what you want them to do, and I feel like it isn't often shown as what I feel like it's supposed to be - a gift. Submission, from whichever gender is giving it, is supposed to be something you feel grateful for. Something you earn after a long time of knowing and loving each other.

Personally, I don't even think it should just be an omegan thing. I just don't think it makes sense ??? Idk ?? I'm still stirring it around in my head. I think I would understand if omegan submission was more romanticized bc of the perpetuating of rape culture, and bc of that omegas rarely submitting to people, even within the pack.

But I think even without that submission is just something you cherish. Like yeah, I'm trusting you to take control of myself and guide me wholly, that's a big flipping deal !!

This is also why I think it's stupid for omega characters to just be submitting willy-nilly to any alpha around. I think you would have to be pretty heavily traumatized for this to happen - like I'm talking you'd have to be completely resocialized to the common man. Bc not only is dangerous for you, but it's also unsettling for everybody else !! Like idk you like that why in the world would I wanna be completely responsible for your well-being !!!

𑁍Long post incoming. This got way too long.

I have a lot of thoughts about scents in the omegaverse, but we'll start here. Specifically, with descriptions for scents in the omegaverse. Bc like a scent sweetening isn't indicative of heat by itself, but a cloying scent is, if that makes sense.

Sweetening; happens when you're in a good mood, or something particularly good is happening to you. You'll find it used a lot when people are getting scented by their packmates.

Souring; the opposite. A spoiled or rotten smell depending on scent. Someone with a coconut or milky smell might land more on the spoiled side, while someone with a woody or floral smell might end up on the rotten side.