#dekupack

I saw @omega-multiverse​‘s post on formal pack structures here, and it got me thinking about what Class 1-A’s structure would be as a pack, so here we are:

Some parts of this chart are a little confusing so let me explain what’s going on.

Because the pack is so large, it’s been broken down into four sub-packs, with Todoroki, Kirishima, Shoji, and Satou as each sub-pack’s head alphas. This was mainly done to keep order. Thanks to the alphan natural instinct to lead, it would’ve been near impossible for one or two head alphas to keep the other six or five alphas of the pack in line; the pack would’ve collapsed within weeks.

Iida and Yaoyorozu are the head male alpha and head female alpha of the pack. Each sub-pack’s alpha is underneath one of them, while they are on equal standing with one another. They consult each other on pack-wide decisions, and while they have the power to make decisions for anyone in their sub-packs, they normally consult each other on those decisions as well.

For an example of how the structure of power works, take this scenario; Kaminari has received a courting gift from Shinsou, and it has to be decided if Shinsou is a good enough candidate to mate into the pack if the courting is allowed. Because Kaminari is in Kirishima’s sub-pack, it is first Kirishima’s decision. He will consult Kaminari, Sero, Bakugou, Ashido, and Jirou, and then make a decision. If he decides Shinsou isn’t good enough, the courting ends there. If he decides Shinsou is, the decision goes to the head alphas.

If Kaminari was trying to mate with someone in one of Iida’s sub-packs, let’s say Midoriya, the decision would be all Iida’s, as both Kaminari and Midoriya are under him. But because Shinsou is an outsider trying to mate into the pack, the decision must be made by Iida and Yaoyorozu unanimously.

(This is the completely logical progression of this scenerio, but in reality the decision would be mainly left up to Kaminari and Kirishima, Iida, and Yaoyorozu would just agree with his verdict because they’d all think he was the authority on decisions about his own relationships).

Thank you! It’s honestly amazing to me that so many people have sent in asks, and I’m having a lot of fun answering them.

There absolutely would be smaller packs within 1-A. The way I see it, 1-A as a whole would be an unstructured pack, while the smaller packs would be structured ones. In my omegaverse, packs are formed by having the head alpha bite each member on the scent gland on the left side of their neck. Unlike mating bites, these bites don’t change the scent gland permanently, and have to be redone every few months. The only thing it does is change their scent slightly, so everyone in the pack will be able to easily identify the other members as packmates, and strangers will know they’re in a pack.

Class 1-A doesn’t have a head alpha (Momo and Iida both consider it to be themselves, but they’re too polite to actually have a fight to decide the matter), so they aren’t officially a pack. The Dekupack and Bakupack are however, with Iida and Kirishima as the “head alphas” who bit the other members. The Bakupack is Bakugou, Kirishima, Mina, Sero, Kaminari, and Jirou, while the Dekupack is Midoriya, Iida, Todoroki, Uraraka, and Tsuyu, though the Bakupack is actively trying to steal Uraraka and are getting closer to victory each day.