Hi hiiii I’ve been loving pieces of your heart and Secret Secret! ❤️ I’m especially in love with your depictions of this modern day ABO setting and I’m wondering if you had any guides or sources for it? Or if you have any fun settings and behind the scene headcannons you haven’t been able to write out yet?
Hiiiiii! Im so glad you like my story, and OMG thank you for asking about the worldbuilding! Ive been waiting to gush about this, but i was worried an unprompted info dump would make people think i was weird >_<
Im not prepared to write out everything, but i figured i could just post my notes and remove anything with spoilers. As for sources, basically any abo fics ive read, and what I can work in to make sense in my world.
Some things not added in my notes:
- men cant get pregnant. Even with fanfiction standards, my brain just cant brain it. I cant write what i dont understand (funny enough, i dont mind reading it. I think i just overthink too much)
- discrimination does exist in my world, but its similar enough to everyday sexist ideas that i didnt bother mentioning it (alphas are seen as more masculine and omegas as feminine, so you can imagine how female alphas and male omegas are treated/viewed)
- presentation (subgender is revealed) happens around ages 15-20. Alphas and omegas have their first heat/rut, and betas scents develop fully. (On that note, unlike most characteristics for humans, it is impossible to confuse a specific scent with another sub-gender.)
- not necessarily about the world, but Chans scent is actually based on a specific sun screen i have that makes me think of the beach, but i couldnt put "chan smells like sunscreen" because that would just be mean, so i went with tropical. But just know he actually smells like my lavender-pineapple sunscreen lol
Some headcanons i have that i dont think will ever get brought up:
- Han originally picked a fight with Hyunjin cause he was prettier. SS han picks a fight because he was attracted to hyunnie and didnt know how to deal with it
- At the time of debut, neither suengmin, jeongin, nor hyunjin had fully presented. All three of them were a surprise - seungmin and hyujin expected to be betas, and with his strong emotions and instincts, it was expected for innie to be an alpha.
- Maya is korean-american :)
Anything else I want to add may be a spoiler, so ill hold off on it until it comes up, but there might be some other things im missing. If anyone has any other questions, feel free to ask!
And for funsies, have my POMH soulmate notes too: