I have just discovered the offensive reality of straight people A/B/O through Bridgerton fanficsâtruly a misogynistic patriarchal reinforcement of gender stereotypes that horrifies me to my soul.
Straight people should not have access to this trope, they have no concept of how to use it. Like, if youâre determined to do a âfamily legacyâ thing for the Bridgertons, theyâre all horny Omegas looking for love.
However, if weâre being more INTERESTING with it:
Simon/Daphne should be Beta/Omega, and you could use Simon being a Beta to play into his daddy issues.
Kate/Anthony is Alpha/Alpha, anyone who tries to make Kate an Omega is out of their fucking minds. Also, that is a woman who wants to fuck her husband, letâs be so for real.
Penelope/Colin would be the actual Alpha/Omega dynamic but Pen is obviously the Alpha. Colin wants to be good for her SO BAD. I donât make the rules. (Except I DO and IâM RIGHT).
John/Francesca are a couple of autistic Betas who just want the crazy Alphas and Omegas to leave them out of their messy drama so they can be quiet nerds together.
As for Eloise and Benedict, thereâs a few options.
Eloise as an Alpha or Omega can be used to explore how that effects her as a woman in 19th century regency who feels like she SHOULD be able to do the same things as her brothers but is restricted either bc sheâs a girl (Alpha) or bc sheâs an Omega, and how thatâs affected by her internalized misogyny (against omega girls for example). Could also contribute to her and Penâs friendship dynamicsâif sheâs an Alpha, as a bonding point for not quite fitting, but if sheâs an Omega you can make it a like she thinks Pen being an Alpha is cool/is envious of her.
Benedict I feel like you could argue for any secondary gender and make it interesting, cause thatâs the kind of character he is. But I think most interesting would be making him a Beta to really play into the way heâs trying to find his place without having a set role in his family.
Have I put way to much thought into this? No, I literally came up with this as soon as I thought about it, itâs so easy and way more interesting than âthe boys are alphas and the girls are good little omegas bc i hate queer people and prefer to write boring uninteresting worlds and dynamics and fetishize terrible gender stereotypesâ.
The only way ur allowed to use A/B/O for het couples is if ur messing with the secondary gender shit. Otherwise it just feels inherently misogynistic and homo-and-transphobic to me.
