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* Omega ([[Omega|Ω]]): submissive and gentle, calm and a peacemaker.
Omegaverse fiction typically focuses on [[wolf]] or other [[Canidae|canid]]-like behavior in humans, especially as it pertains to [[sexual intercourse]] and sexuality, which is described as instinctual, responding to animalistic physiological stimuli.<ref name="NYT 23 May 2020" /><ref name="Dailydot" /> This includes [[Rut (mammalian reproduction)|rutting]] and [[Estrous cycle|heat cycles]], [[Sex pheromone|pheromonal]] attraction between Alphas and Omegas,<ref name=":4">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Busse|2013|pp=289–290}}</ref> [[Bulbus glandis|penises with knots]] (used to "knot", or tie, the partner to an Alpha during copulation, an action known as "knotting"),<ref name="NYT 23 May 2020" /> [[Territory_(animal)#Scent_marking|scent marking]],<ref name="Bookriot">{{cite web |last1=Tanjeem |first1=Namera |title=The Omegaverse Plagiarism Lawsuit, One Year On |url=https://bookriot.com/omegaverse-plagiarism-lawsuit/ |website=Book Riot |access-date=17 July 2020 |date=18 July 2019}}</ref> [[Imprinting (psychology)|imprinting]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Breeding in the wild|breeding]], mating rites, [[Pack (canine)|pack]] structures<ref name="Jezebel">{{cite news |last1=Shrayber |first1=Mark |title='Knotting' Is the Weird Fanfic Sex Trend That Cannot Be Unseen |url=https://jezebel.com/knotting-is-the-weird-fanfic-sex-trend-that-cannot-be-u-1606931767 |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]] |date=18 June 2014 |language=en-us |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310173952/https://jezebel.com/knotting-is-the-weird-fanfic-sex-trend-that-cannot-be-u-1606931767 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and potentially permanent psychic bonds with a mate.<ref name=":2" /> Between Alphas and Betas, only females can carry on a pregnancy, but male Omegas are often envisaged as being able to [[Male pregnancy|become pregnant]] via a [[uterus]] connected to the [[rectum]],<ref name="Jezebel" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 2018 |title=男も妊娠する世界…BLの人気設定「オメガバース」ってご存知ですか |newspaper=現代ビジネス |url=http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/56273 |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2ページ目：BLにおける「オメガバースの事情」【アニメイト編集部BL塾・応用編】 {{!}} アニメイトタイムズ |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1607068841&p=2 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Animate Times |language=ja}}</ref> and Alphas can impregnate regardless of their main gender.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Sung |first=Morgan |date=26 April 2021 |title=What The Hell Is The Omegaverse, And Why Is It All Over TikTok? |url=https://in.mashable.com/culture/21810/what-the-hell-is-the-omegaverse-and-why-is-it-all-over-tiktok |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Mashable India |language=en-in}}</ref> To make penetration and impregnation easier, male Omegas often have [[Vaginal lubrication|self-lubricating]] anuses.<ref name=":6" />
Since Omegaverse is a type of [[folksonomy]], some of its aspects are included or excluded at the discretion of the story author.<ref name=":1" /> Sometimes Betas are absent, or other intermediate designations such as Deltas and Gammas are added.<ref name=":3" /> The genre often features other fantasy elements, such as the presence of [[werewolves]] or other fantastical creatures.<ref name="NYT 23 May 2020" /> Some works introduce a rigid [[caste]] system, where Alphas are depicted as the upper class elites while Omegas are at the bottom tier and face discrimination and oppression because of their [[physiology]], creating an example of [[biological determinism]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |date=6 December 2018 |title=傷心教師の赴任先は、妖し男子が集まる学園…羽純ハナの最新BL、ドラマCD化も決定 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/311064 |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Campillo Arnaiz|2018|pp=118–120}}</ref> In darker stories, this results in [[Rape|non-consensual]] or dubiously consensual intercourses, forced pregnancies, Omegas kidnapping and [[sexual slavery]].<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Campillo Arnaiz|2018|pp=122–123}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Fazekas|2020|p=104}}</ref>
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