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April update: thoughts on omegaverse

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:25:10 GMT

A bit random, but I wanted to talk a bit about a WIP that I've had on the backburner but which I got a bit of inspiration on recently due to a thread on fail_fandomanon. Basically, a while back (in February), there was a thread on what makes for a bad [insert genre] fic, including a thread asking what people think makes for a bad omegaverse fic.

Trying to think about this question was interesting and made me think a little bit about what makes omegaverse appeal to me. I think the original question is a bit difficult to answer because omegaverse is a very flexible trope - like, fifty tropes in a trenchcoat that you can freely pick and choose as you like, and I think it has also changed quite a bit over time, changing from something that had a bundle of relatively niche kinks in it into something a bit more mainstream. I guess the central/non-negotiable aspects of the AU is that characters have a secondary sex/designation as alpha and omega (and possibly beta as well), and these come with specialized/dimorphic biology/biological urges of some kind. Aside from that, there's quite a lot of flexibility in the mechanics, worldbuilding, and type of stories you can tell.

As a result, omegaverse can be something different for a lot of people. Is it a way to make the mechanics of same-sex porn and romance as easy to write as the mechanics of het porn/romance (lubrication, G!P, mpreg and fpreg, etc.)? Is the appeal the animalistic anatomy and instincts (knotting, marking/scenting, nesting, etc.)? Is the worldbuilding the interesting part (e.g. rational fic trying to understand how heats would affect the way society is organized)? Ways to explore gender and gender oppression with a bit of distance that sci-fi/speculative fiction can get you? The list of functions goes on and on.

For me, personally, though, I think the appeal of omegaverse lies in two tropes that are commonly utilized in omegaverse: (1) D/s dynamics and (2) dubcon scenarios facilitated by biological heats. These are kinks, but I would say relative to the wider space of kinks, they are fairly common or basic ones, and ones that you'll find in a lot of non-omegaverse smut as well. So my omegaverse tastes lean fairly basic! Also, for me, omegaverse is primarily a porn/romance trope, and therefore has a lot of unrealism/porn logic/wish fulfillment aspects to it. So to answer the question at the start of my post, I think what personally makes for a bad omegaverse fic is one that punctures that fantasy or wish fulfillment aspect.

Of course, the line where something crosses from iddy fantasy into unsexy territory differs for everyone, but for me, I think there's a limit to how dystopian the world can be before I start to go, "oh, this is depressing not fun," even though - at the same time - I also think a good omegaverse fic has at least *some* darkness or fucked-up-ness to it. So that line has to be carefully balanced (and is obviously different from person to person).

I think I only have one WIP that involves omegaverse, and thinking about what I like/don't like about omegaverse is kind of illustrated by the setup of this fic, so I'll discuss it:

( More rambling about my omegaverse WIP )

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November update: Quodo Mirrorverse fic surgery

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:22:26 GMT

Hm, well, I was hoping to be able to sign up for consent_issues_exchange, but I ended up not getting anywhere close to finishing the sign-up process itself (picking out freeforms, writing requests, etc.), despite putting a lot of work into it last Saturday, so nope, I guess it's not happening this year. 😅 I probably could have had a lazier sign-up/requested fewer things, but it would have been less fun that way!

Also, the other issue is that I already have a big Quodo Mirrorverse WIP that is very related to the themes of CIEX and similar to what I would have requested in that exchange if I signed up. Knowing this, I decided it would be okay to sign up for CIEX *if* I made significant progress on editing/patching up this fic. However, while I did make a lot of progress on that task, I also didn't end up finishing that up in the end. That's okay, though - instead of participating in CIEX for the next couple of months, I'll take the opportunity to try to push this project forward instead, which I kinda need to do or this project won't get finished.

( Talking about my Quodo Mirrorverse WIP )

Anyway, I hope this was interesting to read for anyone not me. 😅 This fic has been quite difficult for me to write, and I am getting a bit tired of having to read the opening chapters for like the fiftieth time in my attempt to add new words. But this time, I am pretty excited about the edits I'm making and feeling optimistic that this time I WILL be able to advance.

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Dalliance (Odo/Quark)

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 16:45:21 GMT

I've been very spotty about crossposting my recent fics here. But I'll crosspost this one because I have some thoughts I want to share about it.

Title: Dalliance
Fandom/Pairing: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Odo/Quark
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; sex work, seduction, anal sex, referenced voyeurism, possessiveness, hate sex
Summary/Prompt: Inspired by a romance/erotica short story summary: Barman Quark hates that he's had to resort to giving favors to customers for a few extra strips of latinum, but everyone is scrambling for money with the revolution boiling out of control. Even so, Quark enjoys his illicit activities—particularly when he meets Odo, a caring, handsome patron whom he desires even more than his coin.

But Quark has also caught the eye of a revolutionary who makes him share one of his missions. A mission that plunges Quark deeper into the revolution when he's tasked with seducing a rich lord and Odo at the same time...

Or: Quark seduces Odo and has a lot of sex (pre-canon/late Terok Nor era).
Word Count: 11616

( Behind-the-scenes notes )

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Smut 4 Smut round-up

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:15:41 GMT

I wrote a lot of stuff for S4S, so I thought I'd make a post collecting everything (with some extra bonuses). I made five things:

• Title: Bride of Dumas -- main gift
Fandom/Pairing: Soul Calibur; Ivy/Raphael
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; rape/non-con, kidnapping, literal bodice ripping, vaginal fingering, blood drinking
Summary/Prompt: Raphael kidnaps Ivy to make her his eternal bride.
Word Count: 1890

• Title: Bride of Death -- additional treat
Fandom/Pairing: Greek Mythology; Hades/Persephone
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; rape/non-con, kidnapping, held down, ravishment, penis in vagina sex, loss of virginity
Summary/Prompt: Hades is determined to marry Persephone, whether she wills it or no.
Word Count: 1506

• Title: [Art] Clandestine Meeting -- art treat
Fandom/Pairing: Sailor Moon; Aino Minako/Kunzite
Rating/Warnings: R; wall sex, clothed sex
Summary/Prompt: It's a bad idea for Venus to sneak down to Earth to fool around with one of Prince Endymion's guardians... but it keeps happening anyway.
( Art and alternate color versions under the cut )

• Title: A Girl and Her Clothes -- treat
Fandom/Pairing: Kill la Kill; Ryuuko/Senketsu
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; underage, PWP, sex dreams, incubus elements
Summary/Prompt: Ryuko is having weird dreams, and Senketsu helps her release enough tension so that she can sleep.
Word Count: 1046

• Title: Thread of Fate -- treat
Fandom/Pairing: Kill la Kill; Nui/Ryuuko
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; rape/non-con, underage, PWP, non-consensual bondage, cunnilingus, pussy spanking
Summary/Prompt: Set in episode 13, Nui defeats Ryuko and then goes on to have her way with her.
Word Count: 1268

And I got this wonderful masturbation character study fic!

• Title: sweet like a spring breeze by inquisitor_tohru
Fandom/Pairing: Bravely Default; Alternis/Edea
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; masturbation, fantasizing, possibly unrequited love
Summary/Prompt: The curl of Edea's lips, her innocent yet determined eyes, and her long, golden hair may as well have been etched into his memories for all eternity.
Word Count: 1040

Aw yes, the solo pining. I love this!

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