As I'm reading alpha/omega I'm mentally rewriting it so that omega's have their vagina's tucked behind their balls, and ordinary bums--it's not even something I consciously started doing. Apparently my subconscious isn't into assbabies. I've also adopted the head canon that there's quite a variety of sex organ arrangements in this species: male genitals only, female genitals only, both, both with one dominant, both with one non-functional. Maybe everyone's got both sets, but in some folks one set is vestigial? And like you, my personal take on alpha/omega would have a four genders.
I also agree with you regarding the socially constructed sexual hierarchy, if only because it makes more sense to me that 'omegas' should be lower fertility, jack of all trades 'betas'. Simply to justify their not outbreeding everyone else, what with the extra options.
Obviously none of this is the point of alpha/omega stories.
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As I'm reading alpha/omega I'm mentally rewriting it so that omega's have their vagina's tucked behind their balls, and ordinary bums--it's not even something I consciously started doing. Apparently my subconscious isn't into assbabies. I've also adopted the head canon that there's quite a variety of sex organ arrangements in this species: male genitals only, female genitals only, both, both with one dominant, both with one non-functional. Maybe everyone's got both sets, but in some folks one set is vestigial? And like you, my personal take on alpha/omega would have a four genders.
I also agree with you regarding the socially constructed sexual hierarchy, if only because it makes more sense to me that 'omegas' should be lower fertility, jack of all trades 'betas'. Simply to justify their not outbreeding everyone else, what with the extra options.
Obviously none of this is the point of alpha/omega stories.