Omegaverse

thumb|Omegaverse supposes the existence of a dominance hierarchy among humans, similar to [[wolves and other canids in fiction.]] Omegaverse, also known as A/B/O or α/β/Ω (an abbreviation for "alpha/beta/omega"), is a subgenre of speculative erotic fiction. The genre supposes the existence of a dominance hierarchy among humans as similar to that associated in popular myth with wolves and other canids that is composed of dominant "alphas," neutral "betas," and submissive "omegas." In the Omegaverse, this hierarchy determines how people interact with one another in romantic, erotic and sexual contexts. Though tropes associated with Omegaverse can be observed in works published as early as the 1960s, the genre formally originated in the 2010s as a subgenre of erotic slash (same-sex) fan fiction, as a fusion of elements of werewolf fiction and the mpreg subgenre.

==Genre characteristics== Works in the Omegaverse genre typically depict characters as possessing two sexes: a primary sex (male or female) determined by their external sexual organs, and a secondary sex that manifests during puberty, determined by their internal reproductive system. The secondary sex is typically one of the following, each of which also corresponds to certain distinctive character traits: Alpha (α): socially (and in some interpretations, even biologically) dominant, physically built, short-tempered and a natural leader; Beta (β): either a regular human being, or has a mix of Alpha and Omega traits, or their unique traits; Omega (Ω): submissive and gentle, calm and a peacemaker.