Why is ABO popular among cis women and trans people? A brief primer

Omegaverse AUs touch on the experience of real-life societal issues. These include alternate gender identities and the societal expectations of gender norms making this genre particularly popular among women and trans people.

It brings to the fore issues of power and consent, offering ways of negotiating a consensual relationship within an oppressive social structure.

As a social justice metaphor, “the Omegaverse is ripe for exploring and discussing gender roles, stereotypes, discrimination, oppression, and power dynamics.” because gender and sex aren’t binary in this universe. Just imagine what social policy would be like, even the way the world would have to be restructured, if cis men could give birth to children! 

Basic introductory article to Omegaverse: https://www.campus.sg/the-social-justice-potential-of-omegaverse-fiction-campus-sg/

For an introductory video explainer this is one of the better ones I’ve come across:  https://youtu.be/tBzXixUwCwg?si=VBhtMwW_eWc-GAMK

 Hasegawa:

So trans ideology is science fiction? 

Did you read anything there?

 “I totally agree with you. If others don’t see how this fictional world reflects real gender issues, maybe they haven’t experienced the problems those issues can cause.

in any case art and entertainment are meaningful because they mean different things to different people. Just because they don’t mean the same thing to everyone doesn’t mean they can’t be about those issues for the people like me who see it that way.”

@dora I think it takes a well developed degree of human empathy, maturity and social consciousness to understand what women and many politically astute queer men are really doing with BL storytelling. Not everyone is there yet.

 jun:

I know exactly the origin of Omegaverse...coz I've been reading that sub genre for decades now. This trope (Wereworf pack hierarchy) even existed in the 60's in yaoi mangas and at 2010 it was officially incorporated as a BL sub genre and its origin has nothing to do with the present issues of gender equality that most woke culture is talking about 

And most omegaverse still doesn't care about that, it's usually very gender essentialist. But that doesn't negate the fact that OP has a point that it offers a very interesting platform for examining gender stereotypes, and may be a reason why it's popular with a lot of women and queer people. Just like science fiction as a genre can be used both for simple entertainment and to illustrate and discuss political and social issues, there's also some omegaverse stories that use the trope to illustrate and discuss gender issues. 

I haven't watch the drama because I read that the acting and the dubbing are not good, and the trailer doesn't look interesting. It's the very first concept trailer that makes me interested. It has no actors, only some shadows and some conversations.

Imo, omegaverse is mirroring some real life situation. For example it was divided into 3 + 1 categories; alpha, beta, omega, and enigma. In real life there's ace who's good at everything = an alpha, there's ordinary people who's average = a beta, and there's people who's also good at everything but because of limited resources, family situation, or accident has to become a homemaker (can be male or female). For enigma, I think it may mirroring an absolute ruler, they can change and do anything. I once read a manga mentioned that enigma is the king of omegaverse, just like a lion is the king of the jungle.

Just a thought.

And I prefer abnormal omegaverse plot. Like alpha with alpha, omega with omega, enigma changed alpha into omega, and omega topping alpha.

Hahaha

 YogyYogii:

I don't think so bc cis man & trans population are not that big. IMO, ABO is popular among Straight people that into Novel. I know because many Indonesian girl are reading novel and they really interesting in ABO theme(i'm not interested in that even i'm gay, but i'm interested because this series), so they popular among Girls that love reading novel (especially with bl theme & good looking characters obviously). 

OP didn't say that cis men and trans people are the biggest part of the audience, they said that it's popular among women and trans people. Obviously most of the women will be cis and straight, same as with the BL audience. It's not "many of the audience are trans people", it's "many among trans people are in the audience". 

 -Aprillen-:

OP didn't say that cis men and trans people are the biggest part of the audience, they said that it's popular among women and trans people. Obviously most of the women will be cis and straight, same as with the BL audience. It's not "many of the audience are trans people", it's "many among trans people are in the audience". 

And i don't want to be mean but you cannot exaggerating. You need data of what percentage of trans people like or dislike or know or didn't know because you can't say, " ohh Abo is popular among trans", or "oh, straight movie is very popular among gay", etc. It cannot bc it make wrong speculation and that makes problem too irl

 -Aprillen-:

That was OP saying that, I was just clarifying since you seemed to be misunderstanding what they said. Take it up with OP if you want to ask for data 

Thank you. You have the patience of a saint 😅