That's a very interesting take on the trope, I'm just curious if you also consider uke/seme, top/bottom, or any…
As I apparently got blocked by that user (lol), let me just end with this:
They seem to be more than happy to decide on behalf of the entire community that something doesn't belong there just because you personally find it offensive and disgusting. And no, not only women can get pregnant. Trans men and non-binary folk are just as capable of carrying a child, if we're being specific. Not saying this has anything to do with the omegaverse, but insisting that only women can get pregnant and therefore any pregnant character is in fact a masked woman is not a logical conclusion from my perspective.
Their insistence on defining relationships as "gay" or "straight" purely on the basis of physiology is not a reasoning I'm willing to accept and I bet I'm not the only one thinking that.
As to the gay relationships mirroring straight ones - I didn't mean the sexual preference of being the giver or the receiver. When you look at homosexual relationships thoughout history, it was not uncommon for both gay men and women to assume the male and female roles in relationships as a reflection of the only acceptable framework for relationships as seen and approved by the society. You'd have same-sex couples refer to themselves as husbands and wives, you'd have gay men refer to themselves as women, etc. That's the mirroring I meant.
As to throwing the trope over to one side or the other - it was not my intention, omegaverse can be straight just as it can be queer. It might belong in the trash, but that's a personal opinion, and the trash as I see it should be placed for both sides to access, should they wish to use it.
I started watching this series without knowing anything about it. And I just finished it today. I have to say it’s a good series in terms of acting and focus on the characters. But it was really hard to watch this level of physical and psychological aggression and toxicity in their relationship. I have met couples in real life with similar behaviours, and their relationship is like living in hell. At the end, even though I understand the internal problems of each of them and their situations and background, I don’t think what they feel is love, it’s an unhealthy obsession and attraction. Maybe serious therapy could help them improve as a couple, and more important, to deal with each own internal problems and traumas. So at the end for me this was just a story of two self-destructing and problematic people with serious psychological problems getting into a toxic relationship.
They seem to be more than happy to decide on behalf of the entire community that something doesn't belong there just because you personally find it offensive and disgusting. And no, not only women can get pregnant. Trans men and non-binary folk are just as capable of carrying a child, if we're being specific. Not saying this has anything to do with the omegaverse, but insisting that only women can get pregnant and therefore any pregnant character is in fact a masked woman is not a logical conclusion from my perspective.
Their insistence on defining relationships as "gay" or "straight" purely on the basis of physiology is not a reasoning I'm willing to accept and I bet I'm not the only one thinking that.
As to the gay relationships mirroring straight ones - I didn't mean the sexual preference of being the giver or the receiver. When you look at homosexual relationships thoughout history, it was not uncommon for both gay men and women to assume the male and female roles in relationships as a reflection of the only acceptable framework for relationships as seen and approved by the society. You'd have same-sex couples refer to themselves as husbands and wives, you'd have gay men refer to themselves as women, etc. That's the mirroring I meant.
As to throwing the trope over to one side or the other - it was not my intention, omegaverse can be straight just as it can be queer. It might belong in the trash, but that's a personal opinion, and the trash as I see it should be placed for both sides to access, should they wish to use it.