Anonymous · 10mo
What do you mean by omegaverse version of Freud? Do you think he'd be an omega? I agree that they often are a way to bypass the emotional mortification of wanting sex, but there's potential for some interesting takes like when the gender presentation is different than expected or a character's struggle to go against instinct. Asada Nemui's Takatora-kun to Omegatachi is one of the few that does that (this one's a manga and not a fic, it's the only one i've seen two omegas together)
I ask because your writing for YEIALD has a balance in power dynamics, so I was curious to see how that translates to your take on gender roles that BL sometimes slides into. Do you have a preference for how characters are written(more masculine or feminine) or are you a generalist?
I was only imagining what early psychoanalysis under Freud would have looked like in the omegaverse world, but now... you've got me thinking about an omega Freud. That's excellent. I think his cocaine addiction would have made his heats miserable, though.
And yeah. This is kind of why, up until recently, I've said that I could like any trope if it is written well. Because, yes... If it's thoughtful and nuanced, I will find it well-written. If it's accomplished poorly, I won't. That sounds redundant, but I feel like I have to say it that plainly. There's potential for excellent storytelling in every trope. I've said this to friends, privately, that I enjoy when omegaverse subverts its own structures. In fact, I think an omegaverse fic that solely focuses on betas would be brilliant! I even considered writing one because I found it so entertaining. I believe there's a Chiluc fic out there that has a beta Childe topping alpha Diluc, and I like how that one gave some psychosexual heft to the subjugation of omegas and such.
That being said, I don't really care about instinct as a theme, so it's no wonder that omegaverse fails to appeal to me. It's sort of the reason I was always more of a sci-fi fan than a fantasy fan. I suppose I'm interested in instinct from a programmatic perspective, like with sci-fi and androids and such. Omegaverse feels too bestial and interested in what is 'natural', which isn't really my cup of tea.
YEIALD's power dynamics are rooted in its world's geopolitical and racial conflicts. Those are the primary forces that have shaped the gender roles therein. I'm assuming you're asking more specifically about the dynamics between Kaeya and other men? (Forgive me, this is a roundabout answer.) What a lot of BL misses out on is that within gender roles, we see questionable race science utilized to differentiate 'types' of men and women. YEIALD is no exception. Part of why Diluc thinks of Kaeya as yielding is because colonized peoples are treated as yielding, to justify the narrative of imperialism. Oh, I could go on about how American interpretations of BL are funhouse mirrors of racialized gender, but I'm sure it'd be very convoluted and boring. My main point is that BL's gender roles are not protected from Western orientalism, Japanese traditions of pederasty, and the overlapping of both. In fact, BL's gender roles are a direct result of those things.
I'd like to call myself a generalist, but I don't know. Maybe you can tell me, anon. Based on my writing and how I talk, what do you think my preference is? I ask genuinely, because sometimes in the process of trying to understand my tastes, I misinterpret them.
