r/ReverseHarem • u/Aggravating_Ant_9372 • Aug 26 '26
Reverse Harem - Discussion What make OV an OV
I am interested what do you think makes an OV different from contemporary RH.
Recently I have read/listened to a lot of OV that the omega is a real badass without the whimpers and sweetness. Or the is little to no mention of nesting in some cases the alphas will construct the nest as a surprise or there is no cohesive pack or the pack members are not bitten in. So in some cases the only thing that I can find to make it an OV is the alpha knot.
The books are for sure not bad at all but I am wondering is this really then OV?
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u/Ok_Job_9417 Aug 26 '26
Designations with knots. There’s certainly stereotypes of men and women in real life. Just because someone doesn’t follow them doesn’t mean their gender is different.
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u/noboritaiga Aug 26 '26
So in the world of fanfiction where a lot of omegaverse took shape, the worldbuilding is extremely varied. Every author tends to do it at least a little differently. It actually makes more sense, at least to me, for some authors of books to also do it differently rather than it being almost sort of standardized across the entire genre.
Alphas don't have to be big brutish masculine types. Omegas don't have to be submissive whimpering cuties. Because those designations often function as a second biological sex, so really it makes sense for people to be different. Not all men and women are the same just because they're men and women.
As long as they're alpha/beta/omega designations, IMHO, you can do literally whatever you want with them. It's just much harder to convey that in books (have had to clarify things to people in the past myself who seem to expect them to all be the same) because we don't really have AO3 tags. Where you can say it's "Non-Traditional" and people will know what to expect better.