Today’s Omegaverse-ification is…
idk why, but to me Sung Jin-Woo has always been an omega. it’s probably because of his family now that I think about it. he’s such a family man at heart
I don’t really have a sjw ship that I’m particularly partial to, but I used to be a big WooChul shipper and I think they’d be an alpha-omega pair since being an alpha fits Woo Jin-Chul too. I also think Cha Hae-In would be an alpha just based on her character, but also since according to Ragnarok she almost died giving birth (allegedly. I have not read it yet so I can’t confirm) so giving that responsibility to sjw instead feels fair lol
my two favorite solo leveling ships are actually ThoLenn & ChoiBaek, so they’re up next
Thomas & Lennart are definitely an alpha-omega pair, no doubt about it, but I’m also partial to them both being alphas. they both care very deeply for their packs, but Thomas is more protective & Lennart is more caretaking with a side of protective imo
ChoiBaek is a little harder, since a big part of their dynamic in canon is their equal standing in terms of power. rivalry by default puts characters on an equal ground since it means they respect each other enough to consider the other a competitor, not an enemy. so because of that, I’m torn between Choi Jong-In being either an omega or an alpha. Baek Yoon-Ho is definitely an alpha, but cji could go either way tbh
and as for other characters (some of which are more based on what was added to their character for ARISE because although Solo Leveling had a large cast, most of the characters weren’t well developed, if at all)…
Goto Ryuji & Sugimoto Reiji are an alpha-alpha pair
I would do the rest of the Blade Guild, but there’s just so little about them that it’s a struggle
Min Byung-Gu is an alpha, which is a rarity for healers
speaking of healers, Lee Joo-Hee is a beta
Gina & Lee Bora are an alpha-omega pair
Son Kihoon & Han Se-Mi are a beta-beta pair
Hwang Dong-Soo is an alpha
Christopher Reed is an omega
Antoine Martinez is an alpha
I think that’s almost all of the relevant characters besides those who aren’t Awakened (since I like the idea of secondary genders being a Hunter-only thing with the themes of the story), but I know I missed some so feel free to add them if you’d like!
as a general commonality, most high-ranks are alphas, most mid-ranks are betas, and most low-ranks are omegas. this perpetuates a certain stereotype that omegas are weaker and alphas are stronger, which would negatively affect any high-ranking omegas and low-ranking alphas.
oftentimes, those who fall into those categories will take heavy suppressants to hide their secondary gender so that they won’t be perceived as “weak” or “abnormal”. it’s also common for omegas in general to take suppressants since their societal perception as being weak makes them a target for violence, which they’re all the more susceptible to given their typically low ranks.
