everybody craves new things around here [omegaverse] but nobody ever makes any! Well, here is my contribution that i've had fun noodling with this week. I really wanted to push myself to think about everything in a completely new way. Here's that - mostly for my own memory lol but also for the peanut gallery as usual.
it's an alpha + beta x beta + omega relationship! from a currently untitled world [World X]
how does it work?
the betas are the core (anchors) and they are the primary coupling. In this world, betas are on the top of the food chain and have all the power. they've graduated from such inconveniences as giving birth or siring their own children.
which is why you've got the + relationship. Ties - a beta who is "tied" to an alpha/beta of their same gender (male, female, other) who acts on their behalf as their breeder. Every beta who is anchored, is also tied.
which leads me to echos - the relationship between an alpha and omega brought together by the anchoring of their ties. They reproduce with one another, and those children then belong to the family/foursome but legally the beta anchors.
everyone is put together via assessments and exams. Tied pairs are established first, and then the betas are matched into anchorpairs.
there is no such thing as an alpha x omega relationship outside the context of a beta x beta relationship.
alphas and omegas work inside the home, while the primary beta works outside the home. The secondary beta may do either. It is possible for all four to work outside the home, but they'd have to be very wealthy to support that much hired help.
to children - the names such as "mother" or "father" would be reserved for their beta parents. alpha and omega parents would be addressed differently depending on the culture and depending on the family.
only betas have voting rights, but they are supposed to vote in agreement with their ties as well. both primary and secondary betas in a family can vote.
a beta can be tied with either an alpha or omega, as long as they share the same gender. That tiepair can now only be anchored with a pair with a tie with the opposite dynamic. ex: beta + alpha can't anchor with beta + omega (priority is reproduction).
how fun! i'll eventually record more notes in additional posts later, but wanted to write this down before i forgot :). Happy worldbuilding to me!
