Scenting Headcanons

🕊️ Please Take a Moment to Read Nadin’s Story

My name is Nadin. I never imagined I would write something like this. I’ve always been someone who kept her worries quiet, someone who believed that even the hardest days could be endured with patience and faith. But right now, I am reaching out — not because I want to, but because I need to.

I am a wife, a mother, and one of many women in Gaza trying to survive days that feel like they have no end. There was a short time — a brief ceasefire — where we thought things might start to heal. Where the sound of war faded for just long enough to let us breathe. But that moment is gone now, and the fear has returned louder than before.

My days are filled with uncertainty, and my nights with prayer. We have lost so much. Our home was damaged, our sense of safety taken from us. But through all of this, I try to keep going. I try to hold on to what little peace I can create with my hands, my words, and my love.

I am not asking for much. Just a little help to keep our lives from falling further apart. To fix the small things — a cracked wall, a leaking roof, the pieces of daily life that help us hold on to dignity.

This campaign isn’t just about survival. It’s about holding on to what makes us human in a place that keeps trying to take that away. It’s about showing my daughter — even though I won’t mention her name here — that the world didn’t forget us.

If you’ve ever felt powerless in the face of suffering, please know that even the smallest gesture can carry great meaning. A kind word. A shared post. A quiet donation. These things remind us that we’re not alone.

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Help Nadin Keep Her Life Stitched Together

My name is Nadin I’m a mother, a wife, and just one of many women in Gaza who are trying to hold on — to hope, to our families, to any piece

I am still here. Still holding on. Still believing that people out there — people like you — still care.

Please, if you feel moved, consider supporting or sharing this campaign.

Omegaverse WORLDBUILDING 3: Gender

Before getting into any of the Genders I want to do my best to explain what gender is and means in my world since I know the definition can get kinda muddled in real life. Also just so there’s no confusion in my world there is Primary Sex (Male and Female), Secondary Sex (Alpha, Beta, and Omega), and finally Gender. They are all different and mean different things.

Definition and Explanation

a list of patterns in behaviours, interests, beliefs, style, and desire to fill a role in society that is shared by enough people to label them and put them into categories. The people in each gender don’t have to share all the interest associated with that gender and it doesn’t mean they can’t share anything in common with other genders, but it is where a person feels they most belong to, feel most accepted in, share most interest/likes/beliefs with people of, have the most in common with, see themselves in and most reflected in the people who are a members of a particular gender.

List of all Genders:

Gammas

Gammas are what people would consider a woman/girl and feminine. Think about what comes to your mind when you hear the word girl and that’s essentially what a Gamma is. Gammas tend to speak in a higher pitch, like to wear bright colours, have very “feminine” mannerisms and way of speaking. Even though I may say “feminine” as a way to describe these traits to those reading, these traits and interests in my world have been completely divorced socially from the Female Sex. So in the world these traits are not “feminine” they’re “Gamminine” since these traits are found in Gammas not Females (since Gammas can be male or female).

Signs of being a Gamma:

likes to speak in a higher pitch, likes to wear dresses/skirts/crop-tops (or just a general interest in those kinds of clothing), likes jewelry, makeup, dress-up, cute things, wears bright colors, likes having their hair long and styling it in certain ways, loves long nails, very in-tuned with their feelings, very emotionally intelligent, values feelings (maybe not over logic but still thinks it’s as important), basically likes the feminine style. A Gamma doesn’t have to like all or even most of these things, being a Gamma is about how you feel and about where you feel you most belong.

Omegas make up 50% of the Gamma population and are the majority. Betas make up 30% of the Gamma population. Alphas make up 20% of the Gamma population.

Thetas

Thetas are basically the “masculine” (though as I’ve said about Gammas stereotypical masculine traits have been completely divorced from the Male Sex in my world) equivalent of Gammas. Thetas speak in a lower pitch, usually wear dark and matted colors, “masculine” mannerisms and way of speaking. Usually if you’re interested in what is called “masculine” things you’re a Theta.

Signs you may be a Theta:

Likes sports, likes to wear suits/hoodies/baggy pants/leather jackets/or a very casual style, enjoys more rough and dirty activities, is very stoic, likes risk-taking, prefers directness, more of a practical thinker and values logic more than feelings, not that interested in fashion or dressing up, values physical and emotional strength, values courage and are assertive, very protective, likes a lot of physical activities like Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, or anything that involves physical strength and adventure. A strong interest in activities like football, basketball, weightlifting, or motorsports. Not all or even most of these traits are required to be a Theta but these are common traits associated with them.

Deltas

Deltas are those who do not quite fit into either category. Deltas are kind of a balance between both sides. They may value traits like courage and physical strength but they also see the value in softer traits like compassion and love. It’s quite hard to write for them since they do not have an equivalent in real life, but they are definitely more androgynous and they are like the best of both worlds. When I think about them I think mostly about the cast from part 5 of the anime/manga series JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure. They are obviously manly men but more than other parts they are a lot on the softer side, which is definitely reflected in their fashion.

Signs you may be a Delta

Do not fit into either being a Gamma or a Theta. Values different aspects of both genders, have a more androgynous style that takes inspiration from both genders.

Imagine youtube in the a/b/o universe

Titles like ‘asking my alpha questions omegas want to know 🙈’ or ‘ask a beta- Q&A’

Cringy Youtube couples doing clickbaiting titles like ‘what we did what while I was in heat?? 😳’ or ‘telling my mate I don’t like his scent?? (Bad reaction)

Videos the older generation find too personal and unbecoming of the youth like ‘a tour of my nest!’ Or ‘top ten things to have in heat/rut!’

Helpful videos like ‘how to nest on a budget’, ‘things you should know before you mate’ and ‘things I wish I knew when I had pups’

Videos by the arrogant fuck boy alphas like ‘things omegas do that alphas hate’ or ‘why are omega so clingy?’ Which get clap backed with omega and beta videos like ‘reasons why we don’t want to date you’

ASMR videos for different genders like ‘sounds for soothing omegas 24 hours’ or ‘alpha calming videos’ or ‘satisfying sounds beta addition’

fandoms having complications like ‘zendaya using her alpha energy for five minutes straight’ or ‘icarly best nostalgic pack moments’

even weirder buzzfeed and buzzfeed quiz videos like ‘describe your scent in five pictures and we’ll tell you when you’ll meet your soulmate 😍’

challenge videos like ‘trying not to use my alpha voice for one whole (1) week’ or ‘swapping roles for the day’

When I was in my teens, I used to make an entire magic system with 360+ unique spells, ordered in magic schools and categories, and it boggles my mind that I basically reinvented DnD mechanics, even down to metamagic.

I wanted to make a wiki about it but I don't have time for it.

The point was to try to encompass every "superpower" I could think of into a magic system.

I even got lore related to it all, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna simply reuse it all for OC worldbuilding. Ngl the fun part was naming all the spells, symbols and coming up with the logic of it all.

Superstition in A/B/O headcanons

There is a belief that if Betas have a high interest in sex, they take Alpha/Omega’s mates.

There was a superstition that eating slick which Omegas make while in the heat increases fertility.

People are superstitious about broken canine. If your canine is broken, you will be dead soon.

The lucky animal in most countries is the wolf.

In addition to the superstition that taking a picture takes away your soul, if you put your scent on your picture, your body changes with the person in the picture.

People with the scent of flower blooming in winter are expected to live very healthy.

There is a saying that the flower language of a flower with the same scent as the person's scent shows the person's character.

etc etc

Top 100 American Baby Names of 2025 Sorted by A/B/O Dynamic

Something I've seen under-discussed is the fact that in an Omegaverse setting, names would probably be sorted not just as male/female but as alpha/beta/omega as well. Names would be more dynamic, as names commonly go from masculine/feminine to neutral in our world, but they would stay generally consistent.

Here's what gender I think each of the top 100 American baby names of 2025 would be, sorted by vibes and vibes alone. The names in bold are names that I 100% think would be used only for that dynamic, and would seem weird on any of the others.

Alphas:

Female: Emma, Charlotte, Ava, Harper, Nova, Camila, Gianna, Scarlett, Eleanor, Elena, Elizabeth, Isla, Emilia, Maya, Naomi, Athena, Iris, Victoria, Madison, Valentina, Aaliyah, Addison, Emery, Amara, Ruby, Josie, Skylar, Maria, Leah, Kennedy, Ember, Audrey, Cora Male: Liam, Mateo, Lucas, Asher, Leo, Hudson, Muhammad, Maverick, Theodore, Jack, Benjamin, Sebastian, Samuel, Alexander, William, Josiah, Luke, Julian, Ezekiel, Isaac, Caleb, Jayden, Joseph, Adam, Amir, Atlas, Jaxon, Xavier, Andrew, Zion, Axel, Adriel Gender-Neutral: Avery, Riley, Carter, Hunter, Adriel

Betas:

Female: Olivia, Amelia, Sophia/Sofia, Evelyn, Violet, Hazel, Ivy, Willow, Layla, Chloe, Nora, Delilah, Lainey, Paisley, Lucy, Grace, Ayla, Emily, Kinsley, Sophie, Alice, Autumn, Sadie, Adeline, Eden, Hannah, Serenity, Nevaeh, Natalie, Clara, Savannah, Oakley Male: Noah, Elijah, Levi, James, Henry, Ethan, Michael, Elias, Wyatt, Mason, Owen, David, Aiden, Isaiah, Waylon, John, Matthew, Jacob, Nathan, Anthony, Cooper, Weston, Thomas, Lincoln, Wesley, Jeremiah, Walker, Christopher, Miles/Myles, Ryan, Easton, Everett, Parker, Christian

Omegas:

Female: Isabella, Mia, Elli, Luna, Aurora, Eliana, Aria, Lily, Mila, Ella, Penelope, Stella, Leilani, Zoey/Zoe, Brooklyn, Bella, Melody, Everly, Gabriella, Millie, Raelynn, Daisy, Lyla, Madelyn, Hailey, Jade, Anna, Lillian, Brielle, Liliana

Male: Oliver, Ezra, Luca/Luka, Grayson/Greyson, Daniel, Theo, Gabriel, Jackson, Santiago, Roman, Enzo, Nolan, Silas, Joshia, Rowan, Beau, Cameron, Colton, Bennett, Brooks, Jace,

Gender-Neutral: Kai, Logan, Eli, Micah, Charlie, River

Headcannons about ABO dynamics's Evolution during history? Something that really fascinantes me about the omegaverse is the biological aspect of It and the Evolution that the 'secondary sexes and dynamics may have experienced over the years. Did alphas, omegas and betas exist since the beginning of the human race? Or at first there were only beta men and women and the rest of the dynamics appeared later?

I like to imagine that originally only existed beta men and women, but at some point the human race was at such big risk of becoming extinct that the secondary alpha/omega dynamics appeared as a mechanism to guarantee a higher chance of reproduction. The capacity of impregnating and getting pregnant being independent from the first sex (man or woman) would allow communities to keep growing despite having a lack of men or women, because there would still be a certain percentage of Alpha women/ omega men that can impregnate/be pregnant and compensate the lack of biological men and women (If we asume that the possibilities of becoming Alpha, beta and omega are all the same)

happy monday!

I've seen it both ways, I prefer writing the "always been this way" style because honestly it makes it easier for me and i have less questions I have to muddle through in the worldbuilding journey.

Here's some of my considerations -

the beta loving community is strong! making betas = normal humans doesn't normally play well with that crowd. Of course, I never write things or refrain from writing things for the pleasure of other people, but still.

if there was an event that impacted fertility rates like that - what's the point of having betas at all? and beyond that does that mean all alphas men and/or amab? are all omegas women and/or afab?

If not - this turns into sort of two phenomenons, 1. being the hypersexuality and hyper-fertility and 2. this suggests biologically at some point teens might develop the genitalia and secondary sex characteristics normally biologically reserved for the opposite gender. With my very small knowledge of what life is like as an intersex individual, I doubt that society would suddenly jump on this train like it's the bee's knees. What then???

Human evolution moves slowly - there are several vestigial elements that are fading out of the genome everyday - like having wisdom teeth, appendix, and a specific type of ear muscle. What sort of event/situation could spark such a large scale change so quickly (even over hundreds of years)?

If it's an evolution thing, that suggests an in and out group. Who are the out-group and what if they're not too into the whole omegaverse thing? (again looping back to the question of betas). Is the in group then a different specie of human alltogether?

If the purpose of this is to get fertility rates up, logically it wouldn't be the first thing that occured. Polyamory would likely become more popular - especially men with multiple wives unfortunately. The human litter size might get bigger. It would become socially acceptable to have children younger - or maybe menopause would start getting later and later. Maybe both. Having children would also need to become a lot cheaper - and if your society is quasi-modern, people would likely need massive incentives if the situation really was that dire. Nobody wants to have a baby just for that baby to have to experience the end of the world.

Regardless of all these considerations above, for anyone interested in developing their own omegaverse rules - do consider a punnet square. If you don't just want to have alphas and omegas, there needs to be some combination of their genes that leads to a beta - or they'll simply cease to exist.

Fertility/population is a tricky thing to use as a fantasy mechanism because in the real world, declining birth rates can't usually be attributed to one single thing - normally it's a multitude of factors converging on one another. Of course, this is inherently a fantastical genre which gives us all the freedom to play and have a little fun making stuff up along the way.

Omegaverse Worldbuilding: Omega’s Akashi

If this is the first post you’ve seen of my Akashi series for Alpha/Betas/Omegas I’ll bring you up to speed. An Akashi much like the Kagune from Tokyo Ghoul are extra appendages that are located on a persons back. All dynamics have them but they are different depending on which Dynamic you are. I already made a post about an Alpha’s Akashi called the Bukishi (meaning “weapon limb”) and Betas Akashi called Kazashi (meaning “many limb”) here:

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Today we’ll be going over the final dynamic, Omegas and their Akashi called the Haneshi (meaning “winged limb”).

Haneshi

Art by @AquaticNaho on Twitter

The Haneshi are a set of four bird-like wings the eject out of an Omegas back. The Haneshi has many feathers and the color/pattern those feathers have vary from person to person and region to region.

The Haneshi allows Omegas to fly at incredible speeds, allowing them to keep up with a commercial airplane that flies at around 550 and 600 mph. Their ability to fly allows Omegas to keep their children/pups out of harms way to flee if they are forced to.

The edge of the Haneshi is very sharp and could cut down multiple tress at once if an Omega were to fly through a forest.

The Haneshi can also be used as a shield to protect them and their children/pups from enemies. It also provides them with a height advantage over other dynamics.

Finally, the Haneshi can shoot out from its front spikes that paralyze the part of the body it hits. This effect is instant and lasts for a few hours even after the spike is removed.

Beta headcanons

Although Betas are thought to be the same beings as basic humans(a.k.a our universe humans, ‘US’, hereinafter referred to as b.h.), there are many diferences from b.h. because they have gone through the same evolution as other dynamics and have pack-centric lifestyle.

Betas are usually more tribalistic than other dynamics.

Betas are good at distinguishing emotions from scent, because of their tendency to be meditators.

Betas have a strong sense of scent because they often come back from a long distance from their pack.

Beta women still experience menstruation, but they have fewer menstrual volumes, cramps, and period than b.h..

Betas tend to take care of other people’s children in addition to their own, so they often adopt pups compared to other dynamics.

In addition, Betas often have pets.

Because of this tendency, Betas are more engaged in pups and pet-related businesses and occupations than Omegas, contrary to popular belief.

Betas have the longest and sharpest canine among all dynamics because universally they don’t make a mating mark.

Beta women don’t have instinct for nesting, but doctors recommend nesting when they are pregnant. In past, they usually have their pack’s Omegas’ nest, but nowdays most of them don’t have Omegas’ nest.

Betas’ ideal body type is developed slow twitch muscles and thin.

Betas are harder to build muscles than alpha, but they have a strong aspect in cardiopulmonary endurance.

Betas have a larger height difference between primary genders than other dynamics. (3~4inch, similar to b.h., other dynamics is 1~2inch)

Betas are less reproductive than other dynamics.

Betas enjoy jogging outside rather than exercising at the gym. Most people who participate in the marathon are Betas.

Beta men with Alpha were often confused with Omega. On the contrary, Beta women with Omega were often confused with Alpha.

etc etc

Nesting headcanons

Basically, it is the instinct of Omegas to create a comfortable space in den.

Omegas are generally building one large nest in their own house or in their own area.

Omegas build small nests whenever necessary. (Pregnant, Adoption, Anxious...)

Creating your own safe space is a great help to your mental health, so counselors recommend nesting for Alphas or Betas, who don't have any particular instinct.

There is always one big store in the city for nesting materials only.

In modern times, there has been a trend in nesting materials, and outdated nesting materials are thrown away, causing a lot of garbage problems.

There is a Broadcast that experts help Omegas, who aren't good at nesting

etc etc