Citations:omegaverse

Noun: "(fandom slang) a subgenre of erotic speculative fiction (originating in fan fiction)"

 * 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 321:
 * Still, just as important as the kinky aspects of the omegaverse are the emotional ones: the forcefulness of heat cycles and impulsive desire, the inevitability of imprinting and bonds, the joys and horrors of mpreg.
 * 2014, Mark Shrayber, "'Knotting' Is the Weird Fanfic Sex Trend That Cannot Be Unseen", Jezebel, 18 July 2014:
 * Knotting exists in a world called the Omegaverse where humans follow the hierarchical structure of wolf packs:
 * 2017, Elliot Aaron Director, "Something Queer in His Make-Up: Genderbending, Omegaverses, and Fandom's Discontents," dissertation submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 142:
 * As I mentioned briefly earlier in the chapter, the category of male reproduction is a broad one that includes varied approaches to male-male reproduction; while "omegaverse" stories certainly comprise part of this category, authors have also developed new ways of thinking about reproduction between men that hasn' t involved the reproductive capacities of one assigned female at birth.
 * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 102:
 * What omegaverse fanfiction does is to construct imaginary bodies and societies based on premises drawn from the discourses that surround sex and gender, and imagine what situations would arise if those premises were embodied and experienced by a familiar pop-cultural figure.
 * 2017, Joanna Lamstein, "Not Safe for Women: Asserting Control Over Trauma Through Fan Fiction", thesis submitted to San Francisco State University, page 46:
 * Omegaverse is a fandom-specifie concept that, while not particularly common (totaling 20,728 individual stories on A03 as of February 9th, 2017), is prevalent enough that it has spread to every fandom discussed in this thesis, and to many more.
 * 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, "When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom", in The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction (ed. Ashton Spacey), page 125:
 * It may be worth considering if dark Omegaverse slash fiction, with its descriptions of excruciatingly detailed and shocking sexual fantasies, is a reflection of the social reality both fan fiction authors and readers have experienced within an unequal and discriminatory patriarchal society.
 * 2018, Milena Popova, "'Dogfuck rapeworld': Omegaverse fanfiction as a critical tool in analyzing the impact of social power structures on intimate relationships and sexual consent", Porn Studies, Volume 5, Issue 2 (2018):
 * The fact that Omegaverse stories can be found across a number of different fandoms indicates that the genre has an appeal of its own, beyond the particular fandom and source material where it originated.
 * 2018, Jennifer Wojton & Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, pages 40-41:
 * A further extension of this AU category, perhaps fulfilling some fans' wish for John and Sherlock to have children within a heteronormative setting, is the Omegaverse, where Sherlock or John is able to bear the other's child, although each retains male sexual characteristics.
 * 2020, Alexandra Alter, "A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question", The New York Times, 23 May 2020:
 * As it became more popular, the Omegaverse transcended individual fandoms and became an established genre on its own.