Alpha/Beta/Omega in fanfiction. Wtf is it?

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I am a fan content creator in a couple of communities and recently I’ve been getting a lot of requests for A/B/O or Alpha!(character name) and Beta!(other character name) or some such.

I have seen glances into this scrolling past it, and from the tag “knotting” I’m gonna assume this is some wolf or furry alternate universe trope?

Someone please explain I’m so confused but knowing the internet I’m kinda scared to look it up, but don’t want to miss out on potential commissions. Help.

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I was going to talk about alpha, beta and omega canon since you were talking about fanfiction, meaning to if they used official, non official and made up sources for their references.

And then you had to mention furries…

Alpha : Dominant male, usually in high stand in the clan/pack/tribe, regularly a warrior or hunter as well as a leader.

Beta : A submissive individual who is usually tasked to secondary tasks, some manufacturing, cleaning, even servant, will usually follow orders and will be happy to please a alpha.

Omega : bottom of the barrel outcast. last of the line.

As for knotting… Thank you for making me explain this /s

Many animals, particularly canines… to insure proper insemination of a female and avoid leakage will “knot”, meaning a buldge will be produced in their penis so its harder to remove from the vagina of of their mate (assuming heterosexual sex).

I suspect some sexual furry fan fiction expresses how that affects the sexual experience

i… have truly reached rock bottom, im explaining Yiff on ELI5

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