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Into The Omegaverse: How a Fanfic Trope Landed in Federal Court

Lindsay Ellis

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The romance novel nightmare that didn’t exactly rock the courts but was a hot mess regardless.

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20 Comments

@JennyNicholson 6 years ago Pinned

It just sucks that all this drama ruined my favorite Bane fic for me

@jarkmonsoon5527 1 year ago

Just realized after multiple rewatches, the pure poetry of an author named “Caine” striking down a peer in jealous anger and then lying about it flagrantly.

@laurenhill7844 6 years ago

As a lawyer who sometimes practices in federal court, the idea that a judge in federal court had to read about the essential tropes of the omegaverse just makes me laugh with delight

@kennedyhuff 5 years ago

If there's anything I've learned in my almost ten years of Fanfiction, it "probably started in the Supernatural fandom" is a common answer

@Musician7261 3 years ago

Currently adding “the ABO wolf porn case” to my list of “modern things that would kill a small Victorian child”

@cindy3933 6 years ago

Imagine going to federal court over A/B/O and it’s not even gay.

@nicholasbolash4605 4 years ago

as someone who is way too familiar with kinks and fanfiction, that list of similarities just smacked of "Thats just a list of generic fetishes". Its the erotic equivalent of a fantasy writer claiming copyright because another book had magic, elves, and a sword wielding protagonist

@lordoftheducks332 5 years ago

Hearing all of these lawyers talking about wolf erotica reads like a confused parent trying to understand their teenage children's fandom

@0ptimuscrime 3 years ago

Judge: “so your claim says you invented noncon. What’s that?”
AC: “non-consensual sex. I invented the male-female version.”
Judge: “so you’re claiming to have invented… r—e?!”
AC: “also dubcon 😊”

@Krolockinchen 5 years ago

even if I would have invented non-consensual wolf porn, I don't think I'd want people to know ...

@cowinjapanese6896 4 years ago

"I don't know anything about wolf pornography."

Never thought I'd ever hear that sentence from The Legal Eagle

@sandearcubus9299 5 years ago

"I don't know why World War 3 will be fought, but I do know that World War 4 will be fought over wolf pornography" - Albert Einstein or something

@sweetiewolfgirl 3 years ago

Addison: "The lack of women"

Lesbian A/B/O: throws a peace sign and vanishes

@blackfang0815 4 years ago

"Honey, what are you reading?"

Some lawyer, looking up from a Harry Styles Werewolf Soulmate AU lemon: "Oh just something for work, dear."

@SquibLies 5 years ago

Quick shout out to the legal interns who had to read, re-read and take diligent notes on the omega verse in order to prep for this lawsuit. You are the unsung heroes.