#pack headcanon
Main Omegaverse AU: In predominantly Beta packs, there are usually two main leaders. (Sometimes a pair of siblings or a pair of friends share one or even both of these categories.) Mainly Beta packs hold two hierarchies of males and females. (Note that you can be any genderand also have a rank in these hierarchies.)
The two leaders of these categories are seen as equal, they are neither matriarchal or patriarchal.
A mainly Beta pack doesn’t mean it’s a pack with mostly Betas in it with Alphas and Omegas. As that is far to common, as Betas usually outnumber both Alphas and Omegas by 3:1. A mainly Beta pack is a pack with mostly Betas run by at least one Beta. If an Alpha or Omega take both of the leadership roles, or just kick the Beta leader down to instead have both leadership roles for themselves, it then becomes a regular pack. (Household or Broad etc)
Second and Third Omegaverse AU: Since I based Betas off of African wild dogs in allmy verses, this explanation will be similar. The difference is however is that I base my Main Omegaverse AU Betas on a 45/45/5 mixtureof wolves and African wild dogs. While in these verses it’s 90/5/5 African wild dogbehavior with a hint of wolf.The remaining percents are how much I have made up behaviors in to help it fit in my verse.
So for Betas in this verse, they also have a male and female category rank. And also are referred as mainly Beta Packs if they have mostly Betas and are run by at least one Beta. And of course, will turn into a different type of pack if no Beta is running it.
The difference is however is that Betas are matriarchal, so even the lowest ranking in the female category will always be higher than the highest ranking male. Males outnumber females by 3:1 as well and females often will leave in search for other packs while males will stay.
Alpha Females status will be transferred usually to the oldest female after they pass or leave. But Alpha Females will always keep their status until then.
Alpha Male status is usually determined by the oldest male as well but also this isn’t guaranteed and is more fluid.
The alpha pair will ‘monopolize’ breeding and the ‘betas,’ (as of rank not of dynamic) will always have their pups afterthe Alpha Betas. Unless they can’t have pups together. Though if they communicate adoption with the pack then the betas will still have to wait unless granted otherwise.
Males in packs are usually related in some way while Females are usually unrelated to the males. Though of course, siblings and cousins are possible. But in order for these females to have pups, they must leave the pack in search for another. Sometimes when two individuals fall in love, they’ll leave the pack with them. Or if two related are running the pack, they can adopt. Adoption is almost always considered.
How this works for non-binary or out of the binary genders for the verses: Some packs categorize these individuals as the assigned gender at birth. (Of course, with communication) while some don’t care and leave it to be more broad. If they’re non-binary but are assigned male at birth but want to be part of the female hierarchy then thats totally accepted. As some assigned females who identify as a girl also can be apart of them. (Usually though they don’t have this drive unless they have a lot of testosterone in them).
Some packs even categorize their rankings as not “male,” or “female,” but rather, “Masuline,” and “Feminine,” even if they don’t have any non binary or out of the binary gendered people in their pack.
