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

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

I own heterosexuality. Anyone engaging in heterosexuality should pay a fee to me.

As scummy as it is, it takes a bold woman to claim ownership over the concept of men and women having sex together

Thanks to Addison we now know men can have sex with women too. Revolutionary

"I don't know anything about wolf pornography." Never thought I'd ever hear that sentence from The Legal Eagle

Did I just see a lady claim to invent heterosexuality.

I'm bout to create a f/f omegaverse and copyright lesbians, lads

imagine saying "i was the first to coopt a queer space because of a lack of women, and now write women exclusively getting SAed by macho men" like it's a brag.

Addison: "The lack of women" Lesbian A/B/O: *throws a peace sign and vanishes*

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

"I noticed women weren't apart of this universe, so I wrote my own to include them!... by making them victims of sexual violence by men overflowing with muscles and testosterone." How innovative.

Addison: There isnt women representation in omegaverse :( .... Addison: Ill include them and make them get assaulted :)

Just imagining an elderly judge having to read about omegaverse just made my day.

I can’t believe Addison invented heterosexuality. What an icon

"there's no women in a/b/o" no one tell her about lesbian omegaverse

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

Imagine going to court over omega verse and it’s HETERO. Like MAAM 💀

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

"I don't know anything about wolf pornography." _She never said that omegaverse was porn, Devin._

As a wolf(real animals not the fanfics) enthusiast, "no, wolves definately dont do that" applies to most of this except like walking/breathing lmao

He said "I don't know anything about wolf pornography", but his empty stare tells a different story.

"Honey, what are you reading?" Some lawyer, looking up from a Harry Styles Werewolf Soulmate AU lemon: "Oh just something for work, dear."

"the omegaverse first started in the supernatural fandom" of course it did.

I don’t believe for a second that legal eagle is unfamiliar with wolf pornography

Imagine being summoned for jury duty and it’s over ABO

"A lawyer actually wrote this, and multiple federal judges had to read it." ...this is officially the most entertaining timeline.

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.

LMAO at Addison trying to claim she innovated misogyny

Wolfcock Karen really had the nerve to rip off Bane and his "darkness" bit and then point the finger and claim other people were lifting characters or plot points from her story. The audacity is really wild

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

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

that author citing her straight omegaverse is the original and shouldn't be copied gives me the same impression of arrogance as artists claiming they have copyright on certain color pallets and poses lmao

Whoever voiced Addison Cain really nailed the "white woman playing the victim" way of speaking. Edit: I hate myself for actually looking up gay omegaverse novels and now I'm addicted to reading them even though most are wattpad-level of quality.

In the beginning, Addison Kane created heterosexuality. This made a lot of people angry, and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Addison Cain, inventor of heterosexuality.

By far the most baffaling thing in this video is the fact it has actual captions and not just the auto-generated ones. This is like actually so cool and speaks leaps and bounds about much bigger channels not doing captions for much shorter videos. This is so cool and awsome actually! also shout out to whoever wrote the captions and had to LOOK UP HOW TO SPELL THESE THINGS. your bravery matches no bounds.

Cain is literally an eKaren. I just feel bad for the poor lawyers who were thrown headfirst into omegaverse

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

I CANNOT get over the fact that the Hamilton fic she showed as an example was called “Throwing Away My Shot into George Washington’s Ass”

I am crying imagining Omegaverse being explained to a room full of lawyers 😂

Where’s Jenny’s Oscar for this performance? She was robbed honestly.

Imagine having the power to call up almost a dozen successful youtube creators and get them to record themselves reading porn

the thought of hamilton the musical omegaverse smut is horrifying but "throwing away my shot into george washington's ass" is the funniest thing ive seen in a while and its going to stick in my head for an unfortunate amount of time

A grand jury had to read this, a federal judge likely middle to older age had to read this. It’s just funny to think about.

I love how intense Dan Olson's voice is. He's really giving 110% on that reading.

This was the weirdest episode of Law and Order I've ever seen

Hearing Legal Eagle say the phrase "I know quite a lot about copyright law but i dont know anything about wolf pornography" was the greatest gift of all

omfg jenny nicholson lost herself in this role. the shift in her delivery from sniveling entitled ingenue to cold-blooded scammer was so deeply shocking.

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 😊”

Getting an actual lawyer to talk about wolf porn laws is such a power move.

1. The voice acting it's pure gold. 2. This is the stupidest problem that ever existed.

“No one cared who I was, until I put on the DMCA lawsuit” - Addison Cain

Dear Lindsay Ellis, Thank you, my dad walked in while I was watching this and now he thinks I'm into wolf porn. Jesus Christ.

“I invented het omegaverse” And you’re.... proud of that...?

Somewhat disappointed that this video wasn't titled "Much Ado About Knotting"

Jesus F***ing Christ I just now, after three or more rewatches, made the connection of what the balloon analogy was referring to explain "knotting". I only knew because I had to rescue my dogs when they got spooked when I got in the room where they were... having "dog on dog fun", and that made them stop; but the male dog's parts inflate (LITERALLY inflate) for a while, so they stay stuck until both calm down or... he "finishes playing". Lindsay gave me the gift of learning that this is also a kink in Werewolf World. Thanks, I hate it

Lindsay really was like _if I have to suffer everyone I know has to suffer_ she pulled everybody in to collaborate with her on this video...

I love how Addison took the omegavers and was like “straight people need more representation, also women are submissive” it was very progressive of her

The fact that add*son ca*n has tried submitting DMCA requests to this video... it's just perfect tbh

Gd, the real victim here was the lawyer that tried to understand what the omegaverse was.

for someone into writing non consent she gets really mad when people write without her consent

Jenny's "aggrieved professional fanfic writer" impression is peerless.

I can’t believe she hit the gaslight gatekeeper girlboss trifecta all over some wolf porn.

Whoever did the voice acting for Cain is *extraordinary* ✨

I really love Jenny Nicholson's performance of Cain's lines. The arrogance and whinyness of it works so much.

"A lawyer wrote this. And multiple federal judges had to read this." Absolutely the best part of this whole thing.

"Throwing Away My Shot into George Washington's Ass" has got to be the funniest title I've ever read in my entire life

"A lawyer actually wrote this" False. A paralegal did.

Wouldn’t be surprised if at least one of the lawyers involved had an unexpected sexual awakening and I can’t help but feel awful for them.

I still can’t believe the most ambitious crossover of the Video-Essayist Cinematic Universe was about wolf porn

In the least rude way possible, I cant believe I spent an hour watching a video about omegaverse

The "Omegaverse" honestly just sounds like the world that JP and Andrew Tate fans actually want to live in

The fact that Lindsay gave us the “Maybe you’re the problem, Taylor Swift” line 2 FULL YEARS before T-Swift dropped Anti-Hero? Iconic 🤣🤣

I feel so fucking bad for the lawyers for this case, imagine having to go through the process learning about the omegaverse for case preparation jesus

Imagine going to law school, being elected to be a judge or appointed, only to have this cross their desk

I’m just staring as Legal Eagle pops up on screen and thinking, “this is by far the strangest crossover I have ever seen”. Lindsay Ellis and Legal Eagle joining forces to talk about wolf porn… what is my life

Honestly, some fanfiction are too good and too different from their source material to NOT get their own books and movies.

"I noticed women weren't apart of this universe, so I wrote my own to include them!" As someone who only reads f/f omegaverse this disturbed me greatly

Imagine if the Tolkien estate DMCA'ed every fantasy novel with elves and dwarves.

the sheer whiplash of hearing hhbomberguy (a youtuber who i deeply respect and who’s video about pathologic + his video abt rwby i watch often) reading out wolf porn nearly made me throw my phone across the room

i hate fics that use "little one" as a pet name so much dear lord

I'm waiting for the day when someone copyright claims coffeeshop AU's

I can't believe they stole my idea for a porn where a pizza boy is paid for his pizzas with sex instead of money.

“A year after his divorce from Megatron, Starscream struggles to find his feet as a single parent on Earth”

The lawyer's final plea to stop Cain from the DMCA hellfire is just poetic.

I did not expect Legal Eagle to make an appearance and honestly his completely straight delivery of "wolf pornography" fucked me up

"Claims to have invented invading queer spaces to make them all normy" GIRL THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT.

35:15 - I know it's years later and no one (certainly not Lindsay) will see this, but it occurs to me - the reason the legal teams got hung up on if Cain's book was fanfiction or not is because that has bearing on the idea that she was the original creator of the concepts that were supposedly plagiarized, and thus if her DMCA takedown notices had merit or not. Like if her book had a whiny, cowardly, treacherous advisor to the main villain that she named Starscr-Sunshriek, and Ellis' book also had a character exactly like that with the same name, that could be plagiarism and the DMCAs may be valid; but if Cain's book originated as Transformers fanfiction, then her claim that Ellis plagiarized her becomes harder to defend since now instead of Ellis potentially copying Cain's character, now they're both copying a character owned by a third-party.

the fact all the letters between cain and her publisher all sound satirical is making me loose my mind

The emails between Cain and her publisher sounds like a villian explaining her plan in extreme detail for no reason at all, I thought it was you making it up omgg

"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

I was so unprepared for the start 😭

i love the flagrant narcissism of her seeing that an editor left the nyt after a controversial article, a bad take if you will, and just ASSUMING that they were referring to the article written about her wolf erotica court case

What I got from this video: imagine if Stephenie Meyer tried to take down every single vampire het romance book that came after hers

Addison Cain: LOL I didn't like that the Omegaverse was so GAY and consensual so I invented heterosexual wolf rape - An actual quote from an actual published author about an actual copyright law case what timeline am I living in

“You wouldn’t steal a wolf”

Addison Cain suing other authors over having generic A/B/O fanfic fetishes in their books, is like Stephen King suing other authors for having standard horror tropes in their books.

“A lawyer actually wrote this, and multiple federal judges had to read it.” Well that’s the best damn argument for going to law school I’ve ever seen

Finding this with no context at all and hearing two video essay RU-vidrs that I actively watch voice Wolf Porn was truly surreal.

In the very beginning I was not expecting to get hit with Harris bomber guy narrating a sex scene and I gotta say it was painful