Cakeverse
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| Related tropes/genres | Pistilverse, Alpha/Beta/Omega, Nameverse, Tattooverse |
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Cakeverse (케이크버스 (Korean); ケーキバース (Japanese)) is a trope created by Korean Twitter user, Rune_communicat[1]. The original concept was based off of Omegaverse, but changed the dynamics. Rather than Alpha/Beta/Omega, the Cakeverse consists of Forks, Cakes, and Normals. The trope takes on a more cannibalistic nature than Omegaverse.
Apparently, when asked "why cakes and forks", the original creator answered that she just likes cakes.[2]
Basic Elements
Cakes
Cakes are people who taste sweet (or like cake), though only a Fork can taste this flavour. Their flavour carries in their flesh and their bodily fluids[3]. Cakes can be different flavours including a flavour unique to them. Cakes are able to live their lives never knowing that they are cakes.
Forks
Forks are able to taste a Cake's flavour by consuming their flesh or fluids. Over time, they lose their sense of taste for anything other than Cakes, causing Cakes to become more tempting to them. After finding a Cake, a Fork will be consumed with desire to eat them, but they will rarely attack a Cake on their first encounter[4].
Normals
Normals exist without any of the characteristics of Cakes or Forks.
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Sweet Tooth by tooikuji: Sarazanmai fic with Tooi and Chikai in an incestuous relationship where Tooi is a Cake and Chikai is a Fork. No cannibalism is present in this fic.
- Chocolate Coffee by Gutango: A Thai Detroit: Become Human fic about RK900/Gavin Reed.
- to have your cake and eat it too by joestarbucks: Jujutsu Kaisen fic with the pairing Inumaki Toge/Okkotsu Yuuta.
Fannish Resources
References
- ^ Twitter Thread by Rune_communicat. Published March 17, 2016 (Accessed February 14, 2022).
- ^ Today’s fascinating discovery: there’s a popular Japanese fandom AU called Cakeverse (actually Korean in origin) by agoddamn. (Accessed July 23, 2022) (Archived).
- ^ 내가 트위타의 스토커요 by Rune_communicat. Published April 18, 2017 (Accessed February 14, 2022).
- ^ ケーキバース by Dic Pixiv. Published Unknown (Accessed February 14, 2022).