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I don't think I've seen anyone point out how similar whump is to horror.

Both center around fear, pain, and suffering, amongst other negative emotions. Your characters are going through something horrible and terrifying and (often) extremely painful and difficult to mentally manage. Both genres focus on these horrible events that your characters are going through. It's scary.

The only real differences that I can think of is the atmosphere and general tone of both genres. Horror tends to have more dread, more suspense, and much of the fear revolves around the unknown.

Horror often uses whump as a way to shock/scare/disgust the audience, whereas in whump the pain and injury itself- and the dynamics and situations resulting- are the focus.

Interesting to think about.

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teen whumpee in recovery.

they feel infantilized. after all, they went through so much completely on their own, and they managed to escape just fine, right? they've always bandaged their own wounds, cried alone; they've never had anyone else to comfort them before, so why would they need anyone to take care of them now?

it feels like when they were with whumper. their freedom, stripped away from them, forced to fit into perfect little boxes and a routine and rules and it's stifling; they just want to do what they want. they don't need caretaker.

they have so much less freedom than an adult whumpee would have in recovery. less choice. they need someone else to make medical decisions for them. they've been forced to grow up much too fast but now they're being treated like the child they're not.

and they can't do anything about it

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Whumpees with an utter neglect for their bodies. Yes, whumpees who are too occupied to eat or sleep, or just couldn't care less about those things, but also:

Whumpees that don't really care if they get injured. "You're bleeding!" Oh, yeah, you're right, I didn't even notice. "This is dangerous, you could get injured!" So? "This will likely scar." Like I care.

Either this attitude comes from whumpee having been through much worse and not caring about some more scars and some minimal injuries, or this is the whump and the bullshit caretaker has to deal with.

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Whumpee is just a plaything for Whumpers. Maybe Whumpee is a creature, and Whumper likes to hunt them. Or maybe the Whumpers are the creatures, who like to play with a human.

Either way, Whumpee is perfect for this. They're kept weak, so all they can do is flail around and struggle a bit. Whumper can watch them run, catch them, poke them a bit so they struggle, until Whumpee passes out (or temporarily dies in case of immortal Whumpee).

Then Whumpee is taken back, patched back up (not all the way, of course) and thrown back to Whumper.

After all, they're just a toy. And if they break? We'll get a new one.

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“Did I scare you? I didn’t mean to.”

“…”

“You’re awfully quiet. Are you just gonna stare all night? Or will you let me help you up?”

“…”

“Alright, well, I’m helping you up whether you’re ready or not.”

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Whumpee who had something implanted in them. Tracking chip? Device to punish them? Something to control their body? Something else?

But now they're rescued, and the thing is gone. The removal wasn't pretty though, and right now they still have the stitches in.

Whumpee has a nightmare, and wakes up in panic. It's still in them. It's still there, they need it out.

They start clawing at their wound, and Caretaker rushes to them, grabbing their wrists before they can rip the stitches (or maybe they're too late, and Whumpee already did damage).

But Whumpee is frantic. "Get it out, please, I need to- get it out!'

Caretaker tries to calm them down, desperately holding them and trying to reassure them. "It's over, Whumpee. It's gone. It was just a dream, you're okay, I promise."

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really big fan of caretakers cupping the back of whumpee's neck and supporting their face with their thumbs, gazing softly into their eyes and repeating words of comfort with as much intensity as they can, because if whumpee can't believe it, caretaker will just keep saying it until they do.

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The sudden unsuppressible jerk and flinch and indrawn breath as a character is palpating another's limbs or ribs or head for injury that signify they've found their mark- gently feeling and pressing along an arm until a certain point elicts a telltale acutely pained reaction as indication of that being the epicentre of hurt.

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Something about the whumper’s underlings being more affectionate and caring to the whumpee. Maybe it’s out of pity, or out of true empathy, or maybe they’re just curious to watch how this one breaks.

Just imagine the whumper leaving their underlings to clean up the whumpee after a torture session. Torn between fear and discomfort and their desperate need for care. Them burying their head in the arms of people who watch them be broken day in and day out.

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so so so obsessed with this

Exhaustion

Warnings: magical exhaustion, blood, unconsciousness

"Whumpee, we need more. Give us more!" Teammate One shouted back at them.

Whumpee was so exhausted. They barely registered Teammate One's words. Though they were a siphon, essentially they were a magical battery for the rest of the team. They had near limitless energy. But even they would reach a limit after a long battle.

"Whumpee's exhausted, are you sure?" Caretaker called up to Teammate One.

"Yes! The shields are failing. We need just one last push. You can do it, Whumpee!"

"Whumpee, are you sure you can do this?" Caretaker asked gently.

Whumpee nodded slowly. They were having difficult time focusing. Talking required too much energy. With a sigh, they drew on the final dregs of their energy, siphoning them into the team's weapons. One final push.

"Thank you, Whumpee!" A chorus of voices called.

Whumpee barely heard them. They felt the blood dripping from their nose as their vision went dark and they pitched forward. They could only hope that Caretaker wouldn't let their head smack on the ground. They had exhausted their magical resources.

"Whumpee!" Caretaker's voice sounded so distant. But Whumpee didn't have the energy to respond as they sank into the quiet dark.

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would you do a romantic caretaker x whumpee where whumpee has just been rescued from whumper and is traumatised from their experience? hurt/comfort kind of thing, implications of non-con maybe?

Hello, Anon! I can absolutely write this for you. Please enjoy.

Warnings: referenced captivity, implied noncon, hurt/aftermath, hurt/comfort, hurt/recovery, caretaker and whumpee

"Whumpee, darling," Caretaker called softly, "I've drawn a nice bath for you. It's got all the things you like in it including the lavendar epsom salt and bubbles."

Whumpee jumped when Caretaker had called their name. This was the first time Caretaker had done this since Whumpee had returned from Whumper. Whumpee wanted to be grateful to their partner for being so thoughtful. Wanted to express their gratitude. But the words were stuck in their throat.

Whumper loved drawing them a bath. Loved bathing them. Loved doing all sorts of unspeakable things to them in the tub. Whumpee didn't think they could stomach going into the bathroom.

"Darling?" Caretaker poked their head in the bedroom door. "Darling what's wrong?"

At Caretaker's words, Whumpee began to sob heavily. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I should be grateful," they gasped out between sobs.

"It's ok, darling," Caretaker said as they sat on the bed next to Whumpee. "You don't have to go in there. It's ok."

"It's not," Whumpee sobbed.

Caretaker was quiet for a moment. "Is it ok if I touch you? I'd really like to hug you, but only if that's ok with you."

Whumpee didn't reply as they leaned onto Caretaker. They couldn't speak they were crying so hard. And as Caretaker wrapped their arms around Whumpee, Whumpee sobbed harder.

"It's ok, darling. I have you. It's ok. I've got you. I'm here, darling. I'm here."

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Having to coax or cut a barbed object, or multiple, out of a character's flesh- arrows, porcupine quills, fishhooks, etc.- the direction of the barbs preventing it from being pulled out without tearing and causing further damage, which is also unavoidable as it's painstakingly cut or coaxed out but at least it's controlled that way and the character performing the delicate procedure can limit the additional damage as much as possible.

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"hey," caretaker snaps, pulling whumpee's face up to look at them, "you stay with me now, alright?"

whumpee mumbles incoherently and their head lulls forward, eyes closing

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Make your whumpee snap, see what it takes to make them snap, see what they do afterwards, see how they react to what they had done

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Big fan of a protective Caretaker stepping between Whumpee and Whumper with an honest to God threat.

Whumper doesn’t pay them any mind. They sneer at Whumpee over Caretaker’s shoulder. “You need to muzzle your dog.”

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Defiant Whumpee List

Content Warning:: drugging, sedation, injuries, non sexual nudity, swearing, self-harm

Whumper and Whumpee

Whumpee will fight Whumper whenever they get the chance: scratching, clawing, biting, and kicking. They'll usually fight them until they physically can't anymore.

Defiant Whumpee, who won't let Whumper say anything to them without a snarky remark following it. A mocking tone or a comment under their breath, anything that would grind Whumper's gears.

Whumper sedates Whumpee for whatever reason and Whumpee fights the sedation until they pass out from the drugs.

On the other hand, from sheer will-power, Whumpee has to have a higher dosage of sedatives because they just won't pass out.

Whumpee who can't physically move because of restraints, so they can only scream and swear at Whumper. Most of it is just "Fuck you!", "Go fuck yourself!", "Suck my dick", and "You're an asshole!"

Whumper forces Whumpee to call them sir/ma'am or master and in retaliation, Whumpee says it in the most sassy demeaning way.

Being told to speak/apologise and instead Whumpee stays silent.

Whumpee hurts themself because they know it makes Whumper angry. They want to be the only one that hurts Whumpee.

Whumper gagging Whumpee so they can't speak, because if they can't speak, they can't mouth off.

Caretaker and Whumpee

Whumpee doesn't want to believe that Caretaker does not want to hurt them, so they try to get under Caretaker's skin. They try to get Caretaker angry and to snap at them, so Caretaker would show that they are just like Whumper. Just like everyone else.

Even when Whumpee is covered in injuries, they will punch and kick Caretaker just because they don't want to accept the help.

Follow up, sometimes, the only help they'll accept from Caretaker is the items they would need to patch themselves up.

Or, we have a once defiant Whumpee. When they were with Whumper they were nothing but defiant, but now that they're with Caretaker, they're just compliant. Now that they're safe, there's no need for them to fight.

Whumpee is so used to Whumper being weird about their body that they don't want to get undressed around Caretaker, even when it's so Caretaker can help give them a bath.

Caretaker patching up Whumpee and asking "Who did this to you?" or "How did you get these scars?" and then Whumpee responds with "None of your business."

Whumpee denies that anything is wrong as they cry, even denying that they are crying at all. They wipe tears from their face and sniffle, but still continue to deny that something is wrong.

Caretaker trying to find out what's wrong with Whumpee and instead of doing anything, Whumpee closes in on themself and stops speaking.

Whumpee hurts themself because they know that it's a hassle for Caretaker to heal their wounds. When Caretaker tries to heal their injuries, Whumpee refuses.

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I saw the prompt game you had going on your blog. I don't really have any dialogue in mind but do you have any ideas for a dissociating whumpee and a fed up Whumper?

"Eyes forward, or I'll take them out, Whumpee."

"Hey. Where did your spirit go? You're no fun like this."

"Come on, wake up, you're so boring."

"Look at me when I hurt you."

"I swear, if you don't come back I'll just--I'll kill you. Got that? I'll kill you. Are you even listening?!"

hope this is what you were looking for!