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polls! polls!

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question for the whump community :D

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"Желание... Ржавый..."

@whumptober | Day #22: "Oh that's not good" Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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I don't know who needs to hear this but get your already injured character into the ocean and make them experience the salt water in their open wounds 🩷

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i've had so many conversations with people in fandom/creators' circles who are genuinely afraid to make the stories or art they want because they fear (often with good reason!) that their friends might kick them out of their circles, or worse, launch a public harassment campaign against them.

as someone recovering from this fear-based mindset, i want to affirm:

- friends who use implicit or explicit threats to maintain social control are not your friends

- communities that monitor your social media and ao3 to surveil you for perceived transgressive content are not safe communities

- the vast majority of people are NOT going to hate you if you make the art you want

- if you find yourself in a friend group that makes you feel afraid to speak your mind, it's in your interest to disentangle yourself from that group as quickly as possible

- real, honest disagreements between friends can be solved respectfully without the use of public shaming

- if you're feeling afraid in a community, it's likely that others are feeling afraid too. support your friends who may be struggling to leave an abusive fan or creative community, and let them know you're a safe person to voice doubts and disagreement to.

- if you're feeling like you'll never find a safer community of people, i promise there are others who feel that way too. it may take some time, but you'll find people who treat you and your ideas with respect. a good place to start is the people who make the type of art that you admire but that you're too afraid to make yourself.

ok that's all, take care of each other and be nice 💜

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"i'll ruin you," whumper spits. "and no one will be able to fix you."

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Goodnight

Tw: vampire whumpee, silver burn, uuh for I think? Not sure how to tag this.

Masterlist

A soudless, breathy scream escaped the vampire’s throat as the silver chain was tightened around his upper body, binding his arms against his chest. The metal was digging into his skin, searing it everywhere it touched. His tattered clothes offered poor protection, and he barely managed to stifle a sob as the hunters hoisted him up without care. His confusion and fear grew when they pushed him out of the cell. What was happening ? They had never let him out of these silver bars before.

The small vampire’s breathing quickened as the hunters dragged him away, too weak to stand or walk by himself. He couldn’t see much, blurry shapes dancing before his eyes. It was the first time he was in the hunter’s headquarters out of the basement’s cells, and he could feel dread pooling in his stomach. It was weird, people in hunter’s uniform were running in the halls, carrying him packages and various objects, and the rooms he could see were bare and empty.

It felt like an eternity of being pushed deeper into the maze of corridors, before they arrived to a different area of the building. The distinction was brutal, as suddenly the brightness dimmed, and the temperature rose significantly. The walls and floor were not tiled anymore, but strong concrete. There was a muffled thumping noise in the distance, and the vampire froze.

He didn’t know what was happening, where was he or why, but it couldn’t be good. The hunters forced him to move forward.

He could see spots of light in the darkness, like liquid flames. The noise was growing louder. There was a metallic smell in the air, which was too familiar for him to not recognize it. Silver. His mind was slow and foggy due to the starvation, but he had enough clues to put the pieces of the puzzle together. He was in the hunters's foundry, where they forged their silver weapons. But why had they taken him there ...?

One of his captors gave him a harsh shove and he stumbled, falling heavily on his knees. He looked around, disoriented, trying to make sense of his surroundings. His wrists and ankles were chained to the floor in his back, keeping him in his kneeling position. The vampire didn’t tried to fight, shaking in apprehension but staying obediently still. He didn’t know what was going on, his mind hazy.

He let out a strangled, fearful noise as his mouth was pried open, something stony slipping between his jaws and holding them open. He tried to look up pleadingly at the hunters around him, his position uncomfortable at best. But the men didn’t bothered to give him any explanation ; they were busy moving around him, as if in a hurry. First the agitation and the packages, now that. What was happening ?

There was the light again, the liquid fire flowing slowly above him, coming his way. He gazed up glassily, trying to understand. And all of a sudden, it clicked. And his world started to burn.

He felt the melted silver start to pour down his throat slowly, searing his sensitive skin. He thrashed, tried to close his mouth to stop the torture, but was unable to because of the stone funnel buried in his throat. The hybrid had never felt such an agonizing pain, and it wasn’t stopping. He couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move as the liquid metal slowly reached his stomach, melting his insides. He could feel everything, every inch of his skin touched by the silver.

When the hunters stopped the flow, the silver had already started to solidify. As the stony funnel was removed from his mouth, the vampire’s eyes rolled in their sockets and he lost consciousness.

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Local goth working at a Graveyard finds the ultimate goth gf a vampire

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woah this character is so cool i wish they were covered in blood their whole body trembling with a look of absolute horror on their face as theyre struggling to breathe in panic

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Rex almost deletes the email out of reflex. Vic has this annoying habit of using Rex’s address to sign up for free trials of random shit—he has, like, five Club Penguin accounts at this point, it’s getting ridiculous—so if he doesn’t recognize the sender, it’s probably spam, and he likes to keep his inbox tidy.

        But something makes him pause, cursor hovering over the trash button, eyes narrowing.

        Out of idle curiosity, or something, he opens it. The address doesn’t show a name and there’s no message, but there’s an mp4 file attached. He cocks his head and hits play.

        His stomach sinks as Whiskey’s face comes into view behind the static. That stubborn bucktoothed shitstain doesn’t know when to fucking quit. You’d think he’d learn after what Rex did to him.

        “Hey, big dog,” Whiskey’s drawling voice comes through. “Got a little surprise for ya.”

        The camera view unfocuses and turns around, giving Rex a dizzy glimpse of…the weight room? What the fuck is he doing in there? How did he even get on campus? Why is—

        Rex’s line of questioning comes to a screeching halt as the camera focuses again.

        Vic.

        Oh fuck. Oh, Christ, no. No no no.

        His boy. His hands are yanked above his head, tied in—in cable, Jesus fuck, Whiskey has him tied to one of the machines. Rex almost misses what the bastard is saying thanks to the roaring of blood in his ears.

        “...we were fuckin’ friends, man! We were chill!” Whiskey’s boot flies into frame and connects with Vicky’s jaw. Rex almost pukes right then and there. Those were teeth that went flying.

        “But you had to go and sic your fuckin’ dog on me. Couldn’t just pay up. Couldn’t be a fuckin’ man, Montez.” More hits. Whiskey’s boots, fists, a fucking metal baseball bat. Rex’s knuckles are white on the edge of the desk.

        Why isn’t Vic fighting back? Rex wants to scream, but his jaw is locked in place. Vic’s got practically a foot and 50 pounds on Whiskey. He should be able to wipe the fucking floor with the guy. But he’s just dangling there, blood and spit and tears all down his face, his bad leg pointing the wrong fucking way under him, not even running his mouth, not fighting, not even when Whiskey pulls out a fucking switchblade. Vic makes a broken little gagging sound and just barely struggles to pull away, whining formlessly as Whiskey cuts jagged lines across his chest, slicing through inked skin like it’s the most casual thing in the world. Rex is as paralyzed as Vic seems to be. Why isn’t he fighting, screaming, biting, saying anything, breathing…

        The camera flips around to show Whiskey’s ugly fucking face again, grinning, splattered with blood and breaking a sweat from the effort. “You should probably get down here, big dog. By the time you get this…well.” Whiskey holds something up, something small and plastic and reflective.

        A syringe.

        Rex is shaking. He was clean. His boy was clean.

        “I dunno how much I gave him, honestly,” Whiskey says, conversationally. The camera flips back around, and Rex almost puts his fist through the screen as Whiskey’s hand goes to Vic’s face, tipping his chin up. “Smile for the camera, bitch! You got anything you wanna say to your man?”

        Vic’s lips move, just barely. Rex can’t make out words. The camera goes in close, and he can see how Vic’s pupils are huge, bloodshot eyes all black, no warm brown left in them.

        He’s not fighting back because he’s too fucking high to move.

        “Anyways. Come get him. Or don’t. You could come get me, but he might not make it if you do. He’s pretty fucked up.” The camera flips back to Whiskey. “And if you do come get me, at least bring me my fucking money, alright? Dumb bitch didn’t have anything on him. Aight, bye.”

        The video ends.

        Rex stares blankly at the screen for a long, nauseous, furious moment.

And then he starts running.

[Fic by the exceptionally talented @bxtterflystxtches , who I have the honor of collaborating with for this event. Please show him some love!]

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desperate comfort.

“oh god, oh god, stay with me!”

“keep your eyes open! you’re okay! damn it, you’re okay!”

“i’ve got you, i’ve got you, i’ve got you, i’ve got you— it’s alright, i’ve got you!”

“i know it hurts. i know, honey, it’s okay.”

“it’s all gonna be fine, just stay with me, just stay awake, please!”

“i love you. i love you so much, whatever happens, just remember that, okay?”

“stop, don’t talk like that, you’re gonna be fine! i wouldn’t lie to you!”

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being part of the whump community is honestly just hearing a criticism of some piece of media saying "this (blank) just features cruelty for cruelty's sake, the characters are tortured for no reason!" and your ears perk up.

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I'm doing some little sketch commissions! $10 for portrait, $15 for half body, $25 for full body. They'd be in this style! DM me if you want more info!

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WHUMPTOBER 2024: PROMPTS LIST

Welcome to Whumptober 2024 — Seventh Time's a Charm!

Please make sure to read the Event Info and FAQ below carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

This year's playlist can be found here.

The 'Anatomy of a Whumptober Prompt' post can be found here.

And our 'Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics' post is here.

We’re very excited to see the community come together for another year of Whumptober! Go wild with the prompts, and support your fellow creators - we wish you all the fun!

Best of luck and happy whumping,

Mods Vanne, Yenn, Kitty and Surro

(Text versions of the prompts, as well as event information, rules and FAQ are posted below the cut!)

Whumptober 2024 Prompt List

No. 1: RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK

Search Party | Panic Attack | "If only we could hold on.” (Icysami x Renegaderr, Strangers.)

No. 2: TRUST ISSUES

Amusement Park | Role Reversal | “You got away with the crime while the knife's in my back.” (Charlotte Sands, Rollercoaster)

No. 3: SET UP FOR FAILURE

Fingerprints | Wrongfully Arrested | "I warned you."

No. 4: HALLUCINATIONS

Hypnosis | Sensory Deprivation | “You're still alive in my head.” (Billy Lockett, More)

No. 5: SUNBURN

Healing Salve | Heatstroke | "If my pain will stretch that far." (Lottery Winners, Burning House)

No. 6: NOT REALISING THEY'RE INJURED

Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms | Healed Wrong | "It's not my blood."

No. 7: ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES

Unconventional Weapon | Magic with a Cost | "It's us or them."

No. 8: SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Isolation Chamber | Forced to Stay Awake | "Leave the lights on." (Coldplay, Midnight)

No. 9: OBSESSION

Broken Window | Bruises | “Frame me up on the wall, just to keep me out of trouble.” (Fall Out Boy, Irresistible)

No. 10: BLOW TO THE HEAD

Slurred Words | Passing Out from Pain | "I can't think straight."

No. 11: SEEING DOUBLE

Convenience Store | Loneliness | “Leave no trace behind, like you don't even exist.” (Taylor Swift, Illicit Affairs)

No. 12: STARVATION

Underground Caverns | Cannibalism | "Just a little more."

No. 13: TEAM AS A FAMILY

Familial Curse | Multiple Whumpees | "Death will do us part." (Set It Off, Partner's In Crime)

No. 14: LEFT FOR DEAD

Hunting Gear | Blackmail | “Because I want you to know what it feels like to be haunted” (tiLLie, kooL aiD mAn)

No. 15: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA

Painful Hug | Moment of Clarity | "I did good, right?"

No. 16: NECROSIS

Swamp | Wound Cleaning | "No, I can't feel anything."

No. 17: NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

Ruined Map | Shipwrecked | "We had a good run."

No. 18: REVENGE

Unreliable Narrator | Loss of Identity | “I see what's mine and take it.” (Panic! at the Disco, Emperor's New Clothes)

No. 19: BLOOD TRAIL

Abandoned Cabin | One Way Out | "Is there anybody alive out there?" (Bruce Springsteen, Radio Nowhere)

No. 20: EMOTIONAL ANGST

Shoulder to Cry On | Giving Permission to Die | "It's not your fault."

No. 21: BODY HORROR

Body Horror | Tattoo Gun | Spirit Possession | “Let the bedsheet soak up the tears.” (Apparat feat. Soap & Skin, Goodbye)

No. 22: BLEEDING THROUGH BANDAGES

Tourniquet | Reopening Wounds | "Oh that's not good."

No. 23: FORCED CHOICE

Public Display | Broken Pedestal | "I'm doing this for you."

No. 24: RADIATION POISONING

Collapsed Building | Equipment Failure | “I never knew daylight could be so violent.” (Florence + The Machine, No Light, No Light)

No. 25: SURGERY

Stitches | Being Monitored | "It's for your own good."

No. 26: NIGHTMARES

Breakfast Table | Parting Words of Regret | “I'm haunted by the lies that I have loved, the actions I have hated.” (Poe, Haunted)

No. 27: VOICELESS

Laboratory | Muzzled | “I have no mouth and I must scream.”

No. 28: DENIAL

CCTV | Exposure | "They caught me red handed."

No. 29: FATIGUE

Labyrinth | Burnout | "Who said you could rest?"

No. 30: RECOVERY

Hospital Bed | Holding Back Tears | "What have I done?"

No. 31: ASKING FOR HELP

Therapy | Making Amends | "I'm alive, I'm just not well." (Elliot Lee, Alive, Not Well.)

Alternatives List:

Body Swap

Communication Barrier

Finding Old Messages

Forgotten

Friendly Fire

Motion Sickness

No-Holds-Barred Beatdown

Regret

Secrets Revealed

Shivering

Survivor's Guilt

Time Loop

Used As Bait

Venom

Vermin

Event Info & Rules

WHUMPTOBER is a month-long, prompt-based creation challenge (think: Inktober, but whumpier). There are 31 official themes this year - one for each day of the month - which can be used, skipped, or combined in any way you’d like. They are meant to serve as inspiration without being taken literally (e.g. you don’t have to include the exact wording of prompts into your work). Feel free to run rampant on interpretation. For example, if the prompt is “flame", you could create something with reference to a candle/campfire, your character could have suffered a burn, or the flame could be a reference to an ‘old flame’ - an old relationship. It’s truly down to you!

In total, there are 4 prompts for each day. These are optional suggestions and can be used in conjunction with the theme, or as options/alternatives.  We want to give everyone as much creative freedom as possible, as well as increase event accessibility for folks with triggers and squicks. There is also a list of 15 alternative prompts that can be subbed in for any day, again to give participants as much creative freedom as possible.

Creators can PRODUCE work in any media they choose, including but not limited to: writing, visual artwork, photo/video/audio edits, paper crafts and elaborate recommendation lists (not just a list of links). Creators can PARTICIPATE as much or as little as they want (i.e. you don’t have to do ALL the prompts if you don’t want to) and prompts can be used in any order. They are also free to use even after the event ends.

When uploading Whumptober content to your blog, be sure to tag it with:

#whumptober2024 …..(the event tag)

#no.1, #no.2, #no.3, …..(theme number)

#bruises, #stabbing, …..(the theme or specific prompt you chose)

#altprompt …..(if you use an altprompt, tag the post with the number of the prompt you replace)

#fandom or #OC, …..(ironman, original content, oc, etc.)

#medium …..(gifs, fic, podcast, art, etc.)

#teeth, #etc …..(trigger warnings & any additional tags. Keep in mind not to add “tw” in front but only use the word/trigger itself)

#nsfwhump …..(only for nsfw content)

#your own tags go here

PLEASE BE DILIGENT WITH YOUR TAGGING. Only properly tagged posts are considered for archiving on the official @whumptober-archive blog. They must be tagged in the order above. An elaborate post about our tagging system can be found [here]

Unfortunately, due to the sheer number of participants in recent years, we cannot guarantee your work will be archived. A random selection of properly tagged posts from all genres will be reblogged each day.

Whumpers who produce content for 31 total theme days are considered event completionists and will be tagged in a masterpost at the end of the month. A form will be published at the beginning of November asking you to tell us if you completed. This is based on trust and we will not check this.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please read this before you send an ask!

TIMELINE

July: Trope voting form released. Late August: Prompt list is released for at least four weeks of preparation time. Tropes cannot be posted earlier than August 25th because of Moderator obligations in real life. (But, you know, go ahead and start writing/drawing, and add the themes in later, if you want!) September: Do as much or as little on your works as you want. You can prepare everything in advance or let September go by with vibes and start working in October. It’s up to you. October 1st: Challenge begins! A storm of whump breaks upon us all! During this time, some posts will be reblogged to the whumptober archive blog. We open the yearly AO3 collection for posting (optional). November 1st: The challenge is officially over! Completionist form opens for those who want to be included in the hall-of-fame. Early November: We release completionist and participant badges, solicit feedback, and post a hall-of-fame list of completionists by the 10th.

PARTICIPATION AND COMPLETION

Q: What counts as participation? Create or continue at least one work inspired by one of this year’s prompts. Q: What counts as completion? Creating work(s) inspired by at least one prompt from each day (or alts), for a total of 31 unique prompts. Q: Do I need to create 31 works? No. You can, if you want. Or you can create one work that you add to every day with a new prompt. Or several works that combine prompts. You can also update an existing work by adding new material with the current prompts. Q: Do I need to post my works somewhere to be a completionist or a participant? No. Q: How do you know I actually completed the challenge? We’ll take your word for it! Q: Do I have to finish my work(s) to be a completionist? No, you can post WIPs. And you’re not obligated to finish them in October, but if you want it to count towards being a completionist, you must have completed 31 prompts by the end of the month. So for example, if you’re writing a long fic and you fit 31 different prompts into the writing you did in October, it’s okay if that fic isn’t finished by the time October ends, you’ll still be a completionist. Q: Is co-writing/illustrating allowed? Yes, absolutely, and it would count towards being a completionist for both/all of you. Q: Is there a min/max limit on word count for written works? No. Q: Is there a min/max limit of quality for art? No. Q: Do I have to do something each day to be a completionist? No. You can skip days whenever you want, and as long as 31 daily prompts (or alts) are in your works done in October, you can be a completionist. For example, if you wrote a 1000-word ficlet that covers prompts in days 2, 3, and 17, you can check all three days off your list even though it’s only one work. Q: Is this challenge just for fics? No! Artworks, GIFsets, headcannons, rec lists, poetry, moodboards, or any other creative work is encouraged. Q: Can I combine Whumptober with other creation challenges? Absolutely, as long as the other challenges allow it too.

PROMPTS

Q: How do the prompts work? There are FOUR prompts per day: a theme and three ideas. You can use one, two, three, or all four prompts for each day. If you don’t like any of the daily prompts, you can substitute one of the ALT prompts instead. Q: How strictly/literally should we interpret the prompts? As literally or as figuratively as you want. For example, if the theme is WATER, that could mean drowning, waterboarding, raining, swimming, take place underwater, be lost at sea, construct a metaphor about a character’s mood that changes like a flowing river, crying, or whatever else you can think of that fits that theme. Q: Can I combine prompts? Is there a limit on how many? No limit and combine as many as you’d like. If you create a work that checks off multiple prompts, that work will count for a fill of multiple prompts. You need to address 31 different prompts to be an official completionist, but you don’t have to produce 31 separate works.

WORKS

Q: What’s whump? Hurting a character, whether that’s physically, emotionally, intellectually, psychologically, or any other way you can think of. Comfort afterwards is optional. Angst is emotional whump, so it counts. Q: How do I know if it’s whumpy enough? If your character is just mildly inconvenienced, it probably needs more whump. However, no participant has to prove whumpiness to the mods. Whatever you write is up to you. Q: What kind of characters can I create for? Anything. Generic ���whumpee,” OC, PC, NPC, major characters, minor characters, or whatever you want. There are no limits. Q: Does it have to take place in a specific fandom? No, you can create works for your own worlds or for fandoms or for both. You can also create more generic or pan-fandom works. You can do cross-overs or use OCs, whatever you want. Q: Can I create AI-created works? We will not reblog or promote any works we know to be generative AI-created. Q: Is there anything we’re not allowed to write? As long as it contains whump and is based on our prompts, it’s fine. Please courtesy tag your works if you post them so people who follow the #whumptober2024 tag can filter according to their preferences. Q: What about sex, minor characters, and potentially disturbing content? You can create whatever works are legal in your country and post them accordingly. Please courtesy tag anything you think might be objectionable if you post to Tumblr so people who follow the #whumptober2024 tag can filter according to their preferences.

POSTING

Q: Where can I post my work? Post where and how you want. You don’t even have to (cross)post it to Tumblr. Just keep in mind if it’s not on Tumblr we will not be able to add it to the blog archive. There is an AO3 archive for Whumptober 2024, as well as the parent collection for works completed outside of the event. Q: Can I start posting early? You can, but this is an October event and wouldn’t it be more fun with everyone doing it at the same time? We won’t be reblogging any work predating October 1st. Q: Can I post late? Yes. For the sake of our hardworking Post Fairies, only a day’s themes will be reblogged to @whumptober-archive each day of October. But you can post whenever. Some of us are still working on and posting Whumptober fics from years ago. Q: Do I have to use your tags? Only on Tumblr and only if you want us to reblog your work on @whumptober-archive. Q: How do I have my works reblogged to the archive? Properly tagged posts will be reblogged to @whumptober-archive. If you want the official archive blog to reblog you, post on Tumblr and tag correctly (see this FAQ link for more info on tagging). Please note not all posts will be reblogged each day. Q: Can we @ you? For questions and comments, of course. We’ll be getting a flood of notifications, so if you really want us to see something send an ask. Q: Can I cross post on other blogs? Yes, multiple platforms and blogs are perfectly acceptable, as long as they allow cross-posting (to us). You can also post different works to different accounts under different names, without posting them everywhere at once. If you post some works under your main and others under an alt blog, that’s fine for completionist purposes. Q: Can I upload/repost my Whumptober content to other social media platforms? Of course! We’ve created an AO3 Collection to archive any fics posted there, which can be found here. The blog is the official archive, so please respect the personal boundaries of any whumpers in your social circle (don’t out anyone as a participant who would prefer not to be outed).

Most importantly, have fun, create, and enjoy all the whump posted this October!

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