#i think this is unfair bc really i like any whump that is done effectively and breaks characters into messy meaty bits

[curiosity-killed]

whump-pinions

ty for the tag @veliseraptor​ ^-^ 

Rules:

List your top three whump tropes and tag people.

Whoever gets tagged gets to say how they feel about your top three tropes.

After finishing that, they can list their top three tropes, and the tagging cycle goes on!

and I am stealing Lise’s structure bc it makes much more sense to me than the alternative which means responding to hers and then doing mine ayo

hallucinations — tasty! mostly I like them best if either a) someone else is around to witness them and be horrified by the pain being inflicted on the whumpee or b) they hallucinate someone taking care of them only to come to and realize they are utterly and totally alone ^-^

recapitulation of previous trauma — yiiiiiiiisss. no thoughts, head empty, but yeah I really like the horror, deja-vu-esque feeling of this both when coincidental/accidental and intentional. definitely a fave

field surgery — hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah. my favorite brand is bad field surgery where a) the injury is bad, b) the immediate care sucks but at least makes them think the worst is over, and c) then it gets worse. (yes this is how callebero loses his arm. yes it is one of my favorite things abt that story. no i do not wish to be perceived.)

and then onto my own favorite tropes which LMAO fuck do i know

being silenced & unable to call out — does this count? I say yes. Anyway I really like both the obvious cases (i.e., why I have written fics where wwx, loki, and my own OCs have their mouths or voices literally sealed) and cases where whumpee is otherwise silenced (e.g., threats, trying to be strong for someone else, etc.). I def dig where it’s so they can’t call out for help and so are overlooked/not found, etc., but my favorite is when they can’t even make a noise of pain or discomfort and are somehow forced to be silent while suffering (◕‿◕✿)

chronic pain — hello my old friend who appears in literally everything i write. anyway! i love the sandpaper scourge of years and years of pain, how adjusting for it doesn’t mean truly getting numb to it, the wear and tear on emotions (how exhausting it is to be in constant/near-constant/frequent pain! how it affects your mood and energy and outlook on life), the way other ppl react to realizing/discovering what the whumpee feels like/goes through, the way it can start as kind of a “one-off” event where they’re like okay it’s fine i got thru it and then the slow horror of realizing it never goes away and is a part of them now— AHEM. Yeah. 

having their body puppeted by someone/something else/losing control of their own body — ...not sure this counts but I once again am saying it does. LOVE the horror and grief and revulsion of coming to to realize they’ve done something terrible or been put through something terrible and the like disassociation that separates them from their body/from the things the body has done. there’s just something really delectable about the conscious division of Self and The Body and especially when that includes things like The Body being able to be physically wrecked and put back together again to the point that the whumpee stops rlly thinking of their body/self as a human and more as a thing that can be thrown in the line of fire/ripped apart/etc. and it’s fine no matter how much it hurts because it’ll always be put back together by the thing/person controlling them

....mildly disappointed in myself for being so very predictable and also not being able to accurately determine what counts as whump!

ANYWAY tagging (if ya wanna) @apaladinagain (aka #1 Knife Wielder and also yes this is a callout about arm loss), @givemeunicorns, @demenior, @vyther15