#kenshin whump

[nanlaria]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Himura Kenshin & Kamiya Kaoru Characters: Himura Kenshin, Hitokiri Battousai, Udo Jine, Kamiya Kaoru Additional Tags: Not Canon Compliant, Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Dark Kenshin, Mild Language, Graphic Description of Injury, Angst, Canonical Character Death, Kinda Summary:

Himura Kenshin sat on the river bank, waiting to be Kurogasa's next target, but instead Kaoru was taken right before his eyes. Now, angry and determined to save Kaoru from the results of his past, he faces off against Kurogasa - Udo Jine - the rogue hitokiri. When Kaoru is paralyzed by the madman's spell a time limit is placed on the fight. Can Himura Kenshin, once the feared Hitokiri Battousai, save Kaoru without killing his opponent? Or will he be forced to end one life to save another? - Canon divergence.

[love-me-a-lotta-whump]

My Favorite Whump Lists pt. 1

A list of all my favorite dramas/movies/animes I've made whump lists or Episode Highlights for-- (in multiple parts due to Tumblr's link limit) -- Lists that are my FAVORITE favorites are in italics.

DRAMAS

🇰🇷KOREA

Duel >> {x}

He Is Psychometric >>> {x}

Just Between Lovers >>> {x}

My Love From The Star >>> {x}

W: Two Worlds >>> {x}

I Hear Your Voice/I Can Hear Your Voice >>> {x}

Memorist >>> {x}

Sweet Home >>> {x}

Sweet Home Season 2 >>> {x}

Healer >>> {x}

The Uncanny Counter s1>>> {x}

Lawless Lawyer >>> {x}

Flower of Evil >>> {x}

Memories of the Alhambra >>> {x}

The Arthdal Chronicles >>> {x}

Where Stars Land >>> {x}

Color Rush >>> {x}

At A Distance, Spring Is Green >>> {x}

The K2 >>> {x}

One Ordinary Day >>> {x}

Semantic Error >>> {x}

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls >>> {x}

Lovers of the Red Sky >>> {x}

Descendants of the Sun >>> {x}

Come and Hug Me >>> {x}

Angel’s Last Mission: Love >>> {x}

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes >>> {x}

Uncontrollably Fond >>> {x}

Mirror of the Witch >>> {x}

Snowdrop >>> {x}

Money Heist: Korea: Joint Economic Area >>> {x}

Alice, The Final Weapon >>> {x}

Bad Guys >>> {x}

Big Mouth >>> {x}

If You Wish Upon Me >>> {x}

Blind >>> {x}

Revenge of Others >>> {x}

The Good Detective 2 >>> {x}

Island >>> {x}

Black Knight >>> {x}

Joseon Attorney: A Morality >>> {x}

Bloodhounds >>> {x}

Vigilante >>> {x}

🇨🇳CHINA

The Lost Tomb >> {x}

The Lost Tomb 2 >> {x}

Reunion: The Sound of The Providence >> {x}

Reunion: Sound of The Providence Season 2 >> {x}

Ultimate Note >>> {x}

Sand Sea >>> {x}

The Untamed >> {x}

The Golden Eyes >>> {x}

Psych Hunter >>> {x}

Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard >>> {x}

Legend of Fei >>> {x}

Hello Dear Ancestors >>> {x}

The Blue Whisper >>> {x}

Back From the Brink >>> {x}

🇯🇵JAPAN

Fuujinshi >>> {x}

Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi >>> {x}

Hiru (Season 1)

Smoking >>> {x}

An Incurable Case of Love >>> {x}

Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu>>> {x}

Algernon ni Hanataba O >>> {x}

🇹🇭THAILAND

Not Me >>> {x}

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MOVIES

🇰🇷KOREA

Psychometry >>> {x}

Werewolf Boy >>> {x}

Blind >>> {x}

Fabricated City >>> {x}

Abyss >>> {x}

Youth of May >>> {x}

The Great Seducer >>> {x}

Why Her? >>> {x}

The Good Detective >>> {x}

🇨🇳CHINA

The Witness >>> {x}

🇯🇵JAPAN

Ajin: Demi Human >>> {x}

Blind Witness >>> {x}

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning >>> {x}

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

🇰🇷KOREA

The Fair >>> {x}

MORE FAVORITES >>> [link]

MORE WHUMP LISTS >>> [link]

[kcrabb88]

Fic Writer 20 Questions

Tagged by the lovely @foreverchangingfandomsao3!

1.) How many works do you have on ao3?

107

2.) What's your ao3 word count? 

1,383,112

3.) What fandoms do you write for? 

I've written for Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Black Sails, Captain America, Hadestown, and Star Wars.

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

Shoulder the Sky: My RoTS fix-it AU and the first installment in the series of the same name! Obi-Wan figures Palpatine out and gets stabbed and put on trial for his trouble. Anakin has to sort his way out of Palpatine's manipulations.

Les Hommes de la Misericorde: My first long fic in the Les Mis fandom, which is very dear to my heart! It established many long lasting friendships as well as my brand of "Valjean saves some or all of the Amis after the barricade"

Whispers From the Dead: The sequel to Shoulder the Sky, featuring undead Sith, lots of QuinObi, Obi-Wan whump, Anakin being the Jedi master he always could have been, really cute Skywalker twins, and Padme finally getting to be chancellor.

Conjuring Miracles: My OWK what-if, where Vader gets his hands on Obi-Wan at the end of episode 3.

Between the Soul and the Star: My Les Mis fic where I attempt to save ALL the Amis and put Javert through his paces :D

5.) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I like to! I don't always get to every one, but I do try and answer as often as I can, especially long comments--I like to thank people for that effort! Plus, I've made friends by talking in comments!

6.) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I think that one goes to By Force of Friendship, my Les Mis Barricade Day fic where Enjolras watches each of his friends die one by one, until he reaches his end. I mean, blame canon for that! But still, it hurt.

7.) What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I dunno if I can pick one? I've written a lot of fix-it fics for various fandoms, although my Hadestown fix-it, As If it Might Turn Out This Time, might be the winner .

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

Hmm I got flames like everyone else back in the 'ole ff.net days, but the only hate I ever got was on my Les Mis pirate AU (long taken down and turned into my series of novels) and I wouldn't even call it hate so much as weird and aggressive.

9.) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I do! I used to do almost entirely closed door/implied smut, but over the last few years, between my girl Raoul Phantom of the Opera AU and QuinObi fic for Star Wars, I write it a lot more! And I've really enjoyed writing it, too. Lot of character work that can happen!

10.) Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I wrote a Criminal Minds/House MD cross years and years ago, pre-Ao3!

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

A couple of Les Mis ones, yes! Into Chinese.

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Wayyyyy back in the day, pre-Ao3, but not since then.

14.) What's your all time favorite ship?

I write a lot of gen fic, but as far as romantic ships go, it's a tie between QuinObi and Raoul/Christine, both of which I'm feral over and have written the most shippy content for.

15.) What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Don't currently have any unfinished ones! Well, WFTD, but it's almost done and will definitely be finished.

16.) What are your writing strengths?

I think character-depth and character arcs are probably my biggest strength? It's what's most important to me as a reader, so that's where I tend to focus the most.

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

God, blocking!!! Not even in action scenes, that I can do, but when people are just sitting in a room! Constantly have problems with that.

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Sometimes I do! I've used French in Les Mis here and there.

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

Rurouni Kenshin, back when I was a tiny baby on Media Miner.

20.) Favorite fic you've ever written?

This is like picking a favorite child??? I can't pick, but I will say that I'm proud of how I've expanded my horizons and written new things in Whispers From the Dead!

[kitsune024]

Crossovers

Jujutsu Kaisen

MCU

blackugou widow by @wonhaebunny I Chapters: 11/? I BAMF Bakugou Katsuki, Reincarnation, Natasha reincarnates into Bakugou

Rurouni Kenshin

Echoes of Your Silence by LLewtwo, Popjeckdoom I Chapters 27/40 I Immortal Himura Kenshin

Fullmetal Alchemist

How to Solve a Murder and Incite a Rebellion by Kastaborous I Chapters: 13/16 I BAMF Edward Elric, Canon Divergence but Ed is the Divergence to BNHA Canon

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A Study In Deceit by @mentallyunawareofpapaya | Chapters: 15/? | Sherlock AU, Bakugou has the intelligence of Sherlock, Bakugou Katsuki & Todoroki Shouto Friendship, Bamf Bakugou, Psychological Horror Slope by sunfleurmoon | Chapters: 35/40 | Bakugou Katsuki Redemption, Bakugou gets expelled, Bakugou Whump, Torture, Bakugou adopts Eri, Quirkless Bakugou, Bamf Bakugou Your Sun in the Night Sky by @jothebakuho I Chapters: 10/11 I Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto, This time Bakugou saves a kid instead of Midoriya- He gets too into it, Kid Fic Ground Zero by Windschild8178 I Chapters: 18/30 I Bamf Bakugou, Bakugou/Deku sibling shaninigans, Torture, Psychological Torture. Mental Anguish, Chronic Illness I Provide Protection by hitomi_mimii (PuffedGill) I Chapters 87/100 I Bakugou/FemOc, Cute fic, slow burn Can't See Shit by alice_tryingtowrite I Chapters 36/? I Bakugou has a different quirk, child neglect, bakugou and Izuku stay best friends, bullied bakugou, bullied Izuku, childhood friends, good parent Inko, class representative bakugou I Wasn't Here (But I am Now) by Emo_With_Ink, Sunshines_Catharsis I Chapters: 22/? I Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Gets Hit by a Quirk, Traitor Bakugou Katsuki, Slow Burn, Alternate Universe

Completed

Flip Off by @bern-the-bridge I Chapters 1/1 I one shot 5+1 Things, ooc Bakugou, Personality switch, Quirk Shenanigans End of the Line by LinatheLoud I Chapters 10/10 I Bakugou Katsuki & Class 1-A, Bakugou becomes Class 1-A's medic, Class 1-A as Family, Graphic Descriptions of Injuries, Hero Public Safety Commission Bashing, Blood and Injury, Injury Recovery, you won't like All Might here

@ladygreenfrisbee

Standing at Ground Zero I Chapters: 16/45 | Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku but not main focus, training camp arc, Vigilante Bakugo Katsuki, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Bakugou doesn't get rescued, Canon Divergence The Ticking Time Bomb | Chapters: 15/25 | bakugo angst, Violence, All for One is a scheming monster, Dabbling in Quirks Elixir I Chapters 13/40 I Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, AU- Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, HealingQuirk!Bakugo, secondary quirks, Angst Bookmark Series All That Is Left | Part 1 - 2 | Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, All for One, Possession, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Canon Divergence

@anonymoustwit

Completed Our Hero I Chapters 8/8 I Earthquakes, Whump, Hurt!Bakugou, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Implied/Referenced Bullying, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Friendship, Soft Bakugou Katsuki A Little Demonstration I Chapters 3/3 I BAMF Bakugou Katsuki, Bullies, Protective Bakugou Katsuki, In This House We Appreciate Bakugou Katsuki, Bakugou Katsuki Is A One Man Protection Squad Stray Bullet I Chapters 4/4 IHurt!Bakugou Katsuki, Gun Violence, Blood, Injury, Self-Sacrifice, Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug, Class 1-A as Family

[humbae]

9 Favorite Shows as GIFS

Thank you very much for the tag @do-androids-dream-ao3acc​

This is attempt number however many to figure out how to work with gifs on posts...... I’ll succeed eventually and when that happens you shall see this post! Hngh!

In no particular order, some of my favourite shows:

1. Stargate Atlantis - Whump and team feels, what more do you need, as exemplified in the gif below.

2. Star Trek - I’m very sorry, I tried to find *the* prison scene, but this is all my technologically inept self could manage.

3. Firefly - One of these days I’ll knit Jayne’s hat.

4. Star Trek The Next Generation - Taught me that I can indeed get into android whump, something I thought was impossible. Live and learn eh!

5. Rurouni Kenshin - Still one of my all-time favourite mangas, and the anime wasn’t too bad at times.

6. Fullmetal Alchemist - No you drink the milk!

7. The Magnificent Seven - Is that an enormous gun in your holster or are you just -- oh it is a gun, alright.

8. Daredevil - I believe the picture tells everything relevant.

9. Dark Angel - Another fantastic show that got axed too soon and I’ll never be over it.

[xoteajays]

so my b if u talked about this before but what is the intention trio about they seem very cool

ohgod my darling bastards. are you prepared for the rambling im about do??

okay. so basically they’re lil ocs to rattle around in my brain because i need to have something to obsess over or ill die. ‘intuition’, which is the imaginary fic’s title, is vaguely leverage-inspired and heist genre inspired. i love a good heist and found family and polyamory. i love a ‘it’s us against the world’ plot.

i haven’t fully figured out their backgrounds, but i’m thinking that they used to work for the same bigbad boss who ended up betraying them and they ran off to work together instead (and plot to take him down and ruin his life). masa and kenshin knew each other first, and didn’t really like each other, and sunee came in last. i feel like they’d be those side characters in a movie or show that fandom gets obsessed with over the actual main characters.

i haven’t fully decided on a plot, but it’s definitely not a love-triangle, ‘who-will-she-choose!?’ plot. the throupling has already happened, they’re already in a relationship, they’re in love! i have been thinking up a lot of little scenes tho, usually whump-y angst-y ones or crossovers with other fandoms (leave me to my leverage and fast and furious affections).

now character deets!!

seki masahiro ‘masa’ / 関 仁博 ‘将’

his name’s kanji means ‘barrier’, ‘benevolence, leading wisely’; his nickname ‘masa’ means ‘lead’. sunee and kenshin also sometimes, teasingly, call him ‘boss’. he’s the oldest and the hacker who usually masterminds the plans. he worked with their old boss the longest and it destroyed him to be betrayed by someone he respected and trusted so much. if it hadn’t been for sunee and kenshin, he probably would’ve spiralled endlessly. of the three, he’s probably on the lighter side of grey morals. he has a younger (half-)sister named chihaya (千颯 ‘thousand gale’), who’s a lesbian and her fc is rina sawayama.

sunee chaiya / สุนีย์ ไชยา

her names mean ‘good thing’, ‘victory’. she’s the team thief and the youngest. she was brought in shortly before the boss’ betrayal. it didn’t hit her as hard but it still messed with her head since she didn’t trust most people in the first place. she’s usually got a back-up in plan rattling around in her head, even if it seems insane it somehow works out. kenshin and masa are overly protective of her; especially kenshin who’s killed for her without question when she was injured once; masa worries over her often because he thinks she’s too reckless (he’s right). if masa, who’s the only other trio member allowed to drive, drives like a regular person; sunee drives like a race car driver who came out of the fast-and-furious franchise. she’s the middle ground of grey morals.

ishihara kenshin / 石原 剣心

his name kanji mean ‘original stone’ ‘sword heart’. he’s in the middle age of masa and sunee, and the hitter; which if you haven’t watched leverage, it’s the punchy guy. kenshin and his ‘friend’ were the boss’ assassins; after the betrayal, he attempted to go and kill the boss himself only to be stopped by masa and sunee. his morals are definitely the darkest grey. he has little issue with killing, especially for those he cares about. he’s a bit of a goofball when he’s not working. he and sunee tagteam teasing masa. he’s also got a side oc connection: kubo reiya (久保 伶弥 ‘a long time guarentee’ ‘clever progress’), kenshin’s old ‘friendly’ rival under the bigboss who’s fc is ryusei yokohama.

[plothooksinc]

Writer ask game - 1, 3, 19?

1. what's the fic you're most proud of?

...some of these answers are gonna be super-samey LMAO. It's Underdark. The fic is 16 years old and I'm still getting daily kudos and comments on that monster. (AND ALSO FANART yes I'm still giddy). But.. okay honestly? I hate first person fics. Why the hell did I write one I don't know I sat down to write an introspective of two brothers trapped in a hole and something in my mind went fzkt. But it worked, and to this day I'm still so happy with the end result. (I mean, I can also see all the little rough gaps and spots that every author can probably see with their own stuff, but it still holds up regardless) A close second, though, would be Zaibatsu Project. Because I picked up a bunch of Meiji Era characters and reimagined them for a 2029 cyberpunk dystopia and still managed to keep them all in character, and I just really like the plot and all the different formatting I got to use in early stuff back when I was updating it on LJ. Like chat logs being hacked. I put a lot of worldbuilding and work into this which is why I will always go back to this. (Though I should probably get a move on at some point or we're gonna catch up to their "futuristic setting" in real time, LMFAO)

3. what fic are you emotionally attached to?

...all of them...? I honestly. Am attached to all of them. I put bits of me into them all, I can't not be. Maybe not Himura Kenshin's Day Off so much because that's literally just a crack file full of 4th wall breakages and self inserts and some of those have dated badly. It's the one fic I didn't bother transferring over to AO3 in full. So... every one but that one, I guess.

19. If you could write an ideal fic, what would it include?

This is kind of difficult to answer as it's a weird question to ask. What is ideal, for me or for readers, changes on a regular basis. It's also a bit of a weird question along the lines of 'if you could change your name what would it be' - I mean I can change my name, there's no if. And any author can write their own ideal fic. But okay... ideal elements to look for in a fic-- I write ensemble fics for the most part, and so all characters having a part to play is very important to me. All of them being in character and remaining unbashed is important, no matter how much I might dislike them personally. (I do not dislike a lot of characters. The one I do remember disliking, I made myself like just by insisting on writing her well, lmao). It is very obvious I like doing horrible things to my characters, but I need to have plot reasons for all of it and they have to remain IC about it. Those are all just vague elements, but you put them all together in any kind of plot and that's my ideal story. One that includes everyone, is easy to see the canon voices in, and probably kneecaps at least one character with a whump hammer. /cough I'm not sure I can answer that any more succinctly. Sometimes I think my brain just goes ???? at questions that are probably easy for everyone else, rofl. (See: previous question where someone asked what my favourite colour scheme was and I could not answer for the life of me)

Thank you, ma'am!

Ask questions are here.

[katriniac]

*excited squeeeeeeeee*

It turned out so amazing!!!! The lil fang in his sneer, the angry eyebrows, the messy hair, the gun holster straps, the sense of movement and action and danger! THE TATTOO. The texture and light, the coloring, everything! I LOVE IT!

Thank you for your beautiful work on this prize. I'm glad you chose someone you wanted to draw, because this was for a celebration of YOU, after all! 😘🥰

As for the inspiration:

I'm slowly working on a big AU project/story, involving most of the boys of Kasugayama. It's a modern yakuza/mafia setting.

I don't have an end date proposed for finishing, but when I publish it, the stories will be on my content account @ohtomatotome and my ao3.

Right now it's tiny snippets of self-indulgent scenes I'd love to see:

Sasuke climbing through air vents, humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme in his head.

Sasuke hacking his way through security protocol without breaking a sweat.

Sasuke just being Sasuke, head-to-toe black tactical gear, sexy as hell.

Shingen in an exquisitely tailored double-breasted suit lounging in the VIP section of a nightclub surrounded by luscious ladies (who are actually all members of his spy network).

Kanetsugu having to take up the new role of 'boss', since Kenshin can't meet face-to-face for negotiations.

Kenshin is making full use of the rumor of his death to go full vigilante-mode without being suspected.

Yoshimoto is the owner of several salacious properties within the Uesugi territory, who gives the Uesugi free reign over his establishments in exchange for protection.

Kanetsugu, covered with bloody cuts and scratches, carrying you to safety, saying in that lethal whisper: "Are you hurt? WHO DID THIS TO YOU?"

Shingen barely needing to exert any effort to intimidate some goons into pissing themselves scared.

🤔 ... I'm conflicted on how to best characterize Yukimura. Part of me wants to make him a member of law enforcement (because he's such a 'good' guy who has a strong sense of right and wrong). But the lazy writer in me knows that decision will do two things:

Lower the natural/easy chances of him interacting with the rest of the characters.

Eventually turning him into a dirty cop, choosing to overlook the corrupt path his mentor/father-figure Shingen is on. I don't like the idea of Yuki conflicted like that, it seems OOC.

This means extra work and possible unsatisfactory decisions. It would be easier to make him yakuza right from the start. So I'm still debating what to do with Yuki. Also: I don't write him well, so he hasn't really shown up much.

😏 To be perfectly honest, it's mostly sexy/hot/emotional moments of Sasuke and Kanetsugu being injured or doing dangerous stuff.

Lots of whump and drool-worthy eye candy.

Not much plot. 😏🤣

Finally finished the drawing for @katriniac that won my 200 followers art raffle! She was kind enough to give me a lot of options, all of them wonderful so it was hard to choose one 😭

But in the end I wanted to draw Kanetsugu, since I loved his route so much. And I'm really glad she came up with a very interesting concept, a Yakuza/ Mafia AU, which she can explain it better than I ever could. Also, tattooed Kanetsugu 👀

Thank you so much for your patience!

[stleoshi]

Top 4 Fic Recs

If I could only read four fics per fandom for the rest of my life, I would choose these.

Under the cut are recs for Danny Phantom, Daredevil, House M.D. Rurouni Kenshin, Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural, and Thor, though I may add more later.

Danny Phantom

The Disparaged Series by imekitty (gen, rated T) Long

Maddie Fenton’s obsessive quest to capture Danny Phantom brings disastrous consequences.

A recent take on the classic “dissection fic”, with Danny/Maddie’s relationship at the center of it. The first two fics in the series are complete, and the third is currently being updated monthly.  The author skirts the limits of the readers comfort in an absolutely fascinating way which would not work in a lesser authors hands. I’ve been loyally following it for a couple years now and I find that I’ve never had to reread a previous chapter in order to remember whats going on. It’s very memorable.

Masks by Cordria (Gen, rated K+) Mid-Length

Sometimes, people hide who they truly are behind masks. This is a short story about the day that Lancer decides enough is enough when it comes to Daniel Fenton. Sequel is 'Plunge'.

It feels a little blasphemous to pick this Cordria fic when they have many, far more iconic fics to choose from (*cough* PITS) but this one just holds a special place in my heart.

Phantom of Truth by HaiJu (gen, rated T) Long

Locked away in a secret government lab with Phantom as her subject, nothing stands between Maddie and the truth... except, perhaps, herself.

Everyone and their mother recommends this fic, and that’s because it fucks severely. There’s a complete sequel now, but I find that I prefer this fic over it. The progression of Danny and Maddie’s relationship is titilating, you’re constantly on your toes wondering how he’ll make it out of this situation half-alive. 

What A Nice Surprise by DarkNymfa (gen, rated T) Long

A ghost and two ghost hunters, sitting around. Like a family. Which they were, but, well. The other two didn’t know that. --- AKA the story of how the Fentons accidentally adopt their own son.

In a fandom full of fucked up and sad fic, it’s nice to have this cute, fluffy series to come back to at the end of the day.

Daredevil

Lucky Devil by ChuckleVoodoos (Matt/Foggy, rated T) Mid-Length

Matt gets caught, Foggy gets a clue, and cases get won.

Emotionally intimate, loving and believable. I’ve read this fic a thousand times and can never look away once I’ve started it.

Of Monstrous Shape by RosaLui (Gen, rated M) Short

“Put me in the ring,” Matt said. His glasses were cracked like a spider’s web, and in the shifting shadows it looked as if he was raising hackles in disgust.

“The House doesn’t profit from quick deaths,” said the jailor.

This fic is dark, violent, dramatic, and insanely engrossing.  The author deftly paints the world of Daredevil and I am always in particular gripped by the climax.

Trial and Error by shyday (Gen, rated T) Mid-Length

'You're a lot of scary adverbs right now, my friend. Trust me when I say that "fine" is not one of them.'

This author loves to get into Matt Murdock’s head and imagine the world the way he perceives it, and they do it very well. Each fic of theirs is a sensory trip, but this one is my favorite. Very strong dialogue between Matt and Foggy as well.

Trust: Handle With Care by ceterisparibus (Matt/Karen, rated M) Long

Matt and Foggy's new client is a mother whose son was sexually abused by a priest.

This is a fic that deals with the heavy topic of abuse in the Catholic Church, but if you are able to stomach that it is an expertly executed fic. Not many authors would be able to craft a fic like this, but you can tell that every aspect of it comes from a place of deep personal knowledge and care. Also, the author is a lawyer, which is a rare treat in that the legal case is legit.

House M.D.

Codependency by debbiel (Hilson-ish, rated PG) Short

 It was the sort of diagnosis that wouldn't rate a sad-face on his whiteboard.  And yet it could change everything.

I’m a huge sucker for the premise of this fic, but none that I’ve found have hit quite like this one. Like a soulmate au, but more poignant ;)

Down to the Water by Blackmare (Gen, rated PG-13) Short

After Amber’s death, House and Wilson try to figure out their place in eachother’s lives.

So many little moments of this fic have stuck with me over the last decade, it’s quiet and beautifully melancholy. There’s a sequel as well which you can find on blackmare’s profile.

The Open Road by Pun (Hilson, rated M) Mid-Length

Wilson goes along for the ride.

Another road trip fic! This one is how I used to imagine the show would end, and somehow in the end it.. kind of was. This is still better.

Two Solitudes by mer_duff (Gen, rated PG) Short

"You were protecting me," House snapped.  "What would you have done if he'd had a gun?  Stood there and taken the bullet?" Wilson shrugged.  "Better me than you."

A short exploration of Wilson’s tendency towards self-sacrificial protectiveness for House. I come back to this fic constantly.

Rurouni Kenshin

An Unexpected Lesson by Conspirator (Gen, rated PG-13) Long

Three years after the end of the Bakumatsu, a chance encounter with a kabuki troupe teaches Kenshin an unexpected lesson in survival.

A wandering era fic that gives us a window into what might have aided Kenshin in developing his “bumbling rurouni” act. I’ve read it a hundred times over the years, it is a great story with believable OCs and balance of humor and drama. 

Out of Time by Siriusfan13 (Gen, rated PG-13) Long

During a trip to Kyoto with his friends, Himura Kenshin winds up in deep water... thirteen years in the past. How will Kenshin deal with the Revolution again? And how will his friends deal with Battousai, who has traded places with him?

This is such an earnest and loving study of Kenshin, who is my all time favorite character. This is certainly in my top fics of all time, and shares a  similar premise to my other favorite fanfiction Bargaining, which just goes to show I have consistent taste lol.

Recovery by hakubaikou (Gen, rated T) Long

As Kenshin recovers from his wounds after his duel with Shishio, his friends sense a threat and take precautions for his safety. Complete.

Kenshins characterization rings absolutely dead on and the tone in general is like canon . This fic always feels like a warm hug to me, and I come back to it often. Hakubaikou was an amazing writer and she is missed every day, I’m so happy she shared her work with us.

Twelfth Knight by an_earl (Gen, rated T) Long

A bloody street-side massacre has been identified by Saito as the product of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. There are two suspects: Himura Kenshin and his master Hiko Seijuro the Thirteenth. Unbeknownst to them, a third user of their exalted style has time travelled to the future: Hiko Seijuro the Twelfth.

A fic about mistaken identity inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

An ongoing fic that reads like a fandom classic (and I mean that very, very affectionately). The author’s Saito/Kenshin interactions absolutely crackle.

Sherlock Holmes

Bel Canto by bendingsignpost (Johnlock, rated T) Long

After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)

The Phantom of the Opera AU I hold all others to as a standard. So delightful and entertaining.

How Sherlock Holmes Was Compelled to Remember One Festive Occasion Per Year:  A Reminiscence by John H. Watson, MD  by MirithGriffin (Johnlock, rated M) Short

Known to the SH fandom as The Turkish Bathhouse Fic. Charming as hell with ACD canon flavor, reading this fic has become a Christmas tradition for me.

Particular Peculiarity by saavik13 (Johnlock, rated M) Long

“How high is your regard for me, Watson?” He asked abruptly, his eyes still trained on the fire.  “If I were to confess my darkest secret would you leave? Would you abandon me here to my melancholy?”

A case forces Holmes to reveal the truth to Watson and risks both their reputations and their liberty.  Just how understanding is John Watson?

An obviously well researched and beautifully characterized fic. It feels very Granada in Holmes’ mannerisms, though it can be read as ACD or Granada. This fic is like a warm cup of tea on a cold day to me.

The Quiet Man by ivyblossom (Johnlock, rated E) Long

"Do you just carry on talking when I'm away?"

This is a BBC fic, as opposed to the rest on my list. It’s well worth the read though, ivy’s prose is so organic. It was a fandom classic for good reason.

Supernatural

a turn of the earth by microcomets (Destiel, rated M) Long

Dean’s your typical half-orphaned, monster-killing 22-year-old until a trenchcoated stranger crashes into his back windshield one September night, claiming he’s an angel that knows him from the future and that he’s on the run. Frigging fantastic.

(Or, in which Castiel gets stuck in Dean’s timeline preseries and Dean kind of hates it—until he doesn’t.)

This fic is overflowing with love, desire, longing and loneliness . It’s a time-traveling Cas fic which is something of a trope in this fandom these days, but the premise of Cas being dead by the time he meets a young Dean just lends something special to it.

I CARRY YOUR HEART (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART) by unicornpoe (Destiel, rated E)

“Take me,” Dean says. He doesn’t have to think about it. “Take me as your vessel, Cas.”

or: Cas is cursed into an endless sleep. Dean offers himself up as his vessel while they try to break it.

Compassionate, tender, and full of evocative imagery. It’s about being taken care of, and the act of caring for another.

Phantom Load by lovesrain44 (Gen, rated M) Long

Dean and Sam return to Boulder, CO, where they investigate a haunted school. The job seems simple enough to Sam, who has good, although vague, memories of living in Boulder back in 1992. Dean, however, has altogether different memories, far less pleasant and far more damaging.

Quiet, moving, and melancholy. The past-present scenes are woven together very well. Subtle where it needed to be. Just an amazing fanfic, though it deals with some possibly upsetting subject matter which is presented up front in the warning section.

So Says The Sword by komodobits (Destiel, rated E) Long

Castiel doesn’t mind working security duty; he was briefed shortly after the initial salvation of the Sword from the pit, and again before taking up his position. He knows what to do. However, it’s easy to forget that the green room isn’t real. Time moves differently there, the space ever-changing to make a prison of mountains, cathedrals, salt flats, orchards, and whatever Castiel was led to believe about Heaven’s greatest weapon—Dean Winchester is something entirely unexpected.

Original, dazzling and creative, komodobits was an absolute force in this fandom. They took it upon themself to recreate the entire Destiel relationship timeline, and did so beautifully.

Thor

Bargaining by Proantagonist (Gen, rated T) Long

Faced with an eternity without his brother, Loki strikes a bargain to change the past. Post TDW.

This is a near-perfect fanfic, and one of the most emotionally satisfying stories I’ve ever read. Cannot stress enough how much this fic means to me, it’s possibly my favorite fanfic of all time.

Mirror, Mirror by Lise (Gen, rated T) Mid-Length

While poking around in corners of the palace, Loki finds a peculiar mirror that doesn't show his reflection.

It’s clear that I love Loki’s various issues, and this fic puts an industrial spotlight on them.

Slow Poison by Mikkeneko (Gen, rated T) Mid-Length

Years before the events of Thor and Avengers, Loki is working as a spymaster for his father the King. Or at least... that's what he  thinks he's doing.

I love miscommunication and fucked up family dynamics. This fic is like a friend to me.

[wellthisissomething]

AI-Less Whumptober Day 4 - Non-Con Body Modifications

TW---This post contains a lot of blood, gore and violence.

My Name - Ep. 3

Bloodhounds - Ep. 1

Fak Fah Kiri Dao (ฟากฟ้าคีรีดาว) (My Himalayan Embrace) - Ep. 3

Two Worlds - Ep 4

SilHaa KonKla Tah Atham (Zeal 5 Kon Gla Tah Atam) - Ep. 94

Rurouni Kenshin (2012)

Extracurricular - Ep. 7

Tien Bromance - Ep. 10

Tomb of the Sea - Ep. End of 1 & Beginning of 2

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[geminihurt]

Whumptober 2022 | Day 15

Emotional damage | New scars

"He is the man who robbed me of my hapiness, whom I hated enough to kill. But the way things are going, I will fall truly in love with him"

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) | Himura Kenshin - Satoh Takeru

[whumpygifs]

[love-me-a-lotta-whump]

Guard Dog Whumpee - Whump Lists

A sub list of whump lists I've made where the whumpee is a guard dog to their families, romantic partners, friends, etc. Think "Touch her and you die."

Guard Dog = mostly in a physical sense, like he fights or kills for his loved ones

There will be overlap between the two. It will still count those with superpowers. Generally I mean this in a way that he acts like a bodyguard. It’s a specific vibe I can’t fully describe.

💜: This is one of my all time favorite tropes that isn’t immediately whump related like shot/stabbed/bleeding out

DRAMAS

🇰🇷KOREA

Healer >>> {x}

The K2 >>> {x}

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls >>> {x}

Descendants of the Sun >>> {x}

Snowdrop >>> {x}

Big Mouth >>> {x}

Vigilante >>> {x}

My Demon >>> {x}

Love Song for Illusion >>> {x}

Escape of the Seven: Resurrection >>> {x}

🇨🇳CHINA

The Untamed >> {x}

🇯🇵JAPAN

Fuujinshi >>> {x}

MOVIES

🇰🇷KOREA

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🇨🇳CHINA

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🇯🇵JAPAN

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning >>> {x}

Golden Kamuy >>> {x}

[viva-la-whump]

Whump Advent Calendar 2020

Welp, it took me the the entire month and I have less than 1 hours left, but I did it!!! I wrote all 8 fics for WAC20! Woot!!

Now, instead of posting each and every one on here as I went, I was posting them on AO3 and waited for this moment to post my masterlist!

So here you go! (#. Theme - Title - Fandom)

Baby it’s cold outside - Like Ice - The Untamed

Kiss by candle light - Kissed by Flame - Joy of Life

All the lights and decorations put up in anticipation - Cat and Mouse - The K2

Break the ice - Rescue - Rurouni Kenshin

Isn’t it a little early for this? - Ash and Snow - Detective L

The smell of gingerbread and vanilla - Betrayal - Mr. Sunshine

Nightmare before Christmas - Rude Awakenings - Mad Dog

Christmas Day - That’s What Friends are For - Stranger/Secret Forest

I have more detailed tags in each fic since I don’t have enough space here on tumblr.

Thanks!

@whump-advent-calendar

[otpsaisa]

Megumi rolled her eyes as Sanosuke turned to her, looking worse for wear; she really should've been used to this by now.

"Sorry, Fox. Start from square one again?"

[ravenwingdark]

let me throw my expertise in the ring:

(these are all for the protagonists) 

Natsume and Blue Exorcist, those are peak whump

 Wakfu, at certain points (Netflix)

Bungou Stray Dogs has an emotionally whumpy premise that rears its head up sometimes with great affect. oh boy.

Seven Deadly Sins has some everywhere but may take a little bit to really pay off but in the second season theres a whump 2 episodes that will blow your socks off with outstanding bromance too. and the upcoming seasons are chock full of both. (Netflix)

 Magi the Labyrinth- Whump and bromance. Pays off in the first 2 episodes, hits you hard mid season 1 again (Netflix)

 Inuyasha is a classic, and has good whump but sometimes skips aftercare

Wolf’s Rain - Good bromance and a few very good whumps 

Gintama- usually a gag show but when it gets real it gets Whumpy. also home to one of my fave bromances

Drifters - whump and bromance just not as often as I want it 

Sword Art Online - Specifically the premise of Season 3

God Eater - havent rewatched but there were some nice whump moments in this short series.

Rurouni Kenshin - there’s some good whump and bromance in this especially during the kyoto saga, which i believe has it’s own remake movie to be more accessible. also a hour long OVA with bro and sick whump with a sad ending called Reflections (Netflix)

My Hero Academia- A lot of vanilla whump and friendship. Good stuff.  

Persona 5 - whump cruelly held over you as constant flash forwards while friendships develop.

Mob Psycho 100 - mostly emotional whump but good

Tanaka kun is always listless - watch ep 1 & 3 even if slice of life isn’t your thing. it’s cute and wonderful 

FMA:B has whump just not enough. 

 The Big 3 anime all have whump, but since it’s shounen, it tends to lack in the aftercare department. WITH SOME NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS

Prince of Tennis- 2 very good whump episodes in a sea of him not being hurt

Psycho-Pass - season 1 for the male lead. good stuff. 

Noragami - Oh my god i almost forgot Noragami. This is So Very Whumpy emotionally and otherwise with great friendship developed with lots of characters. If you watch one show from the list it should be this one. (Netflix).

Kekkai Sansen or Blood Barrier Battlefront (?) great very whumpable main character with good friendships. Especially look out for ep 1x02 and 1x06, then you’ll be hooked. The dub is also laugh out loud funny

Do you know any whumpy animes?

Sorry, I’m not too familar with that genre. :(

But, there is a blog called @anime-whump that you may like :)