#stay. please

[whump-and-other-misfortunes]

Whumpuary 2024 Day 5

5. (Jan 09-10) Can't move / "Stay. Please" / Kidnapped

cw inexperienced whumper, past trauma/abuse, conditioned whumpee, whumper kidnapped whumpee from someone who treated them worse, slightly suggestive, intimate whumper, referenced drugging 

“W-wait!” Whumpee called from where they sat on the concrete floor. “You're going to leave me down here?” 

Whumper stopped at the foot of the stairs and turned back around to face them. “I'm pretty sure the basement is where you’re supposed to keep people you’ve kidnapped,” they replied with a frown. 

Whumpee wrapped their arms around themself, shivering. Their head was still fuzzy from the drugs that were wearing off, but they were with it enough to know they did not want to be locked in the basement. “I-I don’t know. But it’s cold down here! And dark…I’m scared of the dark…” 

“Um, I can bring you a blanket,” Whumper suggested, “and a lamp, maybe?” 

Whumpee started to panic when their captor began ascending the stairs. “N-no, stop! Stay, please,” they begged. They didn’t know who Whumper was or what they wanted, but nothing could have been worse than being left alone, in the dark. Not after what they had been through before… 

It was difficult to make out their expression with the only light coming from the doorway behind them, but Whumper stared at them with what appeared to be shock. “You’re not very good at this. Being a kidnapping victim, I mean. You’re supposed to be scared of me.” 

Whumpee sniffled, willing their tears not to fall. “I know, I’m sorry. I'll do whatever you want, just…can you take me upstairs? Please?” 

Whumper began walking toward them with a sigh. “I guess so,” they said hesitantly. “But I’ll have to tie you up, or something. So you don’t escape.” 

“Okay.” Whumpee nodded eagerly and took the hand that was offered to them, letting Whumper pull them to their feet. “I promise I’ll be good. You won’t have to hit me or—or punish me, or lock me down here or anything, I swear.” 

“What?” 

Whumpee angrily brushed away the tears that had begun spilling from their eyes as memories resurfaced. “I’m sorry, you can tell me to shut up if I talk too much. I promise I know how to be good.” 

An amused smile tugged at Whumper’s lips. “Do you, now?” 

Fear coursed through Whumpee at the thought that their captor might not believe them. “Yes! I’ll do anything you say.” 

“You’d let me tie you to my bedpost and sleep beside me,” Whumper asked, “if it meant not spending the night alone in the dark?” 

Whumpee looked up at them pleadingly, vision blurred by tears. “Yes,” they whispered. “I’ll sleep in your bed. And…I’ll do anything else you want me to.” 

“Look at that,” Whumper said, carding a hand through Whumpee’s hair. “I didn’t even have to do the hard work of breaking you in.” 

[sca-nerd]

My friends who have never experienced flooding, and who are about to deal with it from this storm, please remember:

1. NO. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT WATER ON THE ROAD. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING. TURN. AROUND.

2. DO NOT GO WADING THROUGH THE WATER. EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE HOW DEEP IT IS. THAT. WATER. IS. CONTAMINATED.

3. IT IS CALLED FLASH FLOODING FOR A REASON. THE WATER RISES AND SURGES IN A FLASH. STAY. HOME.

4. If you're at risk of flooding, raise up any of your belongings now. Put the legs of tall things in buckets. Know where your important documents are.

5. Stay safe.

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

[toshootforthestars]

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[everwalldigan]

My favourite thing ever is when Jason is drawn to resemble Bruce because I KNOWW his ass would HATE it😭😭

Dick: hey Jason you haven’t forgotten our meet u— oh my god are you ok?? What happened?

Jason *rocking back and forth on the floor with a traumatised look in his eyes, whispering in horror* someone mistook me for Bruce in the grocery store today.

Random kid at a charity event pointing at Jason standing grumpily in a corner: who’s that?

Bruce (smiling fondly): that’s my son Jason!

Random kid: he looks like you! :D

Jason: *leaves the room*

Bruce (running after him): jason, Jason they didn’t mean anything by it, Jason, you’re going to jump off a balcony just because of a child’s observation Jason?

[novelconcepts]

I Saw the TV Glow is such a uniquely, devastatingly queer story. Two queer kids trapped in suburbia. Both of them sensing something isn’t quite right with their lives. Both of them knowing that wrongness could kill them. One of them getting out, trying on new names, new places, new ways of being. Trying to claw her way to fully understanding herself, trying to grasp the true reality of her existence. Succeeding. Going back to help the other, to try so desperately to rescue an old friend, to show the path forward. Being called crazy. Because, to someone who hasn’t gotten out, even trying seems crazy. Feels crazy. Looks, on the surface, like dying.

And to have that other queer kid be so terrified of the internal revolution that is accepting himself that he inadvertently stays buried. Stays in a situation that will suffocate him. Choke the life out of him. Choke the joy out of him. Have him so terrified of possibly being crazy that he, instead, lives with a repression so extreme, it quite literally is killing him. And still, still, he apologizes for it. Apologizes over and over and over, to people who don’t see him. Who never have. Who never will. Because it’s better than being crazy. Because it’s safer than digging his way out. Killing the image everyone sees to rise again as something free and true and authentic. My god. My god, this movie. It shattered me.

[basshole-astard]

PSA: i keep seeing posts about staying cool in extreme heat that include advice like "gatorade is bad actually!" and "don't drink fruit juice it'll just dehydrate you!" and neither of these are true!

regarding fruit juice: there's apparently a misconception that Any Sugar At All will dehydrate you, and that's simply not true. yes, sugar will make you pee more when consumed in large amounts, but 1) the natural sugar in fruits won't do this to you 2) great news! a lot of fruit juices exist without any added sugar in them! 3) honestly even having a glass of the fruit juice with added sugar won't completely dehydrate you as long as you're also drinking water throughout the day. if its hot you deserve a cold treat of a drink!!! can't go wrong with fruit juice!!!

regarding gatorade: maybe this isn't an every day drink, but guess what: if it's 110F/40C or hotter outside, and you don't have AC, or you're moving around a lot outside of the AC, and you're sweating buckets: that's when you drink a gatorade.

gatorade exists to replenish all the electrolytes (salt) and glucose (sugar) that you sweat out. YES it is meant for athletes to drink during intensive work outs and not necessarily for people who aren't doing that kind of exercise. BUT GUESS WHAT! when you're sweating buckets because you had to walk to the bus in extreme heat, that's intensive exercise. please feel free to drink a gatorade after that! that's its intended use case!!!!

no: neither of these drinks should be a total replacement for water. but drinking a lot of water and then treating yourself to a fruit juice with lunch is a good idea!!! drinking a gatorade becuase you just had to walk for 20 minutes in the heat is a good idea!!!

Please Stop Spreading Misinformation About Drinks!!! It's fine if you drink things that aren't water!!!! Yes you should probably always be drinking water but drinking something else As Well isn't going to hurt you!!!! okay!!!! its fine!!!!!!

honestly so long as you are consistently getting Any (non-alcoholic) fluids in you, you're doing great!!!!!! okay!!!! i love you stay safe <3

[bittsandpieces]

sweet like honey, sweet like a summer day

[dustykneed]

survival is an act of rebellion. jim loves you SO MUCH. i hope this finds all of us who need it today. please stay alive so we can make it out together. sending so much love and strength

[linktoo-doodles]

i'll strangle you or i'll kiss you on the mouth

[tempo-takoyaki]

Here is my last prompt for SVSSSAction's Gotcha For Gaza from an anonymous donor! They asked for some freeform Bingyuan, and I imagined this little scene. Chocolate is good~

[pippynsworld]

Soap's first ride as a backpack.

[livfordoodles]

Outsiders based off book descriptions <3

[mydirtyvalentine]

will wood was right, it’s fucking awful out here socrates

[papercute]

hey black butler fans

is this anything

[triona-tribblescore]

I WANNA DRAAWW!! RAHHHGG!! Absolutely swamped with college work, im so tired TT (hence whatever tf this is lmao)