#stoic whump tropes

[whump-in-the-closet]

what are ur fav tropes for stoic whumpees? love da blog

stoic whumpee tropes that are a 100/10:

"I'm fine" and then immediately collapsing in front of their loved ones in a bleeding pile, revealing a hidden injury that has festered for far too long

silent, muffled crying with shaking shoulders and a bloody hand clamped over their mouth because they view crying as weak and beneath them and they're stronger than this, they're stronger, they can take it--

the moment they close their eyes in defeat and it's all over and they fucking know it, and when they open their eyes again all that remains is a glassy-dead stare

adamantly refusing medical treatment even when they need it. Shoving away everyone who comes close to them, a choked sound in their throat, fighting back with everything that's left in them.

when they kneel at Whumper's feet, eyes on the ground, white-lipped and tense. The only betrayal of emotion is their clenched fists and tight breathing. In every other way, they're compliant.

refusing to talk about what they endured at Whumper's hands after they're rescued, but the scars tell the story for them. They don't have to say a word, but their team's pitying gaze follows them wherever they go

normally unaffectionate and distant but exhausted and defeated they rest their head on Caretaker's shoulder or Whumper's lap, just finally admitting--nonverbally-- that they can't take it

reversely, more willing to be tortured than to ask for help-- If I'm breathing, I'm fine

stitching their own wounds back up with an unsteady hand, painful stitch after painful stitch. Deep breath and pull. Working in a dimly lit apartment with bleeding clothes on the floor around them and the bed unmade

sacrificing themself for their team. "Take me! Do what you want to me. Not them." And their team watching as the torture takes its slow toll and Whumpee-- the one they look up-- falls apart.

[defire]

Whumpee tropes with their own perfect method of torture...

Submissive whumpees--getting confused about what their master wants them to do, and now terrified of punishment

Stoic whumpees--getting worn down by repetitive, relentless abuse until they crack and let out a sob... And then they just crumble

Defiant whumpees--being slapping/beaten for speaking, gagged or muzzled, tied up, left in stress positions until they beg

Living weapon whumpees--beaten for failing a mission, and also, being tortured by an enemy group for their owners' secrets

I think the key is an inner conflict (between their personality and what they want) when deciding how to respond under immense pressure.

[monarchthefirst]

stoic whumpee prompt

The silent crying.

Whumpee has their bruised, bloody hand clamped over their mouth to muffle the sound, or they’ve buried their face into Caretaker’s shoulder, or they’re biting into a gag while someone does field surgery or sumthin, idk.

But they’re sobbing. Completely silent, except for occasional, sharp intakes of breath that seem to tear them apart. The tears. The smothered whimpers. Oh my oh my. This is my happy spot. Right here.

I will not stop with this Stoic whumpee thing now will I?

[the-baby-storyteller]

A character with the mentality, if I’m not dead I’m fine. They hold out under torture, go through extreme conditions like starvation and dehydration, and don’t shrink back from danger. Every time they feel themself getting scared they rebuke themself, sneering contemptuously at the fact that they would even think to act frail when they know better. Getting hurt is never a problem for them. It can’t ever be a problem for them because they have to.

Even if they do start to sniffle a little when they’re alone out in the cold, rocking while cradling a broken bone, knowing no one is coming to help them.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

caretaker and whumpee are enemies.

one day whumpee is hurt and caretaker is there to help them. whumpee’s too weak to protest (and quite frankly, they’re thankfully smart enough to know they need caretaker’s help, even if it wounds their pride), but they do indeed growl and snarl at caretaker like a wild animal, to let caretaker know their acceptance of caretaker’s help does not mean they surrender. it is more childish than it is intimidating, actually, so caretaker just ignores whumpee’s attitude and continues tending to whumpee’s injuries.

only that there’s a spot caretaker misses. whumpee is too prideful to directly say anything, so for caretaker to see that one cut they miss and for caretaker to be able to tend to that cut for them too, whumpee smoothly shifts and moves their limb until the cut caretaker misses is properly exposed and is noticed by caretaker.

*based on this fic by @bebx

[slippedtheknot]

"I Don't Wanna Die."

Whumpee's hands clawed at their wound. Blood was still gushing from in between their fingers and Whumpee was starting to panic. They could hear Caretaker on the phone with 911; urging them to hurry.

There was so much blood and Whumpee didn't know what to do. Their mind was blank. They knew to keep pressure on it, but there was just so much blood and Whumpee couldn't concentrate. Caretaker hung up the phone and came back to where Whumpee was. They saw that Whumpee's hands were starting to loosen up, and more blood continued to leak out from their abdomen.

"Hey hey hey, you've gotta put pressure on it." Caretaker rushed over and replaced Whumpee's hand with their own. "I've called 911, and they're coming to help us, okay?"

Whumpee stared up at Caretaker with glossy eyes. Their mind was starting to go fuzzy, and Whumpee felt exactly how they did after that 2-mile run. The panic Whumpee was feeling grew ten-fold.

"I don't wanna die," Whumpee whispered. "Please, please don't let me die."

"I won't let you die Whumpee, I promise." Caretaker met Whumpee's fear-filled eyes, and behind the calm, stoic front Caretaker put on, Whumpee could see their fear too.

[whumpingandsmilinglikeanidiot]

Living weapon whumpees that attack their caretakers when they try to feed them.

Conditioned whumpees that beg their caretakers to return them to whumper.

Interrogated whumpees that are positive their caretakers are playing mind games.

Lab whumpees that vehemently refuse to receive any medical treatment, not even from their caretakers.

Villain whumpees that don't know how to manage emotions, and lash out at their caretakers, spitting words that really hurt.

Whumpees that are hard to care for, and caretakers that carry on nontheless.

[galaxywhump]

Whumpee whispering "I want to go home".

[eight-littlenightmares]

part three of a list of Whumpee polls, cause i’m curious what kinda Whumpees y’all got :D

[abhainnwhump]

Stoic Caretaker forcing sleep-deprived and sick Whumpee to get some sleep.

"Mm . . . no. Caretaker m'fine. I have work I need to do-"

"If you don't take a god damn nap, I'm going to shove a bottle of Nyquil down your throat."

[whumpdaydreamerx]

You know what I love about Whump and what drew me to it, is the ✨vulnerability✨ of it all.

Whumpees who don’t usually show their emotions, let alone pain to anyone – but Caretaker, their partner, close friends? The only exception. Remaining stoic through torture to piss off Whumper but absolutely crumbling in the presence of their person, screaming in pain. Whumpee leaders who keep it together for the team but sob into their person’s shoulder behind closed doors when something goes wrong. Or Whumpees who are actually alone, that don’t have anyone to save or help them. Patching themselves up in a dingy motel room, or the backseat of a car. Caretakers who’ve never seen Whumpee like this before and for the first time, have no idea what to do. Whumpee who’s usually the strongest being stripped of everything that made them powerful, leaving them defenseless and reliant on others. Villain or Hero Whumpee finally letting their guard down around the other. And so much more!

[generic-whumperz]

🖕☺️🖕

[defire]

I love how different whumpee personalities/tropes are formed.

Like why are they defiant?

A defiant whumpee who is trying to wear down their short-tempered whumper--maybe they'll give up eventually

A conditioned whumpee that is just waiting for a moment they have a 90% chance of escape

A defiant whumpee that knows it's pointless and is just trying to encourage their teammates

A defiant whumpee provoking whumper away from their teammates

Or, defiant whumpee provoking whumper because they want whumper to take it too far and end their misery

A stoic whumpee that knows once they open up, they'll break

A stoic whumpee that knows that once they open up, they'll turn defiant and that will provoke more abuse!

A broken whumpee that's trying not to be a project for whumper by being uninteresting

A sad whumpee who chooses not to understand because that's better than being manipulated

[monarchthefirst]

Just completely convinced that Morgoth had like a creeeeepy obsession with Maedhros’s hair. Idk why. But I believe in the end, Maedhros preferred any torture or humiliation to being forced to let Morgoth mess with his hair for hours at a time. Especially if Morgoth had an uneven temper and would brush it gently one moment and then yank it suddenly in a rage in the next moment. Also thinking Morgoth made it a whole business of carefully tying/braiding his hair out of the way before torturing him. Just imagining Maedhros’s long gorgeous hair becoming a point of trauma and humiliation for him is just deliciously whumpy and heartbreaking😇😩. Have a great day, guys!💕🌸🌹🌷

[jordanstrophe]

Whumpee couldn't wait around for someone to rescue them. They break out on their own, wounded and exhausted. They struggle home with whumper's own coat around their shoulders.

They slam the doors open to the base, caretaker was the first to see them.

"Wh-whumpee! We've been looking everywhere, are you hurt? Are you okay-" Caretaker stops when they see a trail of blood wherever whumpee walks. "How much blood have you lost?" They ask, grabbing a chair for them.

Whumpee turns around and seemingly just notices.

"I guess however much is between here and there."

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

hear me out, that moment when a character, who was known to be invincible and cold blooded, closed their eyes when they realized they were defeated and the killing blow was about to be delivered and kill them for good. after they looked up at their archenemy from where they lay on the floor and realized they had lost. when they closed their eyes when their archenemy pointed their gun at them because, as brave as they thought they were, they couldn’t look.

and when their archenemy pulled the trigger and the gun shot blank because the archenemy never actually wanted to kill them to begin with, they flinched because they expected a bullet to their skull, but the impact never came.

and the second they carefully opened their eyes again, after several seconds of utter silence went by, the fear was so clear in their eyes.

no matter how strong they were, they flinched and were scared.

and they didn’t think their archenemy would spare them after what they did. deep down, they knew they didn’t deserve to live, and they were terrified of death, but at the same time too prideful to beg.

they thought their enemy would kill then. and they were left trembling when their enemy spared their life in the end.

then they realized they were, after all, capable of being scared.

this. right. here. thank you.