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befuddled-calico-whump · 1 year ago

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so obviously whumper-turned-whumpee has massive narrative appeal (how does a character who hurts others respond to being hurt? Will they reach a moment where they feel remorse? How does their former whumpee react to learning about this? etc)

but is there also a psychological appeal?

the thought, the idea of seeing someone who hurt you get put through a similar kind of pain

seeing how it feels

and the thought of saying, "no, I'm not like you", and not allowing their suffering to continue?

#obviously this doesn't apply to every scenario or even story #ive seen a wide variation of complicated reactions to a whumper turned whumpee and i love it #but there's still a recurring trend that i see where even if the whumper isn't forgiven or comforted they're still -rescued-#they're still goven the help they'd never give whumpee #and especially for people who identify most with the whumpee i think that says a lot #people are good and i love them #whump meta #whump community #whumper turned whumpee

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