#vintage whump

[wollemi-whump]

cowboy whump

Lassoed and dragged across the dirt via horse

Gagged with their own bandana

Shootouts!

Stranded in the middle of nowhere

Black hat trying on the cowboy's hat

Being forcibly lead by rope on a long trip, stumbling, falling, just waiting for a break

Forced to sleep in the barn with the animals

Their food being given to the horses or cows, forcing them to starve or eat something worse

Kicked by boots

Falling off their horse

Subjected to the elements while on a journey

Trampled by horses or cows

Kidnapped by bandits for ransom, knowledge, bragging rights, bait, or fun

Framed and declared an outlaw

Accidentally walking (or shoved) into a saloon of black hats

Digging out a bullet

Camping in the cold nighttime wilderness

Attacked by wildlife

Thrown into the town jail

Black hat threatening the cowboy's horse

[mostlywhump]

Infected leg surgery

[thatsprettylane]

[what-the-whump]

~The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, 5x03, Tombstone~

[bloodandwhump]

The Equalizer (1985-1989): S03E17 "The Mystery of Manon Part 2" - 1/2

[99point9percentwhump]

Man from UNCLE S2E12

plus some bonus gifs of 👇

Edit: and a bonus fic of after the events

[worldofhurt]

From Here to Eternity (1953)

requested by @bobbyjean

[whumpyspaghetty]

Captain From Castille (1947) - WHUMP - SPOILER

Pedro (Tyrone Power) gets badly wounded while trying to escape

[hurtcomfortguaranteed]

All the best Avon and Blake whump/bromance moments leading up to that climactic admission of trust across the first two seasons of Blake's 7.

[lensinski]

Bad Bet on a 459-Silent - The Green Hornet (1966)

Crime fighting hero The Green Hornet is shot by the police and can't go to the hospital if he doesn't want to reveal his identity. So he stages an attack on his civilian identity, newspaper publisher Britt Reid, by his sidekick Kato who pretends to shoot him in the shoulder.

[mynightingalecomplex]

Happy Whumpmas (੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*🎅⛄❄️!!! You have just been snowballed by a secret whumper. Help to keep the snowball fight going by anonymously sending this to five other whumpers with a whump-related question of your choice: what's your favorite whump that is unique to old westerns?

Oooh. There are several western whump tropes that I love (shot and left for dead, bushwhacked and rescued, injured and forced to survive in the wilderness), but I think a great one that's unique to westerns is the "exhausted bobbing on the back of a horse". See examples:

There are more examples to add later, but here are a few.

[aceofwhump]

Bonanza 4x10

[mostlywhump]

Did you know Robert Fuller went on from Laramie to play Cooper Smith on the show Wagon Train? Clearly there was little time between his time on the shows, because he looks basically the same as in Laramie.

Wagon Train 8x5 The Barbara Lindquist Story

While helping a young woman stranded, Coop is shot in the leg. The wound quickly becomes infected. In his delirium he calls out for his close friend and mentor Chris Hale. Alone without medical supplies, Barbara is helpless to ease his pain.

[thatsprettylane]

[what-the-whump]

~Lawman, 2x24, Thirty Minutes~

[bloodandwhump]

Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza: - S01E10 The Magnificent Adah - S04E10 The Deadly Ones - S04E28 My Brother's Keeper - S09E01 Second Chance - S13E03 Bushwacked!