#whump dynamics

[thewhumpcaretaker]

🤍 Subtle Signs of a Caretaking Dynamic 🤍

Caretaker stepping in front of whumpee instinctively when there's gunfire/a loud noise/etc.

Whumpee looking towards Caretaker instinctively when faced with danger or a difficult question.

Caretaker carrying whumpee's belongings for them or opening doors for them. Generally making tasks easier for whumpee.

Caretaker knows things about whumpee's recovery or medical situation off the top of their head, without even having to think about it.

Or Caretaker gets defensive when asked about whumpee. "Why do you want to know? What do you want with them?"

Whumpee leaning against Caretaker's shoulder when they're next to each other.

Caretaker lightly brushing a hand against whumpee's hand in a gesture of comfort. Or whumpee initiates that, and Caretaker picks up on a hint and holds their hand.

If the relationship is fated or somehow bound, there may be markers of a unique bond, such as tattoos, bite marks, etc.

Their tone of voice changing completely as soon as they start talking to each other. Maybe they're shy with everyone else but joke with each other. Or maybe they act cheerful with everyone else, but turn serious as soon as they can talk to the one other person who knows what's really going on.

Nonverbally checking if whumpee is okay with meaningful glances across a room or "thumbs-up versus thumbs-down" gestures.

Caretaker immediately noticing when something is wrong for whumpee and getting visibly stressed.

[sugarsweetwriter]

Whumpee who can’t relax their body.

Whumpee whose muscles are in constantly tense as a result of having have been in fight or flight (or freeze or fawn) mode for so long.

Whumpee who, at random times, realises how tense they are for seemingly no reason.

Whumpee who has to manually relax their body: laying down in a specific position, trying to focus on each limb one at a time.

Whumpee who can only relax their body when they’re asleep.

Whumpee who gets frustrated and agitated with their body resisting them, refusing to soften up even when they’re trying so hard.

Caretaker who understands Whumpees predicament and frustrations, softly massaging Whumpees muscles and drawing light circles into their skin with their fingertips to calm Whumpee down.

[piplupfluffwritingstuff2]

Whumpee feels protected but not safe

Whumpee feels protected by Whumper but not safe from Whumper

[the-bar-sinister]

No peaceful sleep for whumpee.

Captive whumpee who isn’t given a place to sleep.

Captive whumpee who is kept bound in an uncomfortable day and night, with no way to lay down.

Captive whumpee who is forced to sleep on a cold, hard floor.

Captive whumpee who is woken up every hour by whumper.

Captive whumpee whose whumper comes in to torment them while they’re sleeping.

Captive whumpee whose whumper blasts noise so they can’t sleep properly.

Captive whumpee who is sprayed with water whenever they fall asleep.

Captive whumpee who is allowed to sleep, but only when they fulfill whumper’s terms.

Captive whumpee who is allowed to sleep but only while whumper is with them or only in whumper’s bed.

Recovering whumpee who can’t sleep without horrible nightmares that wake them up with a racing heart.

Recovering whumpee whose caretaker always sees them whimpering and tossing and turning as they sleep, muttering ‘no’ and ‘please’ in between sharp breaths.

Recovering whumpee who is afraid to go to sleep due to the fear that something will happen to them while they’re not alert.

[justbreakonme]

Whumper that treats pet whumpee like a lapdog meets whumpee who had lived their whole life touchstarved and hated equals the most toxic but enjoyable relationship either had ever had.

Whumper likes how whumpee leans into their touch, the way they panic when they leave the room.

Whumpee relishes the “best” treatment they’ve ever had, and chalks up the overly close and possessive nature of it to love.

[oddsconvert]

I'm reallyyyy developing a thing for whumper turned caretaker...like majorly 😍 The complete flip in dynamic, the regret and guilt that eats them alive as they have to live with all they did to Whumpee. And now they fight tooth and nail to fix the damage THEY caused 🔥😌 They can never right their wrongs.

And what caused that flip? Where did the epiphany happen where the switch was flicked... and suddenly it dawns on Whumper that they can't do this anymore.

[thriftyshark530]

Whump Dialogue

Whumper:

"Come here, whumpee. There you go, good boy"

"Oh don't worry, I'm not going to kill you, but you're probably going to wish I did"

"Caretaker? You really think they can save you now? Look around, I call the shots here, you arent getting out unless I say so"

"No, no caretaker, you got it all wrong. I'm not going to hurt you..... Whumpee on the other hand..." (Whumpee and caretaker can swap places in this one)

"I want you to know, caretaker. Whumpee struggled, held out as long as he could, waiting for you to save him. Too bad that day never came, did it?"

"Don't worry caretaker, I haven't been hurting our whumpee too bad. He only lost a fraction of his blood, not enough to be fatal."

"Hm, y'know the bruises on your face really bring out the bright color of your eyes. Oh how pretty you look when I'm done with you, isn't that right, whumpee?"

"Caretaker doesn't love you, whumpee. Nobody does, only I do"

"Look, caretaker, look at all you failed to prevent" (whumper showing caretaker what they've done to whumpee)

Whumpee:

"Fuck you, I'll never give into yo- GAAAGH"

"Caretaker.....hurts"

"Caretaker, whumper, he's behind you"

"I thought you wouldn't come"

"Why did you help me"

"Caretaker will find me, and more importantly, find you. And when they do, what you've done to me will look like a tea party in comparison"

"You shouldn't have come, caretaker."

"MOVE, ITS A TRAP" (said by whumpee when caretaker enters their cell)

"GET DOWN" (said by whumpee before taking an attack that was meant for teammate)

"Please......" (Said by a shaking and bloody whumpee, staring at the weapon in whumpers hand)

"Wait, caretaker, I never told you....thank you, for everything. I owe you my life"

"You don't have to monitor me, caretaker, I'm fine. You should get some rest"

Caretaker:

"Whumpee.....oh my god, what did they do to you"

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you, but I am now"

"Please, please don't hurt them" (said by caretaker with a tear falling down their cheek, only able to plead with whumper to not hurt whumpee)

"STOP, NO STOP, HURT ME, PLEASE" (said by caretaker as whumper begins to stalk towards a defenseless whumpee)

"YOU SON OF A BITCH, IM GONNA KILL YOU" (screamed by caretaker as they're forced to watch whumper attack whumpee)

"WHUMPEE, RUN" (screamed by caretaker towards whumpee, as they both get attacked)

"Of course I came for you, no way I'd leave you behind"

"You aren't leaving my sight until you recover, understand?"

"It's my fault, whumpee, I'm so sorry"

"Whumpee, get some rest. That's an order"

"Don't you dare fucking hurt them"

Whumpee x caretaker:

C: "whumpee it's ok, it's ok. I'm here, darling, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere."

C: "do you need anything else, love?"

W: "um, a kiss, maybe?"

C: "hm, of course, dear"

C: "whumpee, I was so scared. I couldn't .. I can't lose you too."

W: "you didn't, I'm still here. I'm sorry I scared you, love."

C: "it's ok, dear, it's ok. I got you, I'm not letting go, ever"

W: "funny, I thought you hated me. Y'know earlier when you said you didn't want to see me again, and now here we are. Me bleeding on your couch, and you helping me"

C: "would you shut up, I'm trying to work here."

W: "yeah, no pressure, but my life is on the line here"

C: "you stupid idiot, why did you do that?"

W: "I.... I couldn't let them hurt you, caretaker."

C: "w...why?"

W: "because I love you, you idiot"

I'm thinking of making another one of these but idk if I should.

[whumpscholar]

has "healer who secretly gets off on the tank's suffering" been done yet or do i gotta do everything myself around here

[dont-be-gentle-please]

May favorite type of whumpee-whumper dynamic is a) whumpee worshipping whumper, who may or may not be a god, and b)whumper owning whumpee, not in bbu/slave way but in a sort of romantic-love-and-possesive-relationship way.

[treehuggerthegreat]

Ugh. I love the trope of a character living with a dead body in plain sight but isn’t mentally able to recognize it. Whether they be too young or they are so far gone that they can’t, it’s so. Horrific. Like the moment you REALIZE that there’s a dead body of a loved one just. Sitting there. And they’ve been living their life without missing a beat as it rots in the living room. Bonus points if they acknowledge it but as someone or something else. Like oh that’s not my dead aunt, she’s alive silly! Or oh aunties been sleeping.

They’re so out of it that someone literally DYING (especially when they played an important role in the characters life) that they don’t even notice. It doesn’t even concern them. They are SO wrapped up in they’re delusions and hallucinations (for the mentally deteriorating or disturbed trope) that the smell of a rotting body that only CONTINUES to smell worse doesn’t even hinder them enough to be concerned. To them everything is just fine and peachy. They don’t realize their mom slipped and broke her neck, and it’s not even they that they don’t or wouldn’t care, it could plausibly be that they aren’t CAPABLE of realizing this person is dead. they don’t want to. their mind completely reworks their reality so that she’s very much alive but sleeping, or on a trip somewhere. Or just literally hallucinates conversations with them. Ugh this one is just my personal favorite but.

Pr when a character is so young they don’t KNOW what death is or WHY their mom hasn’t gotten up in weeks, even months. They don’t understand why the house continues to smell worse and worse. They’re forced into taking care of themselves, to being their own adult while this person who was supposed to take care of them ‘sleeps’. I don’t like this one as much as the hallucinations one, because with this one the situation is less malleable and more specific. But it’s still so good. It means that the person who was taking care of them made them feel like they were supposed to do it themselves. They’re too scared to try and wake mom or even if they did try when it doesn’t work, they still don’t get someone else. It could either mean neglect, or oversheltering. It’s just them and mommy. The character either doesn’t trust other people or doesn’t even ASK them because how could they help? It’s just them and mommy. But mommy’s sleeping, so they have to be good so when she wakes up she’s rested and is proud! And on the flip side, the character could be scared and maybe doesn’t want their parental figure to wake up because then that means they get punished or maybe they have friends over or the parental figure just isn’t fun to be around. Loud, obnoxious, or maybe negative and constantly drunk, or maybe the kid doesn’t NOTICE they haven’t gotten up. They’re so independent at such a young age that they can get to school, they can get their own food, and when the food runs out that’s when they get a little concerned. But they’re still young. They don’t know how to long term problem solve or how to QUESTION what’s going on around them. The smell? just avoid it. The food? try to ration or get food from friends and school.

my favorite part is REALIZING that the character goes their daily life around something so horrible and rotting. You could probably tell something was off. Whether with the kid they were quiet or antisocial, maybe a little weird, or with the hallucinations character, you could tell they are a little off their rockers. You never EVER thought it was actually this bad. A dead body? Rotting? for weeks? how does someone let this happen? This poor person. This poor kid. Reality either something they avoid, or has become to make no sense. Reality is what the kid has been told. They were never told what death is or what to do.

It hurts so much more when it’s a character you’ve WATCHED become this way. You’ve seen them interact with their late loved ones before. You’ve seen them socialize somewhat functionally. You know who they actually are and you KNOW how much they cared for this person. But something happens. Or maybe nothing did. But they just grew more and more reclusive. As their mental state deteriorates, so did their living friendships. And the less and less people talked to them, the less and less they bothered to attach themselves to reality or anyone who really was. Then you finally get to see inside their mind, their house, and hope it’s not the worst case scenario. But as you turn the corner into a room or a stairway, you see. You see that it’s so so much more worse than you could have EVER thought. and i lostmy train of thoug

[whumperwithwings]

Sicktember Day 13

Mononucleosis (Alt Prompt: Hospital Bed)\

Caretaker gripped the edge of the perfectly arranged hospital bed, Whumpee laying deceptively peacefully on top. The heart rate monitor next to them beeped, again and again, at a rate that seemed just slightly too slow and, somehow, slightly to fast at the same time.

Whumpee stirred on the sheets, rumpling the blanket a bit.

"Whumpee? Are you awake?"

There was no answer.

[thewhumpcaretaker]

A subordinate person being the only one to point it out and check if everything is okay when their boss/master/dom/leader/etc. is very obviously not doing well but too self-conscious to ask for help. Taking that risk of punishment upon themselves and ignoring hierarchy because they care.

[sugarsweetwriter]

Whumpee with a caffeine addiction.

Whumpee who, after finally being saved from Whumper's hold, had only coffee, tea, and above all else, energy drinks as vices to rely on.

Whumpee who may or may not have had an addictive personality to begin with.

Whumpee who develops a reliance on caffeine, possibly having have had it as a vice even in their life even before Whumper.

Whumpee who drinks so many caffinated beverages that they're dizzy and their hands are trembling as they do anything and everything possible to avoid falling asleep as they’d be greeted by their reaccuring nightmares.

Whumpee who sneaks in energy drinks rather than alcohol, hoping to pass under Caretaker's radar.

Whumpee who just hopes that Caretaker will carelessly dismiss their reliance as slight overconsumption that many, if not most, people fall victim to when it comes to their workplace’s espresso machine.

Whumpee who is wrong, and hasn't realised just how perceptive and caring Caretaker is when it comes to Whumpee.

Whumpee who has had even their coffee/espresso machine privileges revoked as their patterns of consuming just a tad bit too many caffinated drinks daily does, in fact, not pass under Caretaker's radar—who now will not even let themselves drink coffee by Whumpee.

Whumpee who has headaches and falls asleep many times a day, as it’s been so long since they’ve been even a day without some caffeinated drink.

Whumpee who gets frustrated with all that Caretaker does, even if they know that Caretaker only wants the best for them—not that acknowledging it makes them feel any better about it, anyway.

Whumpee who can’t stay resentful at Caretaker for long.

Caretaker who lets Whumpee nap next to (and cuddle up to) them if they want to do so.

[sir-fenris]

(Part two of this)

I went back to read this post again and decided to write down the other dynamics I think are interesting in Enemy-to-Caretaker.

➛ Enemy-to-Caretaker #2

Again no content warnings for this one, there's nothing explicit here, just general whump.

◆ Unbothered Whumper turned Caretaker ->

Imagine Whumper is Whumpee's enemy, but their sides become allies or something else in that route. Now that they're on the same side, there's no reason to fight, and perhaps neither of them want to anymore, either, there's nothing personal. Or maybe they do hold grudges against each other. Maybe only Whumpee does.

Either way, Whumpee makes sure that whoever is on their side, is safe.

◆ Not Whumper Enemy turned Caretaker ->

Ever thought of a child/vulnerable living weapon or soldier and thought "does no one care that they are just a kid/too vulnerable?" Imagine being told for years that the enemy is cruel, they are monsters, and have to be killed. And then... facing a freaking child/facing someone who can't even fight back, or is so broken that they don't even want to, someone resigned, someone too vulnerable to be a danger. And then Enemy decides that no amount of orders will make them hurt a defenseless person.

Add some extra here, too. Whumpee might actually be very, very dangerous, despite being vulnerable. How does that play out?

◆ Whumper turned Momentarily Caretaker ->

Somewhere in the story, after the whump happened, Whumper and Whumpee happen to be on the same side for a specific thing.

Maybe Whumpee doesn't want their friends to know what happened, or maybe they just need Whumper's help for something, even if everyone knows ehat happened. So they work together. And eventually Whumpee gets hurt, gets too stressed, gets ill, gets whumpy, and Whumper is the only one around to help at the moment.

Whumpee does not want Whumper to help.

How does that play out?

◆ Whumpee turned Momentarily Caretaker ->

And the opposite? Somehow, Whumpee is in a situation where they are the only ones able to help Whumper.

Do they have to throw away their freedom to help? Is this after they're out, and they have to decide if Whumper is worth saving? Is it during captivity of some kind, and if Whumper doesn't get better/doesn't stay alive, then Whumpee is even more fucked (perhaps they need Whumper for food or other necessity. Or maybe the other Whumper that would take their place is even worse. Perhaps this Whumper is the only thing between Whumpee and execution.)

◆ Whumper turned Owner ->

A more Enemy to Carewhumper one.

Whumper and Whumpee are enemies. But then, Whumpee becomes a pet (did Whumper turn them into a pet? Did they get gifted with pet Whumpee? Did Whumpee break down so badly after being a prisoner that they started to act like that? Was being a pet the only way to stay alive/safe?)

Whumper now sees them as a pet, and what good owner mistreats their pets?

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[the-bar-sinister]

Whumpee who cries.

Whumpee who cries in great, violent, racking sobs that shake their whole chest.

Whumpee who cries silently, tears rolling down their face as they refuse to move of make a sound.

Whumpee who hugs themself and curls into a ball as they cry.

Whumpee who cries so hard for so long their whole face and head hurt.

Whumpee with eyes that are bloodshot from crying, and their face is sticky with tears.

Whumpee who cries until they can’t cry any more, only twitching and making little sobbing noises while no tears come.

[whump-since-2010]

Butterfly Whumpee - Caretaker

Caretaker never had anybody

Caretaker spent his life alone

Caretaker only knew how to take and give insults

Caretaker only ever knew how to fight back in a relationship

How to be just as bad if not worse than those he loved

How to return blows, hit back

Until he met Whumpee

She spoke like a musical instrument

She treated him like someone who didn't deserved to be stepped on

He appreciated that

Until he learned

She was only doing it because she was taught to be stepped on in his place

To endure pain but smile anyway

Caretaker and whumpee are birds of a feather.

Flaws were brought to the front and punished while any semblance of positivity of virtue was covered and buried

They try to sacrifice themselves for each other because neither think they are worth saving

Caretaker and Whumpee only have each other to live for.

Because when your life crumbles around you and you need to hold onto something

Barbed wire is still a wire