#whump gifmaking

[aceofwhump]

Your answer to that summarized all of my thoughts perfectly, Ace! I started planning for what was going to be my first  whumptober this year because I finally had the time and then gave up because it was just too difficult and I ended up lacking the motivation for it in the end.

I think there was the assumption that the vague, abstract ideas would be fun and help and allow people to get creative but they really, really didn't! I don't want to have to spend time wracking my brain for ideas when you're already stretched for time to get everything done as it is. I mean, come on, polaroid, scented candle, playing cards??? What on earth are we supposed to do with that?

On the other hand, When the prompts are too specific it just really limits what you can make and it's not only a case of are there even any examples of that out there but is it something I want to gif? Like okay, if I thought hard enough or did a bit of research, I could maybe think up one or two examples for a prompt but it may not be from a show or actor I even like. Gif making takes a lot of time and energy, so do I want to waste time giffing something I don't even enjoy just to complete the challenge? With a prompt like stabbed there's so much you can do with that. Or even something like oxygen mask, I can think of a tonne of examples. Like give us "sweat(y)" rather than something super specific like "sweat drenched sheets",. because you might as well be giving us "sweat drenched yellow t-shirt with a purple unicycling tabby cat simultaneously juggling and eating a 3 cheese pepperoni pizza on the front." 

And the dialogue prompts are always a struggle, the fact we had 31 of those for whumptober made things so difficult. I mean "I'm not as stupid as you think I am," that's just so specific! If we have to have those there needs to be less of them, or they should just stick to words like "stay" or "breathe" where we can use that as part of a larger dialogue. Making it more specific like "stay with me," "please stay," just makes it harder.

Also, the distinct lack of care and comfort prompts is always so saddening. The comfort is just as important as the hurt itself to me. Give me things like hair stroking, carried, held etc. or hell, just comfort in general as a prompt on it's own.

And as you said, less whumper based prompts! There are other ways for a character to hurt without involving a whumper! Sick, fever, withdrawal, whatever. And I'd like more emotional based prompts too, because I've always preferred that over physical whump anyway!

I get it's going to be difficult to cater to everyone's wants and needs but I'd just love for things to be made a little easier is all.

Yes yes yes!!! Exactly!!! All of that!!! 👏👏👏

Oh my, you have no idea what a relief it is to know I'm not the only with these feelings! That I'm not the only gifmaker having trouble with those kinds of prompts, who wants more comfort and whumper less tropes! Thank you. God I'm glad I'm not alone. They're just so hard to think of examples that it feels like I spend 90% of my prep time finding scenes and then frantically trying to make the actual gifs just before it's time to post. Which is the fun part! The making is the fun part! And this takes away all the fun of it.

I am so seriously beginning to think I need to make a gif making prompt month challenge thing. It seems like a lot of us are on the same page lately and it'd be so nice to have a challenge designed for gifmaking specifically.

[whumpty-dumpty]

Hey whump community!

I have been away from Tumblr for quite some time now. To be honest I kind of lost all interest in whump for a while. Life was just too busy and I was too exhausted to even look for new whump scenes. But recently I caught myself lurking on Tumblr again and actively searching for new whump. Hunger got awaken again.🙈

I don't know, if I will start making gifs again soon. But I thought I could at least say hi to you all, check on the community and post the occasional whump thing. I am working on a few whump lists and found some nice whump videos on Youtube. Maybe I can start there.

So, how have you all been?

Which gifmakers are still active? Are there any new ones I don't know yet?

[my-wee-hughie]

Hughie really went through it in 04x06

He had to keep up the Webweaver act, otherwise he'd be found out. He had to watch and listen to Tek Knight as he got off watching Hughie sit on the cake. He had to listen to Ashley masturbate and moan as she used his body to get off. She wiped herself on his face. He had to listen to Tek Knight and Ashley make out right on top of him.

⬆️ GIF by @gaybuckybarnesss

⬆️ GIF by @lasaraconor

Then when he was found out, he was threatened with rape by his childhood hero and was seconds away from getting his stomach cut open.

⬆️GIFs by @my-whumpy-media

He had to sit there and listen as Tek Knight was moaning and enjoying getting hurt. You can see how uncomfortable he was during the whole thing.

⬆️GIF @my-whumpy-media

Then when he's back to Base, presumably the next morning, he's still thinking about what happened.

⬆️GIF by @kamillahn

He's not listening to Annie, he's deep in his own thoughts, presumably reliving what happened. He tells Annie what Ashley did and gets upset as he remembered all the stuff she said and did when she believed he was Webweaver and consenting.

⬆️GIF by @kamillahn

He admits to Annie that he's, in fact, not fine after trying to convince the others and himself that he is.

⬆️GIF by @kamillahn

It comes crashing down on him. He has gone through something traumatic and, combine that with the fact he had to euthanise his own dad, he breaks down in front of Annie.

⬆️GIFs by @kamillahn

[whumpypepsigal]

i don’t know if anyone else has this but i hate this conflicting feeling i get where im hesitant to start a new series because im afraid im gonna be obsessed with it and move on from the current (multiple) hyperfixations, you know what i mean.…

anyhow, wake up my darlings! a new series just dropped that starts off with whump— gets whumpy in its first two episodes. a fun sci-fi/spy thriller that has it’s main character, a spy, wake up in a hospital with no memory of who or what he is and his body riddled with scars. ooouuu good (jason bourne) trope right there.

oh, main character played by richard madden aka robb stark aka david budd aka ikaris… hubba hubba!

[teashadephoenix]

i feel like a dying river sturgeon flopping around in the bottom of a boat waiting for whumpy gifsets of joel getting stabbed.

[whumptober]

And Now... Sleep

We just wanted to send one more huge thank you to everyone for helping us make this year another success!

Hundreds of you participated and 187 of you were recognized as completionists - congratulations! Those 187 of you included*:

178 Writers

19 Artists

1 Gifmaker

3 Poets

1 Parody-Poetry-Lyric Writer

1 Editor

1 Whump prompt maker

1 Moodboard maker

1 Podfic/Audiofic maker

*please note, some of our completionists used multiple types of media to complete the challenge!

As of November 5th the AO3 collection had 5398 works from 919 fandoms. Remember that the AO3 collection will remain open, and you can add to it year-round, whenever you find yourself filling a prompt from the 2024 list. The other years collections remain open too!

We've had a great time and we’re so glad for the opportunity to run this whumptastic event. We’re now going to shut up shop for the season, but we’re still around to answer asks and moderate the Discord. 

Thank you again to our brilliant Posting Fairies, to the previous mods for all their hard work, and most especially to you, the best community of whumpers out there. May your blorbos be in pain and your angst be bright!

See you in July!

Mods Vanne, Surro, Kitty, and Yenn

[whumpedup]

✦ Name: Wren

✦ Main Fandoms: Arcane, Helluva Boss, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, Batman

✦ AO3: Wren_ofthewildwood

✦ Fanfic Writer / Gifmaker Newbie

✦ I run an 18+ Arcane Discord aimed at creative people who like making stuff! ☆ Feel free to ask for an invite! ☆

✦ Favorite Fanfic Nonsense: Whump (obvs), Werewolves, Feral Behaviour, Protectiveness, Possessiveness, Caretaking, Petnames, Non-traditional Omegaverse, BDSM, Identity Shenanigans

✦ Askbox: Open (Anon is on)

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♡ You are absolutely welcome to DM me or start a convo in the comments with me as a complete stranger! ♡

[wollemi-whump]

WIJ Day 19 - Favorite Blogs

I could put like fifty but that would take forever so here are ten of the whump blogs I really like!

@whumpdoyoumean (thank you for getting me to watch tv shows also i love your fics :))

@cakeinthevoid (I love your OCs very cool)

@seth-whumps (good posts nice to read)

@whumpninja (your writing is awesome)

@whump-is-love-whump-is-life (fun and nice variety of posts)

@whumpystuff (I just reblogged like twenty posts from them yesterday)

@aceofwhump (your gifmaking posts finally gave me enough confidence to start making gifs :) and yours are always nice to look at)

@cinnamonrollwhump (I've reblogged a ton of stuff from them)

@anguishmacgyver (very nice gifs and im so glad you watched SG-1)

@random-fandom-whump (ol reliable when it comes to whump gifs)

@whumpmasinjuly-archive

[aceofwhump]

I'm excited to both participate and to mod an event for my first time! I hope people have fun and I look forward to seeing what everyone has created! Still got a few days myself to make but I've got quite a few gifsets for you all! Woo!

Only a couple more days left!!!!!

I hope everyone is excited!! I plan on reblogging as many of your creations here as possible but it might be sporadic and at weird times cause life gets in the way easily. So if I don't reblog your work on the right day it's probably because I was at work and couldn't go on Tumblr.

But I'm excited to see what you guys have made and to share all your hard work with others!!

Good luck and have fun!!

[aceofwhump]

Heyo. I'm new to the whump community and stumbled across your beautifully pleasing blog and I wanted to ask you, if you knew a couple of whump blogs who mostly post gifsets. Dumb question, you probably know a LOT but could you name some of them? Thank yoouuuuuuu

Hi! Omg thank you! Welcome to the community! And you bet I can recommend you blogs! Here ya go:

@fyeahvulnerablemen @justwhumpythings @random-fandom-whump @the-wandering-whumper @whumpypepsigal @lostwhump @letthewhumpbegin @cuteguywhump @where-is-my-whump @whumpookies @captivity-whump @99point9percentwhump @whumpygifs @animewhump @emotionalwhump @set-phasers-to-whump @whumpgalore @agonyalley @whumpythingy @how-much-for-a-whump @wonderwhump @dwhumpster @whump-collector @letthewhumpbegin @where-is-my-whump

And I know that I am missing people and it's driving me crazy. I'm so sorry if I've left you off but consider this an excuse to give yourself a shoutout if you make or reblog a lot of gifs!!!!

[lostwhump]

So I figured I should have a lil introductory post. Hi!

Been on Tumblr for years, been a whump fan for much longer, so it was about time I made a whump (side)blog.

I'm a gifmaker, so I'll be doing original posts as well as reblogs, gifs will be from various fandoms, all will be fully tagged.

Hope to have some fun here... 😈😉

[whumpookies]

@Whumpookies, you're so right! I'd love to participate in more whump challenges but the prompts are always geared more towards writing whether it's deliberate or not. It's disheartening. I was so excited to partake in Whumptober but the prompts were so difficult even with the 4 prompts a day and the alt prompts. I wish more consideration was put into thinking about us poor gifmakers lol. Anyway happy new year to you! And loving the new icon 😉

Cookies!

I think for most the fear of making gifs thinking it takes "forever" stops people from trying, so it's not really thought about or explored.

Yet things like Photoshop, imgflip, and Make a GIF are out there to make it easier compared to once upon a time 🤣

Someone told me that for one recent prompt challenge, there were only 8 GIF makers.

There was a list by @whumpty-dumpty back in 2021 and was updated in early 23 I think 🤔 that had a list of over 50 gifmakers at the time.

When it comes to prompts it's a case for gif makers to think "out of the box" For instance take the word: broken.

To a writer it's easy, artist pretty simple...to a GIF maker well we start thinking..broken, so broken-hearted? broken leg? Broken family? broken mind? And so on.

It's a head-hurting concept! But yet it's also intriguing at the same time.

Yet like I was talking to @aceofwhump yesterday we burn out, we think about the gif and go all out...23 gifs later for one prompt and we're burning out and wondering what next.. it's not easy.

Yet I do wonder if a prompt challenge just for gifmakers was out there somewhere would it bring us together? Would it make the gif makers broaden their horizons from their cliche genres?

Would a vintage whumper gif create a futuristic gifs?

Would a Kdrama giffer create a vintage drama scene?

It makes you wonder and yet it is the pure fact it sounds like bloody fun to consider it could happen!!!

Happy New Year and thanks I love my new icon, though I keep getting cookie peckish every time I see it 😁🤣

[whumpty-dumpty]

@letthewhumpbegin added to the list.

You know what, the whump gifmaker guild has grown quite big.

1whump-dump1

99point9percentwhump

@aceofwhump

agonyalley

@animeboyswhump (anime)

asian-drama-whump-blog

@beatenbruisedandbloody

bigest0whump0fan

bloodandwhump

cataffer

@cinnamonrollwhump

@control-whump

@cuteguywhump

@emotionalwhump

fearfulwhump

fever-increaser

@fyeahvulnerablemen

@geminihurt

graphicmedicalstuff

helpless-beauty

@hurtandcomfortzone

how-much-for-a-whump

hurtcomfortguaranteed

imbxdateverything

joker1315

just-a-scratch-man

@justwhump

just-whump-and-suffering

kayamark

@knights-in-whumperland

letthewhumpbegin

lordofthewhumps

lostwhump

medicalwhump

mynightingalecomplex

mypheralside

@my-whumpy-media

not-your-housekeeper98

@of-wounds-and-woes

@one-blog-to-whump-them-all

@paininanime (anime)

@painindramas

paininseries

@random-fandom-whump

@sarcasmcloud

sasuga-whump

@shameful-indulgence

silversanimewhump

simply-whump

@snoopyyzeus (anime)

sowhumpful

spelldaggered

@spillsnchills

@thatsgonnaleaveamark

thewhumpcollector

@uuuhshiny

@vintagewhump

@wabi-sabi-whump (anime)

whumpookies

@whatawhumperfulworld

@what-the-whump

@where-is-my-whump

whiteboywhump

@whumpappreciation

@whumpbound

whump-by-the-tbsp

whump-collector

@whumpdaydreamerx

@whumpenia (anime)

@whumpetywhump

whumpgalore

@whumpismybae

@whumplover

@whumpmyworld

whumpncomfort

@whumpneto

@whumpology

@whump-side (anime)

@whumpslist

@royalwhumpness (formerly whumpsessions)

@whump-they-it-is

@whumpwhynot

whumpy-days

@whumpygifs

@whumpypepsigal

@whumpystuffy

whumpythingy

wonderwhump

worldofhurt

@x-wingsandarchers

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Whump video maker:

wonderer-86

Unfotunately I can only tag 50 blogs in one post. So blogs without the @ are tagged in the comments.

(Did I forget anyone? Or are there more whump gifmakers that I don't know of? Let me know.)

[whumpypepsigal]

Hii! How do I get into making gifs? Any tips for a beginner? I literally know nothing about it just that the I'd like to start. Also is not having photoshop a big obstacle?

hi!! just saw @aceofwhump answered your same question, anon. ace always has the best answers and is our resident gif-making expert in our wonderful community. here’s the link to the post !! hope you got your answers.

the only thing i will add on is don’t stress just have fun making the gifs you love and enjoy the most. plus practice makes perfect (im still honing on my skills).

[letstalkwhump]

Let's Talk Whump No.11

Welcome to Let’s Talk Whump, a series of interviews that spotlight the amazing people in our whump community. I’m Malice and I’ll be your host. 

Today we have @zillstar13 joining us to share their whump story!

Good to have you here, Abraham! Let’s start with a fact about yourself?

I collect all sorts of things. From antique dolls, to rocks, to old bottles, to rusty metal trash, to Halloween decorations. 

And what does whump mean to you?

A story or art piece centered around a character being hurt in some way, especially if it is posted to the internet or put in a zine. 

My writing is whump. Dracula is whump. The doodles of Marie Antoinette I drew in elementary school are whump. It's very vague and fluid, just how I like it. 

How did you find the whump community? What made you want to join? 

Tumblr. My friend Mac N Cheese supported my exercises in writing whump before I was bold enough to post anything. He doesn't write whump (as of right now, I'm trying to get him hooked) but has been beta reading my writing since I started posting.  

Has your view on whump changed since you joined? Are there tropes you now love/hate that you didn't at first? Maybe your choice of OC vs Fandom? Or even your style ie going from mainly writing to gifmaking or art?

I used to hate most vampire whump. My first series, Our Man Flint, was a vampire whump story with heavy focus on colonial America period folklore and Puritan beliefs. 

I couldn't stand most modern interpretations of vampires written by people lacking my vast knowledge of Slavic and colonial folklore. But it's grown on me tons since then. 

I still very much prefer folklore vampires, or ones similar to Bram Stoker's Dracula. But modern vampires stripped of historical context can be fun sometimes. I do appreciate how fluid they are as a species. 

I guess Mill coaxed me out of my shell after I coaxed him in the complete opposite direction.

Do you have any favourite whump trope?

I love whump based on religion and folklore. Whether it be real/historical or invented for the story. Spirits, vampires, gods, and whatever else. It is simply fascinating and scratches a particular niche in my brain. 

What is a favourite piece that you've written? Hype yourself up, we want to hear it!

I love all of my work. But at the moment I simply adore Blood Sacrifices. Its position as my favorite will probably have changed by the time this is posted. 

It's an ongoing story about a vampire posing as a pagan god to take advantage of a society practicing human sacrifices. It's very dark for obvious reasons, but human sacrifice is such an interesting concept to me. 

There is a lot of religious abuse, for obvious reasons. Including heavily explored emotional and sexual abuse of one of the priests, and straight up torture of another. I view some of it as dark comedy, but in a truly twisted sense. And it could easily be interpreted as completely serious. 

I haven't gotten to delve into all of the folklore and religion yet, but boy do I have some amazing things planned. 

Religion based whump is so good! Do you mind sharing your writing routine with us?

I write every day, but the amount fluctuates wildly. I mostly write when I'm supposed to be doing something else, like cleaning or eating, but the executive dysfunction is throttling my brain. 

I write a lot in the evening. I drink a lot while writing. But that's incidental as I always have water, tea, coffee, or hot chocolate right on hand. 

Is there anything you struggle with writing? What comes easily for you?

I'm really good at writing emotional abuse, gas lighting, religious abuse, manipulation, and all that sort of thing. Writing is 80% trauma and 20% skill and I'm banking on the trauma, with a splash of purple prose for good measure.

I have a hard time writing about recovery. I write hurt/no comfort. I cannot find it in me to let my traumatized characters recover. Some people find it cathartic, but I'm the opposite. If I'm stuck with my trauma, they are too. I don't vibe with writing healing arcs. 

Is there anything you're working on at the moment? 

I have so many ongoing series, it isn't even funny anymore. I'm participating in the Whumpay event. I passed Whumpril with flying colors and am hoping to keep up the energy. The final chapter of Our Man Flint is slowly being picked away at but I have little motivation at present. 

Do you have any advice for our readers?

Write the most deranged things possible. Project your traumas and insecurities onto all of your characters. Weave pieces of your past, present, and future into the narrative that it can't be separated from you. 

Your writing will be much better if you pour your heart and soul into it. It will feel horribly vulnerable at first, but that does get better. And I enjoy it much more than I ever enjoyed writing popular cliches and random two dimensions ideas. 

Shout out to your favourite writing/whump blogs, bffs or people who've inspired you. We're hyping everyone one up here!!!

@elim-flower For supporting me so well, being a truly amazing best friend, talking through all of my problems, and letting me draw us as a vampire and a ferret. 

@heavenly-whumper For being my best friend in the whump community, and outside of it, and for keeping all my secrets and letting me keep yours. 

@devourerofcheesecake For letting me use our coffee/antique shop dates as an excuse to ramble about my writing for hours on end. 

@whumpshaped For helping me through all the niche fears of being a writer with NPD, and saying deranged things about my characters whenever I post. 

@whumpsday For all the truly extensive moral support, acceptance, good advice, optimism, and being a fantastic source of supply. 

@skittles-the-whumpee For being a good friend and staying up late talking with me about our lives, pasts, fears, hopes, and problems. 

Anything you'd like to add? <3

I fucking love this god forsaken community. 

Thanks for taking the time to chat with us, @/zillstar13!

And to all you folks at home, have a whump-derful day!

[whumptober]

Into hibernation...

We just wanted to send one more huge thank you to everyone for helping us make our first year as Whumptober mods a success!

Hundreds of you participated and 207 of you were recognized as completionists, including*:

190 Writers

17 Artists

8 Gifmakers

4 Poets

3 Editors

1 Photographer

1 Songwriter

1 Whump prompt maker

1 Moodboard maker

1 Podfic maker

1 Whump-clips maker

*please note, some of our completionists used multiple types of media to complete the challenge!

The AO3 collection currently has 6263 works from 943 fandoms. That's 797 more works than last year!

We had an amazing time and we're so glad for the opportunity to run this whumptastic event. We're going to shutter the house for the season now, but we're still around to answer asks and moderate the Discord. Remember that the AO3 collection will remain open, and you can add to it year-round, whenever you find yourself filling a prompt from the 2023 list.

Thank you again to our brilliant Posting Fairies, to the previous mods for all their hard work, and most especially to you, the best community of whumpers out there. May your blorbos be in pain and your angst be bright!

See you in July!

Mods Vanne, Surro, Kitty, and Yenn