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what about a scenario where a character is stuck in some kind of dream-state where they're living a completely different life a la everything-they-ever-wanted-type universe, and the longer they stay stuck the closer and closer they get to death because whatever is keeping them stuck is draining their life force etc etc

what about their friends and family working tirelessly to break them out, only for it to all be for naught because the character breaks out themself, and when they're asked how they managed to see through the lies, the character admits that it felt too good to be true purely because they didn't feel like they deserved such a nice life

what then, huh?!?

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whumper pushing whumpee to the ground, ordering them to get back up, and kicking them back down each time they try. repeat as many times as you like. especially w whumper getting more snippy each time.

“i said get up” while they’re making it physically impossible

physically and mentally exhausting them in addition to hurting them. forcing whumpee to participate in their own abuse.

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need to exist in your warmth (id in alt)

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Whumptober2024 Day 1: Race against the clock

Search Party | Panic Attack | "If only we could hold on.”

If only we hadn't had to come this far...

If only you could feel okay again.

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i think 'I trust you with my life but not your own' as a trope is one of the ones that can always fuck me up no matter what

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I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.

Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.

Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.

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i might open requests for a 1k follower celebration 🤔

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when you boop attack someone's sideblog and their main is now assaulting your notifications

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two characters cuddling on the couch watching TV. despite the calmness of their surroundings, the show playing on the screen like normal as if nothing were wrong, they're both tense as brick walls. one is sick as a dog, wrapped in blankets, waiting for it to be over, and the other is worried out of their mind about how high that fever keeps getting, ready to load into the car and book it to the nearest hospital at the drop of a hat if need be. the tension only fades when the shivers of the ill one slowly die off, indicating the fever breaking after a hard battle won, the sickness finally leaving them so they can rest properly

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i've noticed a common generic idea beneath my fave stories

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For those who don't know or care about the olympics, Laurie won gold and silver in gymnastics at the 2016 olympics. She's now a commentator for gymnastics at the olympics and is a treasure.

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one of my fave whump tropes is when whump is done in a sort of roundabout way, i.e., when the "whumpee" isn't the injured party in the story. hear me out on this:

a character sporting some form of bruise/injury as they reassure their loved one that this isn't their fault, they shouldn't beat themselves up over [trope where loved one wasn't thinking straight or wasn't in control of themselves, something like a nightmare/PTSD or outright brainwashing]. the loved one simply refuses to let it go, so the character is forced to bring them into a hug and patiently wait for the loved one to release the tension in their shoulders and hug them back. the loved one slowly forgives themself as the bruise fades/injury heals

a character sitting in a hospital lobby on the brink of dissociating, ignoring the weird looks they're getting due to the blood covering nearly every part of the front of their clothes after to rushing their loved one to the medics, freaking out about whether or not their efforts were good enough to get there in time. showering as they clean themselves of filth and grime but reluctantly doing so because what if a nurse comes looking for them to tell them about the state of their loved one? they can sit there for a few more minutes, and then a few more, maybe little bit more... they're fine, they can take care of themself when they know their loved one is already taken care of, definitely... only for all of their worry and self-flagellation to culminate in being in their loved one's hospital room as they wake up, leading to the loved one hugging them as they cry and break down, joking that a little injury like this couldn't take them out; thanking the character for saving their life, etc

a character needing to be coached through helping their loved one out with an injury or dire situation. whether it's the loved one themself or a third party that's doing the coaching, it's obvious that the character is in over their head but that they still need to do this if their loved one has any hope of surviving until tomorrow. brownie points if the process involves unintentionally bringing more harm to their loved one (like disinfecting a wound or doing stitches without pain meds), which just exponentially ramps up the guilt factor even more. this scenario can sort of end similarly to the second bullet point, but regardless, the main closing scene is about the loved one being there to tell the character that they should be proud of themselves for keeping themself together even though it had to have been really scary seeing them like that, how brave the character was for pushing through to save them, comforting hugs all around~

mututal whump my beloved!! the more characters that are hurting either physically or emotionally the better!!!!

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Day 22 Better out than in: Nervous Stomach / Vomiting / “I got your hair, it's fine.”

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Give me more shaking whumpees.

Give me whumpees who are shivering so much from their high fever that they can't even hold a bottle of water up to their lips, leaving caretaker to hold it for them like they're bottle feeding a baby animal.

Give me whumpees who've lost so much blood that they're pale and trembling violently, their skin cool to the touch. Their body is desperately trying to keep them warm, but with each new shudder they're just bleeding more and more.

Give me whumpees in shock- whumpees who find out something so emotionally distressing that they can do nothing but shake, eyes fixed on a single point, jolting away from any touch.

Give me more shaking whumpees.