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Two characters dive for cover, one physically shielding the other, practically tackling them to the ground and laying atop them spread over as much as their body as possible as they hunker down, the one beneath pressed into the ground half-smothered under their companion's weight for the duration- but when it finally seems safe to get up the shielding character makes no move to rise; they have successfully protected their companion- and been struck by projectile or debris as the other character finds when they struggle out from beneath their weight.

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cw tooth whump

Whumpee who has nightmares about losing their teeth waking up one night, running to the bathroom and actually spitting a few into the sink.

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Should not have napped now I won't sleep until late again

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Drawing maps. I want a tablet. It would be soo much easier to make changes which are going to be numerous over time I'm sure. I have two big islands and I want to swap their places because I feel like that would solve a problem I have climate-wise. But to do that I would have to redraw the whole thing ugh. Yeah I could trace but it never turns out as good as the original for some reason.

There's also this cluster of small islands connected to one of the bigger ones, so I already drew a zoomed-in map of that portion of the world. I wish i could just zoom in.

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Ummm something with the team finally finding whumpee and untying them.

Whumpee repeating "I didn't break, I swear I didn't, I didn't tell them anything, I didn't," while sobbing.

It's true, whumpee didn't tell them anything, but all that caretaker cares about now is trying to calm whumpee down before they bleed out even more.

A Messy Rescue

whumpee slumped over until caretaker grabs their face, desperate to see if they're still conscious

wide eyes and split lip-- a flash of recognition-- and before caretaker can assure them that its all going to be okay, whumpee panics

"I didn't say anything, I didn't, please you have to--" their sentences fragment as they gasp for air. "You have to believe me!"

At first, the team is horrified that this is whumpee's recognition. They feel sick. One teammate turns away, unable to stand it. Unable to watch. It's wrong.

Caretaker snaps out of it first. "Help me cut them down!" Then, they notice whumpee's blood drenching through their once-white shirt

As the team works to free whumpee's wrists from the shackles, Caretaker frantically tries to assess the damage. But whumpee keeps thrashing, jerking out of reach and flinching at their touch.

Alternating between, "I didn't say anything!" and "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry- please don't-- please don't hurt me!"

The teammates all have these grim expressions, mouths in a thin line

A fluttering horror is embedded in caretaker's chest-- this is so much worse than they could have imagined

Even better if Leader, with real pain in their voice, says "We have to keep them quiet."

Caretaker pulls away for a second, hands half-full of bandages. "What're you saying?"

Leader breaks through the last bit of metal and whumpee slumps to the floor, shivering uncontrollably. Caretaker places one hand protectively on their back, rubbing up and down. They don't stop crying. Leader looks away. "Gag them. Or get them to shut up. We don't need them giving away our position to Whumper"

Carrying a gagged and sobbing whumpee out of the building, caretaker can't look them in the eyes. They keep whispering how sorry they are, but they have no idea if whumpee can even hear them or cares. It feels like betrayal, but they can only hope it was worth it.

"We'll get you better, I promise."

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loved being like 12 years old and making an OC and saying “yeah they’re a hardened criminal. they’re deeply involved in crime. they’re in a gang” and then never elaborating on that because i didn’t know how crime worked. this is still my approach

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Im rooting for all knights/bodyguards who are in love with their charge/the one they are sworn to protect

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you deserve a good day.

i don't care what you have or haven't done, or what you feel guilty about, any of that.

you still deserve a good day.

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being made to suffer and being made to watch someone else suffer are very different forms of trauma. don’t be afraid to give your character both 💞

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Writing in a language you're not fluent in (English) is really so hard. Even when you could express things in a basic way (and even that is sometimes difficult), it's hard to know if trying something new out is a proper way to say it or just sounds stupid. When you want to say something original (a certain comparison, a certain adjective to describe something you're not sure fits, etc etc) you can't even google if it's correct.

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protective whumpees

letting themselves be manhandled and taken away as long as they see their loved ones safe

constantly making sacrifices, bonus points if the people around them don't know about the secret deals they're making to keep them safe/fed/unpunished/free - "it's okay, i can handle it"; "no, everything's fine. go back to bed"; "i think you'll be out soon... yeah, i just have a feeling."

whumpees offering to take punishments for their loved ones who break the rules - whether this is to their knowledge or not; maybe their loved ones break more rules because they think the captor doesn't know, they aren't being punished for it, so maybe it's okay! meanwhile whumpee is semi-constantly dazed and exhausted, hiding their pain because they love the light in their beloved's eyes

whumpees who really don't see themselves as very brave at all but the second their friends are threatened, put themselves in front of the knife even as they flinch away from it

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Oh Athin. Poor awkward guy. My new little guy!!! (Not actually little. But a little guy.) I keep thinking about you. I got to make a picrew of you soon so you can gain an appearance….

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how to tell mutual hey i think ur really cool we should talk more but like also im bad at talking and am always exhausted

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small recovery moments where Character realizes they’re going to be okay

- when they wake up to soft morning light, feeling refreshed, and realize they slept through the night with no nightmares

- when they’re laughing hard with friends with no huge worries looming over them

- when they finally return a loved one’s embrace without wanting to flinch away

- or, when they actually initiate physical contact in a way that truly feels comfortable/fun

- when it’s an anniversary of something particularly traumatic and they don’t even think about it until someone else mentions it

- when they’re seated with a loved one, their head resting on their shoulder, watching a sunset and realize the world can be so much more than what they experienced

<3

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quickly we need more guys who are SO terrified of loss that they sabotage every good thing that's ever happened to them

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you ever think about just how terrifying it is for a whumpee to be tied up.

the helplessness they feel when they're not even able to cover themself for protection when someone strikes them. not able to run away from a threat. not even to curl up and writhe from pain. often forced into a position so uncomfortable that they start to cry and tremble from the agony of it.

and just the fact that they're forced to be like this until someone else frees them. be it caretaker or whumper. forced to be vulnerable and rely on others for all their needs (and possible rescue).

and they could stay like that for a long long time, freedom completely stripped away and life forcibly put at a stop.

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The whumpee had learned to not show their pain a long, long time ago. The whumper would just keep going but at least then the whumpee could dissociate and pretend they’re somewhere else. Over Half of the whumpee’s day was their mind wondering somewhere safer.