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Catching myself cringing at whump tropes I once loved…

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"Actually, that's not realistic-"

Okay but it gives me whumperflies so idc

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Nobody:

Absolutely nobody

Nobody whatsoever:

Whump writers when they get ill: QUICK QUICK WRITE THIS DOWN WRITE THIS DOWN

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Whumpbythefireside (new and improved) introduction <3

Hullo, I’m Whumpbythefireside!

I post whump I like to call “classic whump” by which I mean the sort of whump tropes you’d find in a classic novel.

This, I believe is a good example:

(From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

Here are some whump tropes I LOVE:

Fainting

Characters seeming a bit dazed

Lighthearted comfort

Duels, especially if the winner of the duel afterwards tends to the loser

No anaesthetics, just brandy and a bit of opium

Fevers

Bloodletting

Perhaps a bit oddly specific, but characters in captivity refusing to give their captors any information

Here are some whump tropes I don’t like writing:

Emeto

Hospitals

Most modern medicine

Very graphic/ very intense torture scenes

Psychological whump

Here are some whump tropes I really dislike:

Pet whump

Lab rat whumpee

Living weapon whumpee

Anything sexual

That’s about it! Farewell!

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Once again, for the umpteenth time, whumpees with fevers:

Whumpees feeling a little shivery and worn out, not thinking anything of it

Whumpees growing more restless as their mind races relentlessly, trying to figure out why they can't get to sleep let along think straight

Whumpees feeling colder than ever all of a sudden, despite the burning just under their skin

Whumpees finally managing to sleep, but their rest is disturbed by rambling and terrifying dreams

Whumpees waking up much later than intended, with a parched throat and aching joints, so tired and shaky they can barely sit up on their own, let alone stand

Whumpees with sore, burning eyes, lymph nodes tender and swollen

Whumpees' vision swimming, growing dizzier and more lightheaded as the fever gets higher

Whumpees with chattering teeth, unable to stop shaking under a mound of blankets

Whumpee unable to eat but so, so desperately thirsty

Whumpees having to keep a light on through the night because the dark plays tricks on their feverish brain

Whumpees waking up not knowing where they are, feeling like the whole room is swaying around them, their bed shrinking and expanding, everything happening too much

Whumpees having to shakily change shirts because they're drenched in sweat (and leaving the old one on the floor by their bed because they're too weak to fold it)

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I have 60 followers now.

YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!!!

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Where does one find whump rp 💔

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I bring a sort of “cheer up and have a brandy” vibe to the comfort that the “shh, it’s okay whumpee” writers don’t really like.

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Forever love when the caretaking/comfort is friendly and lighthearted and not all soft and gentle and so on.

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Whumpee who instantly passes out the second they're in a safe place

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La Clemenza Di Tito but Sesto actually wounds Tito…La Clemenza Di Tito but Sesto is wounded in the fire and Tito finds him…

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reblog if you want your inbox to be filled with random asks

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Being a whump blog and only having whump come up on my dash is so funny, because half of it is, “Imagine caretaker stroking whumpee’s hair and telling them it’ll be alright” and the other half of it is, “Imagine whumper taking delight in whumpee’s suffering”

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Characters falling ill in the era when looking ill was in fashion:

“You look frightfully pale.” “Do I? Do I really?” “Yes, and- I wasn’t trying to flatter you, you know!”

“Are you sure you’re alright? You don’t look alright.” “I thank you for the compliment, but I assure you I’m quite well.”

“We really must stitch it, we can’t have you bleeding to death!” “No, but surely you can leave it a bit longer? I want that…bloodless complexion everyone has these days. You know I hate powder.”

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i was asked to post these hands separately :o

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“The night came, and I thought the darkness was eternal. There was nothing but the darkness, the cold, and the pain. Yet I prayed. I prayed for forgiveness, though I was sure the night would last forever. I prayed for another chance, and the sun rose, and you came.”

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When Whumpee's messaging someone for help and the receiver gets to see their condition worsen in real time because each new message is more and more incoherent and unreadable than the last 👀👀👀