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FEBUWHUMP 2025 PROMPT LIST

this year's prompts were chosen through an open suggestion poll (in which we received over 4,000 prompts) and a subsequent vote, where 5,019 votes were submitted. the top 28 make up the core prompts, and the febuwhump mod's favourites that remain have become the alternates. the first prompt in the 28, "vocal chords", was our number one prompt of the vote, with 1,625 total votes.

i am so insanely excited to see what you all create with these prompts, and i hope they're inspiring enough to trigger a whole month's worth of creativity for you!

as an extra added challenge, some creators will be undertaking another, smaller goal, of including apples in each of their prompt fills as an ode to the wildly popular prompt suggestion of "apples" that didn't make it through to the poll. this is totally optional, but is a good extra challenge if you'd like to take part in it!

if you have any questions, please check out the faq before sending an ask, or skim the blog's previously asked questions to see if your question has already been answered.

please note: notifying the blog of completionist status will happen through a google form released towards the end of febuwhump, and if you are interested in joining the febuwhmp discord server, the link will be available to do so for one week towards the end of january.

full write-up of prompts and rules under the cut:

FEBUWHUMP 2025 PROMPTS:

DAY 1: vocal chords

DAY 2: holding back tears

DAY 3: pinned down

DAY 4: hivemind

DAY 5: not trusting reality

DAY 6: forced to stay awake

DAY 7: alternate timeline self

DAY 8: bleeding out

DAY 9: necromancy

DAY 10: magic exhaustion

DAY 11: demonic possession

DAY 12: used as practice

DAY 13: “i don’t trust anyone else”

DAY 14: becoming the monster

DAY 15: icarus

DAY 16: eaten alive

DAY 17: power instability

DAY 18: living weapon

DAY 19: death wish

DAY 20: “i did good right?”

DAY 21: put on display

DAY 22: “grab the little one”

DAY 23: gunshot wound

DAY 24: forced to beg

DAY 25: bound and gagged

DAY 26: concealing an injury

DAY 27: post-victory collapse

DAY 28: recovery

ALTERNATE PROMPTS:

is there a specific day’s prompt you don’t want to fill? here are ten alternatives you can switch them out for!

ALT 1: major character death

ALT 2: blowtorch

ALT 3: pick who dies

ALT 4: body swap

ALT 5: die a hero

ALT 6: emergency surgery

ALT 7: body horror

ALT 8: on the run

ALT 9: in another life

ALT 10: feeding tube

RULES:

soft rules:

prompts should be answered in the form of whump

creators can produce any kind of media they want

you don't have to complete all the prompts to take part

you can use the prompts after the event ends

you can complete them in tandem with any other event

you can post to any platform you want, however this blog will only be sharing links and prompt fills posted to tumblr

if you want to be featured on the hall of fame, you must inform this blog by the 3rd of march that you have completed all of the days using the provided form

if you have questions, consult the faq before asking

hard rules:

to be a completionist, you must complete all 28 prompts, in order, in whatever medium you want, before the end of the event

(specifically for being featured on the blog)

when uploading febuwhump content to tumblr, please use the tags:

febuwhump (or febuwhump2025)

the relevant day's tag e.g. febuwhumpday1, febuwhumpday2...

nsfw (if relevant)

any important trigger warnings

you can also tag the blog: @febuwhump

I cannot guarantee your work will be archived on the blog. a random selection of properly tagged works will be reblogged every day of february.

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I can only speak from my own experience, which my therapist mother has described as "So textbook that I wrapped back around to being weird again"

And I used to, whenever something stressful/scary happened, work through it through creative play. As an example, whenever I had to get a shot, I would play as a doctor and give all my stuffed animals vaccines when I got home. For me, I think I use that kind of thing for a sense of control, writing and drawing the things that bother me give me power over them, give me the ability to dictate what they mean to me.

A more recent example, from today actually, I had a really stressful nightmare about dead fish(long story), so I drew one of my(aquatic) ocs in a similar position. Suddenly, bam! I have control of the dead fish, I decide what happens, how bad it is, what it means to me.

I think whump might be something similar, giving a sense of control to something that would make you feel helpless, like pain or loss. I like whump where the whumpee reaches their breaking point, then comes out the other side. It makes me feel like no matter what happens, I'm going to survive, I'm going to come out the other side, and I'm going to start biting.

whump is such a strange thing for me. ‘oh im having trouble shouldering the burdens of daily life, let me play scenes in my head of someone getting the shit kicked out of them (fictionally), that’ll make me feel better’ and it DOES

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what is your favourite sort of whump? both to read, and also to draw/write?

Hmmmm. Good question. If I had to narrow it down to one thing, it would be pushing a character to their breaking point. There is nothing as good to me as a whumpee snapping and either hurting someone or selfishly abandoning something they care about to save their own skin, giving up on dignity and clawing their way to survival like a wounded animal.

There's something about animalistic desperation that does something to me. Like, "what would it take you to scream your lungs out and beat whumper to death with your hands or a blunt object? What would it take for you to hunt someone like a wolf and tear into them with your teeth? What would it take to make you abandon your cause and run away because it hurts too much? What would it take for you to leave someone love behind because you can't stand to hurt anymore? What would it take you to let go of being human and be an animal? And what happens after you come back down? Do you regret it? Is there catharsis? Do you feel guilt? Anger? Do you try to forget that there's a beast inside you? Do you try to suppress it again? Or do you give in to the beast? Take your revenge and let your bestial rage rule you? Do you want to come back down? Did it feel good? Did you even think you were capable of it?"

That's my favorite. Breaking points.

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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Whump community Reblog if you hate AI

it ruins the whole point of art

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I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

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I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

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I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

[whumpcateyes]

I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

[whumpcateyes]

I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

[whumpcateyes]

I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

[whumpcateyes]

I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

[whumpcateyes]

I feel like living weapon whump is more often from the point of view of the caretaker or outsiders, and it focuses so much on guilt and ingrained training

And those are good, Don't get it twisted, but I think this discounts the delicious delicious mental fatigue. Not the emotional guilt, or the tactical withdrawals, but the exhaustion from thinking

Whumpee hasn't had to think for years....Whumper just points and they attack. They aren't people, they're targets. If the call-word isn't used, then theyre not fucking talking to whumpee.

Their food is put into their hands, their armor strapped onto them. No option about when or what. Their holding cell is where they lay down, the medical center is where they stay still.

Nothing needs thought, everything is instinct. Faces blur and fade so quickly.

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Goddamnit(hyperfixating on Monitoring by deco*27 but having no specific ideas to pursue)

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"Or what? Threats only mean something if you can make good on them."

Reblog with a dialogue response!

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"Let me go."

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Not sorry