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𝕎𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕎𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕚𝕡𝕤: #𝟛: 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕊𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡-𝔻𝕖𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕙𝕪𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

Ho o - Long title, I know. But this stuff is important! I love to write whump scenes with long captivity, but I've noticing when reading these things are often overlooked.

Though commonly forgotten, lets go ahead and get into the need to know! Make your pieces both heart-wrenching and scientifically accurate!

𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

The max time recorded before death was 2.3 months, but the average is 21 days.

After about 6 hr, most people start to get agitated/grouchy due to lower glucose and hunger.

24-48 hr into a 'fasting period', hunger is a lot more apparent. There can be pains in the stomach, and the body has entered Ketosis (and will begin to start breaking down fatty acid for energy).

72+ hr is around the time when muscles start to be broken down for energy.

Emotional/physiological characteristics: irritable, increasingly depressed, declined concentration, apathetic, hysteric, impaired comprehension and judgement, higher likelihood of self harm, and social isolation and withdrawal.

This can present a little differently in those with eating disorders-- note: please do not use this information to subject yourself for long periods of time.

𝚂𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

Just how long it would take to die isn't really known, but humans can stay awake for 11 days (246 hr), but the max time gone without sleep was 6 months.

Note: please do not try and stay awake for 6 months-- You can survive that long with Chronic sleep deprivation (going days without sleep, then having 1-2 hr rest).

At the 24 hr mark, just about everything is worse. This includes emotional control, memory, decision-making, attention, and hand-eye coordination. At this point the mental ability is similar to that of someone with a 0.10% BAC.

At the 36 hr mark, hormonal spikes are absolutely insane. You lose track of time, there is a major lack of motivation to do anything, and there is a feeling similar to the head-buzzing from dehydration.

46 hr in, jesus christ why are you still awake-- Your body says fuck you and you get small doses of 'microsleep', regardless of what you're doing. Microsleep is known as falling asleep for 1-30 sec, then waking up super disorientated.

72+ hr... please just go to bed or take melatonin or something. Your higher mental processes, like decision making and planning, have been yeeted. Simple conversations are now extremely difficult.

80 hr -- Hallucinations! Say hello to the demons on your ceiling!

𝙳𝚎𝚑𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

Finally, we're on to dehydration. Absolute fun times!

Death takes about 3 days, but if you're lucky, maybe you can suffer 8-10 days! The body needs water more than food (because the body is mostly water).

There is math involved (sadly, I know). TWV = (total water volume); the average adult loses around 2.5 L of water a day. That's quite a bit!

These next points are assuming your character does not drink anything, absorb any moisture, or eat. Note: Once again-- please don't do this. This is for writing-- yes it's real but please take care of yourself).

After 9 hr, you're at about 2% TWV lost. It's common to experience loss of appetite, dry skin, discomfort, thirst, elevated body temp, fatigue, dizziness, 50% loss of performance (athletes), decreased fluid secretion (sweat, tears, urine, etc), and dizziness when standing.

A the 24 hr mark, you've lost around 6% of TWV. At this point, i's common to feel nauseous, sleepy, severe headaches, and a tingling in the limbs.

36 - 72 hrs in, you've lost anywhere from 6-15% TWV. This is the period of time you severely need to get something to drink. There is a lack of urination, severe headaches, dimming of vision, shriveled skin, muscle spasms and seizures, fainting, and delirium.

72+ hr, the TWV is at least 15% gone. This leads to organ failure.

All of these things have some physical and emotional reactions your characters can give. I stress to you that this is all scientific information that you can use in your writing-- please do not use it on yourself.

Anygay, have a wonderful whumping time!

-Sage

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the intimacy of being a weapon. your body is an extension of their power, your words an extension of their will. you are made significant in the way a gun is only dangerous with a finger on the trigger, and a blade only swipes through the actions of a swordsman. to have one end of yourself fit perfectly, comfortably in their hands while the other sheds blood. you are given purpose because of them, and they are given strength because of you.

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Holy shit that's so tragic.

I love it.

Cybertruck whumpee.

No, not cybertruck owner whumpee; cybertruck whumpee. As in the vehicle itself. They can scream. No, seriously. I didn't know it was possible for a car to do that either.

Anygay, yeah. Cybertruck whumpee. Have fun.

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Cybertruck whumpee.

No, not cybertruck owner whumpee; cybertruck whumpee. As in the vehicle itself. They can scream. No, seriously. I didn't know it was possible for a car to do that either.

Anygay, yeah. Cybertruck whumpee. Have fun.

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Reblog if you’re OK with people sending you asks about your OCs, ‘sonas or even about yourself

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2 genres of fanfiction:

1) put that guy into situations

2) take that guy OUT of situations for the love of GOD let them REST 

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Love when during a whumpy/stressful situation, the team gets into an argument. Could be because someone fucked up. Could be because emotions are high at the moment. Whichever way, the team got into an argument and said things that hurt the others.

BONUS if it leads to a parting words regret situation!

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Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.

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You have one super power: The ability to know without fail what the truth is to any asked question. You planned to help the world as a super hero. It took you six hours for the government to declare you public enemy number one and the most deadly super villain alive.

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Silly whumpers!! Whumpers who are just absolute goofballs, who do things just for The Bit, who use stupidly brightly coloured restraints and slang and would be nearly impossible to take seriously..

Except that they hold Whumpees life in their hands.

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I cannot describe in words how much I need this right now.

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Oooh oooh! Here’s another bondage trope I hate:

When the main character is tied up differently than everyone else, but just so they can escape easier!

Because, you know, they’re just SO special that the antagonists conveniently decided they get lighter restraints, just as a treat.

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A character is delirious, semiconscious- eyes roaming the room, glazed with fever, seeing something but not really fully there- trapped in whatever nightmares their mind has conjured for them that have them whimpering as their worried companion presses another damp cloth to their pulse-points and tries to soothe them with their voice until, finally, something penetrates their haze and the fevered character's eyes lock onto their companion's with a glimmer of lucidity.

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One character clutches another protectively close, the other's face pressed into the crook of their neck, shielding that character's view and muffling their distressed noises, as the first character scowls over the top of their head, directing a death-glare toward anyone who so much as thinks about harming another hair on that head, all but snarling like a dog jealously guarding its food with possessive defense for the character cradled in their arms.

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Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!