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i love being a whump enjoyer it makes painful experiences so much more tolerable.

my joints have been hurting for the last two weeks? sucks, but useful for writing my OCs that have chronic pain.

had to go to hospital? double sucks, but i now know what an ambulance ride is like and what it's like to have an iv!!!! invaluable experiences for medical whump fics.

got nerve damage during said visit to hospital? triple sucks, but i've now unlocked a new way to hurt a blorbo.

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characters raised to be tools

Weapons. Trained, tested, forged in steel and fire. Failure is an inevitability that ends in death. Pain should not be felt--it should be recognized, familiar, and inconsequential

Martyrs. In the form of servants and princes, of leaders and underdogs. If blood is necessary, the martyr will lift their hands and offer it all

Shields. Like tempering a sword, but only to bear and not to lash out. Wounds are medals--not symbols of pride, but symbols of worth. A pretty shield is useless; scars mean a job well done

Experiments. Raised on the cold comfort of a lab table. Restraints are only necessary when they're not in their right mind. Is it honorable, to be twisted beyond recognition? Or is it just a necessary evil?

Monsters. Cruelty, caution, and regarding one as a creature beyond reasonable thought is tempering in its own right. But if you keep a leash at the right length, perhaps the massecre won't reach you. One can hope.

Idols. Pretty face, pretty name, pretty hands around their shoulders and throat. There to seduce, manipulate, force any feeling to come to the surface and twist it to their favor. Any genuinity stays locked behind the guilded cage that surrounds their pretty little heart

Trophies. Status and wealth and the traditions that keep someone at their heels, on their knees, to display and serve and decorate one's ballroom.

Sacrifices. Drenched in honorable clothes, prepared and adored and cleansed. The gift of hope at the cost of one's life. Is it taken with no fight? How can you escape the ropes you were born in?

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possible replies to:

"I'm not scared of you."

"That's something we can work on."

"You're not? Your expression tells me otherwise."

"Let's see how long that lasts."

"They all start out saying that, it usually takes a few days. Just give it time."

"Not a very convincing liar, are you?"

"That's because I haven't done anything to you to just yet.

"Keep talking back and I'll cut your fucking tongue out and force it down your throat."

"Oh love, you really should be."

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The whumper left the whumpee alone for a long period of time on multiple occasions, with nothing but silence and cold darkness to keep them company. The whumpee just wanted anyone- the whumper even, they didn’t care if they were hurt anymore, they just wanted to hear another person’s voice.

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forever thinking about "i'm fine" meaning please ask again.

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It's so funny to me that the term "whump" can easily mean anything from "this character has a cold 😦 but here's another character taking care of him 🙂" all the way over to "this character is being viciously tortured to death" and sometimes those two creators are following each other.

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I love the idea of a whumpee having a wardrobe malfunction that leads to a past injury/torture reveal.

Oh, your sleeve ripped and your whole team saw the brand your kidnapper branded you with? Delicious, tell me more!

Your shirt rode up when you took off your sweatshirt and your coworkers saw the scars from when you were whipped repeatedly? Oh boy I love that stuff!

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while i definitely enjoy captivity and all that, i will always have a strong preference for whump that takes place during the course of the whumpee's otherwise ordinary life. whump based in abuse rather than abduction - be that abuse familial, interpersonal, workplace, etc, whatever way it manifests.

there's something about the power dynamic being personal that really appeals to me. the way they hide it - successfully or not - from the people around them. the added weight of having to go about normal life while horrific things are happening to them. the shame and internalized victim blaming of 'i'm responsible for this because i'm not making it stop or telling anyone.' the slow unfolding of people around whumpee putting the pieces together and learning what's going on. the way that they can see whumpee getting worse over time - or alternatively, wondering with a sick horror how they managed to seem so normal while this has been going on.

the way that the whumper(s) might actually know the caretaker(s) too. the added layers of fucked-up-ness possible in that, in whumpee being afraid the people around them wouldn't choose them if it came down to a choice, or wouldn't believe them. etc.

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Slap your whumpees until they flinch when you raise your hand

This has lasting effects on them

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“I know, hey. I know you’re scared, I know you don’t know me. But I’m gonna get you out of here, okay?”

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a Whumpee with a smart mouth who absolutely cannot back it up. Who talks back to Whumper and insults them but then begs for mercy once they start getting hurt. Who goads Whumper into a fight and then gets pummeled because they're way out of their depth. But it’s worth it to Whumpee to have some small moments of defiance and rebellion.

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Whumper pressing their body against Whumpee, their nose tickling Whumpee’s neck as they smile wickedly, whispering “I have you trapped, Whumpee, and I can and will do whatever I please with you.”

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whumper who learns that whumpee was tortured or abused in some way before meeting them and taking advantage of that. using their existing trauma to manipulate them into accepting further abuse, or playing with their reactions to things like it’s a game. making them flinch, pressing on their insecurities, reinforcing to them that they deserved what happened before. whether it escalates into physical violence or not, there’s a lot of potential in that - in using that existing trauma to abuse whumpee further.

could even involve direct references, depending on how subtle whumper wants to be about what they’re doing. “who would believe this could happen to you twice?” “you already know you deserve this” “what would [past whumper] have done?”

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Intimate whumper things; holding the whumpee roughly by the chin and kissing them deeply, then tossing them back towards the floor like they’re nothing-

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I don’t even have anything to say for myself with this one ٩(｡•ω•｡)و

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