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HEY GUYS heat exhaustion FUCKI G sucks jsyk. inflict it on your whumpees for my sake

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sometimes I think I'm in a writing groove and then I type "his ribs feel like bones" and rethink my existence for several minutes

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How to Ignore Magical Healing

One of the things I encounter often in media or when writing is the existence of magic, and therefore healing spells. In most magic systems, it renders long-term whump, recovery, or even classic medical tending unnecessary, or just irrelevant. That can be discouraging and uninspiring at times.

We can’t all choose what world The Blorbo™ heralds from, so sometimes we get stuck with a universe that complicates the whump instinct. So, here are some prompts for avoiding magical healing in your whumping!

Wound-based

Prompts that prevent wounds from healing

It’s Just TOO Bad: Uh oh, the healing isn’t working because the wound itself is too bad to fix

Unnatural Origins: The healing isn’t working because the wound itself isn’t natural and so cannot be healed by magical means OR the whumpee is inhuman/the in-universe equivalent, and the magic doesn’t recognize them as something that can be healed (robots, aliens, vampires, etc)

Ailments: The Whumpee has a curse/illness (like the Malady effect in Metaphor: ReFantazio) preventing them from healing at all, so that ailment must be cured before they can heal up 

Prior Requirements: Something must be done before a healing spell can be cast (removing a bullet so it doesn’t fester, stitching the wound so it can heal smoothly)

Poison: The weapon was laced with a poison that, amongst its many effects, is preventing any healing magic from reaching the wound

Situation-based

Prompts to stop your party from casting because of the predicament they’re in

Exhaustion: The party is already at their limits, and they can’t afford another healing spell OR the party doesn’t want to spend anymore magic until it’s absolutely necessary OR The party has already used all of the items in their disposal that provide magical healing (like life stones in SMT)

Prevention: The party cannot reach Whumpee to heal them (barriers, cells, or perhaps the party is otherwise occupied by fighting?)

Dangerous Territory: If the party were to stop and heal Whumpee, they would waste precious time/make too much noise/put themselves in a bad place, so Whumpee has to make it a little further before they can fix the problem

Fear Response: Whumpee has prior poor experiences with magic or healing, and is refusing treatment for as long as they can hold out OR whumpee is magically convinced the party is going to hurt them (fear effects, brainwashing, feeblemind spell in D&D)

Magic Nullification: Magic isn’t allowed (a tournament) or possible (area of effect magic prevention) and the team must make do without

Universe-based

Prompts to engineer/alter the universal requirements to stop magical healing

Risky Measures: Healing spells rely on the wounded person’s energy. If a powerful spell is cast on a poorly off Whumpee, it could use the last of Whumpee’s energy, and kill them

Exchange Theory: Any pain healed on Whumpee is transferred to the person casting the healing spell OR the wound itself is transferred onto someone else

Fine Print: This particular healing spell requires a very specific item (like diamonds in resurrection for D&D) and the team has to find/buy it before they can heal the whumpee

It Just Hurts: Healing spells don’t include pain relief, so when casted, Whumpee can feel every part of their wounds healing (like bones readjusting or flesh stretching)

They Don’t Exist: Healing spells themselves don’t exist, and instead creative ways of wound care are invented like slowing down blood flow or encouraged immune system responses

Final notes

Something you can play with here is if the characters have never practiced first aid! Your caretakers might have no idea how to pack a wound or splint a fracture. Lots of mistakes and tension can grow from there.

Don’t be afraid to alter the universe you’re writing in. Fuck it up, really. There’s something enchanting about adding specific rules in a given world. Adding those requirements gives depth you can play in as a sandbox. Or you can throw the team into a completely different universe, if that’s your fancy!

And remember: you never need to write it realistically. Ignore the healing spells, throw the whumpee in a no-magic AU, hell, just take healing away from those specific people to prevent it–do whatever you want, whatever seems interesting, and have fun doing it. There’s no need to make it seamless. Make it bloody first.

Now, go beat the shit out of your blorbos. 

Love yall! 

- Seth

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i'm so fucking normal you guys

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i've never seen Naruto and I don't plan to but I think that Kakashi fella would be fun to whump

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I love writing the build up and the background to whump--especially when it's whumperless--but something I always struggle with is recovery. I can get right up to the moment of collapse and unconsciousness, but the aftermath is always so difficult for me.

But. I want to do this fic justice. So could yall reblog this/send me asks/tag me in posts with your favorite recovery tropes and moments? As many as you think of. I'll be filling up the #recovery whump tag on this blog with the ones I find in the wild.

This is a part I struggle with, and I want to improve. Hit me, folks!

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list of things I think kakashi should go through:

poison. hallucinate the genin in danger while they're right there looking at him like 🤨

attack dog conditioning during captivity. who doesn't want the Sharingan as their own personal bodyguard? also, when team 7 comes to his rescue, it's them in danger that breaks him free from part of the conditioning

restraints + stress position + exhausted and bloody. preferably after a long few weeks of torture, so when again team 7 finds him, he's practically unrecognizable

natural disaster, specifically something that requires him to step up for evacuation purposes. hurt him, and then have him choose, consciously, to ignore that pain to protect the genin

essentially. put him on the spot, make an example of him, and make it nice and bloody along the way.

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sneak peak of a fic that should be coming out soon

inspired by this post (the whole reason i was able to finish this fic, making it the longest completed story i've written!!!)

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so I've been going back into my old fandoms because it's fun and I remembered that I tend to list my first whump encounter as a game for the 3DS called (Winds of) Nostalgia. the first time the main character, Eddie, gets knocked out, all his friends call out to him in despair.

now, I have also realized that while my trope brand is often coughing up blood or robots, I have discovered my niche may in fact just be status effects. because Ever Since The Start I have been a turn based RPG gremlin and I will die that way.

and this stupid, low polygon, completely irrelevant, two-seconds-of-screentime moment in Nostalgia has reminded me:

i must return to my roots.

status effect whump my beloved. i love status effect whump. i will perpetrate that shit on any blorbo with reckless abandon. someone talk to me about status effect whump please I'm shaking Edward Brown Nostalgia DS Game in a jar.

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hey do you guys want some whumpy song recommendations [frothing at the mouth, trembling, shaking, uncontrollable tremors through my hands that white-knuckled cling to the back of the chair, i am struggling to remain standing] i have some that I'm normal about,

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okay folks so I'm about to be in one of the tornado affected areas and we still don't have power or internet so I will not be available for a while. i'll post when I can, I love you all <333333

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rock lee they could never make me hate you

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they REALLY kick the shit out of tanjiro don't they

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in the past three days I have written 9568 words and what do I have to show for it? wrist pain

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- ANNOUNCEMENTS -

🎉Whumperless Whump Event 2025 prompts have been released!

You can find them at the event blog ( @whumperless-whump-event ) OR through this link to the event post. Please send any questions you have regarding WWE to the event blog, NOT here!

🕓Reorganization is in progress!

A dear friend has informed me I need to check up on my masterposts (and boy, do I) so please have patience with me while I ensure the organization of my blog is back up to snuff. If you see this -> 🚧 <- emoji, that part is under construction and may be wonky or unfinished. Thank you!

💌Askbox is OPEN!

If not event related, please send in your whump thoughts, prompt requests, and shenanigans to this blog! You have my full permission to talk to me!

onto the INTRO POST:

Heya! You can call me Seth. Whatever 'nouns you fancy. I've been here for almost two years now, and I'm editing this post to update some things for 2025!

Where to find me ->

Main blog - @sethlost. You'll find lots of random fandom things, art and sketches, commentary on my music shenanigans, and reblogs of anything I laugh at. Come say hi!

Ao3 - @/seth_lost. Whump fics, fluff fics and anything I've got brainrot for. I switch fandoms faster than a race car and its lanes, so, chances are you may find something you like!

Event blog - I run the Whumperless Whump Event ( @whumperless-whump-event ) in July! This is where you can find information and updates.

Preferences ->

The Likes (personal favorites):

Situational, accidental and non-whumper whump, status effects, sick fics, comfort, coughing up blood, nosebleeds, medical comfort, medical hurt, noble, knight, scientist, doctor, medic, and leader whumpees, sibling whumpees, and whipping.

The Maybes (uncommon, but not squicks):

Severe torture, dubious consent, non-explicit emeto, BBU or pet whump, heavy gore, body horror

The Nopes (you won't see it here):

Explicit rape/non-con, child whump, explicit emeto, suicide, intentional self harm, heavy manipulation, stalking, and sexual harassment. If you don't enjoy these, you needn't worry about them here.

DISCLAIMER: I AM EMETOPHOBIC. Severely so. If by chance your header or profile picture contains someone vomiting or has vomit, PLEASE do not follow me. It is a severe trigger of mine.

Tagging systems ->

#beloved mutuals - anything involving my mutuals on this blog or my main!

#sethtalks whump - general whump chatter and occasional whumpdates for wips!

#not whump - relevant to this blog, but not whump specific--feel free to block this tag if you're just here for the beating up blorbos!

#the whump advice corner - writing help to answer questions or provide references

#whumperfly hotline - ask responses!

#blorbo tag - for when the whump is particular to a blorbo. often followed by a character tag. this one is for me so I can find those prompts that resonate with specific blorbos of mine, but you can use it too!

🚧Important Links ->

Masterposts

Fandom Masterlist

Strings Universe Masterpost

Royalverse Masterpost 🚧

World Ends Everyone Dies 🚧

Series Links

Persona 5: Yusuke Kitagawa; status effect whump. 3 fics (Ao3)

Master Tag Links

#whump dialogue ask game - earlier this year I ran an ask game that ended with over 300 posts. these are not tagged with the ask tag, and instead get this tag! find all the responses here

whump drabble ask game - for the 2025 march madness, I did one word drabble bribes to get coughing up blood as far as i could. here's the drabble collection!

Disclaimers ->

I support whump-as-kink. However, this is not a kink blog.

I will reblog gifsets, fics, prompts, resources, and references. You will see lots of blood here.

I focus on male whump.

I have several fandoms. This isn't run as a fandom-specific blog, but there will be fandom-related things here.

I am anti-censorship. I am of the opinion that all fiction deserves to exist. If you can't be normal about this, I encourage you to block me. Which brings me to--

This is not a discourse blog. This is not a politics blog. Do not ask me about discourse. I made this for fun, and I will continue running it for fun.

To emphasize: my personal political or discourse opinions will have no effect on the content you see. If you want a page free of news, you won't see any here.

If on the off chance they do become relevant, it will be under a tag called #vent. Please block this tag if it upsets you!

That's it for now, I think! Thanks for visiting! Stay awhile, if you fancy. And drink some water while you're at it!

terfs, homophobes, racists, the like, those who are pro censorship, and those who only want to talk about discourse are not welcome here. minors view at your own discretion.

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Good morning to me!!!!

Thanks so much everyone. In celebration, I'm (finally) opening requests!

In a few hours I'll post a list of fandoms I'm in/been a part of. Feel free to request anything in line with my pinned!

Thank you so much for 1k. Whoever is out there looking at my silly little posts, I love you. You're all the best ❤️