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Too tired to make a proper post, but if y'all have requests/suggestions of characters or fandoms you want to see for any given Whumptober prompt *gestures vaguely at ask box*

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Still on my Sicktember grind raahh

I'm getting a little nervous bc I have a few prompts that I REALLY want to turn into longer 10k-30k stories BUT I'm only on fill 18 AND I want to immediately transition into Whumptober so I'm like... whennn am I supposed to write this...

Well actually now that I think about it, the logical answer is probably to see if I can fit more prompts, including Whumptober prompts, into the longer stories

That's SO obvious lmao I can't believe it just occurred to me. This is why we rubber duck, people!!!

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Too tired to make a proper post, but if y'all have requests/suggestions of characters or fandoms you want to see for any given Whumptober prompt *gestures vaguely at ask box*

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So after digging up all those novelette-length whump fics, I skimmed them to make sure that I was going to like them, and now that I have finished my tag crawl, I get to re-read them while paying attention to the details

I Am Having So Much Fun

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WHUMPTOBER 2025: PROMPTS LIST

Welcome to Whumptober 2025 — The Eighth Year!

WHUMPTOBER is a month-long, prompt-based creation CHALLENGE (think: Inktober, but whumpier). There are four prompts for each day of the month, giving 124 for you to play with! There is also a list of 18 alternative prompts that can be subbed in for any day to give participants as much creative freedom as possible.

All prompts are meant to serve as inspiration without being taken literally (e.g. you don’t have to include the exact wording of prompts into your work). Feel free to run rampant on interpretation. For example, if the prompt is “flame", you could create something with reference to a candle/campfire, your character could have suffered a burn, or the flame could be a reference to an ‘old flame’ - an old relationship. It’s truly down to you!

You can produce work in any media you choose, including but not limited to: writing, visual artwork, photo/video/audio edits, paper crafts and elaborate recommendation lists (not just a list of links). You can participate as much or as little as you want (i.e. you don’t have to do ALL the prompts if you don’t want to) and prompts can be used in any order. They are also free to use even after the event ends.

Please make sure to read the Event Info and FAQ carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our��Discord server here.

Information on how to TAG is here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

This year’s playlist can be found here.

The ‘Anatomy of a Whumptober Prompt’ post can be found here.

And our 'Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics’ post is here.

We’re very excited to see the community come together for yet another year of Whumptober! Go ham with the prompts, and support your fellow creators - we wish you all the best of luck, but most importantly: HAVE FUN!

Happy whumping,

Mods Vanne, Yenn, Kitty and Surro

Text versions of the prompts, including a google doc format, are posted below the cut!

A Google Doc of the prompts can be found here for easy copy-and-pasting!

Whumptober 2025 Prompt List

No. 1: “Please don’t cry” Lamb to Slaughter | Ceremony | Beg for Forgiveness

No. 2:  “You’ve got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears.” Prophecy | Sewer | Taking Accountability

No. 3: “I look in people’s windows, transfixed by rose golden glows.” Isolation | Candlelight | Found Family

No. 4: “Don’t be scared, I’ve done this before.” Non-Human Whumper | Iron Rod | Loss of Powers

No. 5: “My panic’s at the ceiling, but I’m face down on the carpet.” Quivering | Dream Journal | Phobia

No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.” Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall

No. 7: “Tell me that you’re okay, and I’m fine.” Trapped with the Enemy | Elevator | Pushed Beyond Breaking Point

No. 8: “Oh horror, oh horror, what did you see?” Self-Inflicted Injury | Held at Gunpoint | Dissociation

No. 9: “We’ll make it alright to come undone.” Touch | Flashbacks | Scalding

No. 10: “There’s nothing you can ever say, nothing you can ever do.” Without Consent | Secrets | Lips Sewn Shut

No. 11: “Can you get through all the pain inside you?” Hidden Injury | Laceration | Forced Reveal

No. 12: “It’ll be for nothing.” Cardiac Arrest | Sacred Place | Withholding Medical Treatment

No. 13: “How dull is it to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished.” Never Enough | Insignia | Forced Retirement

No. 14: “In the end, it’s worthwhile.” Ignoring an Illness | Body Bag | Wounded Caretaker

No. 15: “You can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts.” Failed Rescue Attempt | Body Part in the Mail | Live-Streamed Torture

No. 16: “I’ve had the rug pulled beneath my feet.” Repressed Trauma | Permanent Marker | Disorientation

No. 17: “Tell me there’s a hope for me.” Internal Bleeding | Coma | Redemption

No. 18: “As the world caves in.” Dystopia | Ruins | Environmental Whump

No. 19: “You’re on your own, lost in the wild.” Dehumanisation | Living Weapon | On Patrol

No. 20: "That's New." Symptomatic | Fancy Event | Resignation

No. 21: “Sold my soul, broke my bones.” Kneeling | Makeshift Splint | Brainwashed

No. 22: “All the battles I want to win, nothing mattress but giving in.” Self-Sacrifice | Collar | Hunted for Sport

No. 23: “How’d I get to this place?” Intubation | ICU | Choking

No. 24: “I must confess that I feel like a monster.” Came Back Wrong | Painful Transformation | Amnesia

No. 25: “Have you earned your stripes?” Lost Faith | Collision Course | Left to Die

No. 26: “Nothing like a relapse to rehash the kid who was scared.” Relapse | Drawn Curtains | Power Cut

No. 27: “Would you even want me, looking like a zombie?” Surgical Scars | X-Ray | Bedside Vigil

No. 28: “I could always see straight through you.” Backstabbing | Constellation | Creative Restraints

No. 29: “I hope you see the sun someday in the darkness.” Fainting | Broken Dishes | Last one Standing

No. 30:  “I’m putting my trust in an entire half-empty glass.” Burn it Down | Mirror | Confrontation

No. 31: “Even with the smallest cuts. You can still lose so much blood.” Bleeding Out | Gunshot Wound | Rescued by the Enemy

Alternatives List:

"A smile so bright, he’s the devil in disguise.”

“I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.”

“If all my days are numbered, why do I keep counting?” 

Concussion

Viral

Suicide

Immortality

Jealousy

Organ Theft

Ziptie

Deal with the Devil

Yearning

Innocent Bystander

Unreality

Soulless

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This is absolutely not hate, but sometimes I look at the whump people write and 🥶🥶🥶

"Here's my fic where [Character] gets visibly scarred and disfigured, loses their job, watches their beloved pet die horribly, and spends 3 years in solitary confinement, and once they finally get rescued by friends they thought had given up on them, they're so broken from their experience that it's going to take years for them recover some level of normalcy and they will never be the same as they were before"

Like I'm glad you're having fun, but even reading that description makes me

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I think villains, absolutely deplorable characters, being sick is great send tweet

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IRL again im suffering

I don't have a fever, but my nose is sneeze-edging me so bad it's giving me chills 😭😭😭 I didn't know that could happen

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CW: IRL, mentions of contagion (LOAD-BEARING COMMA— *not* IRL contagion)

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I have a cold so wet and messy it's making me see the appeal of contagion (which usually squicks me out)

Like FUCK it actually IS the height of intimacy and sweetness to catch someone else's cold 😍 And I mean, this cold is wet and grotesque and dramatic— every sneeze is a spray that soaks right through the tissue and gets my fingers wet. Someone would really have to love me to get anywhere near me.......

Also kind of hot in a dommy/possessive way.... That's right, you caught MY cold. I MARKED you. Now everyone knows you're mine

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Oh girl......

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Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the doorway stumble. You know the one. Where they just happen to stumble near the convenient doorframe? Perfect.

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"are you not feeling well?" met with a wry smile and an evasive admission: "i suggest you keep your distance"

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since the “how sneezy” are you conversation is going on, i want to pose the question “how often do you get sick?”

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The first original post I made on here was recommending a fandom for quantity of sickfics and the second original post I made on here was complaining about whump gif blogs being inundated with wet-eyed pasty white boys

I have always been the same, apparently

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Raaahhh raaahhh I'm going for Whumptober this year I swear to god I am

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Realizing now that I wasn't actually being neurotic about story structure rules before, I was learning the rules, and now I know how to break them òuó

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