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LAWMAN WHUMP LIST

DESCRIPTION: This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing - IMBD / WIKIPEDIA

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~ MARSHAL DAN TROOP portrayed by JOHN RUSSELL ~

1x04: Hit in the face with a branch, knocked down. 

1x16: Mauled by a bear, bloody, unconscious, bandaged up, weak, cared for, collapse, arm in sling. 

1x19: Shot in the shoulder with an arrow, bleeding, struggle, kicked in the shoulder, manhandled, collapse, unconscious, arm in sling. 

1x24: Punched in the face, brief fight. 

1x26: Shot in the arm. 

1x30: Manhandled, punched in the stomach, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

1x35: Falls off horse, sick, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported, cared for. 

2x02: Punched in the face, fight. 

2x11: Hand bandaged. 

2x12: Tied up, slapped, fight.

2x16: Falls off horse, steps in a wolf trap, pain, limping, knocked down, beaten. 

2x20: Bit on the leg by a child. 

2x30: Shot in the shoulder, knocked down, passed out, unconscious, medical care, bandaged. 

2x32: Shot in shoulder, knocked off horse, unconscious, medical care, bandaged. 

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up. 

3x07: Shot in the hand, bloody, hand bandaged. 

3x08: Punched in the face, exhausted, knocked unconscious, manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, collared/chained up. 

3x10: Fight, bloody, supported. 

3x15: Shot in the shoulder, passed out, unconscious, bandaged. 

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled. 

3x19: Knocked unconscious. 

3x21: Shot in the hand, hand bandaged. 

3x30: Shot in the arm, arm in sling. 

4x02: Shot in the arm. 

4x03: Shot in the arm. 

4x07: Falls into a hole. 

4x08: Knocked unconscious. 

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.

~ DEPUTY JOHNNY MCKAY portrayed by PETER BROWN ~

1x06: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, stumbling around, supported, headache. 

1x07: Knocked unconscious, bloody, head bandaged, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported.  

1x15: Smoke inhalation, coughing.   

1x27: Manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

1x38: Manhandled, held hostage, tied up. 

2x03: Wagon crash, shackled to a prisoner, rough fight, held at gunpoint, slapped repeatedly. 

2x06: Shot in the arm, arm bandaged. 

2x08: Punched in the face, fight.  

2x12: Manhandled, held at gunpoint, tied up, kicked, fight. 

2x20: Shot in the arm, knocked unconscious, arm in sling. 

2x22: Thrown from horse, sore, weak, passed out, unconscious. 

2x24: Shot, bullet grazes head, unconscious, bloody head wound, weak/fading in and out of consciousness, cared for.

2x26: Knocked unconscious.

2x37: Shot in the shoulder, weak, supported, passed out, unconscious, carried, medical care, arm in a sling. 

3x02: Knocked unconscious, manhandled, kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, head bandaged, weak, dizzy, passed out, carried, unsteady. 

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up. 

3x10: Beaten. 

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up, gagged, dizzy, unsteady. 

3x21: Manhandled. 

3x29: Knocked unconscious, manhandled. 

4x05: Knocked off horse, briefly unconscious. 

4x11: Punched in the face. 

4x16: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, tied up, manhandled. 

4x20: Briefly knocked unconscious, held at gunpoint, handcuffed. 

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair. 

4x28: Brief fight, thrown into Troop. 

4x36: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

4x39: Knocked unconscious, falls off horse, manhandled, handcuffed to a tree. 

4x40: Kidnapped, tied up, gagged. 

~ HONOURABLE MENTIONS & WHAT-THE-WHUMP COMMENTARY ~

1x27: Johnny pretends his head still hurts to get the doctor out of the saloon and the doc drunkly checks out his head.

1x37: Prisoner smacks a cup of coffee out of Johnny's hand, he looks real upset about it and Troop grabs Johnny's arm to check him out real quick. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 1. 

2x24: Johnny gets shot in the head, only a little don't even worry about it. When Troop goes to check on him he holds him and checks out his head while Johnny's lowkey passing out every few seconds. 

3x02: Johnny x Concussions OTP. Johnny is kidnapped along with Lily, he spends majority of the episode majorly concussed. 

3x13: Johnny falls asleep in a chair and falls out of it. Johnny also gets spooked and spills his coffee on his hand. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee part 2. 

3x39: Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 3

4x16: On the Lawman Wikipedia page there's a picture of Johnny being manhandled and held at gunpoint that comes from this episode.

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“Hey, don’t look at it. Don’t look over there, it’s okay. It’s okay, just keep looking at me. I’m right here, just focus on me…keep your breathing even.”

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there’s something about hands:

• splayed flat over someone’s chest, a warm, grounding anchor. “easy. easy. lay still.”

• knuckles raked across a sternum. “come on back now… that’s it. there you are. deep breaths for me.”

• the vulnerability of uncovering a painful wound to let someone else inspect it. “i promise i’ll be really gentle, but i have to take a look.”

• gently frantic. “oh my god. is that blood? is all of that yours?”

• A held captive, strung up to the rafters by their wrists. B finally rushes in, clutches A’s face in their hands, tips their chin up. desperately searches for any hint of awareness. “A. A, look at me. please look at me. i need a medic over here!”

• B’s cool hand pressed against A’s fever-hot forehead. bonus points if they cup the back of A’s head with the other hand at the same time. A closes their eyes and leans into the touch ever so slightly.

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Absolutely a sucker for the “ARE YOU HURT” once over. The wandering hands, frantically checking for blood or pain just SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED of what they might find while searching. The panicked look on the face of the person doing the checking, the glossy, confused “I’m fine” from the person being checked. HOO BOY just inject that shit right into my veins

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Fr like "oh I wouldn't want to weird them out"

Bitch, I'm writing about a existentially confused fugitive who knows nothing about caring for a child and everything about one very specific soap opera, being forced to babysit a kidnapped child. In space.

And you clicked on my story after reading that summary.

We are equally weird.

We are made of the same stardust.

We all have the weirdness within.

Normalize leaving unhinged comments on ao3 fics you like. I'm tired of being the only one brave enough to write "I am chewing on this fic" in the comment section. Be weird. Authors will love you for it

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I don’t care about the murderbot diaries.

Buys over 100$ worth of hardcover books for the first time in years

I’m serious. I really couldn’t care less about a stupid Sec-Unit.

Starts audio book for the nth time

And its “relationship” with an asshole research transport.

Purchases Sanctuary Moon shirt

And their stupid obsession with media and keeping their humans safe.

Opens AO3

Honestly. The worst book I’ve ever read.

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Indestructible characters breaking, my beloved

Give me the "indestructible" character needing medical attention! *cough* MurderBot *cough* They're so unused to pain that when they finally do take a hit that's powerful enough to make them stagger, the whole world tilts on it's damned axis. And of course that leads to further damage, because they're not able to give 100% to the fight. Their reflexes are slower, their endurance draining as steadily as the blood leaking from their body. They should be able to run faster than this, should be able to carry heavier loads, should have steadier aim. They shouldn't be out of breath - shouldn't be sweating - shouldn't feel like their heart was about to collapse in on itself.

And then - then their team rallies. Their vulnerable, soft friends that need to wear stronger armor - armor that makes them slower than they already are. Suddenly gravity is less of a challenge, and they realize (too slowly) that it's because a teammate is on either side of them, helping them remain upright. It doesn't matter how much they demand to know why they're out from cover. No matter how furiously they order their team to fall back, it's as if their orders fall on deaf ears. Either with strength in numbers or sheer luck, the team manages to fend off whatever enemy they were facing long enough to retreat.

Where the indestructible character could have easily carried one of them alone, it takes two teammates just to help them limp to safety. But their feet are too heavy and their head is too light. One of their legs isn't working right and there's a strange tightness in their chest. Something sharp keeps biting into their back and the fabric of their undershirt clings to their skin in too many places. Maybe they stumble, or outright collapse. A third teammate steps in to help carry them. Even then, they need to take turns. By the time they reach relative safety, their healthy complexion has gone ashen.

And it's so, so foreign to be the one at the center of attention. The medic(s) had never worked on them before. They had never had so many hands on them at once, not like this - and certainly not out of concern or urgency. Hands patting their face, stripping armor away, checking their pulse and applying pressure. Their cheeks were damp with a saltiness they could only associate with sweat or blood - certainly not tears. And they still couldn't catch their breath.

All at once, sensation comes crashing into their awareness. And it hurts - it hurts. They grit their teeth against the roar of pain that rises within their chest, but it escapes anyway. More hands clamber to grab ahold of them, only just managing to keep them still. But the pain is still there. Blinding. Nauseating. So powerful that they don't even register the tearful pleas to open their eyes, to 'look at me,' to breathe, to stay awake, to just hold on a little longer. Look at me. Look at me!

This was wrong. They shouldn't be the one being cared for. They shouldn't be surrounded by a blur of familiar faces. They didn't need protecting. They shouldn't be at the center of this guarded circle - shouldn't be guarded by small, vulnerable people. They did the caring. They provided strength when it was needed. They protected. They guarded. They... they had failed.

Give me an indestructible character that, when they break, they shatter.

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Don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion or whatever but if the whump leads to death then it isn’t whump anymore

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When I tell you that I'm so excited for the whump potential Novacaine (2025) has??????

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you know what? Fuck you. *turns your strong and stoic and serious character into a crying, traumatized, whimpering, curled up mess in the floor*

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you really can write whatever you want

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"Mn..." + Caretaker

"Hey, eyes open. Eyes open."

"You're awake, aren't you? It's good to see you."

"Been awhile. You've got painkillers coming your way, but let's drink some water first, okay?"

"Shh, I know it hurts, I'm sorry."

"Just breathe with me. It'll be over soon."

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A character who tries, and fails, to get up but genuinely does not seem to realize they're incapable of it or is confused as to why they're back on the ground or still on the bed and just keeps trying and getting nowhere, whether in the midst of delirium or so deep in shock or stupifyingly exhausted that they simply cannot grasp their current inability and so keep on trying, heedless of any further mischief they may be doing themself.

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So you know when you're writing a scene where the hero is carrying an injured person and you realize you've never been in this situation and have no idea how accurate the method of transportation actually is?

Oh boy, do I have a valuable resource for you!

Here is a PDF of the best ways to carry people depending on the situation and how conscious the injured person needs to be for the carrying position.

Literally a life saver.

(No pun intended.)

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I hope all the whump blogs that have been inactive a while, the ones who are too busy or tired to share new stuff, the ones who feel guilting for not posting as much as they used to, the ones who are nervous about posting their own art/fic, the ones who are experiencing a creative block, the ones who are unsure if they should share their creativity, are all having a lovely day

💜💜💜

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Whump Prompt 146

Write something using this line of dialogue:

“We need to get you out of here…so close now, just hold on a little long—whumpee?”

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Bathing in Whump

Ooo the vulnerability! The intimacy!

-Carefully positioning Whumpee in the bathtub to prevent their casts from getting wet.

-Helping Whumpee get in/out of their clothes before or after a bath if they're too beaten up.

-Blood being washed away, revealing huge bruises and scrapes.

-Caretaker carefully carding their hands through Whumpee's hair, washing out all of the dirt and blood.

-Bathwater stained pink from rehydrated blood.

-A sponge bath for a bed bound/unconscious Whumpee.

-Whumper forcing Whumpee to bathe in ice water, not allowing them to get out until they're suitably clean.

-Whumpee obsessively scrubbing their skin raw, desperate to get everything off of them.

-Soap stinging the small cuts on Whumpee's knees and elbows, the already inflamed skin becoming even more painful.

-Whumpee being so tired they almost fall asleep in the bath.

-On the Run Whumpee having to bathe in unclean river water.

-Sick Whumpee having to take a cool bath to break their fever, shivering all the while.

-The implicit trust and nonsexual intimacy of allowing someone to help you bathe, love it!