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Whump Visual

Whumpee’s mouth falling open after getting injured. Eyes squeezed shut, brows furrowed, subconsciously holding their breath. Time almost seems to slow as they try to process the pain. Finally gasping as the realization and agonizing sensation hits them.

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Whumpee in so much pain from their injuries that as soon as they're given some kind of pain relief they immediately pass out even if it's not a sedative, they've just been so exhausted but unable to sleep because of the pain they were in until it was gone

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New Ask game. Send me one of my fic titles and I’ll tell which was THAT SCENE for that fic.

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Prompt #2649

“If you die on me,” [supervillain] said sweetly, “I’m going to blow up your city and everyone in it. So focus on staying alive for me, won’t you?”

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“How does it feel to know I can kill you any time I want. There may not even be warning, just one second and you’re gone forever. How does it feel to know that I alone decide if you get to see another day?”

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Some good things about injury-based whump

Injuries that are so overwhelming the person can’t focus (esp in a still dangerous situation)

Injuries so painful/severe they cause fainting

Injuries so painful the person pukes

Dizziness/weakness from blood loss

Fresh injuries that keep getting aggravated too much to heal

Old injuries that start acting up

Injuries that looked to be healing but then got infected

Setting/resetting broken bones (especially in a makeshift setting without proper medical supplies or personnel)

Deep bruises that ache to the touch and take weeks to heal

Broken ribs that make it hurt to breathe, especially while you’re running away from danger

Trying to “power through” the pain, only to end up making the injury worse

Someone hurt struggling to take care of someone more hurt

Tasting blood and hoping it’s from a bitten lip and not a lacerated organ

A character concealing an injury they don’t think is that serious until they collapse because it actually is

Lingering weakness or pain even after the main period of recovery

Even better, lingering fear of whatever caused the injury

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fanfic writer ask game that’s definitely not an excuse for shameless self promo

rb if you want to play!

🌗 fluff or angst?

🧑 favorite character to write?

💕 favorite ship to write?

📚 favorite fandom for write for?

🍑 do you/would you write smut?

🥰 fave fic you’ve written?

🏆fic youre most proud of?

💎 fave trope to write?

🌍fave type of au to write?

🍄how do you get yourself in the mood to write?

💡what inspires your fic ideas?

🕶canonverse or au?

📒any fics planned?

🎤fave line in a fic you wrote?

🎁 have a quote from a WIP?

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Reblog this if you're a writeblr and you wouldnt mind:

Random asks about your wips

Being tagged in tag games by people you don't know yet

Strangers complimenting your work

Fellow writeblrs striking up conversations

Interaction with new writeblrs in general

I see so many folks afraid to jump in to the community, so hopefully this post will lay out like a welcome mat for new folks to come say hi :)

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10 and 16 for the writers meta ask!!!

awwww yeah!! thanks Lily!!

10. How would you describe your writing process?

I don’t think I have so much of a writing process. A lot of the time I get inspired by a tidbit of information or an image or even a song and I mull it over in my head. Pretty much I sit down and start writing, and think over the logistics as I’m typing. I’m in no rush, and usually the story makes sense to me the more I write. Lately I’ve been trying to unlearn the whole thing where the whole story unravels when I really think about it and cut anything that weighs it down.

Like I have a general story idea and bits and pieces of information that’s easy to put together. I don’t really sit down and start writing if I don’t have a lot of plot details, because then it’s much harder to piece together. And now I’m usually fine with writing one short fic and if it yields ideas for another chapter or sequel, I tend to do that. It’s helped my mental health and not rushing into writing so much.

With my current fics, pretty much all Tintin related, prompts were often the cause of them. I can get a whole load of motivation for fics and whole periods where I just don’t have it, but I love building off of prompts that allow me to explore stuff I realised I really wanted to look at and didn’t know how to. And the ideas I have now just springboard from those fics and really go places.

Once I get started, then the ball’s really rolling and I just spend my time typing away. I never have an exact plan, but just look at what might make sense to me following a paragraph or line of dialogue which I honestly prefer doing. Being spontaneous can be one of my strengths when it comes to stuff like this, frankly enough.

16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?) 

With fandom, it depends on my hyperfixation. I’m obsessed with Tintin and it really allows me to continue to explore thought processes and understanding. My style doesn’t seem to change though, although I try and cut back on a whole lot of inner thoughts of the characters for clarity and see if I can put them more succinctly.

I also experiment with changing POVs in a fic, which does end up worrying me if I end up confusing readers even when I clarify who is thinking and who is talking. Which doesn’t help when I’m pretty much always writing from the thoughts of male characters. Whilst always being in third person point of view, although at a couple of points I did use second person point of view when I don’t use a canon character because it makes sense this way instead.

I feel my genres are usually the same, mostly because there’s a similar level of angst and drama throughout all of them and I’m personally not good at transitioning to different genres and mainly think about it in terms of how dramatic or angsty I feel would make sense for the story I want to write. I mostly stick to what I know, I guess, and it generally works.

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Fun meta asks for writers

Tell us about your current project(s)  – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?

Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)

Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)

What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?

What character do you have the most fun writing?

What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?

Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?

Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?

How would you describe your writing process?

What do you envy in other writers?

Do you want your writing to be famous?

Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?

At what point in writing do you come up with a title?

Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?

Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)

Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?

Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.

Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)

Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)

Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?

What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?

Would you say your writing has changed over time?

What part of writing is the most fun?

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Fun meta asks for writers

Tell us about your current project(s)  – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?

Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)

Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)

What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?

What character do you have the most fun writing?

What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?

Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?

Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?

How would you describe your writing process?

What do you envy in other writers?

Do you want your writing to be famous?

Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?

At what point in writing do you come up with a title?

Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?

Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)

Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?

Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.

Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)

Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)

Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?

What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?

Would you say your writing has changed over time?

What part of writing is the most fun?

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Reblog if you are a fic writer who welcomes moodboards, playlists, remixes, art and any other type of gift based on your stories.

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Whump Blog Ask Meme

What are your favorite whump tropes?

Do you prefer illness whump or injury whump?

Do you prefer whump in the form of writing or visual media?

Do you prefer physical whump or emotional/psychological whump?

Who is your favorite whumpee?

What are the traits of your ideal whumpee?

What are the traits of your ideal whumper?

What are the traits of your ideal caregiver?

Which archetype do you identify with the most: the whumpee, the whumper, or the caregiver?

When did you first realize you were into whump?

How and when did you discover the whump community?

Why do you love whump?

Have you ever felt insecure because you enjoy whump? How did you overcome that insecurity?

What are your least favorite whump tropes?

Are you interested in any niche whump genres, such as fem!whump or non-human whump?

Do you have any whump media recommendations (whump blogs, books, movies, etc.)?

When was the last time you got the whumperflies?

What whump content are you currently craving?

Who are your favorite whump bloggers? Tag them!

How are you doing today, buddy?

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It seemed like any normal day; well, not normal by Tintin’s standards, but generally calmer. He’d been so focused on just sitting at his desk with the newspaper during the late morning, though of course aware that Snowy was curled up asleep on the bed behind him. It was peaceful, the main sounds being his little white dog whining contentedly during his dreams, any footsteps of either the captain or Nestor outside his door and the sound of the wind through the autumnal trees just beyond his window.

He probably wasn’t aware of his own breathing, eyes scanning too busily along the newsprint for any important information and flicking the pages away to notice. It was most likely his lack of sleep - he was so restless during the night and getting up at god knows what hour to pace nervously in his room (he didn’t want to accidentally wake anyone up and worry them; he was used to doing that) - but he felt himself blinking more, squinting to see the words properly as he noticed his vision fading slightly. He sat up against the chair, heart beating a little too fast in his chest.

He heard the little steps of Snowy on the wooden floor, having woken up and gently bounded off the bed to trot up next to him. He was yawning, stretching his body out and shaking his head before sitting and looking up at him with his shiny black eyes.

Tintin smiled down at him, and Snowy leaned into the touch as he scratched the top of his head and behind his ears, letting out a pleasant whine in the process. Maybe it was just the lack of sleep, he thought. A focus too much on one mystery to the next. He didn’t know how to relax, to be completely honest with himself.

He moved his hands to the desk in front of him, getting up to push his chair back. He felt unsteady on his feet as he stood up, blinking rapidly and leaning heavily against the desk in front of him. It was just exhaustion, right? Lack of sleep can cause stress and anxiety and he was just letting it get the better of him. No need to worry anyone else.

He would’ve usually shrugged this off if it wasn’t for the night before, but he sighed, nonetheless turning to walk off this feeling. He was hardly one to give up at the first hurdle considering what he did.

Snowy was walking around his feet, looking up at him with concern in his black eyes. Dogs were usually able to sense before anyone else that something was wrong and Snowy was no exception to this rule. In fact, he was probably more perceptive than most dogs, as far as Tintin was aware. Even if he could sense something though, Tintin wasn’t willing to admit weakness even if it was obvious. His brain was always whirring with new ideas about what to do and how to solve things. He didn’t often let himself rest until he’d had it figured out.

He stopped a few feet from his desk, putting a hand against his head, blinking dazily again as he felt an ache arise in his head and hissed. He forgot how little he had eaten recently, seeming to be running mainly on cups of tea and too focused on his work to even think about anything else. His legs were not feeling as solid as they used to - probably from sitting in his chair most days - and he’d been too focused to even think about his breathing.

It’s just a panic attack, he thought. He was far too used to these to think it was anything else - not like he wanted to anyway - and he wasn’t about to. They happened, he dealt with them, and moved on. Nothing like he couldn’t handle.

Nothing like he couldn’t predict, he thought, not anticipating his stumble as he took a couple of steps forward. He didn’t anticipate not being able to catch good ground, vision swimming, body swaying, momentarily feeling lighter than air. He could handle this, couldn’t he? He’d felt far worse from people who wanted him dead and managed to survive. Even if his breath felt like it left his body, feeling the usual sensation of the floor rushing up to meet him, even if---

He certainly didn’t anticipate the wooden bedpost in front of him, an almost indistinguishable object in his blurred vision as he uncontrollably fell headfirst with a painfully sharp thud against it, before he felt the usual darkness surround him before he even hit the floor.

Nothing he couldn’t handle. He’d be fine. Nothing to worry the captain about, or his own dog, unawares that the poor thing was barking up a storm at the door after scurrying away just before that moment. Everything else seemed drowned out, almost peaceful. So, getting up was the biggest problem of his with this, right?

Just another normal day, after all.

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👀 (I can also send it in the other blog if you prefer skjdjs)

no, it’s cool!! tbh i move stuff between blogs, it’s just this where i publish any writing!!

also it’s not so much of a snippet but it all makes sense for me to post all of this; this was based on the prompt i wanted to do of Tintin being stuck in a burning building (i will eventually post this one day i swear):

“He tried to sit up, scraping his shoes against the floorboards and tasting and smelling nothing but the sourness of the air in his effort and feeling nothing but the heavy warmth that began to press in on him. The air started to become heavier with what appeared to be smoke and out of the corner Tintin felt a rising panic when he caught a glimpse of a burning golden light in an outline of the smoke, silhouettes dancing on the wall as wood charred and wallpaper immediately curled up and turned black in its presence.

This house was going to burn down with him inside it and it hit him, even in the most vague of notions as he felt the suffocating heat and smoke on and around him like a heavy weight, that he was in the house he’d been looking around in. The owners had probably followed him and dragged him back, able to dispose of him and the evidence all at once. It appeared the house and himself were both surplus to requirements.”