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hi! love your blog!! hope you’re doing well! :)

AAAA THANK YOU MY BLOG LOVES YOU TOO

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My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

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LOVE that first one

Whumpee that is not conditioned at all

Content: captivity, threats, knife

"I'll never talk--" sees what interrogator brought-- "you--what the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"what are you doing with--Don't --don't hit me with that!"

Captor presses a knife to inside of captive's arm as captive has their hands tied above their head, helpless. A whispered "...what?" As captive stares at captor.

"...Please tell me," captive pants, "this is just some horrible, sick, stupid joke!"

Domestic whump with "untrained" victim, Punched in the face. "OH, fuckh--that was NOT COOL."

"'Defiance'?" Whumpee laughs. "For this to be defiant, you'd have to have authority over me."

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Whumpee with a gag and bound hands, gasping on the floor as they try to breathe through the pain after Whumper's henchmen beat them up.

Whumper grabbing their chin and lifting their head, forcing them to meet their eyes.

"Had enough?"

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how long would your ocs last in a police interview before they admit to "it"?

(bonus: what is "it"?)

-🎠

Alec isn't falling for your tricks

He's not admitting to shit. He's just going to hang out and play drums with pencils on the table and count down the 72 hour holding limit. Out loud.

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Hi! I've been reading your stories for a while and just wanted to say I really love your writing!! It's so descriptive and your prose is just gorgeous! I hope you've been doing well!

Awww thank you!!! I'm so glad you like it!

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Alsjdjjfjfkfjfk oh my GODSSSS

You can throw any three whumpy elements together and say “do you see the vision?” after it.

Eg:

Knife. Concrete room. Whimpering. Do you see the vision?

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THIS

This

Yes this

The ONLY thing censoring does on tumblr (unless you’re running a porn blog or something far more violent than the whump community, I guess) is keep people from being able to filter tags!!!

You can talk about most things on tumblr. It’s not TikTok. It’s not going to flag or ban you for saying kill or die or sex or suicide.

What WILL happen is I will have to keep adding continually add the same tag in a million different spellings to my filtered list after getting triggered again and again and again to try to have a safe dashboard. For some things or people it might not seem to matter, but for the love of all things good do not post unsafe content without proper tagging. It does matter to someone.

Tag your shit.

Absolitely WiLd take here but censoring words on tumblr, especially in the tags, does more harm to the people you're trying to protect than just writing it out.

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You can throw any three whumpy elements together and say “do you see the vision?” after it.

Eg:

Knife. Concrete room. Whimpering. Do you see the vision?

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I almost did shorter hair before realizing my hair is actually closer to this length now than the others!?!? How exciting is that!!! (Chopped my hair ALL the way off last March and hated it so much)

Tagginggggg hmm

@whumpberry-cookie @distinctlywhumpthing @whumpasaurus101 @suspicious-whumping-egg

I was tagged by @potatosalamisandwich to do this picrew! Thanks for the tag!

Tagging @differenceenginegirl, @rose-margaritas, @chickiefoo

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SCREAMING

SCREAMINGGGGGGGGGGGG

AAAAAA

Showstopper is Out Now!

Showstopper by Rae Ellis aka @painsandconfusion is now available!

Darian Shah is an FBI agent in the Behavioral Analysis Unit who has been tasked with tracking down a prolific serial killer. The killer, nicknamed “Showstopper,” makes videos of each victim’s death. As Darian analyzes this killer through the videos they leave, he finds himself drawn further and further into infatuation, then obsession. Show is a criminal, but they’re a criminal with style. And it turns out that Show has an obsession of their own. It’s a game of cat and mouse, but who exactly is the mouse?

This is the seventh book in the 12 Months of Whump series. Each month in 2025, look out for a new whumpy book!

Both the paperback and ebook are available now! You can grab a copy here.

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Posts that read like 50k notes

yesterday i had to summon my doctor's personal notes from a few years ago to give to my new one and awww 🥰😍

I should put this screenshot as my LinkedIn header

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Whump fact: It’s hard to scream after being stabbed in the torso. Especially immediately. Most people just grunt, hiss, or go silent if it’s a bad one. Sieze up as their bodies process the pain and damage. Big inhales are BAD.

Have you ever had an abdominal surgery? Do you feel like inhaling deeply with those stitches? Then you definitely don’t want to when there’s a blade actively inside you.

Instinct is not foolproof aha some people may cry out (especially if it’s strained and short), but the vast majority of people will be nearly silent.

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“Screaming crying throwing up” is cute and all, but it’s actually kinda accurate?

Ever cry so hard you puke? That your sobs come out louder and louder until you realize you’re screaming because it feels like something is escaping your chest?

The two go hand in hand but it takes a lot to get to that point.

Anyway make your whumpee cry *that* hard. I wanna see.

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[IM SO SORRY ANON I DELETED THE ASK INSTEAD OF ANSWERING IT. AAAA IM SORRY]

The question was just how I’m doing lately.

I’m sorry I don’t have better news 😅

I dislocated my hip last week and since I have a job where I’m on my feet for eight hours, it’s kinda been hell. Then my car broke down. Soooo walking to work during mega heatwave on BAD hip and having to cancel a lot of stuff because no car. Aaaaaand then storm knocked a lot of trees into the road so mechanic can’t even get to my car to fix it.

It’s kinda been hell these past few weeks tbh but I’m doing well with it, very much enjoying new mattress and snuggly sleep, and having a GREAT time with current video game updates. And I borrowed a cane which helps a TON when I’m not actively working.

Oh! And. Showstopper comes out in like a week! Psyched for that!

Sooooo struggling, but doing well mentally?

Thank you for asking! I appreciate you!

How are you, nonny?

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Dawhhh

Can you recommend some of your favorite whump blogs?

Yes!

@befuddled-calico-whump

@oliversrarebooks

@jumpywhumpywriter

@whumblr

@painsthegame

@painsandconfusion

@whumpanini

@whumpandangst

@softvampirewhump

This is everyone that pops immediately to mind but honestly anybody I reblog from is awesome tooo!

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REBLOG IF YOU THINK CLINICAL PSYCHOPATHS DESERVE FRIENDS AND KISSES

Me playing with a pair of clinically psychopathic OCs like little dolls: "And then they were FRIENDS! And they KISSED!"