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little freaks.....

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Whumper needing to travel by plane so they restrain Whumpee by tying them up and locking them in a dog cage. Maybe giving them a low/high level of sedation while they’re at it.

By angrylittleghostinacup

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Open wound care, a writing guide

To start—

This is based on my own experience getting treatment post-surgery and will therefore be very subjective, as well as case-specific. This is not medical advice, though I will touch on medical topics and explain everything as well as I am capable of.

The Wound

Depth and width

The depth and width of the wound will, separately, affect the given treatment and therefore the related sensations your characters experiences. The basic types of wounds, no matter the cause, are:

Wide and deep

Narrow and deep

Wide and shallow

Narrow and shallow

These are sorted by longest to shortest healing time. The more tissue that needs to be regenerated, the longer the healing process will take. This guide primarily deals with the treatment of deep wounds.

The edges

Similarly, the edges of your character's wound will affect the healing strategy and speed. There are, ignoring specifics, two primary types of wound edges:

Frayed

Straight

Frayed, or uneven, edges usually imply larger damage to the tissue and may be caused by any kind of ripping, including bullets, but also scraping or blades with non-smooth cutting edges. Straight edges usually, but not always, imply lesser damage and may be caused by any kind of cutting (and some rather rare cases of shooting). Straight edges are usually easier to heal because they are easier to "piece together" and tend to be easier to clean.

The sensation

The exact sensations your character experiences will depend heavily on the wound itself, as well as the care, or lack thereof, they may experience. The following is a list of some sensations they may experience:

Pressure, especially applicable to deep wounds that are being "stuffed" to avoid/catch bleeding (wound tamponade); feels dull and heavy, sensation shifts according to the movement of the body, but is overall relatively consistent; comparable to the pressure in one's sinuses during a cold, but very localized.

Phantom bruising (and real bruising), especially around the edges of the wound; can be a very large area of phantom bruising, where there is nothing visibly "wrong" with the skin, but the tissue is still sensitive and may feel somewhat warm; feels exactly like a fresh bruise.

Pinching or "biting" sensations, again especially around the edges; feels sharp and precise and often only lasts for a few seconds, usually "moves around" rather than being just one specific spot; comparable pricking one's finger with a needle or getting pinched by fingernails.

"Pins and needles", especially after a period of inactivity of the affected body part; feels very similar to a limb that has fallen asleep, but sharper where the actual wound is; more likely if pressure is being put on the wound, by a tight bandage or the character lying down on it.

Stiffness followed by phantom (or real) tearing, again after periods of inactivity, often accompanied by an aching numbness; feels like the sensation of stiff bones after a long car ride, but applied to skin, can be accompanied by a sense of dryness, followed by a sharp sensation that shoots out towards the spine; phantom tearing may feel similar to the sensation of breaking an old, dried leaf between one's fingers and can be very startling if the wound is out of sight and therefore cannot be checked.

Warmth; can be a sign of infection past a certain point, but a lot of wounds feel faintly warm because of the energy the body is spending trying to repair the tissue.

Nothing at all, at least while the wound is being left alone; if the wound is in a place where there is nothing messing with it, nothing touching it from the outside or inside (see: "stuffing" to avoid bleeding), then it's completely possible that even a deep and wide wound may be mostly painless for some time; though any kind of touch will certainly remind your character that it exists.

The Wound Care

The methods of wound care primarily depend on the depth and width of your character's wound and not every wound can be sewn up. Especially deep wounds may not get sewn, since there is a chance of creating a "wound chamber" by closing the surface, where the the surface heals shut while a hole in the tissue remains within the body. Such a wound chamber can then easily develop infections or abscesses. Therefore, deep wounds may be kept open to slowly heal from the "bottom up".

Healing a deep wound properly is a very long process and can take many months. Under normal circumstances, an average adult can be expected to heal between 1-4cm of each depth and width per month, depending on the exact care given.

Cleaning the wound

In a medical setting, this should be done with sterile saline solution or a special wound cleaning solution that may also include antibiotics or antiseptics, but can also be done with "regular" water, though this ups the risk of infection and may draw out the healing process; the liquid is usually pushed into the wound with a needleless syringe or a similar applicator rather than "just" pouring liquid in and around the wound, with the liquid then being dabbed away with cotton balls; the liquid used to clean the wound will be room-temperatured, and with wounds being a bit warmer as well, the liquid will usually feel uncomfortably cold; additionally, the character may experience burning sensations and pressure sensations, especially when the liquid is initially applied.

When using cotton balls (or anything similar) to remove both the cleaning solution and blood from the wound (and there will always be bleeding during a bandage change), your character may experience a repeated, very painful ripping sensation from the material touching the edges of the wound. Additionally, your character may notice one or two points of pressure, which feel painful and hard, but without a temperature sensation, if tweezers are being used to hold the cotton ball. These tweezers will usually be very dull and made of plastic, but are still noticeable to the person getting treated, even if the wound is wide enough for the tweezers not to touch it; pressing the cotton balls down to soak up any liquid is enough to make them noticeable.

"Stuffing" the wound (wound tamponade)

Stuffing the wound, which means filling it with sterile material, like gauze, that is intended to soak up blood while keeping the wound open and is usually done before applying a bigger bandage or bandaid to the surface, is very, very painful.

Removing the previous material causes a painful ripping and tearing sensation comparable to singular body hairs being ripped out one by one, which can also be accompanied by sharp pressure if tools like tweezers are used to remove the material. The material will often have slightly fused with the edges of the wound, be it through healing or through the drying of the blood, which makes the process as painful as it is. In addition, this means that removing the material will (almost) always cause the wound to bleed again, even if there was no active bleeding before the bandage change. Changing the bandages more often (once a day or more) will lessen this effect to some degree, but it will still be painful; waiting longer between bandage changes will increase both the pain and the bleeding, as well as the risk of infection.

Reapplying the material is similarly painful, if not moreso. The exact sensation depends on the "stuffing material" (light vs dense material), but the process is generally overwhelmingly painful, as the wound is being pushed further open than it may be in its relaxed state to ensure that it will heal correctly. This causes an extreme burning and pressure sensation that can take an hour or longer to get better without painkillers.

Bandaging the wound

No matter if you are using a large bandaid or a bandage, the surface level treatment is usually the least painful; this does not mean that it's not painful, though.

The application of a bandage itself will rarely be painful, at least, and will oftentimes feel faintly warm with each layer that is applied. Still, while being gentler on the wound, bandages have a high chance of sticking to the wound and especially the edges of the wound through blood, and if the bandage itself isn't sticking to the wound, the gauze used certainly is. Even if the bandage/gauze is wetted before removing it from the wound to make the removal easier, it will still be painful and cause a tearing sensation that can leave a feeling of cold burning.

Bandaids, especially at a large scale, are painful to remove and painful to apply. They may be more secure than a bandage, but during the application, the caretaker will usually need to apply some tension to the wound, especially to align the edges correctly to avoid the wound healing crooked or uneven. This will leave the wound with a burning feeling for some time after the application, even if the edges are being kept apart. The removal is no easier, especially due to mammals' unfortunate habit of having body hair in combination with the skin around an open wound being generally sensitive. The entire area that the bandage has covered will at least temporarily feel extra sensitive and may even feel faintly scraped open, though actual damage from bandaids is very rare.

Affects on the Body

Beyond what has already been mentioned, here are some further side effects of the wound and especially the care thereof that your character may experience:

Extreme tension due to pain; the muscles of the body automatically tense up when we experience pain, sometimes to the point of cramping and lingering stiffness; if your character is being treated while lying down, it is completely possible that their limbs may stiffen to the point of moving off the surface they are lying on.

Shaking, again due to pain; tends to accompany previous tension, but can also be caused by fear/anxiety or pain on its own.

Weakness in one or more limbs; this one somewhat depends on the location of the wound, but especially torso wounds will often take a toll on the nearest limb, which may be weak and/or shaky, especially after a bandage change; for legs, your character may need the help of another person or mobility aid to be able to walk securely, for arms, they may not be able to hold or lift things for a period of time. If this weakness isn't permanent and, for example, triggered by the bandage changes, it will usually last over an hour.

Soreness in the general location of the wound; can result in the already mentioned phantom bruises, but can also affect muscles and even bones, leaving rather large areas of the body to feel painful and difficult to use.

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Love it when caretaker is the one pleading.

“Look at me. Please, please, look at me. No, don’t close your eyes.”

“You need to sleep. Look, we can deal with it tomorrow, just take a nap. Please, I’m asking, for me, just go to sleep.”

“Alright, I’ll do it! I’ll do what you want, just— just don’t hurt them.”

“Get away from them. Leave them alone, they can’t take anymore, please—”

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Whump community Reblog if you hate AI

it ruins the whole point of art

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Whumpees with OCD

Please be aware some of these might actually be triggering for OCD-havers, I would know.

Basically any kind of contamination OCD is gonna be hell for most whump scenarios

In a dingy dungeon? Check. In another person's home? Check.

Basically any place short of a surgical suite or an environment Whumpee can't be in control of

Imagine Whumpee being restrained and unable to carry out their compulsions

They haven't been able to bathe for WEEKS

They can feel the dirt on their skin, in their pores, dried sweat they couldn't wash off, old blood caked on their clothes, etc

Developing new compulsions like running their tongue along their teeth because they can FEEL how badly the plaque buildup is wrecking havoc

Infected wounds because they weren't properly cared for while Whumpee had to sit and watch this happen despite wanting to do anything to remedy it

When they're finally rescued and can shower again, scrubbing themselves too vigorously and causing more damage

Ruminating OCD with any kind of solitude, darkness, in the aftermath of embarrassment, etc

Having to sit with those spiraling thoughts and having no outside stimuli to stop them

Just

Whumpees with OCD

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sickfic writers. give your whumpees a dry cough.

dry cough will cause:

headaches

throat pain

sternum pain

back pain

rib pain

it will make the following actions hurt:

coughing (obviously)

laughing

bending over

deep breaths

suppressing the cough

if your whumpee has had a shoulder injury, either past or present, their shoulder WILL HURT WITH EACH COUGH.

sincerely, someone with a dry cough

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Another (Very angsty) screencap redraw.

Also thoughts on the textured brushed/watercolour texture on the bg because I can't decide if I like it or not

(Sketch below the cut)

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don’t imagine crowley singing “on my own” from les mierables after the ineffable divorce i’m crying

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grantaire who is lonely. grantaire who has been scorned and rebutted all his life, whether by his appearance or his attitude. grantaire who was the butt of every joke and took it all with a grin. grantaire who is dreadfully lonely. grantaire who goes home to no one. grantaire who wakes up to nothing the next day. grantaire who feels he deserves each ignored letter and denial for company. grantaire who is told he is good for nothing.

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I got a les mis prompt for you! Enjolras is sick and doesn't want to tell his friends worried of being a burden to them. He tries to hide all his symptoms till he collapses during a meeting or rally and everyone is worried thinking he is dying or something. Turns out the illness isn't serious but he collapsed from dehydration mixed with exhaustion so he needs medicine, fluids and rest they have a group movie night/sleepover at his apartment to make sure he is okay and following instructions

(I love writing Enjolras so much!!! Have some more of my golden sun..who I also hurt a lot sorry lol..this got real angsty reaaal quick.)

Enjolras couldn’t always be their fierce, indestructible leader.

In fact, he thought himself as anything but that. He wasn’t their perfect, glowing icon, as much as he wished he could be. He wanted to be that for everyone, wanted to be this beacon of hope for his friends but he just wasn’t. Sometimes his friends forgot that pristine marble statues could break.

He had his down days. He had days where he just felt blue.

There were days Enjolras couldn’t find the heart to speak to anyone and withdrew away from everyone. He’d feel so exhausted and down for no particular reason. He’d just feel sad and dull and grey.

Sometimes Enjolras just felt so blue he’d feel detached from himself. He’d walk around in a derealised, abstract like world in a feverish like haze and let the world go by and he couldn’t even process anything. Nothing felt real. He’d forgot about himself, neglect himself and try to stay up later and keep working to try and feel, try and force himself to feel alive.

He wouldn’t go to bed, and when he did he would lay awake for a long period of time lost in his own thoughts and feeling anxious. He’d forget to drink and eat, feeling so lost and distracted that he just forgot.

At some point during all the late, sleepless nights and his lack of self care, the weird faux feverish haze he’d be experiencing actually became a feverish haze.

When he woke up with a splitting headache he knew he had taken ill, but there was no way Enjolras was going to tell anyone that he had.

They were only days before their rally, and they were truly hectic days. Everyone was busy and stressed trying to organise things and making sure everything was okay. Enjolras beyond proud of his amazing friends, and could not find the heart to burden their shoulders any more. It was a fever, he was going to be okay.

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How are you on this fine Barricade Day?

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Someone used to cradle them and kiss them when they cried

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𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮?

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓵?

This is a pose I saw on Pinterest

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Its uh not barricade day but i uh this just came out

Once again im very sorry @killoriginality

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It’s barricade day and I just couldn’t help myself-

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Tumblr: wasn't barricade day yesterday?

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