A Side Of Whump And Hurt Comfort

My main is genuineformality, but this is where I stash the whumpy stuff I want to find again. Absolute crone (they/she) of the tumblr set.

[genuinehc]

Intro Post

Hello! A very quick about the author:

I am a 40+ yr.o. fanfic writer and reader who has recently returned to fandom spaces after more than a decade of pursuing other nerdy interests. I created this sideblog to stash my whumpy stuff (a word that literally did not exist when I was last writing), but I'm delighted that there are so many people who are enjoyers of this specific thing, because boy howdy am I in that camp.

My main fandoms at present are Six of Crows and Arcane, but I'm an equal opportunity fic writer and consumer, where the main criteria of interest are morally grey, emotionally and physically broken people and canon world building that hints at, but never fully realizes its potential.

I follow from @genuineformality, where I reblog with no particular rhyme or reason except that I enjoy it and/or have thoughts about it.

You can find me and my fan work on AO3 at genuineformality, where the bulk of my work is self-indulgent, often at least whump-adjacent, and of dubious interest to anyone who lives outside of my head.

[stjohnstarling]

C'mere. Listen. There are people out there whose sheer inability to write would dazzle you - lots of them - whose writing is so bad partly because they are so stunningly confident in their own ability that they have never even for a second questioned whether it's possible for them to improve.

These writers are indescribably better equipped to succeed - success, here, being gaining a readership and possibly an income - than writers who spend any amount of of time thinking critically about their skills and improving at their craft, simply because they're prepared at all times to promote their astonishingly bad writing.

This is the actual yard stick you're being measured against in the real world, not whatever standard you're holding yourself to in your head. You can't writhe around in fear of people judging you while the world lavishes that guy with attention and money.

[intronaeternum]

I find it hard to enjoy lab whump without whole worldbuilding to back it up because my brain can't do suspension of believe and want to go into analysis mode. Where's your fund come from? Why do your lab dirty? Single lab rat? Only one? Who take N=1 seriously? What kind of underground journal taking paper from these research project? Who's your PI? What do you want from doing this? Why does this read more like bdsm smut than actual lab activity? What do you mean you tied your lab rat guy down with rope??? Why are your whumper sound like dumb roadside robber than actual scientist??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T WASH YOUR LAB RAT??? WHAT'S ABOUT CONTAMINATION??? INFECTION??? ANYTHING THAT COULD MESS YOUR DATA UP???

/pull my hair. I know some lab are filthy as fuck and lab animal handling are poor (look at you neuralink) but there are still some standard to uphold to

No shaming anyone who like random bullshit go lab whump tho it just not what I can enjoy. I crave lab whump but movie nowadays stop doing it for a while now

[villainwithacrush]

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[Image ID: 3-way Venn diagram. The circles are labeled "kink," "whump," and "psychological horror" while the center overlap is labeled "The good shit !!!" /End ID]

[nonconwhump]

Whumper assaulting whumpee in their hospital bed

Bonus points if whumpee is in the hospital for a serious injury and is on heavy medication

Ohhh this is so fun🌝 Whumpee thinking the person in their room was a nurse.. until they get close, too close. Feeling hands slip beneath the covers, wandering and grabbing. Their touch invasive instead of clinical, pressing down too hard on healing injuries.

Feeling those hands trailing lower.

And whumpee's mind is still hazy from drugs, body weakened from whatever injuries they sustained. They can barely struggle, let alone call for help. Their frantic eyes darting around.. Whumper teasing that whumpee was drugged up specifically for them.

Because of the setting, you'll have things like: Whumper glancing at the monitors to watch whumpee's heartrate go up. Whumpee trying to reach the call button while whumper easily grabs their wrist. The sound of beeping from the machines gradually getting faster..

Bonus points if whumpee was in the hospital from injuries caused by whumper. Maybe they were already assaulted by them. Maybe whumpee thought they would at least be safe here, but now they’d be scared of anyone who entered their room. Flinching away from the nurses and doctor, flinching when caretaker arrived. Caretaker finding out that they were assaulted again..

[crazysodomite]

guy who only experienced torture: this reminds me of the torture i went through

guy who only experienced torture: i don't like this because it's too unlike the torture

guy who only experienced torture: i'm afraid of not being tortured

[bloody-boyfailure]

a bath scenes is one of my favorite things to read in a fic. a character at their most vulnerable, placing their trust in a caretaker or at the mercy of a sadistic whumper.

a caretaker tending to whumpee's injuries, extra cautious to be delicate with them. gently running their fingers through their hair, getting the last traces of conditioner out.

caretaker is thorough in their work, ensuring that whumpee's hair is unmatted and that any dried blood is rinsed out. it's terrifying to let someone in this close, but caretaker has shown nothing less than compassion, even when they've done nothing to earn it.

it's the first time in months that whumpee can stop thinking and let their aching muscles relax. instinctually, whumpee leans into their touch, needing it more than they realized.

on the other hand, a whumpee becoming intimately familiar with all the ways whumper can torture them. waterboarding or ice bathes, forcing whumpee to take a long hard look at what their body has become, all covered in cuts and bruises.

the bath could be the only place where they get any respite from whumper's torment. the one place they get to be alone with their thoughts and feelings.

the one place where they can scrub off the feeling of whumper's touch. a room of mirrors to regularly remind them they're under constant surveillance and need to be on their best behavior.

[misscocainecake]

Miss Cocaine's art class.

[villainwithacrush]

[writingphoenix]

I love the idea of a whumpee having a wardrobe malfunction that leads to a past injury/torture reveal.

Oh, your sleeve ripped and your whole team saw the brand your kidnapper branded you with? Delicious, tell me more!

Your shirt rode up when you took off your sweatshirt and your coworkers saw the scars from when you were whipped repeatedly? Oh boy I love that stuff!

[fourwingedwriter]

I feel like we can do more with joint/muscular problems post whump.

Whumpee who was tied up improperly left with barely working hands/wrists. They need to keep them in braces, unable to do most things with them consistently. They can't use utensils without dropping things. They can't do certain activities which could have been outlets for emotions, unable to use a pencil or a paintbrush without relearning how to hold them.

Whumpee who can't move without aid due to atrophy or injuries. They're constantly aware of the effects of their injuries, forced to use a mobility aid every time they want to do even the smallest task. Struggling to find a spot for their cane when sitting down. Constantly faced with inaccessible locations as they try to navigate the world in a wheelchair. Suddenly limited in every day life.

This leads to Caretaker finding Whumpee crying over things they dont quite understand at first glance. Caretaker has to ask Whumpee what's wrong and, of course, they're self conscious because it feels so stupid. So silly to be breaking down over something as simple as pouring a glass of water or struggling to stand up from a chair.

It's so simple, but not having the ability to do simple things is debilitating

[valtsv]

"came back wrong" but it's more explicitly + intentionally about medical and/or caregiver abuse

[valtsv]

came back wrong in the sense that the person who revived you subtly or even obviously changed aspects of your appearance to conform better to their concept of beauty, but no one else notices, or thinks that you look better like this anyway so they don't care and are even jealous of you. came back wrong in the sense that you never consented to be brought back; don't know who dressed you like this and arranged your body in the position that you woke up in; it feels like a violation that no-one will admit to. came back wrong in that everyone is so smotheringly protective of you now; won't let you take even minor risks or "abuse" your newly-revived body with substances and poor lifestyle choices.

[inhurtandincomfort]

Favourite Whump Fics List!

Technically for whumpasinjuly but I've been meaning to do this anyway, so!

This list will be continuously updated as I read more, there are SO many things on my To Read list, I'm just slow!! But, here are my recommendations, in no particular order

Espada by @cepheusgalaxy. Follows Espa, a young person raised only as a living weapon. Genuinely, one of my favourite series, it's so well-written and I adore Espa and Ciça, and I'm so excited to see where they go. If you like living weapons and are okay with minor whumpees, you will LOVE this series, I promise

Codename K by @chiswhumpcorner. Follows a living weapon named Kev. Raised all his life to be a living weapon, Kev is determined to survive and escape, no matter how what it takes. Stoic and secretly defiant whumpees my beloved <3 Featuring Leska the meanest bitch on earth 😤

Daffodil Academy series/Walenty Writings by @floral-comet-whump. Walenty, my poor tortured manipulative child. Daffodil Academy is a boarding school training less fortunate children to be servants of the kingdom, torturing their students while manipulating them into thinking this is love and that they should be grateful. Walenty sees through the lies, but has to comply and play along in fear of the consequences.

Destroyer by @paingoes. Another living weapon! Are you sensing a theme? :P Follows Delta, a weapon of mass destruction inherited by Paris, a whumper I can't help but feel bad for. Amazing complex characters, all of them are enjoyable and I highly recommend.

Chimeras by @melpomenelamusa. During adolescence, some people randomly develop animal traits. These people are known as Chimera children. They are discriminated against and often hunted down, killed, kidnapped and enslaved. Chimeras follows several of these people, and I love them all of them so much. From sweet caretaking to different kinds of captivity, it's a series I love deer-ly ;D

A Curse in Two Bodies by @thewhumpcaretaker. I rarely read royal whump, but this AMAZING. I love Adelais and Ninlen so much, and it's such an intriguing concept! Prince Adelais is cursed by a God of Justice, and it's a huge coverup. To help him, Ninlen is hired to share in the curse and bear it with him. Incredible, unique, and intriguing. I still need to read Haunted Artifact but I am intrigued with the characters and concept so I'm recommending that too!

I will keep updating this as I read more! As I say there are many on my to-read list

[genuineformality]

One of the things I’m really enjoying about the Murderbot show is the amount of time they spend showing, “we promise, this being has all the sexual characteristics of a Ken doll and it’s really weird and offputting when anyone tries to sexualize it, so maybe knock it off.”

But more than that, it does a tremendous job of showing that Murderbot is simultaneously Not Human while also being incredibly, unbelievably alive.

Anyway, that last episode where Mensah had to crack him open like a crab claw was A Time.

[xsunbirdx]

Objection your Honor; she clearly cracked it open like a lobster.

[genuinehc]

Given the spinal incision is similar to the incision one makes down the middle of a lobster tail, I’ll allow it.

[kafkasapartment]

Scarlet ibises are vivid red wading birds native to South America and the Caribbean. They inhabit wetlands, feeding mainly on crustaceans, which give them their striking color (crustaceans like shrimp and crabs contain the carotenoid astaxanthin responsible for the color). Known for their long, curved bills and social behavior, scarlet ibises often nest in large colonies near water.

[saritasoyyo]

@genuineformality

[dapperpea]

I've just. I've got feelings about Mensah and Murderbot in ep 6.

She's obviously mad. She's got the disappointed mom voice in Full Effect, the one that makes you wanna go "hey I gotta go be. Anywhere else. Where you're not looking at me." From her perspective, this SecUnit's voiced that it doesn't particularly care that the others are in danger, it's dumped helpful data to make room for trash TV, slacking on its job and now endangering everyone's lives. She's understandably furious.

I don't think the episode of Sanctuary Moon calmed her down. I think the realization that Murderbot was doing its best, for her, surprised her enough to shake her out of it.

I mean, first of all, it starts singing the theme song. We've already established this is weird enough to make a combat SecUnit stop and go "what the fuck," and Mensah definitely has the same reaction. She's upset because to her, this is just SecUnit caring more about its shows than about the team again. But then it's picked a "calming episode." More than that, it's picked one specifically to help her current issue. It's breathing along with the show. She's watching, in real time, how it uses this trash TV show to better understand humans, and is now trying to use it to help her, specifically, with her exact needs, right now.

I think at this moment she realizes SecUnit isn't good at being a person the way she thinks about people, expects people to be, and recalibrates her understanding of it as something that is very much not a person, but trying to interact with her in a way that she understands, when she hasn't been doing so for it as much. I think this confusion and realization stops the initial anger and fear long enough for her to recenter and for them to move forward.

[aceofwhump]

Murderbot 1x06 "Feed Command"