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[gristol-liker]

Blog intro

Emmy, Adult, they/them or she/her

This blog is all in good fun! If you don't like Gristol at all, don't follow. If you really hate Gristol, feel free to block this blog so you won't see it in the Psychonauts tag.

Send me an ask! I take headcanon requests, fic suggestions, and will give my thoughts on pretty much anything.

Check out these tags for my original content: #headcanons #fanfics

Have an AO3 account? Read my fics there! Gristol_Liker

[gristol-liker]

Unfortunately, not many of the prompts are resonating with me right now. I like some of them, but I'm not getting any substantial ideas... Whumptober might be more sparse than usual this year.

[gristol-liker]

Thinkin' about... morstol...

[psychowalkers-au]

Little man fueled by rage and caviar

[ailesswhumptober]

Prompts for AI-less Whumptober 2026

As always, picking what prompts to include was really hard thanks to you guys' wonderful brains, but we hope this list will excite many of you! Additional info + plain text versions of the prompts can be found under the cut. Please check the FAQ below before sending asks.

FAQ and Rules

What sort of content can I create for this event?

You can create whatever you want (fic, art, edits, etc). Any fandom is allowed, as well as OC stuff. NSFW is allowed, but please tag your content accordingly! The only thing not allowed is AI-generated content. You're also free to combine these prompts with the prompts of any other event.

Do I need to make 31 things to participate?

Oh heavens no! You can make as much or as little content as you like, skip days when desired, or combine prompts (so for example, write something that covers a prompt from day 1, 2, AND 3). You don't have to do the days in order either, go wild! To be considered a 'completionist', you only have to make sure that at the end of the month, you've covered 31 prompts from 31 different days, but whether you do that in 31 works or just 1 is up to you. Your works can be separate oneshots or one continuous fic, or something in-between.

How do I interpret these prompts?

Creativity is the name of the game here! If you don't understand a prompt, feel free to send us an ask about it. However, the important thing is you can interpret the prompts however you want. For example, 'heat' could be literal (fever, heatstroke, burn wounds) or figurative (somebody getting heat for something). The dialogue prompts are allowed to be slightly rewritten to fit better for the character whose mouth it's coming out of, be that the whumpee, whumpter, or caretaker. As long as you're having fun!

What are these alts about?

If none of the three prompts of a particular day are your cup of tea, you can swap them out for an alt prompt of your choice. This will count as having covered that day for completionists.

How do I tag my works and is there an AO3 collection?

It suffices to tag your work with #ailesswhumptober for us to see and reblog it! Please also tag nsfw content, since we'll be using that tag on this blog too. Tagging the day is optional but does help the mods along.

There will be an AO3 collection like every year. It will be linked here once created (closer to October).

What's this I hear about badges/achievements?

For those who want an extra challenge, we come up with a set of achievements each year in addition to the 'completionist' one for you to strive for. Each achievement you complete comes with a cool little badge, hand drawn by our very own Mod Radio, which you can claim at the end of the event. A full list of the achievements will be linked here once created (closer to October).

That should be all. If you have any additional questions, check our pinned or hit us up in the ask box. Or join our discord maybe, whumping can be a great group activity!

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Plain text versions of the prompts:

October 1: Used like an object - Sacrificial lamb - "Can't you see you're hurting them?!" October 2: Pulled underwater - Electrical burns - "I never expected this from you."

October 3: Magical affliction - Struggling to breathe - "Pain makes you taste sweeter."

October 4: Substance withdrawal - Moments too late - "Shhh, shhh, you're okay."

October 5: Life altering injury - Pushed to the limit - "Go to hell!"

October 6: Arranged Marriage - Misunderstanding leads to whump - "I deserve this."

October 7: Trapped in a small space - Dehydration - "How many fingers am I holding up?"

October 8: Sibling caretaker - Whumpee trivializing their own trauma - "Me?! What about you?!"

October 9: Forced to fight - In the nick of time - "What happened? You look half dead."

October 10: No sedation - Flinching - "Just hold on a little longer."

October 11: War prize - Gilded cage - "You'll live to regret that, I'll make sure of it."

October 12: Psychological torture - Hallucinations - "This is where you belong."

October 13: Human shield - Surprised at being offered aid - "You're hurt because of me."

October 14: Thrown into a wall - Blood draining - "Look at you. Pathetic."

October 15: Last one left of a species - Raised in a laboratory - "Whatever happens, just remember that I love you."

October 16: Moment of softness - Losing a comfort item - “I hate you"..."I love you too.”

October 17: Apotheosis/Deification - Resurrection - "I'm saving you from yourself."

October 18: Collapsing from exhaustion - Hunted like an animal - "This is how you repay me?"

October 19: Nonconsensual body modifications - Unconventional limb removal - "Be good."

October 20: Bridal carry - Weakness - "Sweet dreams, whumpee."

October 21: Refeeding syndrome - Allergic reaction - "Don't move. Please, don't move."

October 22: Unconscious for days/weeks - Classic sickfic - "Hey, open your eyes. Stay awake for me."

October 23: Unwilling witness - Blindfolded - "I miss it more than I can ever explain."

October 24: Everybody you once loved is dead - Scar torn open - "Please don't lie to me."

October 25: Living weapon - Forced to hurt somebody - "If you love me, you'll do it." October 26: Fever causes a seizure - Can't see straight - "I thought it was just a cold."

October 27: Infection spread through bite - Rash - "Don't touch it, you'll make it worse." October 28: Flogging/Whipping - Hanging - "I just want it to stop." October 29: Stabbed in the back - Untrustworthy - "At least I never pretended to be anything I'm not." October 30: Public humiliation - Involuntary tremors - “Takes one to know one, hm?” 

October 31: (Found) family but they suck - Reading the will - "You actually thought I cared? That's hilarious." ALTS: 1. Haywire instincts

2. Shaving

3. Forced bitching

4. Time loop

5. Döppleganger/Changeling

6. Tampering with food or drink 7. Eldritch horror

8. Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn

9. "Let me protect you for once!"

10. "You don't have a home left to go back to."

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (2601 words) by Gristol_Liker

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 2 is out. No tag adjustments.

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 3 is up!

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 4 has been posted!

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 5 is here! Characters have been updated.

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (34863 words) by Gristol_Liker

Chapters: 6/9 Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis, Helmut Fullbear/Bob Zanotto, Lori & Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Lili Zanotto & Truman Zanotto, Razputin "Raz" Aquato & Lili Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & the Psychic 7, Hollis Forsythe & Truman Zanotto, Sasha Nein & Milla Vodello, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith & Sasha Nein Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis, Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello, Lili Zanotto, Bob Zanotto, Helmut Fullbear, Cassie O'Pia, Compton Boole, Ford Cruller, Lucrecia "Maligula" Mux | Nona Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lori (Psychonauts) Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning, Artistic Liberties, Fetal Death, Genetic Engineering, fan kids Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (38448 words) by Gristol_Liker Chapters: 7/9 Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis, Helmut Fullbear/Bob Zanotto, Lori & Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Lili Zanotto & Truman Zanotto, Razputin "Raz" Aquato & Lili Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & the Psychic 7, Hollis Forsythe & Truman Zanotto, Sasha Nein & Milla Vodello, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith & Sasha Nein Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis, Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello, Lili Zanotto, Bob Zanotto, Helmut Fullbear, Cassie O'Pia, Compton Boole, Ford Cruller, Lucrecia "Maligula" Mux | Nona Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lori (Psychonauts), Morceau Oleander Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning, Artistic Liberties, Fetal Death, Genetic Engineering, fan kids, Post-Canon, Established Relationship Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 8 is up!

One more chapter remains.

[pyromaniacalflameguy]

hi guys i never post. now i love psychonauts. ft my deluginist oc vladimir (he/him)

[ailesswhumptober]

AI-less Whumptober 2026 Prompt Suggestions

Hello and thank you for wanting to contribute to the prompt list for this year's AI-less Whumptober! Feel free to leave as few or as many pr

Please feel free to leave your prompt suggestions now for AI-less whumptober 2026! This form will remain up exactly one week, until the 12th of July. Sharing it around is much appreciated :D

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (2601 words) by Gristol_Liker

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 2 is out. No tag adjustments.

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 3 is up!

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 4 has been posted!

[gristol-liker]

Chapter 5 is here! Characters have been updated.

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (34863 words) by Gristol_Liker

Chapters: 6/9 Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis, Helmut Fullbear/Bob Zanotto, Lori & Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Lili Zanotto & Truman Zanotto, Razputin "Raz" Aquato & Lili Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & the Psychic 7, Hollis Forsythe & Truman Zanotto, Sasha Nein & Milla Vodello, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith & Sasha Nein Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis, Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello, Lili Zanotto, Bob Zanotto, Helmut Fullbear, Cassie O'Pia, Compton Boole, Ford Cruller, Lucrecia "Maligula" Mux | Nona Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lori (Psychonauts) Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning, Artistic Liberties, Fetal Death, Genetic Engineering, fan kids Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gristol-liker]

Orbies (38448 words) by Gristol_Liker Chapters: 7/9 Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith/Truman Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & Otto Mentallis, Helmut Fullbear/Bob Zanotto, Lori & Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Lili Zanotto & Truman Zanotto, Razputin "Raz" Aquato & Lili Zanotto, Truman Zanotto & the Psychic 7, Hollis Forsythe & Truman Zanotto, Sasha Nein & Milla Vodello, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith & Sasha Nein Characters: Truman Zanotto, Gristol Malik | Nick Johnsmith, Otto Mentallis, Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello, Lili Zanotto, Bob Zanotto, Helmut Fullbear, Cassie O'Pia, Compton Boole, Ford Cruller, Lucrecia "Maligula" Mux | Nona Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lori (Psychonauts), Morceau Oleander Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, pregnancy but not pregnancy, Science is fun!, cloning, Artistic Liberties, Fetal Death, Genetic Engineering, fan kids, Post-Canon, Established Relationship Series: Part 9 of Gristol x Truman Summary: Gristol and Truman find themselves as expecting parents in the most unusual way.

[gooddayisdeath]

his gzarina

[mrprestto]

excuse me

[gooddayisdeath]

codependent relationships

[gooddayisdeath]

🥺

[beetlebubba]

Farting around and drew Nick Johnsmith from Psychonauts cuz he easy to draw 😭😭 . Dude only knew 3 names ig.

[brittlemawmonster]

This is unfinished and won't be finished (because I'm unhappy with it), and will likely be redrawn sometime soon, but I'm posting it anyway because I just spent 4 hours on it and even failures should be shared if you put that much time into it :(. Constructive critism welcome and appreciated. If you have any ideas for Gristol's mind for my 2nd attempt, I'd love that.

I'm still going to talk a bit about his mind for a second, though. Gristol's/Nick's is one of my absolute favorites aesthetics wise! It is an 'It's a Small World' esc park ride where you can get off the ride and explore the set! That is just so fun to me! Aside from the general vibe of the mind being so fun and one of my favorite minds to explore, it shows a lot about Gristol. I've heard that Gristol is the one unsympathetic villain in Psychonauts. Unlike others, when you enter his mind, you don't find deep rooted family trauma or genuine connections made post-villainy. Post exile, it is very clear that he still lived in luxury eating caviar. He hated his parents, likely having no genuine connections. He was likely coddled growing up, facing little to no consequences from anyone around him and, when karma struck, he blamed everyone else around him. He's a narcissist, and a master manipulator proven by the fact that 'everybody loves Nick!' He's a bad person. I think the monotoned carnie guy really shows this. The carnie uses words like 'propoganda' to describe Gristol's ride portraying his own world view, proving that at least some part of Gristol knows he's bullshitting himself. He doesn't care. He's lying to himself, and he almost believes it. Like all Psychonauts characters, and most people in real life, Gristol isn't irredeamable. He is deeply ill. He needs help. His actions (attempted and successful) are not excused obviously. He hurt a lot of people and was ready to wage war over his own innate sense of superiority. But that is not a normal way to think. He needs serious help. I think the Psychonauts can help him. Anyway, that's my take on Gristol's character. My favorite parts about his mind (ignoring the awesome aesthetics) are how he sung in the end of the ride and the carnie guy. He sung over the characters subtitled as 'Children of Grulovia'. He sees himself as their voice. Yet, the carnie, as I mentioned before, is bored, over the whole ordeal. He is subtitled as 'propagandeer' and refers to his work as such. At first I hated his addition, thinking it was comic relief where it didn't belong, muddling Gristol's mind. Again, though, I think he's the part of Gristol that knows he's lying, making excuses. Yet he does his crap anyway. Gristol isn't the hero of his own tale. Even in his own mind, he's the villain. What's your favorite part of Fatherland Follies?

[gooddayisdeath]

Hello gristol fans and byeeeeeeee

[colour-me-oceanred]

Gristol Malik Colour Picked

Hey There! I'm creating colour palettes by hand picking colours from pictures and asking people to vote on their favourite colour! Feel free to request what you want next

Original picture is below the cut

Which is your Fav

Royal Egg Royal Blue

Velvet Red

Gzar Purple

Golden Highlight Yellow

Voting ended onJun 16

[pirate-redhead]

Psychonauts Skins

I made some site skins for Raz, Milla and Sasha, but feel free to requests any other characters you want to see. I'll add them to this post in edits if I add any more.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85859111

The instructions on use are in the first chapter.

[gristol-liker]

How about Gristol and Nick skins?

[pirate-redhead]

Chapters 5 and 6 are now up with Gristol and Nick Themes.