[whump-galaxy]

I’ve been thinking of a whumpee with slow regenerative abilities. They can regrow a limb, but it takes a few months and hurts the whole time.

The whumper puts tourniquets on all their limbs just to see what will happen.

[bebx]

Amore Kidnapped

— by Daniele Accossato

[whumptober]

Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics

As always, when writing about sensitive topics/injuries/illnesses, we encourage everyone to research and tag works appropriately. This is to ensure that the whump community can remain a safe space for everyone, as well as assist writers in creating well-informed works that avoid offending people and stereotyping, romanticising, or sensationalising hard topics.

Below are some links to resources we and others found useful - we'd like to thank the wonderful members of our community for helping us with finding great resources.

Blogs/Tumblr Posts:

@cripplecharacters - A whole blog dedicated to helping people write disabled characters.

^ A Guide to Writing Disabled Characters

@writingwithcolor - A whole blog dedicated to writing and resources centered on racial, ethnic and religious diversity.

^ Stereotypes and Tropes Navigation

Resources for Writing Injuries (Tumblr Masterpost)

Resources for Writing Sketchy Topics (Tumblr Masterpost - please note that a couple of links are broken due to the post being 7 years old, but many are still working!)

A guide to designing, drawing or writing characters who use mobility aids (Tumblr post)

Writing A Blind or Visually Impaired Character (Tumblr Post)

Independent Websites

Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: Characters with Mental Health Issues (WritersHelpingWriters)

How Do I Depict a Disabled Character Respectfully? (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Respectfully Depicting a Character Adapting to a Disability (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Writing Deaf Characters (T. Frohock, author.)

How to Write Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters (Melanie Ashford, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association)

How to Write a Blind or Vision Impaired Character (AllWriteAlright)

If anyone has any additional sources, feel free to share them in the reblogs/replies!

POST CONTRIBUTERS - Thank you!

@psychologeek - Thank you for sharing some of the primary resources with us, it helped us a great deal :)

[whumpercars]

stupid whump idea. twitch streamer!whumper.

“no no no chat I’m not- I’m not gonna do that! Okay fine, I’ll stab whumpee with the screwdriver, but after that I’m going right back to building the cage!”

“Ooh, someone redeemed a waterboarding session! Alright, I’ll do that after I figure out how to fix this shock collar.”

“What’s the sub goal? Uh, 50k subs and I’ll brand whumpee with ‘Subscribe to Whumper’”

Imagine an audio recording of whumpee crying being used as a twitch alert.

“Say it, whumpee.” “T-Thank you Whumpliker420 f-for the subs.”

[hare-epitaph]

POV you’re a vampiric overlord looking for all means to gain higher power and captured Eerie, the angel of death and vessel to an outerwordly force. You hold them captive. Chained them to the wall with specially made chains and cuffs to restrain the angel. You torture them for their secrets… only to find this masochistic freak is way too into this and gives you this look

Eerie, the OC, goes by they/she

[whumpster-dumpster]

tw: moral discourse - I have that same OCD myself, here we go!

To: Anon asking about discomfort writing whump

I've definitely been there, and you're in good company here. Here's a few things for you to consider:

Whump works like exposure therapy. It's a safe space wherein to experience things that would normally be uncomfortable. In real life, I'm so conflict-avoidant, it nearly brings me to tears when, like, a mom chastises a kid... across the mall. In writing, I had a whumper make the whumpee lick his own blood off whumper's hand. The discomfort is good! It's your brain figuring stuff out, though sometimes you might not be aware of what exactly.

Storytelling is a fundamental form of play for humans, just anthropologically speaking. This isn't something that's necessarily about what happened to you; as soon as we're able to tell stories, sometimes even before we can separate fact from fiction, humans do this! The science of play is fascinating but not to diverge, whump is a kind of Magic Circle. The rules inside the circle can be in some way related to the rules of real life outside the circle, and it can be useful to reflect on it, but as long as you don't Act on it, it remains safely where it is, in the realm of fiction.

Anon are you neurodivergent? I am. Understanding people is hard for me. I spent years actively putting myself in other peoples' shoes to try to understand what makes people behave the way they do. We had a student who was very abrasive, to us and to the teachers, and though I never found out why, it looked to me like she wanted attention from her parents, trying to prove a point. I couldn't relate to her behaviour - my relationship with my parents wasn't like that. But I could empathise, because of trying to put myself in her shoes. Write situations you haven't been in, write about people who are unlike you, you might find you discover something new!

Well done taking time to look into yourself. I can't know if if you're worrying about nothing or if you genuinely have some negative traits - the reality is probably somewhere in the middle. I guess you have about as much negativity as the average person. Here's a hint I heard my teacher say: the fact that you're worrying about it is your indicator that you're keeping yourself in check. Some people are so far gone, they're beyond caring whether they hurt themselves or anyone else, and that's a much more challenging battle.

To summarize, if whump is in line with your personal code of conduct, if you're not hurting yourself or anyone else because of it, you're good to go. Proceed to enjoying!

("What if it feels like it's not in line with my personal code of conduct?" Then you've identified something you may want to work on, and that's a plan, too. Onwards!)

.

[hare-epitaph]

Pissed and in pain.

I need bad things to happen to Eerie stat. Maybe have them tortured, while interrogationg or something.

[memesomething]

kidnapping positions

send one for a starter featuring my muse, your muse or both of our muses (feel free to specify)...

duct taped to a chair

drenched with water & regularly half-drowned to keep them semi-conscious at most

tied somewhere with rising water levels

in the trunk of a car

in the back of a truck

in the back of a police vehicle

in the backseat of a car, trying to draw other drivers' attention

buried alive in a car/other vehicle

buried alive in a coffin (or casket, or burial shroud, etc)

strapped to a table & chemically restrained

strapped to a table & being operated on

strapped to a table & being tortured/injured for information

chained to a wall in a cold room

chained to the ceiling so they have to stand on tip-toes to reach the ground

locked in a small container (fridge, freezer, storage chest)

duct taped & gagged in a cupboard

duct taped & gagged in a bathroom

duct taped & gagged in another part of a house, basement or mansion

dumped in a river (possibly drugged, duct taped, etc)

left in a dumpster (possibly drugged, duct taped, etc)

left for dead in this creative way: (fill in the blank)

having just escaped from their kidnapper and badly needing food/water/medical attention/etc

having just escaped from their kidnapper and making that first phonecall home to say hello, I'm alive

having just escaped from their kidnapper and making the decision to turn back around to help (another muse) escape, as well

[tlirsgender]

I heart prey animal rage I love when characters are fucking insane with terror

[tlirsgender]

When they're not dangerous like a hunter but dangerous like a spooked horse kicking your skull in

[tlirsgender]

Let's hear it for prey animal rage let's hear it for killing everyone else in the world before you'll let them catch you

[whumperly]

"I knew you would come for me." vs. "I didn't think anyone was coming."

[defire]

Idk if I've done this but

Reactions to getting slapped

(domestic whump vibes)

Licking their lips and turning teary eyes away and downward

"...right." hoarsely

Raising their own hand to slap back and having their wrist caught by a guard behind them

Opening their mouth to snap at aggressor when they see the hand move slightly again and their mouth goes dry and they stop

Startling back, then looking up at aggressor with betrayed tears in their eyes

Sudden uptick in breathing as their body lurches into fight-or-flight, eyes darting over the ground as they try to control their reaction and "know their place"

Grimacing, "ow!" Only to be slapped again until they run out of protests and are left in shaky, stinging silence

Raising their tone even more, flushing, with "what?! What did I do this time?"

After having been slapped each time they speak, finally crying silently, shuddering, disbelief in their downcast eyes.

Fist shaking at their side as they try to control their reaction

[whump-galaxy]

Idk why I’ve been thinking of chains in the whumpee’s mouth. Hooks in their cheeks. Metal taste staining their tongue. Jaw sore from being out of place for so long.

[whump-galaxy]

Guard dog whumpee that just can’t fight anymore.

Is it really ‘all bark, no bite’ if they ripped your teeth out?

[whump-galaxy]

I’ve been thinking of a whumpee with slow regenerative abilities. They can regrow a limb, but it takes a few months and hurts the whole time.

The whumper puts tourniquets on all their limbs just to see what will happen.

[hare-epitaph]

tag dump.