[writingphoenix]

“And then things got a little unpleasant for a few years.”

“Dude, you were literally kidnapped and locked in a basement.”

“Yeah, and that was unpleasant.”

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1744

Submitted by Anon - thanks!

Battle Injury/Self sacrifice: Whumpee with a concerning martyr complex steps in front of caretaker to protect them and gets impaled by the enemy's sword in their place. Caretaker watches in horror as whumpee goes limp and caretaker is covered in whumpee's blood. Post battle, caretaker feels immense guilt and worry as they treat unconscious whumpee.

[yougivemewhumperflies]

Accidental trauma reveal my love. When friends or enemies unintentionally discover Whumpee’s tragic background. For instance

The classic nightmare scene. Whumpee has never slept with people close by for this very reason. Unfortunately, they don’t have a choice this time, and they do, in fact, scream (or cry) in their sleep, in front of someone/everyone.

The person behind the trauma suddenly reappearing in Whumpee’s life. Whumpee losing it—running away, hiding, refusing to engage with anyone. Or even better, trying so hard to pretend they’re okay until they just. Shatter.

Truth serums, spells, and items. Flippantly asking Villain, “Why do you keep doing this?” only to get a gut-wrenching answer in return.

The mind probe. Whumpee is sick/unconscious, and someone does the magical mind probe (I swear this comes up so much in media) to figure out what’s wrong and stumbles on Whumpee’s tragic past.

Teammates unknowingly triggering Whumpee for a while until Whumpee finally just screams it out. The looks of horror.

Also shout out to intentional trauma reveals. For trusting the found family enough to tell them the things that hurt the most.

Any other tropey goodness that results in Whumpee finally getting the comfort they deserve.

[whumppromptoftheday]

living weapon hangs back as hero takes their award, the entire city cheering at the recent success of hero's team. their fingers tap along the seam of their pants, watching the crowd as hero spouts off their well-practiced speech.

sidekick takes their hand and squeezes it in theirs, "take a breath. we won, nothing's going to go wrong."

living weapon shakes their head and frees their hand from sidekick, "we never found villain, they could show up anytime. i have to be ready."

[whumpster-dumpster]

Character A taking whatever verbal abuse Character B throws at them but the second B aims it at Character C, A is not standing for it

[batneko]

Shout-out to characters who don't plan to survive their stories! Heroes who think they can only atone for their failures through sacrifice, villains who don't think they deserve to live in the world they're trying to create. Gimme that passive suicidality baby, mm-mm, delicious.

[batneko]

And let's not forget the ones who don't expect to die or anything, but are always half-thinking "well I'm the most expendable one in our team so if someone needs to sacrifice themselves obviously it should be me." Like, no bitch! You're also part of the team! You matter! Shut up and accept it already! (But also don't because the rock-bottom self-esteem makes you so compelling.)

[veliseraptor]

sometimes I feel like my whump fic is like. 40% the actual whump and 60% unpacking the psychological damage of the whump

[defire]

smth smth recovering whumpees that deflect everything with humor 🤔 avoiding all of their issues with jokes because thats the only way they know how to cope 🤔🤔

Love this XD because they can be genuinely funny but it's also tragic. I have some related ideas!

Whumpees with humor

Content: environmental whump, whipping, defiant whumpee, burn, guilt trip, cane, mild sexual connotations, PTSD

"You should've seen the other guy." "It was a tornado, not a competition"

"That's another five lashes." "Why is it always five with you? Favorite number or something?"

"Where'd you get that scar?" "Fight with a bear." "... it's a burn scar." "Oh. You can tell? Yeah, it had very... hot claws."

"Hiding it with humor isn't going to work---" "Oh, it works." They grin at caretaker. And keep on grinning until caretaker gets exasperated

Saying "that's fine, I'll just go back to whumper" every time caretaker gets even mildly upset toward whumpee

"I don't know whumper, have you even heard of positive reinforcement? Why's it always gotta be the cane?"

Forced to kneel and--- "Step on me daddy"

"What's going on whumpee, you look like a deer in the headlights. Flashback?" Whumpee forces a smile over the terror in their eyes as they look up at caretaker. "Good old days. Fun times."

"It's okay. You can talk about your feelings." Whumpee shakes their head and points at their temple. "You wouldn't want to hear all this kinky shit I got goin' up in here..."

[daggers-and-dangers]

Two whumpees both in captivity, one watching as the other is tortured, begging whumper to stop.

"Please, please stop. He needs a break—just needs a minute, please."

Whumper turns to the whumpee watching and smirks. "Sure honey. He can get a break. What are you going to do for me in exchange?"

(inspired by @whumpwordsoftheday!)

[friendlylocalwhumper]

“How many lashes are you willing to take to protect your friend, hmm?”

The prisoner lifts his hands to pull his shirt off, discarding it at his side and watching his captor admire his scars with interest. “How many do you think?”

[grimalkin-inferno]

bonus points if the friend had no idea about the scars before and lets out a soft, horrified gasp

[whumblr]

Whumper shoving or literally throwing Whumpee back into their cell after a session, making them stumble, wince in pain as their body can't keep up, and they fall right into Caretaker's arms.

But consider. An alternative.

Whumper unlocking the door to the cell. And Caretaker inside jumps up. "Where's Whumpee?!"

"Relax, Caretaker. Give them a sec."

And to Caretaker's horror, Whumpee has to drag themself back in there, biting through the pain, no support, limping. Or worse: Crawling.

[for-the-ouchies]

Whumpee trusts whumper in a calculated, bitter sort of way. They know whumper well. They know what to expect. They trust them to be cruel, to be brutal. They don't need to be afraid, because none of it is an unknown to them.

They trust themselves to handle what they know whumper will put them through. And whumper, in turn, trusts them to take it.

It's not a friendship- it's cold, and grim, but... there is respect, there. A kind of appreciation. A kind of intimacy. A kindness, perhaps.

[for-the-ouchies]

The classic that is whumpee trying to reassure caretaker, explaining they've had worse, and caretaker being anything but reassured.

[survivesurvivingwhump]

Whumpee who is being raped while Caretaker is forced to watch. Whumpee is fighting and screaming and thrashing the entire time... until Whumper forces Whumpee to look at Caretaker, and the look in Caretakers eyes is what breaks Whumpee. So Whumpee stops fighting and just stares blankly in Caretakers general direction

OUGH man the thought of caretaker's presence being the thing that stops whumpee from fighting but not even because of a threat to caretaker's health/safety, not even because of anything caretaker says to them, not even because of anything active. it's just... it's just seeing the look on caretaker's face. the look in their eyes.

caretaker is devastated. horrified. grief-stricken, afraid. and whumpee just- the pain, the feeling of being raped, their body forced and manipulated and pinned and hurt... that look breaks through all of that.

and afterwards, the way the only thing that comes through the catatonia of that fresh, horrific trauma is guilt. is apologizing. is mumbling sorry, sorry, sorry you had to- that they made you- you shouldn't have seen it. i'm sorry. and caretaker is just... that's the worst part of all of it. is seeing whumpee's guilt.

[for-the-ouchies]

Caretaker who cannot loosen whumpee's restraints, but who can hug them. Can curl protectively over a bound whumpee, especially of whumpee is forced into a vulnerable/compromising position.

Caretaker cannot free them, but they can put themselves in between whumpee and anyone who so much as looks.

[whumpologyy]

very big fan of a quiet, controlled “enough” from Whumper that instantly silences Whumpee

[whumppromptoftheday]

"hit me!" caretaker shouts, standing protectively in front of whumpee. "hit me instead! I can take it!"