sickbay

sick and whump content enjoyer also here to just rant about random (anime) related things

[sick-bay]

let me introduce myself (i know i'm late for this but i only made this blog to enjoy some nice whumpy content, not exactly to be active on here)

you can call me mila

i'm in my late twenties

she/her

english isn’t my first language but it's the only language i'm fluent in aside from my native language

obviously i love anime and whump. i also like video games and traveling and i used to enjoy painting but i'm not very good at it and if i don’t immediately master a skill, i give up on it

i listen to all kinds of music. seriously. i listen to kpop but also heavy metal and rnb and i love classical music

i've seen all kinds of anime. honestly so many, way too many to list. i've been watching anime since i can remember (i guess my first animes were dragon ball, monster rancher, pokemon and digimon - at least those were the ones i watched all the time as a kid)

i feel like i've also always enjoyed whump. my barbies were always sick and injured lol

some of my favorite tropes/scenarios/ideas:

-anything with a fever (from simple flus to infected wounds, anything with a fever is chefs kiss)

-passing out (it's just so good. the worry and caring that comes with it!)

-stabbing (i feel like the entire whump community is a sucker for this but it’s just so top tier, it’s so good)

-poisoned! (you can do so much with this, you can make up a new kind of poison and then you can throw in all kinds of symptoms you want and it's just. so. good.)

some tropes and stuff i dislike:

-anything nsfw

-personally i'm not a big fan of whumper/whumpee scenarios

-character deaths (it's just too sad, i need a happy ending!!)

-permanent after effects (like amputations or stuff like that.. i'm not a fan of it. my characters need to make miraculous recoveries lol. i do like long recovery periods but not lasting effects)

-i don’t like emotional whump all that much either.. if it's part of the recovery progress it's fine but purely emotional whump is just not my cup of tea

[bottomdiluc]

[sick-bay]

ngl my biggest fear when writing used to be typos and grammar mistakes and messing up the tenses, especially as someone who's native language isn't english. but now it's getting accused of using ai.

how do you even prove that you didn't use ai? i've never used gen ai for literally anything in my life, most certainly not for writing! i actively avoid anything that has to do with ai as much as possible despite it getting shoved into out faces with everything we use now.

i'm also just a mediocre writer and i'm trying to improve so i think my writing isn't always the same; it changes and evolves and hopefully improves. but in this age, this might be detrimental.

i don't want to be discouraged from continuing to write but at the same time, it's scary to put anything out there now for others to read and judge.

[sick-bay]

honestly guys, comment on the fanfics you enjoyed. even just a small 'i liked this(, i hope to read more)!' is fine. even on older fics that haven't updated in a long time!

[tenderwhumps]

whumpee making little noises of pain in their sleep.

whimpers…. groans…. sharp breaths…

they are in so much pain that even sleep isn’t an escape.

bonus points if caretaker is beside them, petting their hair and whispering “shh, shh. it’s okay.”

[dunno1413]

A stubborn sickie is always nice, but what about sickies that don't hide that they dont feel good?

• "Can you check if I have a fever?"

• "Hey, you okay? You got really pale all of a sudden." "N-no, I'm about to---mmph!---throw up..."

• "Do you know where the ibuprofen is? My head is killing me."

• "I think I'm coming down with something..."

• "What's wrong, sickie? You seem off today." "I don't feel well..."

• "My stomach hurts..."

• Sickie waking up Caretaker because they need something and feel too bad to get it themself

• Sickie starting to feel ill while out with Caretaker and asking them if they can go home

• "My body's so achy right now..."

• "Caretaker? Can you come home/pick me up? I feel like crap."

• "Can you make me some tea please?"

• "I-I---woah---I need to s-sit down..."

• "God, I feel nauseous..."

• Caretaker finding Sickie taking their temperature

• "You don't look so good." "I don't feel so good."

• "Oh no! Are you sick?" "I think so..."

• Sickie pressing their blazing forehead to Caretaker's colder forehead/neck/shoulder/etc for relief

• "You got me sick."

• "My bones feel like lead..."

• "I don't think I can even sit up without getting dizzy..."

• Sickie leaning on Caretaker because they're too weak to walk on their own

• "I just threw up..."

• "As much as I'd love a good morning kiss, I don't think you want my cold."

• "I'm so tired..."

[sick-bay]

my favorite type of injury is a wound to the thigh (stabbed, shot, doesn't matter! they're all amazing)!

probably hurts like hell, can go really bad really fast if you want it to (with that i mean that they can die... quickly), or it can be 'just a flesh wound'!

if you're feeling freaky, you can still make your character suffer more with some complications! you can even break their bone if you want to!

you can have your stoic character trying to push through the injury, idk, make them walk a long distance!

or you can have your character needing help to walk!

such a wonderful injury! she is what gsw to the shoulder try to be in all these movies!

[intothefrisson]

I'm manifesting s3 🤩🤒 lg's psychogenic fevers gonna worry the hell out of them 😋😋

intothefrisson Twitter/Insta All my Commission Info can be found here!

[comfortingcatharsis]

A character lies on the bank or shore, half in, half out of the water, their torso on solid ground, far enough up that they're not going to be immediately washed away, but their legs still with water swirling around them and the waves or current plucking at them.

[sick-bay]

for someone who's never been to hospital (and therefore has no idea of how these things work) i send a whole lot of my favorite fictional characters to hospitals

[sick-bay]

the way i will look up the most unnecessary things about something just so it fits into the story i'm thinking about (not writing, that barely ever happens bc i'd rather day dream about it lol)...

e.g.: if it's something sports related i will research everything about the sport; learn the rules and everything. i will look up a team's schedule to see where my story idea best fits in (like, home or away games, wins and losses, opponents, which players played on both teams etc).

like, can i please be casual about things and just make stuff up? lol, i can never just have fun with it; no, my brain has to turn it into something so much more serious!

[sick-bay]

ngl i think it's a bit sad that people don't seem to be able to see the beauty in platonic love these days. ofc shipping has always been a thing in fandom culture but to see a story about a character forming bonds and making friends after being alone for most of their life and then making all of those connections about being in love is a bit.. meh to me.

a lot of people seem to see platonic love as less than romantic love. friends showing care and concern for each other immediately gets equalized to being in love instead of simply a good friend.

[sick-bay]

my current obsession is myocarditis.

most cases are mild and not life threatening but the symptoms are still scary and reminding of a heart attack (chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, heart palpitations, unusual tiredness, feeling weak and light-headed and even fainting) and the best thing is it is often triggered by a viral infection. so you can make your character suffer by giving them a common cold or the flu and then maybe have them do too much too soon (going back to work or working out when they're starting to feel better) and a week or two later they feel so. much. worse. again!!

maybe they try to shrug it off but once caretaker finds them they're shocked and immediately drag them to the emergency room/call an ambulance because WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE HAVING CHEST PAINS AND TROUBLE BREATHING AND YOU FAINTED AND YOU THINK YOU'RE OKAY?!?!

they'll probably be fine (unless you don't want them to... myocarditis can lead to heart failure and cardiac death, especially in younger people. just putting this out there for those interested) and they just need some rest.

[sick-bay]

the whump tier list,, sorry for being boring but i simply enjoy some good old sickfics and hidden injuries ah yes

[tenderwhumps]

what’s your favorite way for whumpee and caretaker to be related? pick the one that fits most

strangers

acquaintances

friends

teammates

parental figure & child (whumpee is the parental figure)

parental figure & child (caretaker is the parental figure)

siblings/related some other way

enemies

lovers

secret 9th option (doctor/patient, owner/object-come-to-life, etc)

Voting ended onJan 25

pretend the last option says “secret 10th option” i added another one last minute and forgor to change the number. also, “child” refers to any offspring of any age

[sickfictropes]

whumpees who don't hide their pain but also don't go out of their way to make it known

as in they'll only say something if it becomes relevant or someone asks, but they WILL say it. they aren't actively trying to hide it, they aren't afraid it'll ruin their image or whatever, they just don't care about it. and they don't expect anyone else to either

Like

"Hey, I saw that big fall earlier. You're not hurt, are you?" "Not much, just my wrist." "Oh, you could've said something earlier! Is it sprained?" "Broken, I think." "Wh-"

^^ and all that is said (on whumpee's part) with a completely straight face, probably while continuing to do whatever task they were doing

ooooh this is preferable to me over whumpees who won't talk about their pain at all. i love someone who is trying to be responsible, or at least not trying to be stupid about illness or injury, but needs to focus on things that are more important first.

maybe they bring it up when they stumble into caretaker, too dizzy to walk straight. "just got a little vertigo for a minute there. i've been feeling a little shaky."

maybe caretaker asks them to do something and they decline. "i'll do it later. i think i'm having a migraine."

maybe they're asked about why they're shivering and they admit that they think they're running a fever. "i'm freezing. i think my fever's up."

JUST. THIS ALL THE TIME ALL DAY.

[lustcannibalism]

the desire to engage in my hobbies leaving my body as soon as I have the day off even though I was looking forward to it all week