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1, 4, 6, 7 and 20 for the ask meme. Thanks ♥️

Hey, @shywalkers , thank you for the ask! :) Alright, let’s do this...

1. What are your favourite whump tropes?

How?? Do I choose??? There are?? So many??? UHhhhhhh...Here we go, I guess, I like these all sort of equally but:

Good old fashioned torture. (This can vary. It can be medical torture, or other types.) Can be a kidnapping situation, but if the whumping happens in the character’s home, that is....their safe place is no longer their safe place and it is saaaaaddd. But good. Even better if torture gradually gets worse and more creative. (I prefer long-term captivity, but in a range of months or weeks. Not as much years or days.)

Kidnapping scenarios where it takes a while for anyone to notice but after a while, there are one or two people who are like Something Is Up.

Dehumanization. This can easily get too OOC for me or too weird and creepy for me...but generally, if it’s done right (I know that’s subjective but anyway), where the torturer has drilled it into the whumpee’s head that they deserve this and stuff, it can be very good (and sad.) (This is especially great if this stuff isn’t immediately noticeable to the other characters but is Gradually or Dramatically Revealed and everyone is like What is Happening I Don’t Know How to Handle This Situation WTF?? (With varying levels of homicidal tendencies towards the whumper.)

Psychological effects that linger, even if the physical stuff is all healed up (but chronic stuff is good too.) Nightmares, random regression in behaviour and recovery, panicking, ptsd, new phobias, the list goes onnnn-

Scar reveals. I know, it’s.....just, if the character is embarrassed by their scars but another character walks in on them while they’re in full sight, or if they’re revealed in the process of other characters tearing off their shirt or something in their hurry to treat a very serious current wound but then more are hidden underneath...it can get very interesting and angsty and the possibilities-

Caregivers who are generally at a loss but are Trying(TM) and don’t give up.

Other characters’ perceptions of the whumpee are changed (for the better.) But there are other characters who remain assholes and the whumpee is Defended.

Generally I like a lot of stuff and we would be here all day if I listed them all but overall...I need the h/c at the end. If there’s only straight whump and it ends hopelessly I just.....NO. (Ironically, this is way easier to write than to read, and can even be enjoyable. BUT NOT TO READ THANK YOU.)

I’m not crazy.

I think.

Maybe.

4. Do you prefer physical whump or emotional/psychological whump?

Aaaaahhhh these two go hand in hand imo. Start with physical, and explore all the psychological and emotional stuff that comes with it, and how it doesn’t all magically go away. (Also inserting mind games is fun too while you’re at it.)

6. What are the traits of your ideal whumpee?

Baaaasicallyyyy any of my favourite characters, which...seem to be the loner type, the one who doesn’t quite fit in anywhere (so they don’t think they’ll be rescueeeddd even if they do have people who care about them by the time the whumping comes around, but unfortunately they’re so unused to the idea of anyone actually caring about anything happening to them that then they’re surprised if they do get rescued, or if they escape by themselves, and people care, and they’re like ???? ) They’re usually snarky at the start and for a long while, they’re pretty resilient, but at the same time kind of like This is Fine Everything is Fine while also like Well I Guess This is It Then while also holding out for a very long time, and not completely breaking to the point of oocness but still breaking a lot. I want to...add more but...then we would be here all day so... (examples of my favourite whumpees include Loki, Theon Greyjoy (mostly book but also show), Zuko, Nebula, Lupin, Number Five, Lucifer Morningstar, Varian, Crowley, and many many others......) Am I ashamed? ......no.....maybe........

7. What are the traits of your ideal whumper?

Uhhhh....smart. Can effectively wield mind games like nobody’s business, are pretty sadistic too though, do have blind spots and weaknesses, but aren’t too sympathetic. I...it gets kind of squicky for me if I’m supposed to empathize with only the whumper and not the whumpee, or if I’m supposed to see the whumper as “the strong, intelligent badass” and the whumpee as “completely pathetic”. No thank you. So, I usually want to be able to dislike the whumper, but also be creeped out by them, and for them to be at an equal or higher standing with the whumpee in terms of intelligence (this can vary, also, they can be intelligent in some areas, while also have incredible moronic energy in others. It is always great when the whumpee can finally outsmart them, but I want that to be a challenge). Physical strength, while I prefer it to be more overpowering, it doesn’t really matter that much if the whumpee can’t go anywhere. This is...weird, anyway.......

20. How are you doing today, buddy?

(insert maniacal laughter here) I’m doing okay, thank you. I’m not crazy, I promise.

Seriously though, thank you for asking, and I am especially doing better right now, cause this has made me excited to do some writingggg so thank you for the ask! (Also, sorry this is so long...)

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#bella replies #this was fun #I'm kind of...kind of ashamed #but not really...?#oops?#thanks for the ask #i'm going to hell #but anyway...#whump #ask meme #i am so sorry loki #things aren't looking too good for you...

ooh, girl.

For years, I've been jokingly complaining that our family doesn't have enough drama--like, really dramatic shit and so on--and it's stunting my writing because, "How am I going to write if I don't know what it's like?" Blah, blah, blah, all that bullshit. (Jokingly, of course. My family is like the most functional group of dysfunctional people ever. Which is why I love them.)

But, tonight, it happened. I got what I wanted. (Sure, it was a joke, but every good joke has some truth to it.) The thing that happened is so damn juicy and so out of the blue, I can literally see the dialogue writing itself. And it is downright amazing.

The thing is, I can't write it. At least, not anytime soon (if ever), because a.) I don't want to be that asshole that writes about private family stuff and puts it out like dirty laundry, even though I'm kind of on that path anyway, so...and b.) it is so touchy--at least at the moment--that if I ever do write it, I'm pretty sure I will be the subject of some very harsh criticism.

I respect my family too much to divulge such information, but oh, my God. It's the most dramatic thing to happen to my family ever. I mean, we're like the fucking Brady Bunch. This kind of shit doesn't happen to the Brady Bunch.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SO DIFFICULT. IT'S SO GOOD, BUT SO FORBIDDEN. IT'S MY FUCKING FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

All I know is, family reunions just got a whole lot more interesting.

#personal #family #writing #i'm so conflicted #but not really...?

Seriously suddenly I want to write again

THANK YOU PERSON WHO STUMBLED UPON MY CRAPPY FANFIC

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