In The Quest 1x03, Quentin is shot with an arrow and held hostage by an ally who mistakes him for a foe. Morgan arrives just in time to save his brother's life.
This ep is actually 1x02 if you don't count the pilot.
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The whumper has the whumpee in a gilded cage situation: The whumper is holding them prisoner for whatever reason e.g. experimentation etc. and jarringly, also provides more luxurious living standards when not mistreating them that the whumpee will lose if they flee.
For bonus points the heroes who want to help them have way rougher living standards. Possibly the whumpee was previously spoiled/sheltered, making it even harder for them to chance fleeing.
Summary: When hidden powers rise, loyalties shatter, and the dead don’t stay buried. Two years after Tony’s death, a hidden world of powers emerges. As Charlie fights to expose those exploiting them, his bond with Babe is tested when they uncover a deadly conspiracy led by Tony, who isn’t as dead as they believed.
Season One whump list here!
Whumpees: Alan (bottom middle), Jeff (bottom right, denim jacket), Dean (far bottom right, brown leather jacket), Babe (middle left, black leather jacket), Charlie (middle right, glasses), Kenta (top far left), Willy (top right, cross earring) and Winner (top far right).
Ep 1:
Babe - having a nightmare
Jeff - has a vision, dissociating, concern for him, immediately has another vision, nose bleed ... has a vision, in shock, nose bleed ... telling his brother about the visions, "it's taking a toll on my body"
Dean - kidnapped, bag over head, escape attempt, shot at
Kenta - kidnapped, bag over head ... in shock
Winner - kidnapped, bag over head, visibly scared ... in shock
Ep 2:
Kenta - upset, threatened with a gun, pistol whipped, unconscious, dragged away ... thrown out of a van, crawling out of a ditch, coughing, struggling to stand, bloody lip
Dean - sheepish and anxious
Jeff - having a vision, falling to his knees, unsteady breathing ... has another vision, sees Babe in a car crash, nose bleeding, ears ringing, collapses to the ground, groaning, shaky breathing, in pain
Ep 4:
Jeff - has a vision, nose bleeding, partial collapse, concern for him, leaning on caretakers
Winner - coerced into killing someone, visibly distressed, loss of control, blood on his face, in shock, dissociating
Ep 5:
Alan - pulls a muscle in his shoulder, wincing, concern for him
Ep 6:
Babe - has a nightmare
Ep 7
Willy - hit in the head [flashback: in a fight, beaten up, bloody face and head, laughing, bloody lips :: experimented on, threatened with a chip in his body, electric shock], bloody head
Alan - shoulder pain throughout episode, told by a dr he needs surgery, concern for Jeff
Jeff - has an intense vision, power overload, multiple visions at once, nosebleed and collapse, blurry vision, out of it, crashes a car, unconscious at the wheel, in the hospital, dissociating, very scared, struggling to separate reality from visions ... has his powers absorbed, struggling to break free, passes out
Charlie - uses his power and collapses
Ep 8
Charlie - revealed he took too many powers, in danger of power overload, concerned caretakers ... unconscious on a bed, watched over by Babe,
Kenta - stopped from leaving the house, arguing, in a struggle (then subsequently smooched :o ) ... sneaking into a facility, caught
Babe - attacked, stressed
Ep 9
Charlie - still unconscious from prev ep, kidnapped ... chained to a pillar
Babe - (cont'd from prev ep: attacked, stressed), hit over the head with a vase, unconscious ... holding an icepack on his head ... very stressed
Kenta - forced to kneel, defiant ... tied with his arms above his head, taunted, very defiant, glaring, slapped, still glaring, hit on the head ... escapes, is recaptured, held at gunpoint
Willy - talking about his trauma, "they tested drugs on me", [flashbacks to human experimentation, electric shock, in pain] ... manhandled, punched, held against the car, hands duck taped, punched in the face, held by the throat, choking, punched unconscious
Alan - reveals his has a spinal injury and needs surgery
Dean - caught in an explosion
Ep 10
Winner - frightened, belittled, cornered on a roof, apologizing and begging
Charlie - still chained to the pillar ... has a vision, nose bleed, dissociating, concern for him
Willy - manhandled, defiant, sucker punched .. surgery on his head ... held down, struggling to break free, forced blood test
Jeff - snapped at by his partner, upset .... worried
Dean - in a medical bed covered in bandages, in a coma
Alan - blackmailed with Dean's life ...in a lab, tied to a chair, experimented on, electric shock, in pain ... unconscious, tries to escaped, shocked as punishment, passes out ... coerced into working for the enemy
Ep 11
Willy - [flashback: in a lab, scared, shocked, back arching]
Charlie - confused, memory is acting up ... having a vision, really disorientated, nose bleed, collapses, has his blood stolen, carried unconscious, wakes up, has amnesia, confused and scared, head pain
Babe - upset about Charlie's condition
Ep 12
Alan - electric shocked, collapses, defiant ... friends find out his betrayal ... tries to defy enemy, electric shocked twice ... kneeling, bag on his head, electric shocked, used as a bargaining chip
Dean - still in the coma, burns on face
Kenta - in the lab, strapped to the chair, defiant, experimented on, electric shocked, groaning in pain ... manhandled, slashed repeatedly with a knife, stripped, see the wounds heal, electric shocked to show he can be controlled, falls to his knees in pain, coughing
Jeff - finds out about Alan's betrayal, stressed
Charlie - still has no memory ... forced into a van
Ep 13
Alan - manhandled, electrocuted, forced to his knees, tries to fight back, electrocuted again for a long time, in pain ... in a shootout, shields Jeff from bullets, shot in the back, bleeding, concern for him, shoulder carried, embraced
Winner - backhanded in the face
Willy - powers stop unexpectedly, shot at
Kenta - escorted by guards (still no shirt 💀), uses his body to shield Kim, shot at, bullet wound closes
Charlie - in a gun fight ... held at gunpoint .. absorbs powers, power strain, shot repeatedly, blood from the mouth, concerned caretakers, vomiting blood ... in a medical bed, tended to by Babe
Dean - in a wheelchair, weak, coughing
Thoughts:
What an absolute train wreck this was. And I loved every second of it! Story? All over the place. Plot? Insane. Did it make sense? No. Are the characters rational or normal? In zero capacity. Was it entertaining? Absolutely!
Listen, there's plot holes galore, and nothing makes sense half the time, but this show knows what it is. It's every trope that's ever been put into a fanfiction. It's camp. It's dramatic. It's the omegaverse. In my mind, it does not have to make sense, it just needs to be enjoyed for what it is.
Whump-wise, it was another great season, with so many tropes in it, to the point where I dare say this show knew what the audience wanted. Which was attractive guys suffering... basically. You can't tell me that Kenta and Willy aren't exemplary archetypes for a whumpee. Kenta, the damaged, traumatised, defiant one raised to be a guard dog (who just so happens to be stripped at almost any occasion so we can see his muscles wounds); and Willy, the sympathetic villain whumpee. Willy was damaged by everyone on all sides, even the "good guys". And that's not to let bro off the hook, he was insane, but hell if you don't feel a smidge bit sorry for him at points.
I wouldn't even classify any of the plot holes as faults, considering how entertained I was watching this. It's not meant to be taken seriously, just enjoy the ride and the whump it offers.
Now, I'm off to go and stalk Garfield Kankham's Instagram. See you next time!
1) The “You’ll do” hostage
Whumper has come to target one of Caretaker’s loved ones, but finds Whumpee instead. “Not who I was looking for, but you’ll do.”
2) The ‘grabbed in the heat of battle’ hostage
When Whumper grabs Whumpee and holds them at weapon-point, a furious battle slams to a halt.
3) The unaware hostage
Whumpee trying desperately to act normal and not give the game away, knowing that Whumper can hurt an unsuspecting Caretaker any time they choose.
4) The ‘maybe I don’t hate you’ hostage
Whumpee and Caretaker have been at each other’s throats from the second they met, only for Caretaker to be unexpectedly panicked when Whumpee is threatened.
5) The self-sacrificial hostage
Whumpee holds themself hostage, knowing they have information that Whumper can’t afford to lose.
