Just got a haircut and couldn't help but think of the Whump value behind that. Like, even if the whumper is legitimately just giving the whumpee a haircut, the fear that comes with that. Having tangled knots viciously yanked with a comb, and the snip snip by their ear, not knowing if whumper is just gonna "slip" and take a chunk of ear or just slice into their skin... The teasing, caressing whumpee's head, just... I dunno, I just couldn't get it out of my head and had to share.
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That's very good VERY GOOD especially because I love haircuts in general (and haircut ASMR don't @ me). I feel like there can be just as many sweet moments as traumatic moments depending on who's doing the cutting and why
Caretaker lovingly cutting out all the old mattes and doing a deep scalp massage
Whumper hacking off several inches of long, beautiful hair either as punishment or because they personally prefer 'partners' with shorter styles
Whumpee cutting their hair in messy chunks in the bathroom at 2am, unable to stand how much it's grown during their captivity
Curly/Textured hair being horribly damaged and unkempt by Whumper who never cared enough to learn how to properly maintain it. Curly/Textured hair being returned to its fully gorgeous volume during Whumpee's recovery
Whumper cutting away all the bleached and dyed ends of Whumpee's hair because their roots have grown out long enough by now
Whumper giving them a full buzzcut
Whumpee giving themself a full buzzcut so that no one will ever be able to grab a fistful of their hair again
Whumper using the same scissors, still rusted with blood, that they've used on countless other unfortunate souls (though it wasn't their hair they were cutting...)
