#magic whump

[hurtwithallthecomfort]

Magic user Whumpee in a team full of people who know absolutely nothing about magic at all.

The first time they’re vulnerable enough to wear clothes that don’t cover all of their skin, they’re worried of how the team will react to the magic markings on their skin, but nobody seems particularly bothered.

In fact, they all think it’s super cool. All of them think magic is invaluable, after all, and can’t imagine why Whumpee would cover up the markings it causes.

They ask a few questions here and there (after all they’ve never heard of magic doing that before) and Whumpee gives vague answers that are enough to satiate their curiosity.

Some time after a strenuous mission, Whumpee panics about the markings spreading. The team assume Whumpee is insecure about how they look, so comfort them by saying how much they love the markings.

Whumpee starts to cover up less, however this leads to disaster when the team encounter a fellow spellcaster and Whumpee doesn’t have a cloak or anything to hand.

To the team’s surprise, the spellcaster is horrified because oh my god what the hell happened to Whumpee?? Are they ok??? How the hell are they alive????

That day, the team find out that magical markings aren’t, in fact, normal, and are clear cut signs of magic actively harming the user. Whumpee had been covering them up because they didn’t want anyone to think they were weak.

This entire time, Whumpee had been actively rotting because of their magic, and the signs had been right there for all of the team to see. And they didn’t know any better.

[whumblr]

Big fan of Whumpers who can smash Whumpee into a wall with magic/powers. Either with a casual flick of the wrist that blasts them away, or with a powerful, aggressive sweeping motion, accompanied maybe by a roar of frustration.

Bigger fan when said Whumper then keeps Whumpee trapped against the wall just by outstretching his hand. Pressing them harder against the (broken) bricks. Better yet, when that hand tenses, fingers shape into a claw, and Whumpee grasps at their throat, at nothing, all air taken from them. Huge bonus when Whumper slowly walks up to them, all menace and threat, yes.

Biggest fan when Whumper then relaxes all muscles, drops his arm. And Whumpee drops right along like a ragdoll into the rubble, slowly slumping against the wall, or dropping forward (into Whumper's arms).

[faultsandfractures]

Whumpees whose powers/magic are so integral to them that that blocking the abilities is like blocking their breathing. The same power-dampening tech or anti-magic that weakens others will kill them within hours.

What happens if they are captured? Do they desperately explain that the standard protocol isn’t going to work, and promise to obey without it? Are they sedated? Restrained more tightly in other ways? More importantly, are they even believed?

And if the dampener is activated, how long does it take their captors to realize that the whumpee wasn’t lying?

[redd956]

Magic Whump/Angst Prompt List

Based off of my SOA magic system that should probably post, because yesterday was my birthday, these are basically my truest fave tropes

When heartbreak/grief affects a character's magic

Magic backfiring often having the same effects as a gun backfiring

When the stress and trauma is genuinely killing the character

The variance of scars caused by magic. Necrotic scars from dark magic. Colorful scars from haphazard spellcasting. Lighting scars that refuse to fade. Leathery skin from overuse of fire magic. Discolored fingertips, foggy eyes, rapidly graying hair, gimme gimme gimme

Nose bleeds from overuse? A class. But what about... tinnitus, blurred vision, dizzying, loss of appetite, weight loss, tingling/numbness, loss of balance, paling skin, weakened immune systems, muscular pain, oh I could go on

Soldiers collapsing mid battle from using their magic too much

Squad mates holding up their comrade so that they can keep casting magic, despite their weakness and inability to stand for themselves

Watching magic trace through someone's veins before it conjures into reality

Magic whiplash, magic friendly fire, magic misfire? Yes yes and yes

Curses are such a common thing, that they're basically a disability, and yes people discriminate against the cursed of course

A healer whose hands have been atrophied by arthritis after nonstop days of tending to the wounded, their skills growing more jagged and unrefined

[tender-traps]

apprentice mage who pledges to obey their master, not realizing the pledge is part of a binding spell that causes excruciating pain whenever they refuse or fail to do what their master says

[whumpmancer]

Whump scenario: A villain working for a powerful entity who puts a magical brand on him - the more time it takes him to bring the entity's plan to fruition, the more the brand burns.

The party fighting the villain would begin to notice that he becomes more desperate and angry each time they interfere with his plans. Each time they see him, he looks just a bit thinner, the shadows under his eyes darker. Finally, when they deliver a blow that could crush his plans for good, he breaks down. There's denial at first, but surprisingly little anger. He has no more fight left in him - the pain becomes so overwhelming he just wants it all to stop.

With the discovery of the brand, deciding his fate proves to be not as straightforward as the party had expected.

[wlw-whump]

a magic whump thing I'm obsessed w lately: powers malfunctioning so whumpee can't turn them off.

everywhere they go, they trail magic. people around them babble their secrets and truths compulsively. lightbulbs burst or candles light themselves. a friend asks what perfume whumpee's wearing because the scent of greenery and ozone lingers in the air around them. they're holding themself back as much as they can, stopping the people around them from catching the brunt of it, but flowers grow under their feet and there's no keeping their powers a secret, not now.

they're exhausted—they aren't meant to function this way, with their magic a parasite eating away at their energy, a wild beast bucking inside their chest. even as their friends react with delight as beautiful things bloom in whumpee's wake, whumpee can feel something worse on the way with each new surge of magic that wells up from within them

[whumpanini]

Whumper holds Whumpee's bound hands as they shove Whumpee toward the edge of the tall building. Their feet teeter on the edge, desperately scrabbling for purchase but Whumpee is pushed too far out to hold themselves up. If Whumper lets go, Whumpee will fall to their death.

Whumpee wants to beg and plead for mercy, but barely holds themselves back despite trembling and tears threatening to fall. Whumper makes their demand again, casually loosening their grip just a touch to scare Whumpee. They close their eyes and still refuse to comply so Whumper lets go.

Whumpee's stomach rises as their body plummets to the ground at terrifying speed. They have enough time to internally panic at their coming doom before suddenly their fall halts. They're caught somehow (I'm imagining being pushed from a wizard tower and magic but this can fit any setting) as Whumper reminds them that they're only alive due to their grace. They return Whumpee to captivity, ready to threaten them again later once that lesson has set in.