Synopsis: During the Warring States Period, Li Haolan is forced out of her own home and sold as a slave despite being the daughter of the Public Censor of Zhao. Purchased by Lu Buwei, she is gifted to Ying Yiren a Qin Royal who is serving as a hostage to guarantee the armistice between the Qin and Zhao states. A dangerous battle begins as a result of their arrival and they must rely on their wits to survive. Will Haolan be able to rise to her own success to overcome the adversities in her life?
✨Had a lot of promise but didn't really deliver on a lot of the whump... Not really worth watching after the midpoint. Goes downhill a lot and most of the whump is in the beginning too. Took me 2 years to finish this list 'cause I kept procrastinating rewatching like 10 eps, lmao✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Usual historical cdrama CWs.
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Ying Yiren / Zichu portrayed by Mao Zi Jun
A/N: He has a yandere admirer and is a hostage prince so there's a lot of subtle whumpy moments with just context that aren't really worthy of/would be difficult to mention in the list (i.e. him living imprisoned, constantly being followed by what's essentially a jailer, soft threatened and pushed by the yandere, etc).
Ep 1 | None.
Ep 2 | Publicly humiliated and mocked | Sword held to his neck.
Ep 3 | Arrested (off screen) | In a cell.
Ep 4 | Still locked up, coughing, weak | Sentenced to death (off-screen), chained walking to his execution | Waiting to be executed, saved at the last minute | Pricked in the neck with a needle, threatened.
Ep 5 | Weak, gradually getting sick | Something dear to him taken and sold, distressed, upset, sudden headache, stumbles back, faints, concern for him | Asleep in bed, taken care of, coughing, still weak.
Ep 6 | Threatened | Upset | Concerned for ally | Knocked back slightly by explosion.
Ep 7 | None.
Ep 8 | Threated.
Ep 9 | Arrested.
Ep 10 | Imprisoned (off-screen), released | Weak | Concerned for loved one.
Ep 11 | Emotional, teary eyed.
Ep 12 | None.
Ep 13 | Concerned for loved one, distressed, caught in his escape. Bound by the wrists and made to walk back, saved, released | Apprehended again, locked in a room | Escorted into court, made to kneel.
Ep 14 | None.
Ep 15 | Caught escaping, threatened.
Ep 16-21 | None.
Ep 22 | Steps in-between loved one to protect her from a sword, grabs sword blade, bleeding, concern for him. Hand bandaged.
Ep 23 | Concerned for loved one, caught in the rain | Locked in his bedroom, harassed.
Ep 24 | Pushed off running carriage, uses himself as a shield to protect loved one, arrow shot to his chest, falls onto ground, clutching wound, collapses into loved one's arms, concern for him, taken away | Unconscious in bed, wound treated, blood staining white bandage.
Sick on and off after this point due to the injury. Lots of coughing.
Ep 25 | Clutching chest, coughing, weak.
Ep 26 | Emotional, weak, concerned for him | Coughing.
Ep 27 | None.
Ep 28 | Threatened | Coughing a lot, clutching chest, concern for him, given medicine.
Ep 29 | Threatened with a sword. Coughing, emotional, concern for him, faints.
Ep 30 | Locked in a cell and put in a carriage, paraded through the streets while people chant to kill him, wrists chained | Kneeling in public awaiting execution, protected, concerned for loved one, forcefully pulled away from loved one, forced to his knees, saved,
Ep 31 | Forced to meet whumper, caught in a trap, suspended in a rope cage with thorns all over it, threatened, grabs onto net and cuts his hand on one of the thorns, bleeding.
Ep 32 | None.
Ep 33 | Hand bandaged.
Ep 34 | Arrested and taken away | Arms bound together over his head with rope, hung from gate and used as a shield against his own soldiers.
Ep 35 | Hung for days, pale, weak | Released, protected | Concerned for loved one, distressed, crying.
Ep 36 | None.
Ep 37 | Tearing up, forced to part with loved one.
Ep 38 | Detained, distressed, sentenced to death by brother, saved, teary eyed.
Ep 39 | Forced to drink more alcohol than he can, spites blood (poisoned), concern for him, blood on his mouth, faints | Unconscious in bed, being treated, stirs awake, coughing, vomits blood, weak | Punched and knocked to the floor, forced to his feet.
Ep 40 | Clutching chest, coughs | Jolts awake from a nightmare, comforted.
Ep 41 | None.
Ep 42 | Teary eyed, concerned for loved one.
Ep 43-47 | None.
Ep 48 | Gasps, sudden chest pains, helped to stand | Told he's sick, distressed.
Ep 49-50 | None.
Ep 51 | Upset, coughing | Coughing again, hand on his chest.
Ep 52 | Sudden chest pain, clutches chest, quickly takes medicine so that loved one doesn't notice, coughing blood | (time skip) | Helped to walk, coughing | Coughing again.
Ep 53 | Upset | Angry, clutching chest, stepping back seemingly in pain, teary eyed, hurries after loved one only to be stopped by a sudden chest pain, spits blood, falls to his knees, faints | Lying in bed, concern for him.
Ep 54 | Angry | Upset, clutching chest, teary eyed, weak, spits blood, concern for him | Unconscious in bed.
Ep 55 | Recuperating in bed, helped to sit up, angry, clutching chest, helped to lie back down | In bed, coughing, weak, struggles to get up in search of water, head hurts, stumbles and falls onto the floor, helped up, weak, suddenly cannot see, panicked, sudden head pain again, falls back onto the floor, groaning (apparently some of this was pretend but I'm unsure of what) | Treated, distressed, upset, teary eyed.
Ep 56 | Chest pain during court, coughing, given medicine. Spits blood, faints, concern for him, unconscious | Lying in bed.
Ep 57 | Still in bed, wakes up coughing, concern for him | Coughing.
Whumpee: Lu Buwei portrayed by Nie Yuan
Ep 1-2 | None.
Ep 3 | Accused of being a traitor, arrested | In chains, locked in a cell.
Ep 4 | Still locked up | Sentenced to death (off-screen), chained, walking to his execution | Waiting to be executed, saved at the last minute.
Ep 5 | Slapped, kicked in the leg.
Ep 6 | Knocked back slightly by explosion.
Ep 7 | Pushed onto the floor.
Ep 8-12 | None.
Ep 13 | Caught in his escape. Bound by the wrists and made to walk back, saved, released | Kicked repeatedly, scolded (semi comedic) | Apprehended again, sword held to his neck, locked in a room, kicked | Escorted into court, made to kneel.
Ep 14 | None.
Ep 15 | Stabbed in the abdomen, falls onto the floor, clutching wound, swords pointed at him.
Ep 16 | Locked in a cell, clutching wound, in pain, concern for him, defiant and unwilling to have wound treated, scolded | Made to kneel, still in pain | Publicly humiliated x2, flogged a couple of times, saved, lying on the floor, in pain | Spanked (comedic), in pain.
Ep 17 | Scolded, pushed, yelled at | Threatened with having all allies killed if he leaves, threatened by his father that he will kill himself if he leaves
Ep 18 | None
Ep 19 | Concerned for loved one, kneeling for very long, in pain when getting up | Yelled at, scolded, concerned for loved one, holding loved one in his arms as they die, crying | Death of loved one mocked, angry, restrained, provoked more, shoved onto the ground | Grieving, crying.
Ep 20 | Crying | Insulted, grabs broken piece of jade and squeezes until his hand bleeds | Hand bandaged | Sudden stomach pain.
Ep 21 | Held at knife point.
Ep 22-23 | None.
Ep 24 | Stabbed in the shoulder, hiding wound | Wound being treated, wound bandaged, pale.
Ep 25 | Punched a few times and pushed against door, hit on his wound, clutching wound, blood staining clothes | Wound bandaged | Ambushed in his sleep, fought, stabbed in the back, wincing, stabbed in the stomach, grabs blade, pushed off cliff.
Ep 26-28 | None.
Ep 29 | Falls off horse.
Ep 30-31 | None.
Ep 32 | Sword held to his neck | Fought, concerned for loved one | Fought, saved | Multiple swords held to his neck.
Ep 33 | None.
Ep 34 | Hands scratched and bloody | Arrested and taken away.
Ep 35 | Imprisoned.
Ep 36-45 | None.
Ep 48 | Falsely accused.
Ep 49 | Arrested | Falsely accused.
Ep 50-53 | None.
Ep 54 | Coughing, upset, about to get up but cannot due to sudden head pain, faints | Coughing, weak, hunched over, coughing a lot | Left behind and locked away with the rest of the sick (off screen) | Sick in bed, coughing, weak | Unconscious. Coughing, struggling to sit up | Somewhat recovered, helped to walk, coughing still.
Ep 55 | No appearance.
Ep 56 | Ambushed, saved | Falsely accused, sword held to his neck, saved, fought, saved.
Ep 57-62 | Wrongfully accused a couple of times but nothing noteworthy.
Whumpee: Prince Yi portrayed by Zhao Yi Qin
Ep 1-20 | No appearance.
Ep 21 | Briefly fought, pushed through a window and lands on the floor, groaning, hit in the side of the neck, kicked to the ground.
Ep 22 | Unconscious against the table, covered with a blanket, having a nightmare, calling out for his mother, wakes up startled and distressed, panting. Emotional, crying.
Ep 23-31 | None.
Ep 32 | Fought x3.
Ep 33 | Blood staining white clothes, concern for him.
Ep 34 | None.
Ep 35 | Protecting loved one from being stoned.
Ep 36 | Attacked, protected, chased, fell off carriage, concerned for loved one, barely saved, in shock, concerned for loved one, holds his brother as the latter dies, calling out for his brother, crying | Upset, told disturbing news, crying, screaming, falls to his knees, hitting the ground sobbing, collapses onto the ground.
Ep 37 | Weak from being poisoned, concerned for loved one, tries getting up only to fall to the ground, distressed, in pain. Concern for him, labored breathing, weak, helped to stand | Upset | Concerned for loved one, labored breathing, suddenly freezes upon seeing loved one dead, calling out for loved one, in denial, grieving, restrained by either arm and manhandled away, struggling, screaming, tearing up, frees himself, angry, restrained again, hit in the back of the neck, faints, carried away.
Ep 38 | Upset.
Ep 39-50 | No appearance.
Ep 51 | Ambushed, fought, shot in the back with an arrow, suddenly freezes, falls to the ground, in pain, apologizing, bleeding from the mouth, repeatedly stabbed, spitting blood.
Whumpee has very sensitive (front or back) teeth. Cold food or drinks absolutely pains the nerves for seconds after said cold thing brushes their teeth.
Whumper takes advantage of this.
Anytime Whumpee needs water, they're given ice. Whumper won't let them melt the ice in their mouth or else they'll be punished further for it. They have to chew the ice while Whumper relishes at their victim's sour and pained face.
Synopsis: A man in his 80s lost everything, because of someone during the Japanese occupation of Korea era. The old man decides to take revenge on the person who caused his pain. A younger man helps the old man in his plan.
✨An unusual duo with a solid and engaging plot, definitely worth the watch.✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Off-Screen Suicide. Usual action/thriller CWs.
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: In Gyu portrayed by Nam Joo Hyuk
[37:42] In shock after witnessing a murder, panting.
[41:10] Distressed, tearing up, tracked down by debt collectors, insulted, pleading for more time, has his home trashed | Held at gunpoint, distressed, tearing up, labored breathing.
[1:28:35] In a car crash, captured (off-screen). Bound with his hands behind his back and made to kneel in a remote location, terrified, trembling, shaky breathing, crying, jumpy, whimpering, apologizing, begging for his life, crying, hyperventilating.
[01:32:00] Grabbed by collar of his jacket, slapped x2, protected, anxious, grabbed by the hair and pinned head-first onto the table, whimpering, begging for his life, saved, bleeding from the side of the head, hyperventilating, terrified, catching his breath, attacked, kicked in the head, falls to the ground, groaning in pain, repeatedly kicked in the upper back, saved, helped to sit up, groans, weak, bleeding from the mouth, tearing up.
[01:39:50] Wound treated, wincing.
[01:57:05] Concerned for loved one, labored breathing, talking loved one out of taking their life, distressed, emotional, tearing up.
Synopsis: The legend of a secret town shrouded in a curtain of fog, a mountain village of only women and golden turmeric, and a ceremonial hunt for the survival of their lineage.
✨An interesting story, many shortcomings aside. The whump isn't top-tier, but both MLs are suffering most of the time, so there's that. This also has an underrated trope of the protective whumper parent which was a delightful treat.✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Usual historical CWs, animal death (non graphic)
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Chaen portrayed by Jet Atlas / Phum Phatphaibun Ophatsuwan
Ep 1 | No appearance.
Ep 2-4 | None.
Ep 5 | Concerned for ally, distressed. Crying.
Ep 6 | Mourning death of friend, crying, suddenly dizzy, leans against tree to support himself, falls to his knees and faints, concern for him | Having nightmares, distressed, pale.
Ep 7-8 | None.
Ep 9 | Shields loved one with his body, stabbed in the abdomen, groans, clutching wound, sinks onto his knees, collapses into loved one's arms, concern for him, unconscious. Carried to safety and placed on bed, blood soaking white shirt, sweating, still bleeding, wound treated | Still unconscious, abdomen bandaged, pale, bleeding again, blood soaks white bandage, trembling.
Ep 10 | Still unconscious, blood soaking white bandage, non-stop bleeding, concern for him, taken away for further treatment | Carried away on a stretcher, pale, wound stitched up and treated | Stirs awake, in pain, struggling to sit up, concern for him, cannot protect loved one due to injury, distressed | Concerned for loved one.
Ep 11 | Still weak from his injuries | Resting to recover, calls out for loved one, helped to sit up | Drugged with medicine, struggling to remain conscious, faints.
Ep 12 | Attacked, saved, pulled to safety, restrained from leaving | Restrained and dragged away, resisting, slapped across the face, concern for ally, scolded, blamed for his ally's injury.
Ep 13 | Threatened and held at gunpoint.
Ep 14 | Tied to a tree.
Ep 15 | No appearance.
Ep 16 | Emotional | Passed out due to being drugged | In prison, unconscious, wakes up with a headache.
Ep 17 | Still imprisoned, held at gunpoint | Narrowly escapes being shot.
Ep 18 | None.
Ep 19 | Emotional | Hit in the back of the head and knocked out, captured (off screen) | Bound and made to kneel, forced to drink non-lethal poison, coughing, faints, concern for him. Carried out on a stretcher. Wakes up with a headache and amnesia.
Ep 20 | Concerned for loved one, manhandled and restrained, distressed, crying, watching mother die.
Whumpee: Min portrayed by Nont Sadanont Durongkavarojana
Ep 1-2 | No appearance
Ep 3 | Chased | Dagger held to his throat, threatened.
Ep 4 | Shoved onto bed, whimpers, threatened.
Ep 5 | No appearance.
Ep 6 | Threatened, attacked, pinned to bench, barely blocking slashes, cut in the palm of his hand, knife held to his neck, threatened again, hissing in pain. Bandages hand, blood soaking white cloth, concerned for friend | Chased | Attacked and all his friends are killed, in shock, barely escapes, panting, crying | Crying again, blames himself, whimpering.
Ep 7 | None.
Ep 8 | Distressed, teary eyed, decked in the face, falls to the ground | Ambushed, held at gunpoint, attacked, protected.
Ep 9 | Recalling painful memory.
Ep 10 | None.
Ep 11 | Manhandled and pinned to the bed, knife held to his neck, threatened with a gun.
Ep 12 | Threatened with knives, captured (off-screen), bound and head covered with a bag, scared, concerned for loved one, dragged away | No longer bound but being watched, briefly restrained.
Synopsis: The start and end of everything stems from an app called Wisher. Wisher appeared on the mobile phones of a group of college students out of the blue, and as long as they made a wish to it and completed a simple randomly assigned task, the wish would be realized. These young people can't stand the temptation, and just like signing a contract with the devil, they become dominoes under the control of desire. Middle-aged reporter Na Duo, as well as young collage students Lu Li and Qiu Wendong, began to confront the forces behind Wisher.
✨Pretty good sci-fi story with some amazing cinematography. Kinda lower on the whump than I had hoped but it be like that sometimes ✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Suicide (brief), usual action CWs
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS might be found, proceed with caution ⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Na Duo played by Feng Shao Feng
Ep 1 - [24:24] Nearly crashes car, hits steering wheel, grunts in pain, jump scared, threatened | [33:00] Grabbed by the chest by a speeding motorcyclist and slammed onto the ground, yells, grunts in pain, struggling to get up, nearly ran over by motorcycle, hit on the torso with the back wheel | Regains consciousness, confused as to where he is, panic.
Ep 2 - None.
Ep 3 - [00:10] Cornered, cloth thrown over head, pushed onto wall, falls to the ground, repeatedly kicked, picked up and shoved onto the wall again, pinned to the wall, work destroyed, threatened, pushed onto half wall, falls to the ground, struggling to breathe.
Ep 4-5 - None
Ep 6 - [12:40] Pulled to safety by ally, attacked with a knife, saved by ally, in shock after accidentally killing someone | [16:45] Still in shock, angry, distressed | [16:45] Concern for loved one, angry.
Ep 7-8 - None.
Ep 9 - [21:20] Escape blocked, held at gunpoint, kicked in the back of the knee, forced onto his knees, gun pressed to his forehead | [32:52] Unconscious on the ground, winces in pain as he gets up, panting.
Ep 10 - [03:30] Lying on the couch, ice pack on his head | [13:45] Watching a video from his recently deceased friend, emotional | [27:00] Concerned for loved one, agitated | [35:10] Inside a car during a crash.
Ep 11 - [03:05] Alcohol poured on open wound (rough caretaker), large cut on leg, bleeding, screams muffled by bandage roll in his mouth, sweating, groaning in pain, wound cleaned by friend, gripping armrest of couch, labored breathing, leg bandaged up then bandage roughly removed, bandaged up again, muffled yelp when the bandage was tightened, removes bandage roll from mouth, panting | limping slightly for the rest of the episode | [10:30] Told a loved one passed away, angry | [22:50] Uncovering loved-one's dead body, hands trembling, crying.
Ep 12 - [00:15] (in past) Watched father die, in shock, pulls little sister into his arms | [12:50] Chased | [17:50] Panting, distressed | [30:20] Held at gunpoint, leaning against wall, weak, berated, held at gunpoint again, struggling to talk, struggles to stand up, leaning against the wall for support, coughing, weak so has to sit back down, leaning against the wall, sacrifices himself, ears ringing, struggling to look up.
Whumpee: Qiu Wendong played by Fan Cheng Cheng
Ep 1 - [02:48] Flinches when yelled at, pet threatened to be killed, begging to save pet | [12:44] (in flashback) scolded, yelled at, pushed (end flashback)
Ep 2 - [00:25] (flashback) Yelled at, scolded, pushed, blamed (end flashback), forced to put down pet himself.
Ep 3 - [18:10] Flashback triggered, (flashback) restrained, held back, watching his mother being beaten (end flashback)
Ep 4 - None
Ep 5 - [27:27] Flashback triggered, (flashback) restrained, held back with an arm around his neck, watching his mother being beaten (end flashback), breathing heavily.
Ep 6 - [00:35] (nightmare) held in a chokehold, watching his mother being beaten (end nightmare) | [32:50] Threatened, yelled at, grabbed by the jacket.
Ep 7 - [04:05] Scolded by teacher, accused, flashback of his mother being beaten triggered, mostly unresponsive, takes the blame | [09:05] Recalling the past to a friend, emotional | [25:00] falls off motorcycle, tumbles on the ground, lying in the rain, struggling to get up | [26:47] Bruised cheek, upset, emotional, pushed, grabbed by the jacket, punched in the face, falls to the ground, forced to apologize.
Ep 8 - [00:15] Cheek still bruised, scratches and bruise on wrist, bandage on the other wrist | [07:58] cut reveal on wrist, cleaning wound.
Ep 9 - [23:52] In a minor car crash, crashes into the side of the car | [27:38] In shock, yelled at, angry, emotional, crying.
Ep 10 - [01:30] (flashback) watching his father throw himself off a cliff, (end flashback) teary eyes.
Ep 11 - None.
Ep 12 - [04:40] Headbutted in the face, stumbles back | [33:00] Angry, panting, stumbling, leaning against wall, coughing, struggling to breathe, loosens tie, weak, grabbed by the jacket, pushed onto the floor, struggling to get back up, struggling to walk, panic, explosion wave crashes onto him, thrust onto the ground, face and hand burned, screaming in pain, panic, begging, screaming, ceiling collapses on him | [46:25] Scar reveal on his left cheek and right hand.
Whumpee: Xi Lei played by Guo Zi Fan
Ep 1-2 - None.
Ep 3 - [18:15] Pulled away from a fight, restrained.
Ep 4 - None
Ep 5 - [27:24] Accused, pushed, fought.
Ep 5-8 - None.
Ep 9 - [12:25] Betrayed, emotional.
Ep 10 - [27:10] Yelled at, grabbed by the jacket, shaken, pulled to his feet and pushed against the wall, shaken, yelled at again, distressed, pulled away and slammed onto another wall, yelled at more, apologizing, shoved onto the floor, leaning against wall, distressed.
Ep 11 - [17:25] Cornered, head covered with cloth | [26:25] Wakes up tied to a chair, panting, concerned about loved one, crying.
Ep 12 - [03:35] Locked in a narrow tubular cell, restrained | [05:50] Locked in a container with friend, saved | [12:50] Chased.
First longer whump list, hopefully I didn't miss anything important🙏SML (Wendong) had quite some emotional whump (man's seriously unwell) but I didn't really think every instance was worth mentioning so I didn't.
Secret of Three Kingdoms (三国机密) | Cdrama | Whump List
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama, Political, War
Synopsis: The last hope of the crumbling Han Dynasty bears an unspeakable secret with the power to destroy the imperial rule it seeks to save during the turbulent Three Kingdoms era, tied to a cold case related to the unsolved murder of a young man from the countryside.
Length: 54 eps
Whump meter: ▲◭△△△
Whumpy Things: Bro whump, sensitive whumpee, royal whumpee, emotional whump, prince in peril whumpee.
✨ Absolutely fascinating drama with great lead couple, omg. There was unfortunately not as much whump as I would have liked but there's a substantial bit of emotional whump and plenty angst ✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Violence, mild gore, s**cide (explicitly shown and talked about frequently by a lead character), usual historical cdrama CWs (most triggering eps at the bottom)
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Liu Xie / Liu Ping portrayed by Ma Tian Yu
Ep 1 | Concern for loved one, teary eyed, labored breathing | stepped on, winces x2 | In shock.
Ep 2 | In shock, crying | Caught in a fire, saved, weak, comforted, concern for him.
Ep 3 | None.
Ep 4 | [04:35] Struggling to hold someone back, bitten in the arm, in pain, teary eyed, bite mark visible on his arm | [16:17] Wound turned red, arm wrapped up.
Ep 5 | Scolded, concern for loved one, yelled at | [36:20] Concern for loved one, scolded, grabbed by his clothes and pushed against the wall, scolded, yelled at, crying, begging to save loved one.
Ep 6-8 | Distressed, crying, scolded. He cries a lot. (ep 8 - Angry)
Ep 9 | [07:25] Mourning death of loved one, on his knees, crying, angry | [18:55] Guilty, has a breakdown, crying | Slapped.
Ep 10 | None.
Ep 11 | Teary eyed | Yelled at.
Ep 12-20 | None.
Ep 21 | Fought. Restrained, sword held to his neck. Imprisoned.
Ep 22-23 | None.
Ep 24 | Arrested, bound to cross, hit with an arrow a bunch (semi-comedic), dragged away.
Ep 25-27 | None.
Ep 28 | Imprisoned, chained | Weak due to being starved, pale, wrists injured from the chains, struggling to walk | Made to kneel.
Ep 29 | Brief injury reveal, concern for him.
Ep 30-31 | None.
Ep 32 | Slapped x2, emotional.
Ep 33-37 | None.
Ep 38-40 | Emotional, crying.
Ep 41 | Fought in a war | Scolded, slapped, emotional, crying.
Ep 42-44 | None.
Ep 45 | [23:50] Teary eyed | Made to watch his brother be tortured unable to do anything to save him, tearing up.
Ep 46 | Emotional, tearing up.
Ep 47 | None.
Ep 48 | Witnesses loved one die, crying | Emotional, crying x2 | Crying, grabs sword by the blade, bleeding, blood covered hand.
Ep 49-51 | Emotional, crying. Witnesses the death of a loved one (Ep 50).
Ep 52-54 | None.
Whumpee: Sima Yi (Zhong Da) portrayed by Elvis Han
Ep 1 | Told loved one died, teary eyed.
Ep 2-10 | Threatened with a sword held to his neck a couple of times (ep 3, 5, 8).
Ep 11 | [26:26] Throws himself in front of someone to protect them from an attack, stabbed in the shoulder, on the ground, yelps, helped sit up, clutching wound, winces.
Ep 12 | No appearance.
Ep 13 | Recovering from injury, being fed medicine, heavy breathing, pale, moves but is stopped by a sudden pain, clutches chest, coughing, struggles to get up and dressed, labored breathing, winces, groans.
Ep 14 | Sudden pain from previous wound.
Ep 15 | [13:28] Knife thrown at him and stabs him in the leg (off-screen), screams, concern for him, clutching leg, in pain, knife suddenly pulled out, cries out, bandaged up, winces, helped to stand, winces again, helped to walk, limping, winces, labored breathing | Wakes up, winces.
Ep 16 | Using a crutch to walk, struggles to kneel, struggles to get back up | Threatened with a sword.
Ep 17 | Wound touched, cries out in pain, groaning | Helped to walk, limping | Kicked on his wounded leg, crying out in pain, helped to walk. In pain.
Ep 18 | No appearance.
Ep 19-20 | None.
Ep 21 | Restrained, arrested. Bound to cross. Arrested again.
Ep 22 | Imprisoned.
Ep 23-27 | None.
Ep 28 | Fought, kicked to the ground and falls unconscious.
Ep 29-30 | None.
Ep 31 | Emotional, concerned for loved one.
Ep 32-33| None.
Ep 34 | Fought, knocked down, saved.
Ep 35 | Stabbed in the abdomen, falls to the ground, concern for him, passes out | In bed, concern for him, weak | In a wheelchair (pretending) | Recieving acupuncture as a form of torture disguised as treatment, in pain.
Ep 36-41 | None.
Ep 42 | Arrested. In prison.
Ep 43-44 | None.
Ep 45 | [23:50] Arrested | Tied to cross, interrogated, hot iron tool pressed onto his chest, groaning in agony, screaming, sweating, iron removed to reveal burn, threatened with another, saved, wound pressed, groaning.
Ep 46 | Imprisoned, curled up on the floor, pale, weak, wound visible on his chest.
Ep 47 | None.
Ep 48 | Told loved one died, crying, mourning.
Ep 49-50 | None.
Ep 51 | Stabbed in the shoulder with the tip of a sword, winces, sweating, clutching wound.
Ep 52 | Punched, bloody lip, coughing.
Ep 53-54 | None.
Whumpee: Cao Pi portrayed by Tan Jian Ci
Ep 1-4 | No appearance.
Ep 5-7 | None.
Ep 8 | Fought | Labored breathing, sweating, blood on his face.
Ep 9 | None.
Ep 10 | Crying, angry | Made to kneel to receive punishment, beaten repeatedly with a rod, scolded, concern for him, saved.
Ep 11 | [14:00] Held hostage with a sword to his throat, sword pressed to his neck, bleeding, kicked onto the ground, slashed in the neck, falls to the ground, concern for him, bleeding a lot, spasming, wound treated hastily, unconscious, neck bandaged | Carried away, still unconscious.
Ep 12 | [41:15] Lying in bed, struggling to sit up, raspy voice and struggling to talk, weak, pale, blood staining the bandage around his neck, grunts, struggles to lie back down.
Ep 13 | Asleep in bed, weak, barely moving, raspy voice, struggles to sit up.
Ep 14-15 | No appearance.
Ep 16 | Still bed-ridden, weak, pale.
Ep 17-18 | No appearance.
Scar visible on his neck from this point onwards.
Ep 19-20 | None.
Ep 21 | Fought, kicked in the chest, kneed in the head, falls onto the ground, unconscious | Imprisoned, still unconscious. Stirs awake, coughing, clutching head, struggling to get up, weak, groaning.
Ep 22 | Arrested (off-screen). Bound, swords held to his neck, made to kneel, grabbed by the collar, shoved, saved.
Ep 23 | None.
Ep 24 | Punched, clutching jaw, bloody lip, restrained, arrested. Bound to cross.
Ep 25 | Still bound, lip bruised.
Ep 26 | None.
Ep 27 | Swords held to his neck, restrained, arrested. | Slapped x3, stumbles | Bruise visible on his cheek, bound to cross, whipped in the chest x3, groaning, labored breathing, knife held to his neck, teary eyed. | Saved, collapses onto saviour, weak, helped to walk.
Ep 28 | Fought.
Ep 29 | None.
Ep 30 | Bound, kicked in the back of the knee and falls onto his knees. In shock, emotional |Fought, defeated, on the ground, bruise on his cheek, sword held to his neck.
Ep 31 | Unconscious on the ground, stirring awake, clutching head, groaning.
Ep 32 | Emotional, crying, slapped.
Ep 33-34 | None.
Ep 35 | In pain after kneeling for very long.
Ep 36 | Sword held to his neck.
Ep 37 | Made himself bleed from the finger.
Ep 38 | Emotional, accidentally(?) cuts his hand with his blade.
Ep 39-46 | None.
Ep 47 | Fought, special move™ performed against his chest knocking him back, kicked on the shoulder, falls onto the floor, unconscious, concern for him.
Ep 48 | Recovering in bed, unconscious, pale, emotional, crying.
Ep 49 | Digs until his hands bleed.
Ep 50 | None
Ep 51 | Stops blade with hand, bleeding. Hand bandaged.
Ep 52-53 | None.
Ep 54 | Hit with an object. Bleeding from the mouth. Teary eyed | Emotional, crying, bleeding from the mouth again, spits blood.
Synopsis: Earth has survived catastrophic solar winds under the protection of the Grid, its planetary defense shield. Kim Sae Ha, a Bureau employee, encounters a murderer. Jung Sae Byeok, a detective, is dispatched to arrest the murderer. While in pursuit of the fugitive, she witnesses an unbelievable phenomenon: the founder of the Grid - a ghost from the past - has reappeared after 24 years. But why is she abetting the fugitive?
✨ Not much injury whump but quite some emotional whump. Drama was interesting but overall rather slow and confusing. ✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Usual thriller CWs (violence, blood, etc). Self harm.
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Kim Sae Ha portrayed by Seo Kang Joon
Ep 1 | None
Ep 2 | [27:31] Kicked to the ground, barely dodges an object being broken over him, fought, shoved to the ground, rolls and hits the wall, groaning, panting, struggling to get up, leaning against the wall, tearing up.
Ep 3 | Watching a disturbing video, shaky breathing, tearing up, body tense, crying, can't watch any longer, rests head on hand.
Ep 4-5 | None.
Ep 6 | Distressed, tearing up, crying.
Ep 7 | [06:58] Cuts himself in the lower arm, bleeding, breathing heavily, held at gunpoint, device implanted into his arm (off screen), sweating | Tearing up, crying | Shoved onto a desk, falls to the ground scratched in the cheek with a pencil.
Ep 8 | Crying | Cuts himself in the lower arm again, bleeding a lot, digs into wound with tweezers until he pulls out the device. Saved from an explosion, bloody hand.
Ep 9 | [38:40] Choked, falls to the ground still being choked, fights off attacker, panting, coughing, restrained by either arm.
Ep 10 | [09:33] Shoved against a wall, impaled in the abdomen with a rusty rod, slides down wall onto the ground, clutching wound, bleeding, struggling to fight off attacker, weak, bleeding more, 'saved', collapses on his side on the ground, crying, dies. | (time altered to before he died) Concern for him, bruise reveal from previous strangulations, hit in the back of the head with a tool (not shown), bleeding onto the ground, injury reveal, bleeding from the back of his head, blood on his neck, dizzy, falls to his knees, collapses into friend's arms, weak, bleeding a lot, crying, dies.
Synopsis: Desperate to find his missing daughter, a father agrees to help a mysterious woman assassinate a novelist. At the same time, the young hero in the book’s alternate universe has also put his revenge plan into motion, and his actions begin to affect the real world.
Length: 2 hours
Whump meter: ▲▲▲▲▲
Whumpy Things: Fantasy whump, body modification whump, sensitive whumpee, giant whumper, hunted by the narrative.
✨ Both the fantasy world and the real world had an engaging story that connected very nicely! Very unique and surprisingly whumpy ✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Quite a bit of blood, human trafficking (briefly in the beginning).
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Lu Kongwen portrayed by Dong Zi Jian
10:20 | (as book character) Chased through a forest, hit in the back with chains, falls to the ground, grunts, bleeding from the mouth, struggling to continue running, saved, pushed off cliff to save his life. Panting, whimpering, in shock, watching loved one die, whimpering, crying, angry.
16:16 | (as book character) Living armour engulfs him, in shock, trying to remove it, falls to the ground, in pain, unable to control his limbs, whimpering, armour pierces his skin and settles on him, whimpering, groaning, screaming.
35:15 | (as himself) Barely dodges being hit by a car, tumbles down the stairs, wincing.
41:05 | (as book character) Accidentally dragged into war, barely dodges an arrow shot at him, falls to the ground, in shock.
55:55 | (as book character) Scared, running for his life, chased. Falls on the ground from a rooftop, barely dodges a weapon thrown at him. Kicked in the chest, knocked back onto the ground, barely dodges a weapon thrown at him again, bleeding from the mouth, scared, struggling to get up, concern for ally.
01:01:05 | (as himself) Hit in the leg with a rock, falls to his knees, wincing in pain, labored breathing, hit in the shoulder with a rock, whimpering, calling out for help, panting, struggling to crawl to safety, hit in the back with a rock, groaning, hunched over in pain, whimpering, hit in the head with a rock, falls down a hill, unconscious on the ground, bleeding from the head, groaning weakly.
01:11:35 | (as book character) Clutching chest, coughing, concern for him.
01:20:45 | (as himself) Scratches visible on his face. Slips and falls off building, caught by ally.
01:21:48 | (as book character) Fought, saved, distressed. Holes visible on his arms from meat armour. Meat armour returned to his body, stumbling, panting.
01:44:50 | (as book character) Holes visible on his arms, saved, knocked back onto the ground x3, in pain, saved, grabbed by giant hand and squeezed, bleeding from the head, groaning, screaming, saved, falls to the ground, writhing in pain, stabbed in the abdomen by a giant nail, slowly dragged across the ground, groaning.
01:49:50 | (as himself) Stabbed (off-screen), lying on the ground, barely responsive, bleeding from the abdomen, wheeled into the hospital, oxygen mask on his face, unconscious.
01:53:25 | (as book character) Struggling to walk, shoved and is sent flying back onto the ground, spits blood, groaning, panting. Clutching arm, tries to move but arm hurts, winces, tries grabbing sword but arm is too weak (seemingly dislocated but unsure when this happened), winces, armour engulfs his injured arm, groaning.
01:5920 | (as book character) Dangling from high place, struggling, engulfed by tentacles.
Whumpee: Guan Ning portrayed by Lei Jin Yin
05:35 | Arrested (offscreen). Has nightmare of losing his daughter, wakes up cuffed to the car, repeatedly hit.
35:15 | Saved from car driving into him, tumbles down the stairs, wincing.
47:00 | Kicked in the chest, punched in the chest, shoved into a wall, kneed in the abdomen, shoved into a furniture, strangled with a telephone cord, kicked on the leg which causes him to fall onto the ground, arm twisted behind his back, screams. Held under water in a bathtub, arms bound, struggling, losing consciousness, pulled out and thrown on the ground, coughing water, labored breathing.
01:06:15 | kicked in the chest, falls back.
01:05:12 | Fought, glass bottle broken over his head, bleeding, slashed in the face, falls on the ground, wincing, struggling to get up, angry. Told disturbing reveal, whimpering, crying. Kicked to the ground, tackled and knocked out. Crying.
01:33:50 | Electrocuted x2, fought, crashes into bookcase, slashed in the back with a fan blade, clutching leg, trail of his blood on the wall.
01:39:05 | Golf ball thrown at his abdomen with super strength, punched into a wall, thrown onto a table, dragged across the floor, unable to get up, bleeding from the head, falls to the ground.
01:49:30 | Helped to walk, struggling to continue on his own, stumbling.
