#whump research

[callaei-researches]

Updated links to whump research

Hello! It seems like the links I'd shared for my whump research are no longer working. I know my university had some issue with having the research projects online (which doesn't seem to be yet resolved), and it seems like the research has disappeared from Academia.edu also.

I'll update the previous posts so that they've got a working link! In the meantime, I've made the research available via Google Drive:

Sociocultural identifies within the whump community (Undergraduate research project)

Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump interest (Master's research thesis)

[generic-whumperz]

Happy STS, Generic!

What is the most surprising thing you’ve discovered while writing? Could be a fun research fact, something about yourself, something about a character you hadn’t realized, etc. Take your pick! :D

Thanks for the question, and damn did this come at a perfect time!

I haven’t been writing for very long, I only very recently got back into it after nearly a decade of abandoning it, so I feel like I’m in the stage of constantly learning new and exciting things. I was Googling suspicions shit (as I usually do) last night, and I found this fun little fact:

[verkja]

Here’s a fun method of torture: combing. Specifically, with an iron comb meant for preparing fibre such as wool or flax. Like this:

[ID: A flat piece of wood with metal spikes sticking up from it.]

That's not a purpose-built torture device; it's meant for processing flax fibre, which can then be spun into linen thread.

This torture method was used as far back as the Lydian Empire, and enjoyed continued popularity throughout the days of the Roman Empire. It didn’t require much in terms of equipment, because wool combs were fairly common tools. You just had to secure one in place and drag a victim across it, or chain someone up and go to town with the comb.

Of course this fits well into a whump story set in (historical or fantasy) mediaeval times or earlier, but since the comb involved is essentially a bunch of nails sticking out of a block, it’s easily adaptable for the modern era. Combs like this are even commercially available, if your whumper isn’t the crafty type! Ones intended for wool usually have just one or two rows of teeth, while those for plant fibres (called hackles or heckles) look more like the picture above.

[worldofwhumpcraft]

Whump Hair Survey Results

Alright, here are the results of this survey, and answers to hopefully all of your questions (my ask box is still tentatively open). I'm stressing again that this was not a professional or academically backed survey, just one guy with raging curiosity. Please bear with.

Whumpee Hair Statistics 7-2022.pdf

Shared with Dropbox

I include this note at the top of the document, but if there is GENUINE decent number of people who want to see the list of OCs used in this survey, let me know (comment, ask, rb, w/e.) and i'll upload it as a separate document from the results.

Thanks again to everyone who participated, shoulder pats to all those who included ages, and an extra thank you to those who specified if their OCs were BBU-esque and/or nonhuman-esque.

Good Whumping,

Watts C.

Addendum: for all those wondering about ethnicity/age results, I answered this question here.

Tagging those who expressed extra interest or requested: @cupcakes-and-pain @whumpzone @girlsjustwannadrawwhump @whumblr @just-horrible-things @whumpwillow @pigeonwhumps @verkja @leyswhumpdump @thebluejayswhump @aseasonwithclara @redwingedwhump @honeybunny-og (thank you for your submission it made me laugh)

[callaeidae3]

Whumpmas in July: Day 13

Make a whump meme

Here is the story of how my research proposal went haha... (It's been approved, and my head of school, supervisor and other staff have mentioned that they're interested to see where this research goes! Which is...great (non-sarcastic)!! 💦)

But yeah, this is an update! FYI -- WHUMP COMMUNITY RESEARCH SURVEY

To summarise, the whump interest research topic I'm doing is on the "Sociocultural identities in the whump community".

The questionnaire for this research will open later this week! I will be posting the link here and/or @callaei-researches (I will reblog to here if I don't post it here first). The survey is anonmyous, online via Google Forms and will be open for 3 weeks!

[adrenaline-whump]

Ouch in four words: “intraosseous foreign body penetration.”

In related news, TIL there’s a journal out there called “Case Reports in Emergency Medicine”.  Be warned that articles may include surgery pictures.

[iwhumpyou]

Hey!! You know how you mentioned how you always want to study whump, but don’t know how to obtain funds to do that? Well I recently ran across one of the OTW’s new projects called fan hackers.

This Is what they say on there about page: “Fanhackers is an Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) project whose mission is to make fan studies research accessible. Whether you’re involved in academia or research in your own free time, or just curious about what academia has to say about fans, we aim to help connect you to research on fan culture. We also want to help people add to the discipline’s ever-growing body of work by contributing personal experiences and/or new work, and encourage collaboration and community interaction.”

I thought maybe, if you’re really interested in looking into research about it, this platform might help you get started!

Thank you, Kay!

This definitely looks interesting and I want to explore it - I have a lot of ideas on whump research.

To anyone that’s similarly interested, here is the link!

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

Hello Fellow Whump Writers. How are you tonight? I just am here for a hopefully quick message ok? Bear with me.

I'd like to start this by saying that this community is so good at tagging things. Whump writers as a group seem to tag so well. That's probably because we all like to be able to navigate and read each other's work, as well as understanding that what we write isnt for everyone. And when asked to accommodate other people's limits or to add another tag for the safety and comfort of our audience, we all do it happily. I am so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful and understanding community thats so respectful of other people's triggers. So here's a quick little reminder:

Respect your own triggers too, you wonderful idiots 💗

If you're anything like me, you've had to google some things that make your FBI agent sit up a little straighter and worry a bit. And, like me, maybe you've been writing for years and have seen some pretty unpleasant things while doing research. Icky pictures. Scary things. Warnings that say "hey this is pretty bad!" That make you think nah not that ba- oh I should have listened. Gross. So maybe you feel like you've seen it all when it comes to scientific research.

You have not.

Ok. So you have a thing that you want to write. It dances up against one of your triggers. (In my case, its a car crash, so that's what we'll use here for the example.) You decide that you're going to write it, but be a little vague. Thats how you can avoid hurting yourself, but also make your poor whumpee's disorientation come across. You start writing and its not flowing right. So you do some research. Possible injuries, statistics, all familiar ground and all things you've read. And none of it helpful. An idea strikes you, so you skip over to youtube and type in the same search, this time followed by 'pov'. A video pops up amd you click it. A warning pops up and you ignore it, bracing yourself, reminding yourself that it's only 8 minutes, and that its 'for science.'

Congratulations! Youre now having a panic attack!!!

Please be careful while doing research. Especially when its about things that you know to be triggering to you specifically. Dont hurt yourself for the sake of your writing. Trust yourself. Find other ways to find your information. Go slow. Hell, scrap the writing if you have to.

TLDR: please offer yourself and your triggers the same amount of respect you give to others, and stay safe when researching.

Love, an idiot who hurt themself to make sure you didnt have to. 💚