All these lovely delicious posts of the whump community make me wonder how viable some sort of media around it would catch eyes.
Like I could picture it being the aftermath of it all and, were it an anime, just being 13 episodes of painfully slow recovery.
I feel like most studios publishers would go "nah, nobody would want that", but like...
I know that the anime Spice and Wolf (started as books) has a spinoff book series after the main story where it was just the main characters learning how to be married, how to raise their kid, and the slow tender process of them messing up and helping each other.
Like... I know society wants the big epic battles.
But we have series like Violet Evergarden where she learns to no longer be a soldier but a person.
Just... Wondered what you thought.
I love this community, just think it'd be cool to see a journey of it too.
Tbh, I think with our current media landscape, it would be downright impossible to get a long form recovery whump show going on any meaningful scale. Not that it wouldn’t be good, or that people wouldn’t watch it, but…
1. Recovery is hard and imperfect. The moral purity problem we have in media and fandom culture right now would make everything difficult and miserable from beginning to end.
2. Caring for someone, trusting therapists and doctors, and commenting (even passively) on what and who inflicts trauma would by nature be considered “woke” and “liberal propaganda”. I dunno if you’re from America, but that’s where I am and that in itself would be a show killer, especially now.
3. TV and visual media is now often catering to the lowest common denominator, so the attention span for a show that’s long, drawn out, and intentionally incremental would be difficult to garner. Books do better with this because the Venn diagram of people patient enough to read and those patient enough for this type of story has a good overlap.
Not to rain on your parade, but unfortunately I doubt a show would be something that could take off as I see things now. Not that I haven’t thought about it too, I’ve actually written some little scripts but unless it’s fan made or original works, I think we’re gonna be sticking to writing and art for now.
If you haven't already watched the French series 'Mortel' on Netflix, this is a strong recommendation to do it. And in case anyone should be interested, here is a list of (most of) the whumpy moments for the main characters Sofiane and Victor.
That's all :)
(Trigger warning: this show contains some pretty dark themes like cults, suicide, mental illnesses, and rape)
Sofiane, Victor, both
Season 1
E1: 10:00 (punched in the face), 14:30 (scared, rolls down a hill), 29:00 (choked), 31:00 (coughing, gasping), 45:45 (cutting their fingers with a knife)
E2: 01:00 (discomfort from use of powers), 21:30 (nausea, head pain, throwing up (power strain)), 40:30 (disoriented, can't control powers, in pain, unconscious, coughing)
E3: 11:00 (pinned against wall), 42:00 (power strain)
E4: 00:00 (power strain), 03:45 (throwing up), 16:30 (power strain, + headbutt) (feat. the most precious little groan from Victor)
E5: 09:00 (power strain, crying, dazed, feverish, out of it), 13:30 (unconscious, feverish), 20:00 (tied up, scared, possessed)
I wasn't sure what show had gotten me into whump until I started rewatching The Vampire diaries, by god that show (and more specifically Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore) had preteen me foaming at the mouth FERAL for a dangerous bad boy like Damon.
Okay great question but I have a terrible answer. I feel like my whump taste is so specific that I don’t have one specific show that fulfills it… instead I zero in on little tiny sections or characters and it’s so oddly specific… I’ve provided an odd list below and my little visual vibe boards bc I love making those:
Vienna Blood- I can’t say this one is an ultimate favorite but it does provide some tasty turn of the century psychiatrist and hospital scenes from time to time as that’s what the main character is when he isn’t solving mysteries for the police, but I love the main character max who often finds himself in hairy situations (he’s my face claim for alfie and in the show he’s so sweet and I love him)
Mädät Omenat- a Finnish show (I watched it on my PBS/ BBC subscription) where a “Student activist Onerva is abducted and sent against her will for treatment at a mental hospital on a remote island; to her horror, she finds that there is something wrong with the care of the women kept on the island.” So it’s a bit of a conspiracy but lots of good psych whump and I love the setting of a Finnish island in the summer in the 1960s it’s very pretty WHILE being unnerving. But I also like Scandinavian shows bc my background is that so it’s fun seeing all of these people that I look so much like.
White collar- this isn’t that whumpy and has like two psych scenes in the entire show but I love Neal and how he is talented and smart and valued by those around him but still a prisoner throughout with that hanging over him and always being treated like he can’t be trusted and like a kid etc, and all the stuff that happens to him like getting kidnapped from time to time… This was my original whump show when I was about 11 and still my comfort show to this day. I know every line every camera angle everything lmao.
Sherlock- okay I know I know it’s so old at this point and over obsessed over BUT hear me out. Rewatch it after reading this, (The Box by Kate221B) AMAZING fic about Sherlock being very mentally ill as a child/ young teen and in hospital for it and the show gets so much better. I liked the show before but the background of him not knowing his planets and things because ECT has literally deleted most of his childhood memories against his will bc he was so unwell… PERFECTION to me. Such a perfect background to his character. I reread this fic ALL. THE. TIME. for years now. And gives so much more context to his drug abuse too later and so many tiny character quirks, idk I love it so much. Just read the tag warnings for what it contains bc it’s obviously Not Light.
Then I have lots of other shows that aren’t that good or I really don’t care about or know nothing about but have good whumpy parts that I go back too a lot…like sg 1 with Daniel or iron fist with Danny Rand in the psych hospital in the first few eps.
*This is part 2, thanks to @macgyvermedical and @criminallyfanatic for the help on this part really appreciate it, I think I've left it at a nice point this time and am still eager to publish more in the coming days so keep an eye out, I also can not remember if this as cursing, so be warned they may be some
Back on Atlantis, Weir grew ever more worried about the colonel and the doctor. They had missed their daily check-in by almost 2 hours. “Open up the gate, we’ll try radio contact one more time”
“There seems to be an issue” Zelenka poked his head up from his laptop just long enough to see Elizabeth's face drop. “The gate has been activated from their end, there is no way to make contact until the wormhole closes” and with that, the Czech slumped into his chair pondering the earful Rodney would unleash once he arrived at the gate room.
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A bright light flashing in front of his face brought Carson back to the land of the living, almost reminding him of the neuro exams he had done on thousands of patients (and thousands of times on Sheppard).
“Mr, can you hear me, mr, mr, are you awake” An unfamiliar voice roused him fully awake. to his surprise, a young boy no more than 10 or 11 was standing over him shining a light in his eyes. “Aye, son I'm awake” The boy jumped slightly at the Scotsman strong accent,
“Mr, your head is bleeding, and I think he's dead” and with that Carson jumped up a wave of dizziness and nausea coming over him but he fought the urge to expel his lunch.
“Who’s dead, son” As Carson looked around the damp dark cell, it seemed like at some point it had been clean and almost modernized but had been battered by time and was now run down and ragged.
Sheppard was laying still in the corner of the room. Carson clawed his way over unable to stand due to the intense dizziness, “Colonel! Colonel!” Carson shouted as he rubbed his knuckles against John's sternum, a faint groan barely loud enough to hear escaping his lips.
The relief instantly fell over Carson, letting his guard down and relaxing his muscles he was overcome with a wave of nausea. he did all he could to hold it down but as much as he tried the acid feeling crept its way up as the cramping in his stomach reached unbearable levels and he lost his battle with his stomach.
Just as the retching had stopped a small hand passed Carson a damp rag. He cleaned himself up and turned to the small boy in front of him, “Who have we got here then”.
The boy stepped forward almost proud to announce “i am Rraeli, and I am going to help you mr?” and with that questioning end to his sentence Carson interrupted.
“I’m Dr. Carson Beckett, and my friend over there is Colonel John Sheppard, do you think you can help me asses the Colonel, son” The boy looked almost excited to help, Carson and Raeli carefully lifted away John's shirt and revealed a new layer of makeshift bandages covering the shards of crimson stained glass protruding from Sheppards abdomen,
“You did this, Raeli” Carson examined the work done by the child, “this is good work”
Raeli paused for a minute “My mother taught me she was a… a…healer”
Carson could see the solemn look on the boy's face and thought the better of poking that particular sore spot, instead, he focused once again on Sheppard.
The blood seemed to clot around the shards as he hadn't yet bled through the new bandages and he thought better of removing them. Instead, he quickly assessed the Colonel's abdomen noting the deep bruising across his chest, the blast must have caused more damage than he originally thought.
“Colonel!!! Can you hear me, lad, I need you to wake up for a moment”
John's eyes blinked, he grabbed onto consciousness with all his strength and opened his eyes to a familiar shadow over his head. “Doc…you…okay…head…bleeding”
With that usual deflection, he smiled at Sheppard, his smile faded as for once it made Carson consider his own injuries he’d been neglecting.
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“How the hell is that bloody gate still open” Rodney paused for a minute before thinking back to the early days when Sheppard had been studying wraith battle techniques and how they hold gates open so no help can come and no one can escape, “CULLING!!” it was the only thing that made sense. They'd never seen anyone else use that technique and Sheppard had gone partially to warn of the possibility of wraith attack as their civilization had been advancing fast almost reaching technological age, something the wraith would likely want to stop.
“Culling, McKay are you sure?” the questioning tone of Weirs her voice getting under his skin
“Of course, who else would be using wraith techniques, it makes sense they have gone to stop them advancing and restock their hive ships…. They haven't been culled in almost 2 years they must have done something to attract the wraith, maybe frequent gate activation or their spreading presence across that sector of the galaxy” he paused only to catch his own breath “We need the Daedalus we need to get there now and rescue them” he looks over to Weir how had an uneasy look to her.
“The Daedalus only just reached Earth it can't get here for 2 weeks and it would probably take another week just to reach…. ” her voice trailed off as she saw the defeat on Mckay's face.
Of all the times Carson could have been invited to teach it had to be when a wraith attack was likely and he had to take Colonel Catastrophe with him “I have a weird feeling about this” he spouted as he shoved half a power bar into his mouth.
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Although Carson wasn’t happy with the Colonel's condition, he was stable enough that he could actually take care of himself. He crudely fashioned a bandage out of the remainder of his jacket and wrapped up his head. He’d noted the dizziness was less frequent, so attempted to stand, his little friend right there to help him up. Although he was dizzy it wasn't nearly as bad as before and diagnosed himself with a mild concussion.
“Lad, what are you doing here any way you seem a tad young to be in jail” he had been so glad for Raeli’s help that he had stopped to think about why a child was with them.
“My father works here mr, he saw you two being brought in and thought I could help ” The boy's face looks as confident as ever “I snuck in to help”
“That's brave of you lad,” he thought for a minute, “your mother taught you well. Where is she I'm sure she wouldn't want her bonny boy in a place like this” For a moment Carson was concerned until Raeli responded.
“She died, the last time the monsters came… but she used to tend to prisoners so now I do” Carson was taken aback by the child's confidence, it reminded him of someone as he could tell he wasn't getting the whole truth.
“Hey…ummm…doc…” Becketts attention immediately on sheppard
“aye, colonel what's wrong” Carson looked at the injured form of the once strong pilot.
“Breathing…seems…trick’....” Sheppard could feel every agonizing breath, it felt like his chest would explode.
“Aye, Colonel, just try to take some nice deep breaths” he held his ear to Johns's chest, listening intently for anything he couldn't hear anything too worrying, “I suspect, son, you've got some broken ribs you need to relax, ill give you another once over”
Carson lifted Sheppard's shirt again, noting the blood that had sipped through the new dressings, his biggest concern was blood loss, he had been bleeding steadily for some time. Now if only they could get to his quarters, his med kit was sat right there.
He pondered that for a minute “Raeli, was it, could you do me a favor” The boy looked over to him he had been taking Sheppards pulse,
“Of course mr. Anything”
“Do you think you could get to my quarters and get my medical bag” The boy looked confused for a second “In my room there is a big bag with dressings and medicine, do you think you could find it”
The boy's face lit up “All your belongings are in the office I can get it for you right away. I’ll let father know you may need help”
Carson smiled as the boy squeezed through a small gap in the ever-decaying wall. Carson turned back to Sheppard, his face very pale and a slight sheen across his brow. He couldn't help but think back to what Raeli had said. If his father worked here wouldn't he be helping keep them captive, if so why would they both be so eager to help?
Carson's attention was drawn to the hallway on the far side of the room, heavy footsteps echoed closer as well as talking one voice was familiar, it was Raeli and someone else.
The door swung open.
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“We have an incoming transmission from P2X-782” Rodney's heart rate increased hoping it would be Sheppard with some nonsensical excuse as to why he couldn't check-in.
“No IDC, how should I proceed”
Weir looks over to the stargate trying to remain composed “Sheild up open communication channels” A thought lingered in the back of her head would Beckett and Sheppard really have given up Atlantis
“This is General Vaerol. We have you people. We request a delegation of your people to represent your operatives in trial”
“What has colonel chaos got himself into this time”
Weir, aware of Rodney's concern, overlooked his comment and gave orders.
“Have Teyla report to the gate room and get Major Lorne…
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“Rest easy captives I am Raeli’s father Talgon. I mean no harm” The older worn looking man stood over them. Carson would have been skeptical had he not been carrying his medical bag as well as what looked like food and water.
Without missing a beat, Carson introduced himself. “I am doctor Carson Beckett and this is Colonel John Sheppard” he grabbed the bag ” My friend here is very sick may I ask why we are being held” Before waiting for an answer he began tending to Sheppard.
“You have been arrested for attempting to sabotage the education center. We received intel that someone was planning a coordinated attack working with a wraith worshipper we detained earlier” The man look strained and as if he did quite believe his own words
As Carson slipped a cannula into Sheppards arm and hooked up the fluids he composed himself, “Why are we suspects, I'm here to teach, and he's just here to accompany me”
“In our initial investigation, the general wanted to look at all the most recent arrivals to the city and when we searched your friend's quarters we found a small quantity of explosives… C4 I believe you call it”
Carson couldn't believe that his companion's need to carry C4 everywhere could get them into this much trouble. Just as he went to respond he noticed Sheppard's voice.
“Can’t….breathe…help” Carson whipped out a stethoscope and listened intently to the colonel's lungs - “shit” they'd been in this cell for maybe 6 hours according to his watch all 6 of those agonizing hours Carson had been worried about the possibility of pneumothorax, the colonel took quite a blow and breathing had been steadily deteriorating “shit”
“I need to fix this fast, can you pass me that green pouch lad” As they spoke Sheppard's breaths got ever more ragged and shallow. Carson could see the crepitus under the skin and the cyanosis around his lips. “Hold tight colonel this is going to hurt son”
And with that slight warning, Carson grabbed the biggest needle either of his observers had ever seen and plunged it into Johns's chest. He pulled the needle out leaving a catheter that hissed slightly as the colonel took a deep breath after what seemed like forever.
The groan that followed unsettled Carson as he’d never thought he'd have to decompress a conscious man's chest let alone his friend
“Beck..ett..please…never..do…that..’gain” Carson chuckled slightly to himself as he turned back to the two shocked faces behind him.
Talgon looked white as a sheet. It was clear that although battled hardened, he wasn't a fan of graphic medical procedures
“Is your friend better now?”
“Unfortunately, no. I suspect he had some internal bleeding and what I just did is only a temporary fix. I need to get him back to my infirmary as soon as I can” he looked pleadingly at his captor
“Although I do not believe you are guilty, your people have been instrumental in our advancements. The evidence doesn't look good. We have a delegation of your people coming to the planet to plead your case in a trial”
* hope you enjoyed this not so mini-chapter again, the original authors' (@macgyvermedical) part 1 is reblogged on my blog, and if you have any ideas or notes please feel free to message me I'm always happy for input
Lots of emotional whump as her best friend is murdered by an escaped convict that Calleigh helped put in prison. The team are worried that Calleigh maybe next. The whole episode ends in a stand off in a gun store between her and the escaped convict.
Season 2-
Episode 2 (Dead Zone)
Hurts her shoulder when testing a harpoon gun in her ballistics lab.
Season 3-
Episode 24 (10-7)
While Investagating a burnt down crime scene she has a gun held to her head. She is worried over by the team. She tries to rember the sound the gun made so she can find out the make of the gun. It turns out it was her cop ex-boufriend who was trying to take the evidence so he could be a hero and redeem himself. He ends up killing himself in Calleigh's lab while she's in the next room.
Season 5-
Episode 2 (Going Under)
On the way back from a crime scene with evidence Calleigh's car gets rammed off the road into a swamp. She nearly drowns and has to smash her car window to escape and let the evidence be ruined by the water.
Episode 9 (Going, Going Gone)
Shot well wearing a bullet proof vest by a suspect.
Season 6-
Episode 9 (Stand Your Ground)
While off duty, Calleigh is forced to act quickly when someone in a Dodge Magnum points a gun at her and then backs up and accelerates full force at her. She shoots and kills the driver, which sends the car crashing into a shop killing an innocent bystander.
Episode 15 (Ambush)
While investigating a case, Calleigh finds out her crime scene photos have been stolen and posted on the internet. The website eventually leads to ex-lab technician Dan Cooper, who has a personal grudge against Calleigh. At the end of the episode Calleigh is kidnapped by somebody who knows her through the internet.
Episode 16 (All In)
Calleigh's kidnappers want her to cover up a murder. She has a fight with one of the kidnappers and gets kicked in the stomach. Horatio and the team race to find Calleigh before her kidnappers decide she's no longer needed.
Episode 21 (Going Ballistic)
Her lab gets destroyed by an exploding bullet. There are some nice scenes between her and Eric in this episode.
Season 7-
Episode 6 (Wrecking Crew)
Crime scene in a high rise building gets destroyed by a stray Wrecking ball well Calleigh and Eric are there.
Episode 14 (Smoke Gets Into Your CSIs)
Calleigh has a delayed reaction to the smoke she had inhaled while trying to save the evidence in a fire with Ryan. Eric instructs for paramedics to be called and holds Calleigh while trying to keep her calm until they arrive. He rides with her to the hospital where she is treated by Alexx .
Episode 19 (Target Specific)
Calleigh and the team go against the Russian Mob. At a crime scene a man comes up behind her and puts a plastic bag over her head! He grabs her gun and holds it to her head, but when she identifies herself as a police officer, he runs off. Hearing the commotion, Delko comes in and helps her to store the plastic bag with gauze in order to lift any scent from Calleigh's attacker off of it.
Season 8-
Episode 20 (Backfire)
Calleigh rushes into a burning house to save a boy in jeopardy. Though she manages to pull the boy from the fire he doesn’t survive—and her lungs already weakened from a bout with a fire last year are badly affected. She helps solve the crime and a puzzled Calleigh follows Natalia and Jesse to the hospital and is shocked to discover she’s actually unconscious in a hospital bed—and on a ventilator.
Episode 24 (All Fall Down)
At the lab the CSIs start coughing and collapsing. When Delko arrives back at the lab, he finds everyone unconscious on the floor. He races to find Calleigh passed out as well and desperately tries to revive her.
Season 9-
Episode 1 (Fallen)
Aftermath of last season finale carrying straight on from it.
