An important whump trope that i see so little of it’s criminal:
Whumpee waiting for whumper to finish getting ready to hurt them.
Imagine a whumpee strapped to a chair, or chained up, or tied to a pole, restrained in a way that they can barely move. Then there is whumper, already with them, doing something that grates away at their already fragile nerves.
They could be listening to the whumper sharpening their knives. They could be watching them slowly working at uncoiling some rope, chains, barbed wire, whips. They might be setting up a tray of surgical tools, or knotting a noose. Whumpers setting up new restraints or torture devices right in front of whumpee, watching them drill each screw into the wall, knowing exactly what they are about to go through in such a personal way they didn’t know was possible.
Anticipation is a great tool, but it is just so much better when whumper can experience it with whumpee in this way. It’s also an easy way of making the boring stuff before the fun just as entertaining when you can listen to your captive panic nearby :)


















