Here there be Whump!

Come Whump! Come All! A-Whumping we will go! Whump, there it is! Here a whump, there a whump, everywhere a whump-whump! Hurtin' for certain! Whump is my drug! I only follow other whump blogs but I might follow you on my other main blog - Arlothia. Happy Whumping! :)

[viva-la-whump]

Whumptober - ALL DAYS!

So this year I'm participating in a writing Big Bang event and I've sadly had 0 time to devote to writing proper fics for this year's @whumptober.

HOWEVER!!!!!

I wasn't going to let that stop me from participating and being a completionist 😉

So I've written up a detailed outline of a full story I will work on and finish after this Big Bang, and have included/indicated each prompt I'm fulfilling in their corresponding place.

So without further ado, I present to you:

My Post-Rebels AU (another one)

So this takes place immediately after the purrgils take the Chimaera into hyperspace with Thrawn and Ezra aboard.

It’s taking all of Ezra’s focus and power to control their flight - linking with the purrgils and possibly doing something to keep space from coming through the broken bridge windows. He’s also dealing with the GUNSHOT BLASTER WOUND (31) So when he’s PUSHED BEYOND HIS BREAKING POINT (7) the purrgils sense that and drop them into the atmosphere of the closest planet.

Ezra collapses, unconscious. Thrawn is released and clutches his bruised ribs. He has lots of bruises on his arms and chest from the purrgil’s tentacles which is a form of INTERNAL BLEEDING (17). He remembers the PROPHECY (2) from the Bendu about his defeat “Like many arms surrounding you in a cold embrace.” The Chimaera is losing altitude and Thrawn has to sort of fall into the crew pit to activate the reverse thrusters…which aren’t all working. They crash land on a cliff, but they’re stable. 

Thrawn starts running a diagnostic (which will take a long time) and also tries to find out where they are, but they’re in uncharted territory deep in wild space, so they have no way to navigate back home. That means that Ezra is their only way home through his connection with the purrgils, so they need him alive.

Some of the deck crew start to wake up and he tasks them with finishing the diagnostic and working on getting them back in the air. He and the death trooper take Ezra to the brig to contain him, but on the way there, Ezra is able to get away, Thrawn chases him, and they both wind up in an escape pod.

During their struggle, the pod takes flight and goes suuuuper far, over a large body of water, and flying every which way as they bump against the controls. At one point, Thrawn throws Ezra across the controls and the pod lurches into a COLLISION COURSE (25) with a mountain and he’s able to move them just in time to only be dealt a glancing blow, but it’s enough to cause the pod to spiral out of control and they crash land. Again.

Ezra wakes up DISORIENTED (16), CONCUSSED (1 - ALT), and being HELD AT GUNPOINT BLASTERPOINT (8) by Thrawn. Thrawn woke up first with a sprained wrist and had already made himself a MAKESHIFT SPLINT (21) to help stabilize it. They discuss their situation: they’re ON THEIR OWN, LOST IN THE WILD (19), TRAPPED WITH THE ENEMY (7), far from the Chimaera, far from the known galaxy, Ezra’s the only way back home, so Thrawn needs him alive. Ezra’s like “Nope! Not helping you!”, Thrawn’s like “I have the blaster, so yes. And if you want to survive and see your friends again, this is the only choice you have.”

Ezra tried to call on the Force…but something’s strange. It’s there, but there’s interference, like static that’s blocking a clear connection to the Force and it’s kinda painful.

E: “Gha! It’s so loud! Don’t you hear that?”

T: “The level of noise coming from the fauna in the jungle around us is present, but hardly overwhelming.”

This planet is home to many Force-sensitive animals, but there are plants that can negate that, so the sentient beings on the planet use them to trap/hunt those animals. This area has many of those plants and they’re affecting Ezra. So he is experiencing a LOSS OF POWERS (4) caused by ENVIRONMENTAL WHUMP (18).

So now knowing that Thrawn truly has the upper hand right now, Ezra has no choice but to make a DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (3 - ALT).

E: “Okay, so how exactly are we supposed to get back to the ship? I’m pretty sure we crossed a sea on our way here and who knows what’s out there that might think we’d make a tasty meal!”

T: “Surviving and navigating in the wilderness is not an issue for me. I’VE DONE THIS BEFORE.” (4)

Bit of a time jump, they’ve been traveling for a little a few days, allowing them time to talk. Through the snark and insults Ezra throws Thrawn’s way (because what else are you going to say to the guy who is your enemy?), Ezra does end up learning a bit more about Thrawn, seeing that maybe he’s not just plain evil, that none of the things he’s done to the Rebels is personal for him, that he doesn’t entirely align with the Empire, that there just might be something or someone else he’s trying to protect through his actions. Things are subtle, nothing is said outright, but it at least makes Ezra think.

They come to the shore of the sea Ezra saw while they were fighting in the escape pod. The plants have started to thin and in fact aren’t found around surface water - seas, lakes, rivers, streams, etc… And because there are none of those Force-negating plants here…that means Force-sensitive animals are*. Including a big creature on all fours that can go bipedal and has opposable thumbs and large claws.

*(Because people and animals need water to survive, this is how the Force-sensitive animals are able to get them, because they stick around the water where the plants aren’t but their prey ends up coming to them. Just some world-building stuff)

Ezra goes “Huh, THAT’S NEW (20),” and he’s been noticing that the interference has been steadily fading for a bit (also allowing him to maybe connect with Thrawn a bit and sense his thoughts and feelings, thereby lessening the utter contempt and hatred he has for the Chiss) and is now basically gone, but he’s been biding his time to make his move. He’s pretty good with connecting with animals, so he sees this as his chance to get away, to use this animal as a distraction. He’s wrong.

The second Ezra tries to make a Force connection with the creature, it goes on the offensive. It thinks it’s being attacked and so responds in kind. It’s closest to Thrawn and so goes after him, which should make Ezra happy because it will let him escape, he’s too much of a good person and can see that Thrawn will be ripped to shreds. So he does a SELF-SACRIFICE (22) move and pushes Thrawn out of the way just in time for the creature to swipe at him, opening up some bad gashes on his side/torso. He goes flying a bit and lands against a rock wall. The creature is super quick and is there in an instant, grabbing Ezra in its hand (remember: opposable thumbs) and Ezra gets PINNED TO THE WALL (6). 

Thrawn comes in to shoot the creature. The creature isn’t killed, just wounded and figuring that this is way too much work for a meal, so it drops Ezra and skedaddles off to lick its wounds. And speaking of wounds, Ezra is BLEEDING OUT (31) from his and is not doing great in general. He’s QUIVERING (5), in a lot of pain, and barely conscious. Thrawn uses his uniform jacket to bind the wounds and staunch the bleeding, with the white fabric quickly getting soaked in red (and I want to see him in that black tanktop we see him in from ep 3x17 because HOT DANG!!!). This isn’t the safest place to be right now, so Thrawn gets them out of there - arm across shoulder with Ezra doing his best to not drag his feet (and failing)? Bridal carry? Fireman’s cary? Decisions, decisions…*

*(an alternative idea to this scene is that the creature doesn’t run off but is held back a bit by Thrawn’s blaster, giving Thrawn enough time to get to Ezra’s side, tell him to “HOLD TAKE MY HAND” (ALT - for ALT’s sake, no number) to help get him to his feet so they can hightail it out of there. The creature comes after them but stops once they reach a large concentration of those anti-Force plants).

Ezra wakes up in some old RUINS (18) with Thrawn tending to him. “HOW’D I GET TO THIS PLACE?” (23) Ezra asks, and Thrawn explains. They stay here for a little while, maybe a few days while Ezra heals up a bit, and this is when some real discussion starts to happen. Thrawn is surprised that Ezra would risk his life for him; Ezra is surprised that, even though needing him alive, Thrawn is gentle and careful with his wounds, like he’s a person and not an asset. Also to note, Thrawn has figured out the whole anti-Force plant thing (the creature ran parallel to the shore, not deeper into the jungle where it could have gotten better coverage, the way Ezra’s Force abilities came back when those plants weren’t around but are gone now when they are and it’s the only common denominator, plus some other clues only Thrawn would notice - OR, if going with the above alternative scenario: Thrawn noticed when the creature stopped chasing them and made the connection that way), and it turns out these plants are also highly flammable and good for making a quick camping fire. This becomes important later. But because this is a whump story, their respite doesn’t last too long. 

Because it turns out these ruins are actually a SACRED PLACE (12) for the alien natives [NON-HUMAN WHUMPERS (4)] that they make a weekly/monthly journey to and lo and behold they find an intruder sleeping in their holy location (very Goldilocks coded :P )! Ezra wakes up at their arrival and shouting (with Thrawn nowhere to be found) and tries his best to stand and fend them off (made harder because they’re back amid the plants and he can’t use the Force to attack/defend, though that doesn’t stop him from automatically reaching for them and getting that additional pain added to the list he’s feeling right now). The natives realize they’re dealing with a Force user and know how to counter this (given their experience hunting Force-sensative animals - they themselves don’t have the Force and this is the first time they’ve met a sentient being who can wield it). So they throw something at Ezra and he gets CAUGHT IN AN ANTI-FORCE NET (6) made of those plants (and maybe they’re made more potent somehow due to something the natives do to them?). It all becomes too much for Ezra and he passes out again.

The natives take him back to their home which is by a stream, but pretty much everything is made from those plants so they don’t have to worry about the Force-sensitive animals. There’s a language barrier and Ezra can’t communicate with them and the natives are trying to figure out what to do with him…when Thrawn arrives, also seemingly captured. Ezra decries his FAILED RESCUE ATTEMPT (15), but Thrawn counters that it’s not failed at all in that calm, cool, and collected way that Thrawn is so good at. He’s got a trick up his non-existent sleeve (he’s still in his tank top, yay!). He was keeping watch ON PATROL (19) and noticed the natives approaching their campsite. There’s too many for him to take on his own, so he decides it would be a good idea to let them take Ezra, follow them to find their village, scout around for a bit, and then let himself get captured so he could be brought in and not have to deal with sneakily infiltrating the place, and also get brought right to Ezra instead of having to search for him. Ezra is of course none too happy about being used as bait, but Thrawn assures him that if they’d made an attempt to kill him, Thrawn would have intervened. E - “Oh, like that makes it any better!”

So now that Thrawn is in position, he has a CONFRONTATION (30) with the natives (maybe they speak a trade language Thrawn knows? Or it’s a similar enough language that you can kinda sorta get the meaning across?), threatening to BURN THEIR VILLAGE DOWN (30) if they don’t release them. The natives refuse, calling Thrawn’s bluff…but it’s no bluff. Somehow, someway, Thrawn starts a fire (maybe with his concealed blaster they didn’t find/confiscate, he’s timed an explosion or triggers one with his comm that he made from whatever supplies they’d brought with them from the escape pod, or through some other way he’s figured out). The fire spreads quickly and soon the whole village is up in flames. Ezra is now RESCUED BY THE ENEMY (31), but is horrified that Thrawn would do this. However, this is true to form for Thrawn, because nothing and no one will get in the way of what he needs to save his people, and right now that’s getting Ezra out of there so he can get them back to the Empire.

However, there’s an unexpected turn of events as the creature from before comes in and crashes the party (plants are burned and they’re near water, so it’s clobbering time!). Everything is in absolute bedlam right now. There’s fire, a creature that’s attacking anything it sees, natives who are trying to fend off the creature, natives who are trying to attack/kill/recapture Ezra and Thrawn. Ezra can use the Force now, which is helpful, but even though he’s healed a bit, the rough treatment opened up some of his wounds and he’s still pretty weak. 

Ezra is close to unconsciousness again, but sees Thrawn fighting the natives, similarly to when he saw him sparring with the droids (again, back in 3x17). But this time there’s an extra fierceness and tenacity to his attacks that Ezra hadn’t seen then, one that almost scares him. Soon Thrawn is the LAST ONE STANDING (29) and is making his way (though stumbling a bit) back to Ezra, who is already FAINTING (29).

Once again, Ezra wakes up somewhere else being tended to by Thrawn, who’s KNEELING (21) over him. Some quippy remark about him not wanting this to become a habit. They’re in a cave with a curtain of those plants across the entrance to keep the Force-sensative creatures away. Ezra’s doing better this time, more alert, the pain is less, and he noticed that it’s Thrawn who actually doesn’t seem to be doing well - maybe his breath is a bit shaky, he drops or fumbles things, he sways on his feet, etc. This WOUNDED CARETAKER (14) is IGNORING AN ILLNESS INJURY (14)! Ezra calls him out on it, Thrawn insists he’ll be fine, but makes a FORCED REVEAL (11) of Thrawn’s HIDDEN INJURY (11) that turns out to be a LACERATION (11) Thrawn got while fighting with the natives. The blade they used (either knife or spear or something) cut him somewhere (arm, let, torso?), though not deeply. And during this reveal, Ezra TOUCHES (9) Thrawn and finds that his skin is SCALDING (9) hot! He’s got a VIRAL (26 - ALT) infection!! And as is the case with all forced reveals, once it is, the SYMPTOMATIC (20) whumpee get worse and takes a turn for the worse soon thereafter (because of course ;) ). So cue Thrawn succumbing to his fever and passing out (now making Ezra the wounded caretaker - the whumped tending the whumped, hehe).

Ezra keeps a BEDSIDE VIGIL (27) by Thrawn as the fever takes hold. This fever makes Thrawn have nightmares/hallucinations, including one of Thrass (because I also enjoy pain 😭). In this nightmare/hallucination, Thrass is scolding Thrawn about the choices he’s made and Thrawn is pleading his case. It’s very emotional. At one point, Thrass says “I could always see straight through you” (28), meaning he’s not buying whatever explanations/excuses Thrawn is giving. While this wouldn’t be something the real Thrass would probably know and definitely not say like this, the Thrass conjured by Thrawn’s fevered mind absolutely does. He’s created by Thrawn’s own doubts and insecurities and fears. Bring on the angst and the REPRESSED TRAUMA (16)!!!

So when Thrawn finally wakes up, he sees Ezra holding the ring Uingali had given him. Ezra found it in Thrawn’s pocket while he was tending to him. Ezra notices that the INSIGNIA (13) is similar to the one on the underbelly of the Chimeara. When Ezra asks Thrawn about it, wondering if it’s something related to his people, Thrawn starts to open up about his SECRETS (10). The mental conversation he had with hallucination-Thrass is still very much on his mind and he’s still feverish, so his defenses are down a bit as well. Maybe he’s considering whether or not EVERY means truly justifies his ends.

T - “It is not a design used by my people. That ring was given to me by an ally. A friend.”

E - “You have friends?” (doubtful, slightly mocking)

They talk a bit more, and at some point Thrawn says “I must confess that I feel like a monster” (24) and something about being beyond REDEMPTION (17), talking about some of the things he’s done and, more importantly, why he’s done it. He tells Ezra that he’s doing all of this to save his people from a larger threat. But he confesses that he’s not the man he used to be. The Thrawn back then wouldn’t have fired on innocent civilians…would he? He can’t help but feel like the time in the Empire has changed him. Or maybe not changed. Maybe just made him more of who he truly is. 

Perhaps Ezra can give some insight into what he felt when he was talking with the Emperor, even through a hologram. He’d felt that same coldness with Vader and the Inquisitors and those times when he touched the Dark Side. It can twist a person, even those who don’t have the Force. It’s a lovely conversation, one that leads them to becoming more like allies than enemies. They’re both wounded and need time to heal, but perhaps they can get out of this thing and get back home together. And maybe…maybe Ezra could help Thrawn save his people (because that’s the kind of person Ezra is, bless him!). This might also be around when the Chimera is able to send a shuttle to come find them and pick them up. Maybe Thrawn took the tracker out of the escape pod or maybe they were able to find the general location due to the large fire/smoke they saw (yet another reason Thrawn set the village ablaze - signal fire), and once they got close enough, those on the shuttle were able to hail Thrawn on his comm and come and get them.

The End…for now…

[viva-la-whump]

Viva La Whump turned 7 today!

[thehouseofwhump]

What’s your preference?

Injured Whump

Sickness Whump

Voting ended onJun 27, 2025

I feel conflicted with this, it honestly doesn’t really even matter to me, but I lowkey live for sickness Whump 😭😭

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Fevers

Whumpees with aching eyes, too tired to keep open yet too sore to close, even the lightest pressure of their eyelids too much

Whumpee who's too weak and dizzy to do anything at all but lie in bed completely still, sweating through their blankets only to immediately start shivering after clumsily throwing them off

Whumpees with dry mouths, dry lips

The corners of their room are more shadowy than they should be, and they're too exhausted to bother to get up and see what's in there. The Hat Man will have to just wait his turn.

Strong enough to get out of bed but being so, so out of it. Caretaker finding them standing swaying in a doorway, pale as death, clearly seeing something that isn't there

Everything seems to be flickering. The air buzzes. Their skin prickles.

Getting to sleep is hard, because their mind is restless and racing. Once they're asleep though, they're down for the count

Chattering teeth. Their bones must be rattling, for how much they ache

[whumpster-dumpster]

Does anyone else out there prefer whumperless whump? I feel like I'm alone out here. Don't get me wrong, whumpers are still lovely fun, but there's something so delicious about the unforgiving cruelty of happenstance. There's something about the cold indifference of accidents, the wilderness, battlefields, illness, etc, that enthrall me in a way that a malicious individual whumper cannot. And don't even get me STARTED on self-inflicted whump (hidden injuries, overexertion, and self-deprivation will always be my bread and butter). I think it's the hopelessness of it, and the way it shifts the focus onto the whumpee's inner thoughts and/or their caretakers'.

Sure, you can punch a whumper. But you can NEVER punch the cruelty of the universe itself <3

Who's with me?

This gets me curious actually. I doubt you're alone in that preference so let's find out!

Whump with a whumper or without?

With a whumper

Whumperless

Voting ended onMar 14, 2025

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Mostly whumperless whumper here!

[seth-whumps]

Hehe. @whumperless-whump-event 2025 prompts coming in June. Last year's list is still up, too. Whumperless is perfectly valid and very loved! You're not alone :)

[aceofwhump]

Whumperless all the way for me!!! I love it so much!!

[viva-la-whump]

my gosh YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Whumperless whump is soooooo good!!!!

I think even if the whump is inflicted by a person but isn't really targeting the whumpee or has direct malicious intent towards them (car accident, caught up in a bomb explosion, catching a bullet not meant for them/fired recklessly) could count as whumperless whump, but that's just me.

But freak yeah whump where no person inflicted it is GOOOOOOLD!!!!

Cannot wait for this year's Whumperless Whump Event! WWE Smackdown! ;)

[wondersofwhump]

Don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion or whatever but if the whump leads to death then it isn’t whump anymore

[viva-la-whump]

#no idea how others in the community feel about this#as soon as someone dies any whumperflies disappear

SAME!

[whumped-up]

A brief but extremely productive exchange with @well-im-whumped along with my tired brain prompted this and i can’t believe i’m so far down the whump rabbit hole that i made a meme? (Open for high-res) (jk i made this through snapchat)

[cepheusgalaxy]

Defiant whumpe who keeps it up all their captivity and as soon as they're rescued they turn off. Nope, no defiance for them any more. No wit either. They're just—tired. Apathetic. Limp. Weak. Sensitive. Useless. Turned off.

[cepheusgalaxy]

ID. Tags: congrats you broke them; you just couldn't tell until the end; :)) /End ID.

PRECISELY

[honestlydarkprincess]

i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die

[anonyunknownonearth]

But if they actually die, so help me god, not anyone could stop me from starting a global riot to take over the world so I can erase that

[honestlydarkprincess]

i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die

[anonyunknownonearth]

But if they actually die, so help me god, not anyone could stop me from starting a global riot to take over the world so I can erase that

[itsalmostavengers]

That Captain America Healing Factor is all well and good until someone on the team has to pin Steve down and re-break his arm because they didn’t splint it in time and it healed wrong. Until they have to dig a knife into his face and pull out glass fragments that his skin healed over in five minutes flat. Until he has to have surgery wide awake because no anaesthetic works and the only other option is a leather belt between his teeth and useless platitudes like its going to be okay Steve, I promise, it’ll be over soon.

[whump-bunny]

Whumper really only has it out for caretaker, so they use Whumpee as a means to hurt them.

Except... Whumper doesn't actually hurt whumpee. They just want Caretaker to think they did.

Caretaker: "What did you do to them!?"

Whumper: "Everything I've always wanted to do to you."

Caretaker: "I swear if you hurt them-"

Whumper: "Hurt them? Ha! Oh, Caretaker, I destroyed them."

Cut to Whumpee, in a comfy room, playing video games and asking Whumper's guards for more chocolate milk.

[whumptober]

Completionists of 2024 - 4/4

uuuhshiny | @uuuhshiny

@atimeofyourlife | timeofyourlife on AO3

Rin | @rosalinarin | my_friends_call_me_rin on AO3

@jet-plane | jetplane on AO3

@diegoalvesisgod | lunasenzanotte on AO3

@astaldis | Molanna on AO3

@destiny-in-the-universe | Destiny_in_the_Universe on AO3

@friendship-ditch

@adzeisval | adzeisval on AO3

@crematosis | Crematosis on AO3

@mayblossomss

Arlothia | @viva-la-whump

@kalira | Kalira on AO3

@whump-me

Panini | @sicknessbysalem | ThePaniniPress on AO3

@asocial-lobster | Asocial_Lobster on AO3

@melonmass | MelonMass on AO3

SōryūAleksi | @soryualeksi | soryualeksi on AO3

@stormxpadme | stormxpadme on AO3

@lostinthe-void-666 | LostInThe_Void on AO3

YonBwekh | @yonbwekh

mj-iza-writer | @mj-iza-writer

@rose-of-pollux | Rose_of_Pollux on AO3

Nade | @nade2308 | NatalieRyan on AO3

@noblest-roman-of-them-all | AnxiouslyGoingIntoTheVoid on AO3

@starthornisscratching | StarthornFromScratch on AO3

@stardown77 | Stardown on AO3

@kybercrystals94

JoeMerl | @joemerl | JoeMerl on AO3

@pencilofawesomeness | PencilofAwesomeness on AO3

@cc-3636-wolffe & @slytherinchemistrynerd | BlackDragon12 on AO3 & ChemistryNerd on AO3

@Callaidae3

@two-birds-alone-together | two_birds_alone_together on AO3

Evan | @spiltcandycoatedpunkblood | kivancalcite on AO3

Zaki | @mosscreeper-ao3 | mosscreeper on AO3

@timdrakeismypatronus | TimDrakeisMyPatronus on AO3

Zaz | @razzle-zazzle | Razzle_Zazzle on AO3

Grey | @lostinthewanderingblue & @everythingandthekitchensink | Greyspaces13 on AO3

@moonlight0934 | Moonlight1234 on AO3

Dikhotomia | @modulatechaos | Dikhotomia on AO3

Crow | @comfort-questing

Tatl | @tatl917 | Google Drive

@areyouokaypanda | areyouokaypanda on AO3 | Instagram

@just-a-glittery-fan | Fangirl_in_distress in AO3

@serickswrites

Surro | @promptsforyourwhumpfic

@what-if-i-just-did

[viva-la-whump]

Whumptober 2024 and Whumperless Whump Event Masterposts

I made it just in the nick of time! But I did it! YAY!!

Whumptober 2024:

#1 - Prompt 22 and 25

#2 - Prompt 13 and 31

#3 - Prompt 21 (ALT)

#4 - Prompt 9 and 7

#5 - Prompt 24 and 28

#6 - Prompt 23

#7 - (Just WWE Prompts)

#8 - Prompts 4 and 8 and 26 and 29

#9 - Prompt 12

#10 - Prompt 27 (ALT)

#11 - (Just WWE Prompts)

#12 - Prompt 18 (ALT)

#13 - Prompt 5

#14 - Prompt 6

#15 - Prompt 1 and 19

#16 - Prompt 3 and 2 (ALT) and 17 (ALT)

#17 - Prompt 15 and 16 and 20 and 30

#18 - Prompt 10 and 11 and 14

WWE:

#1 - Prompt 1 (and an extra ALT)

#2 - Prompt 2

#3 - Prompt 3 and 19 and 24 and 27 and 28 (and an extra ALT)

#4 - Prompt 4 (ALT)

#5 - Prompt 5 and 6 and 8

#6 - Prompt 7

#7 - Prompt 9 and 14

#8 - Prompt 10 and 11 and 17 and 18

#9 - Prompt 12 and 13 and 31

#10 - Prompt 15 and 16 and 21

#11 - Prompt 20 (and 2 extra ALTs)

#12 - Prompt 22 and 23 and 26

#13 - Prompt 25 and 30

#14 - Prompt 29 (and an extra ALT)

#15 - (Just Whumptober Prompts)

#16 - (Just Whumptober Prompts)

#17 - (Just Whumptober Prompts)

#18 - (Just Whumptober Prompts)

[whumptober]

Badges, Completionists and Feedback

Beloved whumpers, as October 31st draws to a close we wanted to say a huge thank you for everyone who took in Whumptober 2024 - the seventh year running! We've had a wonderful second year as mods, and we hope everyone has had a great time too!

Without further ado we would love for you all to now have the long-awaited badges to commemorate your completion/participation...

...as well as this years secret achievement!

After the positive reception for the badge last year, we're continuing with the secret achievement badge!

So, if you are a creator who chose to use five or more of the location prompts on this years list, this badge is for you!

Locations: Amusement Park, Isolation Chamber, Convenience Store, Underground Caverns, Swamp, Abandoned Cabin, Collapsed Building, Breakfast Table, Laboratory and Labyrinth!

Below you will also find two new badges for first time completionists/participants! Welcome!

Call for Completionists and Feedback:

Now, before you right click+save image on your badges, if you were a completionist (i.e. filled 31 prompts), please let us know via the form below so we can tag you in the coming completionist posts!

There is also a second form that you can fill out if you wish to provide some feedback on the event this year! If you have any suggestions on ways we can improve the event, or opinions on what you enjoy about the event, then please let us know!

Completionists Form [Closes November 4th]

Feedback Survey

(The prompts list can be found HERE)

[viva-la-whump]

Whumptober/Whumperless Whump Event (WWE) - #18

Pretty sure I'd written one like this before, but hey! Have another!

Also, no WWE this time.

WITH ONE MINUTE TO SPARE!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳

The explosion had gone off not twenty feet from where Kallus had been standing. A piece of debris flew and hit him in the head before he was slammed to the ground by the percussive blast. Something large and heavy landed on top of him, pushing his body into the mud. His whole body ached, pain pulsed from his head, and the stars dancing in his vision grew larger and darker until all he could see was blackness…

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Kallus woke to more darkness. Something was covering his face and he tried to reach up to get it off, but his right arm was pinned. Luckily, his left arm was free and he felt…hair? Brushing it aside, Kallus winced at the sudden brightness of the sun directly above him. Blinking a few times, he finally cleared his vision enough to see that it was a horse that was on top of him and its mane that had been covering his face.

Spitting a few last hairs and some dirt from his mouth, he drew in a labored breath. With a jolt, he realized that everything was quiet. Was the battle over? Had they won? Turning his head painfully to the side, he looked straight into the dead eyes of a soldier.

Kallus gasped, his whole body tensing, which sent a wave of pain through him. His heart thudded in his chest as he forced himself to look closer at the body next to him. He didn’t know the man, but he recognized the uniform. It was the same one he wore. And if this nameless soldier had been left for dead, same as Kallus…then that must mean that they hadn’t won, and the Separatists had simply left them to rot.

But Kallus wasn’t dead and he wouldn’t let himself become food for the scavengers when they descended upon the abandoned battle ground.

With great pain and effort, Kallus was able to slide out from under the horse and get to his feet. His head pounded and his vision blurred and doubled. He sat there for a minute, looking out at the devastating scene before him. 

So many people dead, and he’d almost been one of them. For all the Separatists knew, Kallus was one of them. So he wouldn’t disappoint. He’d patch himself up and go after them, haunting them like the ghost they thought he was, avenging those who had fallen.

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The fight was finally over and Omega poked her head out from behind the crates she’d been using as cover. Through the dirt kicked up by the wind, she could see Crosshair limping towards her. All of the bad men were on the ground, unmoving, so she decided it was safe enough to come out of her hiding spot.

She ran to Crosshair and slammed into him, wrapping her arms around his slim frame. She’d been so scared and she was so relieved that he was alright. Or, at least so she thought.

Crosshair groaned through gritted teeth and doubled over, clutching his side.

“Crosshair?” What’s wrong?” Omega asked, panicking as her cousin dropped to his knees and pulled his hand away from his side. It was covered in blood. Omega’s eyes went wide. “Crosshair? Crosshair!”

But he didn’t respond. Perhaps he couldn’t. All he could do was collapse to the ground, unconscious before his head hit the dirt.

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Hunter and the others had arrived a few minutes later to find Omega kneeling over an unconscious and bleeding Crosshair. They’d rushed him into the nearest building to get him out of the dust storm and summoned the doctor to tend to him.

A lot of dirt had already been blown into the stab wound in his side and it took a while to clean it all out. Hunter was glad Crosshair wasn’t awake for that part. He was still asleep now, a slight sheen of sweat covering his brow as he fought off the infection that had set in. Luckily, the doc wasn’t too worried about it.

Hunter wrung out a damp cloth and placed it on Crosshair’s head. Sitting back down with a sigh, he turned his attention to the room’s other occupant.

Omega sat in the chair on the opposite side of Crosshair’s bed. She’d refused to leave his side through the entire ordeal, insisting that she needed to make sure he was alright. Even in the room’s dim light, Hunter could see the glint of tears she was trying to hold back. 

Hunter smiled fondly and a little sadly.

Omega had developed a deep and personal connection to all of her cousins; each relationship was special and unique in its own way. With Hunter, it was almost a father-daughter relationship. Tech was like an older brother whom she followed around and asked a million questions. Wrecker was almost like her twin—both of them bursting with childlike energy and mischief. Even Echo, who wasn’t related by blood, had become an honorary cousin and he had quickly become the mother hen of the group.

But with Crosshair, it was different. There was an especially tight bond between the two, one that Hunter couldn’t quite define. He and Omega’s mother had been almost closer than family, seemingly kindred spirits. Her loss had affected him the hardest. But finding Omega, the spitting image of their lost cousin, it had awoken that same connection within Crosshair, and Omega had felt it, too. And it terrified her to see him hurt like this.

He got up and walked around the bed to kneel next to her, placing a hand on her small shoulder.

“He’ll be alright, Omega.”

And that’s all it took.

The dam broke. Omega’s tears started streaming down her face and she wrapped her arms around Hunter’s neck in a desperate hug.

Hunter returned her embrace and lifted her up so he could sit in the chair while he cradled her in his arms.

“It’s okay,” he soothed. “Everything is going to be just fine.”

Before too long, Omega fell asleep as Hunter held her. He sat there listening to both hers and Crosshair’s calm breathing.

Everything would be alright.