by no means an exhaustive list as I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but here’s quite a few (mostly garnered from various posts and bthb cards)
‘more expendable than you’
worked himself to exhaustion
taking the blame (for what, idk)
crying themselves to sleep
caretaker kissing whumpee’s scars
caretakers gently changing the dressings/bandages of whumpee’s wounds and murmuring soothing nothings as they hiss and wince in pain
Brushing their hand through the whumpee’s hair to soothe them
holding them while they cry
Sitting with whumpee while they have their wounds treated, maybe letting them grip their hand as some way of dealing with the pain
Helping whumpee get up when they fall/ helping them walk by letting the whumpee brace themselves on them
Letting the whumpee rest their head on their chest or shoulder
lost their voice from screaming
power fatigue / exhaustion
caretaker cradling whumpee in their arms
conditioning / conditioned whumpees
locked up and left behind
passing out from the pain
forced to participate in prize fight
‘dont let them see you cry’
kick them while theyre down
bleeding through the bandages
used in sacrifice / ritual
dragging themselves along the ground
public execution / torture
wrongfully accused / arrested
‘should have been better’
disowned by family / team
unhealthy coping mechanisms
rage against the reflection
disproportionate retribution
nervously tapping the bell on their collar
sorry for the long post, its not letting me add a readmore with the bullets :>
