Whumpalicious

She/her, 25+ years old. Another sideblog for another obsession of mine. Hurt bois are the best bois (when they're fictional). Love whump art as much as I do? Check out @drawyourwhumpee!

[tlirsgender]

I heart prey animal rage I love when characters are fucking insane with terror

[tlirsgender]

When they're not dangerous like a hunter but dangerous like a spooked horse kicking your skull in

[tlirsgender]

Let's hear it for prey animal rage let's hear it for killing everyone else in the world before you'll let them catch you

[so-many-ocs]

hey, don't cry. fictional character in dire & perilous situations. ok?

[metal-autistic-coven]

it is always morally correct to put the character in the evil torture science lab. btw

[this-is-trans-joy]

I will always care more about the supportive cishet boyfriend at pride than i will about the wannabe cop queer person interrogating every “straight looking” couple to make sure they’re “queer enough” to be there btw. Don’t worry about your cishet boyfriend, he’s sitting with me eating an ice cream wearing a homemade little pride bracelet around his arm and he is the happiest he’s ever been in his life :]

[painwithoutplot]

some characters just need to run away from their current circumstances and survive (just barely) on the streets or in the wilderness for a while, you know? i don't think it's necessarily the most efficient path to healing and it's certainly not the least painful/traumatic one but sometimes a character has been so stripped of agency and you just want to see them run away and forcibly shift their genre to survival thriller......

[painwithoutplot]

especially when the characters who are ostensibly kind towards them also (would) strip them of agency. FUCK you all i am putting blorbo in the WOODS

[painwithoutplot]

blorbo. Take the reins of your fate. Fuck off from civilisation pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease

[studyofwhump]

I don’t need much, just an OC tied up, gagged, and screaming. You can leave that by the door

[ransom-or-rescue]

Character type I quite enjoy: mean to everyone, especially themselves.

Character type I also quite enjoy: kind to everyone, except themselves.

[ransom-or-rescue]

#now what if character a was only nice to character b......

[bebebeep0v0]

Jack and Maddie finally caught Phantom.

[paingoes]

one thing i never really appreciated about whipping is how you are very literally unable to take care of it yourself afterwards. someone else has to treat it for you because you physically cannot reach it. i just think thats neat.

[callithumpwhump]

Whump classics ya just can't beat

Coughing up blood into a hand and then looking at it with shocked/terrified eyes

The Tension™ of one character tenderly patching up another character's wounds and scolding them for being reckless

Apologizing right before passing out

A hand cupped to a forehead to check for fever

A hand going under a jacket or shirt and coming away bloody

Forced to kneel with a sword under their chin

Lying about the severity/hiding of an injury

Collapsing after a big magic spell/magical exhaustion draining them

The comic relief character joking about their trauma/injury to dissuade worry from them

Hero injured/collapsing on villians doorstep or vice versa, "I didn't know where else to go"

Being curled on the ground and then kicked in the ribs (literally being kicked while they're down)

Being injected with a needle of drugs/potion by villian that knocks them out

Having a terrible nightmare and waking up with a cry in a cold sweat

Fighting against unconsciousness (unsuccessfully)

'Bonus points if'

[hiveswap]

Not attracted to that character i just want him to experience being scared for his life and panicking

[acecasinova]

"What do we have here…? I might have use for these...~ You wanted 200 gold for the dwarf and his map? Fine, but I'm taking this lot too."

....Sooooooo our party bit off a bit more of a fight than we could chew and got TPK'd [shrug emoji] But instead of just dying out in the forest, we were stabilized and restrained before getting dragged off in the clutches of a mysterious (and SCARY) drow woman! Several days of travel without enough time to recover any of our spells or abilities later, and.... We were finally left alone in a cell,,,,

I had a lot of fun making the manacles as nasty and rusted as I could, and matching the gag and blindfold materials to Allanann and Nym's cloaks~ ;pc

More context and rambles down below the cut~

This whole thing stung extra hard for Nym (my drow) bc he'd suggested we try to get the drop on our captor and the bugbear we'd heard her talking too, before she took the NPC and map we'd come for, and, uh.... That really didn't work out. (And this was after he'd lectured our druid, Tia (moon elf), on her impatience and rushing after people multiple times!)

He and Allanann really got the worst of it on the way in (being men and all....) but poor Allanann (our ranger) really got the brunt of it- what with being a half-elf and all. He was already angsty about his heritage and feeling left out with some stuff we'd found, and now he was getting brushed off as trash! (Being incredibly earnest and good hearted did not help his case....) Nym, at least, is from a minor drow House and knows what's expected...

We barely had time to do more than work our gags off and try to come up with any kind of plan (And Nym picked one singular lock for Tia because she still had some spells left, where he could use Subtle metamagic on his cantrips, if anything) before our captor, Lady Vyerith, returned with another drow. And he was wearing the damn legendary stuff we'd found!

They rubbed it in our faces for a bit- big cat with cornered prey energy, and then.... It was time to start interrogations~ Just for ease of the game (and juicy drama), we just got dragged over towards a big brazier in the corner of the room, one by one, and questioned in front of the others~ To sow distrust? To see who was the weak link? To see who knew what?

Tia got pulled up first, and she was SO SCARED- stammering and deferential and willing to give whatever answers she could! (But.... as a pretty young noble on her first adventure, it wasn't too much off the bat...) They got her name and loyalties, and why was she here? Just looking to help a family friend, honest! She got some pushback, but not too much, and managed to plead her case with some decent persuasion rolls before getting dragged out of the room.

(This did not go over well with Allanann) He got pulled up next- same deal, but he only gave his first name, and said his only allegiance is to his Lady (Tia). But he was bullish and curt, did the whole "I'll never give in to you!" thing.... and that pissed Lady Vyerith and Nezznar off,,, Mannnnn he almost got burned for that one,,,, (maybe did get slapped, though) OOC we were SCARED for him but IC, Tia didn't know what he was saying, and Nym was mostly gritting his teeth and trying not to cringe bc WHAT are you DOING, idiot?? Allanann truly doesn't know much, though- he's a simple, young half elf who's served the same family all his life, but he's not privy to their secrets. So, fine. He was pulled from the room.

.....And then it was Nym's turn. He got pulled up last (our lil kobold bard's player wasn't there last week, so he couldn't be questioned, but he COULD be left in the corner to hear everything~) and ofc he's on edge. Out of spell slots with two other drow of unknown capabilities was not an ideal situation, like,,,, When asked, Nym gave them his actual name- "Nymhriir Arkhenneld", hoping the fact that he HAD a last name would tip them off to the fact that he belonged to a minor House. (It did not) When asked for his purpose in the area and allegiances, he told them that his allegiances are to magic and the study of the arcane- he was here seeking knowledge.

Dear reader, they did not like that answer. The fire ROARED to life and he got yanked towards it, while the other male drow snarled about underestimating surface drow which UHHHHHH (Everyone OOC was freaking out and IC, Nym was caught off-guard because that WAS true [it just wasn't the WHOLE truth]) Nym DID clarify before they could hurt him and admitted that FINE! Yes, there was more! He has allegiances to his family. ....And the cult! He came to the area seeking the Cult of the Dragon. But he hasn't made contact. He hasn't been active in quite some time. There- was that satisfactory? (Nezznar clearly thought he was seeking the dragon mask they'd confiscated after hearing that, but didn't say much)

They seemed satisfied with that, yes, but how long ago did he leave the Underdark? Was he even a century old? (Being surface drow seems to have given them a height advantage- Nym is on the short side for a drow, but he's still within the average range for a man! [4'10]) Nym deffo took a bit of offense to that and told them that he was 165 years old when he left the Underdark, thank you, and he left Sshamath in the 7th century. (It is, roughly, the 15th century right now)

That took them by surprise (and I fucked up my persuasion roll), but before they could try and burn him again, Nym revealed that he's undead. He left the Underdark to further his studies under Sammaster and was there when the Cult began. Some time after that.... The cult made him undead. He kinda forgot the 'surface' thing since Lady Vyerith still has a spider motif going on, and spat out (to Nezznar) that his Lady should ask her Goddess if they have doubts. It worked, though, and Lady Vyerith told him that Sammaster was dead- did he know? (he did not)

He got a few more questions, then.... They offered a deal. A longer leash, of sorts, as we had gotten rid of their 'security' in the nearby town. Nym was wary, but Lady Vyerith proposed he take over deterring people from Phandelver. His undying loyalty would be very valuable to her.... Would he like that? Nym was tempted (he REALLY wants to keep his freedom, but at this point...) and they offered the dragon mask as a way to keep the town from expanding too far. With a green dragon on his side- keeping one backwater town in line should be easy, no? (Nym has a bit of hesitation around the green dragon, but... It's better than being, what? Here? Dead?) So, he agreed, and told them that he could get the others to fall in line.

Lady Vyerith loved that answer, gave him a condescending pat on the cheek, and told him to "be a good boy and sit on the bed for now", and once Nym had obeyed, she told Nezznar to bring the others back in.

.....At which point Lady Vyerith revealed that there were two dragon cult members in the party- did they know that? A follower of Sammaster, AND a follower of Severin! Poor Allanann knew about NEITHER and just got so blindsided (after already recently getting blindsided by Tia being able to wildshape into a dragon wyrmling a few days prior....) but neither Nym, nor Tia, knew about the other- or even knew WHO the other followed sdfghjkl,,,, (Nym was a bit better prepared- he's seen a few schisms in the cult before over doctrine, but he doesn't know who this Severin is) Tia tried to protest- he's friends with her family, sure, but they're not, like SUUUPER involved! He helps them with research!

....And then Lady Vyerith grabbed her, and pulled off one of the gloves she's worn constantly since we all met up, revealing a twisting tattoo of a red dragon spiraling from her middle finger. (Something Allanann has seen on many a family member, but not something Nym recognises as practice from when he was active)

Allanann did NOT want to swear fealty to these drow, though- he's ONLY loyal to Tia! ...So, she needs to be persuaded, yes? Time to grab her and pull out a knife~! ....He wouldn't want his charge hurt, would he? Tensions SPIKED again! Allanann and Tia are FREAKING OUT while Nym stayed quiet, just sort of.... assessing the situation. (making himself SO suspicious) Eventually he told Allanann it would be in his best interest to accept the "generous offer" of work. (He also doesn't want to work for THEM, but... his loyalty overrode his desire to do good) (Eventually.)

Once he agreed, though, the drow went and grabbed "something" and stuck it in the fire.... Because we got branded, babey!!! Nym got to choose where his would be placed, because he "was a good boy" while Allanann did NOT (and really did not want to be branded, either) ...Not that it made a difference, because as soon as they'd branded Nym (right above his shoulder blades, where he politely asked for it), Nezznar grabbed Allanann and slammed him up against the wall and pressed that red hot spider brand into the back of his hand. Loud and proud! And to their credit, neither one passed out from it, but Tia was panicking bc she did NOT want to get BRANDED! She's a noble! (even though Nym is too lmao) She got backed into a corner, blathering and begging and trying to talk her way out of it under Lady Vyerith grabbed her by the jaw lmaooooo~ She teased Tia a few times about placement, insisting she needed to brand her, and Tia pleaded and pleaded, until she finally gave up and agreed to the branding. But Lady Vyerith kept hold of her chin, and said she could never "ruin" an elf whose beauty is her social credit! But.... How long can she can be a dragon? An hour or two? ....Would she be Lady Vyerith's dragon? Ask for the privilege.

....And, voice still wavering, Tia did. ....Lady Vyerith won't get the others killed, right? If they go and recruit the green dragon... They could trade! And then Tia could go back out with the others! (Her instinct told her that the others were going to keep getting increasingly taxing orders until they outlived their usefulness, though...)

With that, the others were bundled up, blindfolded, and dropped off with MOST of our stuff a little bit outside of town. Dirty, exhausted, and incredibly sore after spending a damn TENDAYS (week) in chains!! Nym had to talk down Allanann from trying to turn right back around and told him he needed to learn how to kiss more ass before we went to lick our wounds in town,,, (Leading to "....But I've only ever kissed one ass my whole life!" "...Well, diversify.")

...At least Nym is glad the other drow didn't find out about ALL THIS,,,

[for-the-ouchies]

It doesn't really matter that whumpee won't win. They're going to fight anyway. It's the principle of the thing, or rather, it's that they couldn't live with themselves anyway if they gave up, so they might as well die defiant.

[tinkertailorsoldierguy]

RANKED: River Cartwright Head Injuries, from Least to Most Concerning

2x04: Unable to brace while falling to ground after getting Tased, probably lands on face

This one barely counts. Also he falls onto dirt and it's the middle of summer, so the ground probably isn't even very hard. I give it zero ambulance sirens out of a possible five. Get up and try again.

5x04: Elbowed in face

Personally I would have liked to have seen more suffering. I give it 1 ambulance siren. 🚨

4x03: Fall through roof into pile of tires

I think he should have cut or scratched his face on the roof while falling. Overall, I give it 2 ambulance sirens, mostly because this occurs maybe an hour after a definite brain injury. 🚨🚨

3x03: Headbutt to nose

Probably broke his nose at least, which goes unaddressed. I give it 3 ambulance sirens. 🚨🚨🚨

4x02: Butt of pistol to back of head

This one looks pretty bad, but he seems fine. You could argue that's adrenaline, but I don't want to argue. Very enjoyable, I give it 4/5 ambulance sirens. 🚨🚨🚨🚨

1x02: Hit in face with pistol butt

He looks super dazed right after, which is probably something to be concerned about. At first I thought maybe he was bleeding out the ear after this, but upon further review, it seems that it was just a cut on the side of his forehead.

I award it 4 sirens. 🚨🚨🚨🚨

3x03: Thrown into lockers and then into wall, implied that beating continued while show cut to other POV characters, further injuries likely

Fun! 4 sirens, and then he manages to remain standing for several hours after that. 🚨🚨🚨🚨

3x06: Knocked out for a few minutes by close-range grenade blast and files/filing cabinets that fell on him

At minimum, no one should have allowed him to drive a car 30 minutes later. 5/5, stunning work. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

4x02: Butt of rifle to side of head

Two hard hits to the head in quick succession (not something they recommend). He remains unconscious for all of the following:

the entire drive back through town

being removed from the van

being carried/dragged into the house and up at least one flight of stairs

being lifted onto a bed

Victor leaving the room, locking the door, and going back downstairs

That's a pretty long time to not wake up after a head injury. Severe brain trauma! Love that for him. 5/5 sirens. Seek medical attention immediately. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Also what a choice to then bonk his head, which I have to imagine is throbbing in pain, against this door.

Also notable that he again chooses to operate a vehicle shortly after injury.

So impressive how he just manages to keep on going despite serious bodily harm, the Kerri Strug of failures.

[tenderwhumps]

(after watching a joyful loving movie) yeah it was good and all but i just wish a character had gotten stabbed five times and left for dead in an alleyway and then found by their loved ones at the last minute so they could be fussed over

[polarity-disturbed]

big fan of when a character metaphorically sweeps something under the rug, but you can feel them flinch every time they walk over it and feel the crumbs beneath their feet

[whump-polls]

pick a whump scenario #3

character has a cybernetic implant that is malfunctioning

character is held hostage at a bank robbery

character is injured, the only other character is inexperienced w/ first aid

character fell and is trying to hide their limping and soreness

character suddenly loses their power/magic while trying to heal someone

character is trying to find shelter during a hurricane

Voting ended onJun 17