Whumpbythefireside (new and improved) introduction <3
Hullo, I’m Whumpbythefireside!
I post whump I like to call “classic whump” by which I mean the sort of whump tropes you’d find in a classic novel.
This, I believe is a good example:
(From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)
Here are some whump tropes I LOVE:
Fainting
Characters seeming a bit dazed
Lighthearted comfort
Duels, especially if the winner of the duel afterwards tends to the loser
No anaesthetics, just brandy and a bit of opium
Fevers
Bloodletting
Perhaps a bit oddly specific, but characters in captivity refusing to give their captors any information
Here are some whump tropes I don’t like writing:
Emeto
Hospitals
Most modern medicine
Very graphic/ very intense torture scenes
Psychological whump
Here are some whump tropes I really dislike:
Pet whump
Lab rat whumpee
Living weapon whumpee
Anything sexual
That’s about it! Farewell!

















