stabby stab

Hello! My name is Kodi (they/them, 24) and this is my sort of secret whump side blog. My favorite whump things are anime whump, torso injuries, and stabbings. I draw! And I write sometimes, but not often. I follow from @butifitstrueillbet

[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.

[lovin-me-some-whump]

Same for Peter Parker (spiderman) but with the wonderful addition of his Spidey sense screaming at him *DANGER* while he forces himself to lie still reminding himself it's his friends helping him not danger because he doesn't want to accidentally hurt them

[tenderwhumps]

whumpee being carried by team/caretaker and laid down somewhere soft. a bed… a couch… or even bringing the softness TO whumpee on the floor. a blanket, or a rolled up jacket for a pillow.

maybe they’re too sick to move. maybe they’re injured and broken. maybe they’re dying.

but give me the tenderness of “let us take you to rest someplace comfortable.”

[go-whump-in-the-night]

[painsthegame]

whump is such a strange thing for me. ‘oh im having trouble shouldering the burdens of daily life, let me play scenes in my head of someone getting the shit kicked out of them (fictionally), that’ll make me feel better’ and it DOES

[darlingpoppet]

[belovedwhump]

Whump Poll: which do you prefer/like the most? When Whumpee...

actively hides injury (lies about it, didn't want to worry/bother anyone)

passively hides injury (just doesn't mention it, didn't think it was that bad)

accidentally hides injury (didn't even know they were hurt)

Voting ended onJan 19, 2025

[foundfamilywhump]

snowy whump. where the whump itself isn’t necessarily the snow but it’s involved, it’s making things worse, more complicated.

someone driving slowly and carefully, hands tense and gripping the steering wheel while whumpee bleeds and stifles sounds of pain in the passenger seat, slumped over and curled around their wounds. they need to go faster but they can’t go faster. the roads are bad and it’s still coming down.

flakes caught in disheveled hair, melting on a fevered forehead. disappearing into hot, pooling blood.

whumpee with broken ribs or hastily-bandaged wounds wincing as they walk, every step making it harder, making their body tense and strain to navigate through the accumulated drifts. the effort and strain of walking through snow is wearing on their whole hurting body.

when whumpee slips and falls, landing hard on the ground. staring up at the sky as is still continuing to snow, melting water soaking through their clothes. chilling them to the bone.

freezing hands trying to do first aid, trying to patch themself or someone else back together. shaking and numb fingers dropping objects, cursing, flexing them and trying again. cant wear gloves, not with this kind of fine motor control. the ticking clock until they won’t be able to use their hands at all, the need to take care of the wounds before that happens.

snowy whump.

[pvtashby]

The trope of a character being totally incapacitated/overwhelmed by pain is living rent free in my mind rn.

Like all they can do is scream or cry, it hurts so bad they can’t even form words. They might be shaking or hyperventilating, breath hitching if another wave of pain hits them. They can’t stop the tears flowing down their face. Caretaker/team tries to soothe them but nothing works—they don’t even respond.

Or, maybe they do, but its a quiet, pleading “please, make it stop,” between cries. Maybe they beg. “Just shoot me.”

Caretaker/team probably wouldn’t know how to respond. “We’re trying,” they say. Or, “No. I won’t do that.”

[world-wide-whump]

I've successfully made a nice ragtag team of fantasy ocs so whumpblr u know what that means *cracks knuckles*

[uriswhumpchamber]

One thing I wish I wrote more often is just. How absolutely disorienting pain can be. So! Rapid fire prompts time it is.

Acute pain. The world suddenly getting smaller — everything is focused on the hurt. Whumpee's brain can barely focus on whatever they can hold onto, if that.

Having to run, barely being able to go in a straight line. They know where the meeting point is, so why are they not there yet? Why does it feel like they're going in circles? Everything hurts so much. They look around and the usual easy tells of where they are are swirling around in front of their eyes, making no sense at all.

Prolonged pain. Being unable to distract themselves - they move wrong and it gets worse. They move and it gets worse. They're able to dull it for a few minutes, and it's the stress of it coming back that doesn't let them think.

Meds they forgot to take are sitting at the table while Whumpee is curled up on the floor, not knowing why nothing is working. They remember taking the pill — wait, when was that?

They got back to their base, or to the organization that sent them on that damned mission — and someone asks for the codeword before letting them in. They don't remember being told a codeword - no, they do, but it's an empty spot in their memory, whatever it was. "I can't let you in without that." "Please, I swear-" "Sorry, no."

Being found while running from Whumper, people looking to help. Not being able to speak a word of whatever happened, to properly tell them the urgency of the situation. Broken words and phrases to match their broken bones. They know Whumper will find them if they don't keep moving, if they don't get somewhere safe, but the moment they try to say that it's like their brain decides to stop working.

[world-wide-whump]

Not to be vulnerable on Tumblr dot com but does anyone know any fics where one character hides sh from another and eventually gets found out? Asking for a friend.

[maccreadysbaby]

Some of my favorite words and phrases to describe a character in pain

coiling (up in a ball, in on themselves, against something, etc)

panting (there’s a slew of adjectives you can put after this, my favorites are shakily, weakly, etc)

keeling over (synonyms are words like collapsing, which is equally as good but overused in media)

trembling/shivering (additional adjectives could be violently, uncontrollably, etc)

sobbing (weeping is a synonym but i’ve never liked that word. also love using sob by itself, as a noun, like “he let out a quiet sob”)

whimpering (love hitting the wips with this word when a character is weak, especially when the pain is subsiding. also love using it for nightmares/attacks and things like that)

clinging (to someone or something, maybe even to themselves or their own clothes)

writhing/thrashing (maybe someone’s holding them down, or maybe they’re in bed alone)

crying (not actual tears. cry as in a shrill, sudden shout)

dazed (usually after the pain has subsided, or when adrenaline is still flowing)

wincing (probably overused but i love this word. synonym could be grimacing)

doubling-over (kinda close to keeling over but they don’t actually hit the ground, just kinda fold in on themselves)

heaving (i like to use it for describing the way someone’s breathing, ex. “heaving breaths” but can also be used for the nasty stuff like dry heaving or vomiting)

gasping/sucking/drawing in a breath (or any other words and phrases that mean a sharp intake of breath, that shite is gold)

murmuring/muttering/whispering (or other quiet forms of speaking after enduring intense pain)

hiccuping/spluttering/sniffling (words that generally imply crying without saying crying. the word crying is used so much it kinda loses its appeal, that’s why i like to mix other words like these in)

stuttering (or other general terms that show an impaired ability to speak — when someone’s in intense pain, it gets hard to talk)

staggering/stumbling (there is a difference between pain that makes you not want to stand, and pain that makes it impossible to stand. explore that!)

recoiling/shrinking away (from either the threat or someone trying to help)

pleading/begging (again, to the threat, someone trying to help, or just begging the pain to stop)

Feel free to add your favorites or most used in the comments/reblogs!

[whumpyinside]

I’m not completely sure why, but I’ve allllllways loved whimpering, wincing, and begging the most. Those words just give instant whumperflies.

🦋🦋🦋

[whumpercars]

you know what whump trope I love?

the same dialogue being used for both whumper and caretaker, but in very different contexts!

“This’ll hurt,” (Before being tortured / before taking off a Bandaid)

“Don’t move.” (While whumper restrains them / while caretaker brushes their hair)

“Quiet down.” (Whumper yelling at sobbing whumpee / caretaker gently shushing excited whumpee)

“They’re not coming for you.” (Whumper telling them no one will save them / Caretaker telling them no one will kidnap them)

“I’m only trying to help.” (Whumper pretending to take care of them / Caretaker actually taking care of them)

“You’ll never see them again.” (Whumper mocking them / Caretaker reassuring them)

[seth-whumps]

you know that thing where one member of the team just collapses and the tank picks them up like they're nothing? or when the tank slings a whumpee's arm over their shoulder and hoists them up to lean on them? yeah. yeah that.

[redd956]

Whump Ideas: Water

Injured whumpee slipping and struggling through the rain

Whumpee who can’t swim being tossed into deep water

Caretaker looking into water only to spot red across the surface

Whumper pouring a bottle of water out in front of a dehydrated whumpee

Caretaker swimming out to get whumpee 🏊‍♂️

Whumper ambushing whumpee in downpouring rain

Caretaker frantically searching for whumpee through thick fog

Whumpee washing up on shore

Siren whumpee entangled in a fishing net or line

Water Elemental whumpee trapped in the desert

Whumpee washing blood off their hands in a river

Caretaker and whumpee using the fog to cover their tracks from whumper

Whumpee entering Whumper’s room to see them crying

Robotic whumpee trudging through the acid rain

Whumpee being kicked down into mud

Caretaker washing whumpee’s wounds

[whump-princess]

Screaming but no one can hear them through the heavy rain

Whumpee finally escaping and enjoying the rain on their skin, blood washing away in the rain

Being so thirsty they drink from a stream or even more gross a lake or puddle

Head being dunked under water

[thethumpinthenight]

Okay, so this is really random: but I see a lot of like 'inexperienced' Whumpees who are the weakest/youngest out of the group

But like what if the youngest is the one everyone fears, I mean they're in the group for a reason

Picture this very specific scenario: The team is captured by Whumper and they are all taken to the same room, chained up to keep them from running or trying anything: and here comes Whumpee (a teenager that's like half the size of everyone in the room) with these insanely complicated locks, maybe they're wearing a straight jacket, with multiple guards while the rest of the team got one or two

Because if you think about it, younger people would have to work harder to prove their strength and 'worth' to the team. There has to be a reason for them to stay on the team

However my personal favorite of this trope is that the youngest is just so unpredictable; not only are they talented/wise beyond their years but you truly never know what they'll do next with all the talent they harbor

Maybe Whumper hates them because at least he can fall into this rythme with the rest of the team and learn their habits: but he physically can't do that for youngest because there is no routine or habit to fall back onto

Maybe they mastered a rare magic form at a young age, or were trained as a soldier

Then think of the CARETAKING OPPROTUNITIES?? A parental Caretaker that shows Whumpee what it's like to be a kid, who worry about they're little reckless living death wish 24/7, and give them a mom/dad that they deserve

I just love young, anti-hero, vigilante Whumpees who have seen so much and learned so many things at such a young age, to the point where they are constantly on the verge of villain because of their genuine desensitization to it all

Which causes everyone to be at least a little afraid of youngest, in some sense of the word

[pvtashby]

Military whump prompts

(because Reddit is down and I’m chronically online)

Hearing the whumpee’s screams over the radio as they’re captured, the rest of the team frozen in horror.

• Patch job in the middle of the battlefield, someone pressing down on a wound with their bare hands, whispering, “Stay with me, okay? Just stay.”

• Post-mission debrief, but the whumpee is barely holding it together, swaying on their feet as the adrenaline wears off.

• The whumpee refusing pain meds because they need to “stay sharp,” only to pass out mid-conversation.

• “I don’t leave people behind,” they growl, limping and bleeding but refusing to abandon the unconscious teammate over their shoulder.

• Waking up in a field hospital, disoriented and panicked, pulling out the IV before being restrained by a firm but gentle voice.

• “We’re not going to make it.” “Yes, we are.” Cue one of them doing something reckless to ensure the other gets out alive.

• Cold, soaked to the bone, huddled in a ruined building during a downpour, one of them feverish while the other desperately tries to keep them awake.

• Hiding an injury to avoid being benched, only for it to get worse at the worst possible moment.

• “You don’t understand—I can’t go back. I can’t be discharged.”

• A high-ranking officer demanding a mission debrief while the whumpee is barely conscious, words slurring, bleeding through their uniform.

• A medic struggling to save the whumpee in the back of a jolting vehicle, yelling for the driver to go faster.

• Post-rescue, sitting by the whumpee’s bedside, counting every beep of the heart monitor like a prayer.

[justaleafinthewind]

USA going through its whump era