Whump Aesthetic:
Everything is quiet save for the crickets, and the shuffling sound of Whumper dragging an unconscious Whumpee through the forest by their feet.
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Everything is quiet save for the crickets, and the shuffling sound of Whumper dragging an unconscious Whumpee through the forest by their feet.
SLAP.
SLAP.
SLAP.
Caretaker's hand whips across Whumper's cheek, snapping their face to the side. Whumper looks away the whole time, silent, as hot tears run down their bruised and bloody cheeks. They blink,
"Look, Caretaker, I'm so-"
SLAP.
They wince, scrunching their brows together before trying again.
"CARETAKER. I'm"
SLAP.
Caretaker strikes harder. Whumpee teeters to the side.
"I"
SLAP.
Caretaker strikes as hard as they can, taking Whumper off their feet. They slam shoulder first into the ground.
"LOOK I'M SORRY, OK," Whumper screams in desperation, writhing on the floor in agony as they clutch their injured arm.
Caretaker reaches down, dragging Whumper to their feet by their collar, and yanks them to eye level. They grit their teeth and grind out,
"Then. Bring. Whumpee. Back."
Whumpee is shaken awake by a frantic whumper who tells them they need to go with genuine desperation in their eyes. Whumpee has never seen whumper this terrified before.
Faraway sounds of screams and explosions makes Whumpee realize Whumper isn't tricking them this time.
While I enjoy the "team is captured and the villain hurts the weakest member in front of the others" trope, what I really want to see is "team is captured and the villain breaks the leader/strongest one in front of the others"
How about "team is captured and the villain makes the weakest member and the strongest/leader fight to the death in front of the others"
The suspense, the fear, and the finale.
Whumpee that matches Whumper’s insane energy. Just imagine(TW for knife-to-throat threat):
Whumper, holding a knife to Whumpee’s throat: Don’t move, or I’ll kill you.
Whumpee, with a wicked grin: BET BRO LETS FUCKING DO THIS‼️‼️
Whumper starts shaking: I-I'll really do it !!
Something I haven't seen a lot of is weird ticks that appear when feeling super strong emotions.
Like when I was a kid, and sometimes even now, my teeth used to chatter nonstop anytime I was excited, scared, angry, etc.
I've got an image in my head of a whumpee crying so hard that their teeth chatter uncontrollably, and they get mad that they can't make it stop.
Also weird ticks I have that I have to struggle to not do around others
It would be really interesting to see certain emotions trigger specific ticks in whumpees.
I don't see this very often, but I would love to see the dynamics between a short Whumper and a tall Whumpee. The extra steps Whumper has to take to show dominance would be great to explore.
Whumper used to smoke anytime they hurt Whumpee. They would blow smoke in their face, and burn them with the cigarette butt.
So when they get rescued by Caretaker, they get really freaked out because Caretaker is also a smoker. Does Caretaker take the initiative to quit? Or do they make Whumpee power through (hence, bad caretaking)
Whumper’s hideout catches fire, and Whumper escapes without Whumpee. Somehow Whumpee is able to get out of their restraints and make their way out of the building. But the smoke and burning flames get to them, and they collapse inches from the door.
Does someone get to them in time? Firefighters, or a worried neighbor that heard the faint cries for help?
Then the recovery from the smoke inhalation:
Then the fear of fire:
That moment when Whumpee is doing really well fighting for the their life and then their weapon breaks mid strike.
The shock of not having something to protect themself with, and the sudden realization that this will be a losing battle.
Way back before I knew what whump was, I ran a dnd campaign. One my players played a tiny character. I made a list of things to trap that character inside but didn’t use any of them so I’m posting here
That’s kinda all I came up with, but some of these can be made crueler by the kind of materials they hold smelling really strong, or even being toxic
Whumper A borrowing Whumper B’s Whumpee without telling them. Then accidentally hurting Whumpee too badly and having to get them medical help.
Whumper B coming back to find Whumpee gone, and being pissed that Whumpee “escaped”.
This can go one of two ways:
For some reason I’m imagining that the Whumpers are siblings and it’s the younger one stealing the older one’s prized possessions.
I know it’s not Tuesday but: Whumper fucking up and needing to perform CPR on the whumpee, because the whumpee needs to be kept alive
Its Tuesday now! And yes! OMG, please. We need more of this.
AND the Whumper being legit terrified of losing Whumpee, because of the consequences from:
Once Whumpee suddenly sucks in a breath and starts to regain conciousness, Whumper just has to sit back in utter shock. They have never been so shaken before, and they never want to feel like that again, or risk losing Whumpee.
Whumper starts questioning their motivations, or pursues a new kind of Whump that has less serious consequences.
Whumpee has a bad immune system, and is usually the one that gets sick. Caretaker is always there to take care of them and nurse them back to health. Whumpee is always happy to have their friends and Caretaker hovering over them.
But when Caretaker gets sick, Whumpee gets frustrated. They get angry. The people that used to hover over Whumpee now hover over Caretaker and they crave the attention.
Whumpee getting captured and turned into a vampire against their will and not understanding their newfound cravings.
When Caretaker finds them, weak and emaciated, the first thing they do is embrace Whumpee.
Suddenly, hearing Caretaker’s heartbeat triggers something in Whumpee and they sink their fangs into Caretaker’s shoulder.
“W-Whumpee?” Caretaker whispers before losing consciousness.
Caretaker stealing food for Whumpee, but getting caught by the shopkeeper and facing the punishment. A finger for each time thieves get caught.
Caretaker manages to get back home with some food that will last a day or so. They put on a brave face and smile as Whumpee lights up with joy.
But they can barely contain their shaking, as they squeeze a blood soaked rag to the stump that used to be their little finger.