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“From now on, you have no responsibilities, no stress. I understand if you need to keep fighting, though. You need to feel like this is completely out of your control, or else you’ll feel guilty for resting. It’s alright. Fight until you’re satisfied that there’s no escape. I won’t take it personally.”
Kidnapping via possession or mind control. No witnesses, because bystanders have no idea that they're watching someone being kidnapped in broad daylight - all they see is a person walking, maybe with a slightly absent look on their face, but nothing warranting a double take. Meanwhile, the person being kidnapped can't call for help, can't do anything to defy whatever force is controlling them. They keep walking towards their doom, powerless to stop what's happening.
this one is a niche one but : bilingual caretaker trying to comfort whumpee and whispering in their mother tongue because they associate it with safety/warmth/home. hushed foreign words and gentle touches
it's not the most popular trope because it implies another character didnt make it and that's usually blacklisted. But there is so much gut-wrenching angst and slow recovery in that stuff.
especially if it was a whumpee turned caretaker in a multiple whumpee sitch? but then the other whumpee doesnt make it, how whumper uses that to get into their head. THe blame and guilt they carry when they finally escape.
support system would be vital. how relatives/friends of the deceased whumpee tell the survivor its not their fault, even are grateful whumpee was there so their friend didnt die alone. friend would want them to thrive and live a meaningful life.
and then there's that one person who understands. and just listens in silence as whumpee unburdens all the pain and fear and guilt they've been carrying. until it turns into wordless sobs.
and caretaker silently puts their arm around whumpee.
its not going to be easy. but it will be okay.
There's something delicious about the means of escape being just out of reach.
The key to the cell hanging on a hook in sight of the bars. The lock to the chains being tied on a string around their neck. A knife that could cut the ropes, sheathed at the captors belt. The weapon that could help them fight wrenched from their grasp or beyond the reach of their fingertips. The anger that would overpower the fear never making it to their frozen muscles.
And what happens if they do reach it? What happens if an ally comes to their aid? The means are right there, they just have to seize them. Can they do it? Can they make it? Or will it taunt them for longer than they can bear to admit?
I'm sick of the ever brilliant, diabolical villains. I want a villain that's so dumb nobody can figure out what the fuck he's doing. I want the detective tasked at tracking him down constantly on the verge of tearing his hair out. I want bugs bunny level shenanigans between the two. and obviously I want it to be an enemies to lovers story.
*deep inhale*
spaceships crashing. aliens that aren’t exactly friendly. problems with nuclear reactors. exposure to the elements. all the good shit.
Yes we love it when Whumpee gets a call from an unknown number and Whumper, on the other end of the line, refers to them by name. Maybe Whumpee recognizes their voice, maybe they don’t. Either way it’s a classic.
What else is a classic? When Whumper comments on how scared Whumpee looks. Tells them to take a seat when they shouldn’t have known there was one available. Warns them not to get any bad ideas when Whumpee’s eyes stray towards an exit.
Getting a call from a stranger who knows their name is scary enough. Knowing they’re watching somehow and unable to see them, that’s terrifying.
A usually super defiant or incredibly strong character quietly pleading with their torturer or enemy "please. just not today"
Whumpees held captive by self-sustaining, off-the-grid hunters.
Constant threats of becoming compost for the vegetable garden. Hunting knives designed to skin. Deer hooks in smokehouses. Bone saws normally used on antlers, but perfect for severing the offending feet off of a runaway. And even if they do run, Whumpee won’t get away. Whumper knows these surrounding woods like the back of their hand, and they’ve been tracking their own food for most of their life. Whumpee doesn’t stand a chance out here. They know that.
CW: lab whump, medical whump, unethical science, military mention, drug mention
Happy whumping! If any of these ideas sparked your imagination, we’re accepting submissions for a lab-whumped themed anthology called The Whumpboratory. Head here for more information about how to submit!
Spaceship whump is so divine evil because it’s like no. You cannot escape. Trying to escape, to pull one over the guy piloting it or whatever, will kill you, either by instant death or by a long, slow starvation bc you can’t pilot that craft. It’s so hopeless. It’s so bleak. It’s so much better when whumpee actually manages to escape.
God I need more spaceship whump.
Whumper gently working shampoo into Whumpee's hair. Gently massaging away the blood.
today I'm thinking about a famous hero sustaining an injury on live TV and then showing up to fight the villain who's just absolutely bewildered at the hero's stubbornness they're fine and it was just a scratch
Whump for the space and horror lovers
Caretaker
Whumpee
two estranged friends being captured and tortured by the same whumper. repairing their relationship and growing even closer now, since all they have for comfort is each other.
