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It’s nearly that time again! September 12, 2020 will mark our 3rd annual International Whump Day!
Once the day gets a little closer, I’ll start posting the list of events planned for the day. In the meantime, be sure to stop by and follow the blog so you don’t miss anything!
Once upon a time, on a whump discord server far, far away, a handful of whump community members got together and came up with an idea.
What if we had an International Day of Whump? I mean, if donuts can have one, why can’t we, right??
And thus September 12th was chosen as it was on this day in 1997 that the Stargate: SG1 character of Daniel Jackson had his first on air death. Why is this relevant, you might ask? Well it’s because fanlore tells us the term “whump” was first coined by fans of Daniel h/c stories. Since the term has its origins with this character, why not celebrate it on the day when the first of his many deaths occurred!?
I had planned a lot more fanfare for today, a whole week of celebration, actually, but real life and my health have unfortunately forced me to condense it down into one post on the day. Next year we’ll do it right, but for today I was hoping you all might take a moment to reblog this post, maybe add the day to your calendar, and then tell me a little bit about how you first discovered whump and what it, and this community, means to you. You can add a comment, reblog, or send me an ask. I’ll tag all things related to the day with “International Whump Day” if you want to avoid spam.
Whump unites us all and it’s only fitting we should have a day to celebrate it. I hope you’ll join me.
