Here there be whump

I really live for the trope where a big, strong, whumpee has been kept in isolation for so long, and one day the whumper decides to send in a healer, and they’re this itty bitty little thing. So they go in, and the whumpee is absolutely scared shitless, wondering why the healer is so gentle, why they aren’t afraid of them.

YESSS. I like this particularly with monster whump! Also gladiator stuff fits quite well. Maybe the whumpee is an older, grizzled fighter, and they’ve been left to rot in their cell. They’d be so confused if someone was sent to patch them up!