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best thing a man can wear is blood

#*sage nodding* #blood #whump

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Give your whumpees anxiety about old injuries!

I completely tore my ACL (literally 100%) when I was 9 and the literature at the time said not to do reconstruction because I hadn't finished growing and it might fuck up the growth plate in my leg, plus lots of people can manage fine with just their muscles to compensate (especially since I wasn't sporty anyway)

HOWEVER. I ended up getting a locked knee if I squated/knelt on my knee. Resulting in me screaming in pain for 6 hours while I tried to straighten it back out (and when my mum called the paramedic they said I could only have paracetamol and ibuprofen 👍 helpful)

I had an arthroscopy when I was 11 to try and solve the locking but it didn't help. Finally, 4 years after the injury, I got a reconstruction and the problem went away (sort of, it would dislocate occasionally but that's stopped now)

Those 4 years of not being able to fully bend my knee because it would lock completely changed my psychology. It took 2 more years before I even tried sitting cross legged on the floor, and only in the last few years have I gotten more comfortable kneeling.

I still can't put all my weight on my knee when kneeling because of the fear. Every time i feel something unexpected I panic (not pain, more like a movement inside my knee?)

I've dislocated my shoulder a bunch, as well as my hip (yay hypermobility) but nothing can send terror down my spine like my knee slipping or giving way.

So anyway, whumpees who won't do certain movements or get scared when a particular thing feels wrong

#whump #knee injury

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We all love a character on his knees. I'd like to raise this to...

A character on his knees in the pouring rain!

Water drips down his face, mingling with some of the blood, tickling against wounds, little drops magnifying the bruises. Soaked knees resting painfully in a puddle of water against the concrete. His hair sticks to his forehead. A single drop of water drips down from the tip of his nose.

He looks down, in defeat, maybe in defiance. Perhaps he's exhausted, still panting hard from the fight that brought him to this position, wincing as every breath jostles fresh wounds or bruised ribs.

Splashing footsteps draw closer and suddenly the rain stops.

Whumper, holding an umbrella, is looking down on him.

"Well, isn't that a sad sight."

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A list of character things that are neat

Cocky smirks

Enthusiastic smiles for things people should not be enthused about

Blood splatter

Arms/shoulders. Yk

Wide eyes brimming with tears

When someone’s hair has fallen in front of their face and they’re on their hands and knees, gritting their teeth.

Trying to back away and bumping into something that makes them stop

The chin tilt

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FEBUWHUMP 2023 IS HERE!

the prompts this year were chosen through a suggestion poll and subsequent vote, where over 350 people voted for their favourites. the top 28 make up the core prompts, and a mixture of the next most popular and this blog’s personal favourites have become the alternatives!

i’m so excited to see what you all create with these prompts, and hope they’re inspiring enough to trigger a whole month’s worth of creativity for you! if you have any questions, make sure to check out the blog’s FAQ, or check out the previously asked questions on the blog before sending one of your own!

please note: this year, notifying the blog of completionist status will happen through a google form that will be released closer to the end of febuwhump.

full write-up of prompts and rules under the cut:

Keep reading

#these are amazing #i will definitely not have the spoons to complete this but i might explore a prompt or two #febuwhump #febuwhump 2023

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lemme just call myself out real quick

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i love writing fiction because its like hello you are my character i created you and i want you to find happiness. and then you give them carbon monoxide poisoning

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Short Prompt #1047

"I used to think that my biggest dream in life was to kill you," the villain mused outloud, walking back and forth before their captured nemesis. "But no..."

They stopped before the hero, clasping their chin with an iron grip as they hissed, "My dream... is to make you suffer."

#👀 👀 👀 👀

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i love him that’s why i need to see him tortured to within an inch of his life covered in his own blood and tears

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Low level/continuous pain tips for writing

Want to avoid the action movie effect and make your character’s injuries have realistic lasting impacts? Have a sick character you’re using as hurt/comfort fodder? Everyone has tips for how to write Dramatic Intense Agony, but the smaller human details of lasting or low-level discomfort are rarely written in. Here are a few pain mannerisms I like to use as reference:

General

Continuously gritted teeth (may cause headaches or additional jaw pain over time)

Irritability, increased sensitivity to lights, sounds, etc

Repetitive movements (fidgeting, unable to sit still, slight rocking or other habitual movement to self-soothe)

Soft groaning or whimpering, when pain increases or when others aren’t around

Heavier breathing, panting, may be deeper or shallower than normal

Moving less quickly, resistant to unnecessary movement

Itching in the case of healing wounds

Subconsciously hunching around the pain (eg. slumped shoulders or bad posture for gut pain)

Using a hand to steady themself when walking past walls, counters, etc (also applies to illness)

Narration-wise: may not notice the pain was there until it’s gone because they got so used to it, or may not realize how bad it was until it gets better

May stop mentioning it outright to other people unless they specifically ask or the pain increases

Limb pain

Subtly leaning on surfaces whenever possible to take weight off foot/leg pain

Rubbing sore spots while thinking or resting

Wincing and switching to using other limb frequently (new/forgettable pain) or developed habit of using non dominant limb for tasks (constant/long term pain)

Propping leg up when sitting to reduce inflammation

Holding arm closer to body/moving it less

Moving differently to avoid bending joints (eg. bending at the waist instead of the knees to pick something up)

Nausea/fever/non-pain discomfort

Many of the same things as above (groaning, leaning, differences in movement)

May avoid sudden movements or turning head for nausea

Urge to press up against cold surfaces for fever

Glazed eyes, fixed stare, may take longer to process words or get their attention

Shivering, shaking, loss of fine motor control

If you have any more details that you personally use to bring characters to life in these situations, I’d love to hear them! I’m always looking for ways to make my guys suffer more write people with more realism :)

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#yeah

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i love you injured characters, i love you bloody faces, i love you torture, i love you knives, i love you manhandling, i love you field care, i love you comfort, i love you soft caretaking, i love you lasting trauma, i love you aftermath, i love you unconscious characters, i love you team taking care of each other

#i love you hurt/comfort #i love you whump

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me flirting : how open are u to torture

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The real reason you hurt characters is because pain is entertaining but you can't just say that or you'll get booed so you need to think of "reasons" and deal with "character development" and "in-universe logic"

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the human need to sleep vs the writer need to inflict pain and misery upon my blorbo: fight

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‘don’t you want your favourite character to be happy???’ no? i want my favourite character to be interesting. i want me to be happy. which sometimes involves my favourite character being in exquisite agony

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Whump creators will see a character and be like put that beast in a basement