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Okay. So I know he possesses none of the physical characteristics described, but Ray Nicholson gives off Andrew vibes in this scene and I’m stuck with that every time I reread the Aftg books. Any thoughts?

https://youtu.be/sL1bHiBbODo?si=ICRgexq5N8yDCDEl

(It’s probably the smirk and tendency towards violence haha)

HELLO I HAVE NEVER WATCHED THIS BUT YES-

The smirk and the lip lick and the taunt, major Andrew vibes.

I actually think Mike Faist is also giving some Minyard vibes here (which is who I initially thought you were talking about because I know nothing), in the cold assertive march toward violence. And I am in my Mike Faist era forever, so this was a treat do I need to watch this?

#this is an excellent clip #we love a tendency toward violence over calm cool collected discussion of problems #idk what this show is but i think i gotta give it a go #mike faist #ray nicholson #aftg #the foxhole court

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For the whump ask game:

What is one of the strangest things you have had to research for your whumpy writing?

Is there a kind of whump you wish you could write better?

What is one of the strangest things you have had to research for your whumpy writing?

I think the weirdest rabbit hole I went down was when I was heavy into the book of mormon (musical) fandom, I went super niche on the missionary rules and read through their entire manual.

Usually I'm just researching dark/weird med whump things, or like prison systems in turkey, or looking up how far it is from some random location in russia or something to a supermarket. I am NOT well researched at all I believe fully in my E.R. (1994) medical degree and my vibes.

There are expected searches that anyone outside of my circle might think are super weird but everyone on here I think would say it completely tracks, things like if male patients ever need to use stirrups (lol), what the most dangerous prison in the world is and why, etc, but I don't feel like those are all that strange on here.

Is there a kind of whump you wish you could write better?

ALL WHUMP I WISH I COULD WRITE BETTER. I am TERMINALLY hard on myself and my ability to put words onto paper, and I read some stuff on here and absolutely envy what some folks can do with words. I think I have some specific strengths with writing, but I have so many areas that I feel like I wish I could figure out better. With regards to whump writing, I guess I specifically would like to be better at writing dialogue/conversations (particularly *hard* conversations), that I could be better at choosing words that evoke the imagery in my head, and that I felt less reserved in writing the truly graphic scenes that have been bopping around in my head for so many years.

#whump asks #not whump #ask game #thank you for sending these!

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What fandom would you like to write whump for, but haven't done so yet (due to not knowing it well enough, etc.)?

I’d like to write a story or 7 for the Billionaire series by Alexis hall. I’ve got ideas for the Tarot Sequence series. I’d like to write a fix it fic for A Little Life. I’d like to write more for All For The Game. I think that’s it! Usually if I want to write fanfic I go for it, seldom do I hold out (but I’m not often moved to the fanfic-verse. Usually I’m moved to the problem-daydream-verse.)

#thanks for the ask! #whump asks #ask game

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Whump Ask Game

Pass it on!

What kind of whump is your favorite to write?

What kind of whump is your least favorite to write (although you still do write it)?

What kind of whump do you absolutely refuse to write?

Is there a kind of whump you wish you could write better?

What character or characters are your favorite to do whumpy things to in your writing?

What character or characters are your favorite to turn into caretakers in your writing?

Have you ever written whump inspired by personal experiences?

How many whumpy stories do you currently have published online?

Which of your stories has the most whump in it?

What is your favorite whumpy story you have written?

Share one of your favorite whumpy scenes that you have written.

What is one of the strangest things you have had to research for your whumpy writing?

What is the most recent thing you have researched for use in your whumpy writing?

Has any of your whump research ever come in handy in real life?

Are you ever hampered by your lack of medical knowledge when writing whump?

Has anyone ever called you out on an incorrectly written medical or whumpy scene (such as telling you that the character would have bled out long before help arrived)?

Do you consider character death (that is not reversed) to be whump?

Do ever rely on magical cures or deus ex machina to resolve whumpy situations?

How long have you been writing whump?

What was the first fandom you wrote whump for?

What fandom would you like to write whump for, but haven't done so yet (due to not knowing it well enough, etc.)?

Do you have any particular songs or playlists that help you get in the mood to write whump?

Do you write whump for OCs or just canon characters?

Do you have any whump pet peeves? Meaning things that just bug you when you see them in a fanfic.

What advice or wisdom would you like to share with other whump writers?

#ask game #whump asks

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I appreciate it's pretty late in the game to be releasing prompts, but I was waiting to see whether the official page was going to post anything before deciding to start mine. Hopefully a few of you would like to get involved (even if it is short notice lol)

TW: MEDWHUMP/MEDICAL LANGUAGE

Hi everyone! @whumpetywhumpwhump here- I noticed there doesn't seem to be an official Medwhump May running this year, so I'm running one myself :)

RULES!

No AI-generated content

Please tag this account if you post your challenge submissions on Tumblr and use the tag 'medwhump may' (as in the tags of this post)

For completionists, all 31 days must be completed (using either the daily prompt or an alt prompt)

Have fun!

I will update these rules if necessary! Happy whumping!

Please reblog this to get the word out :)

#should i? #maybe 2-3 days? #lmk which you’d want and for which characters #and i’ll give em a go #medwhump #med whump prompts

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I just finished The King's Men 😭😭😭 I know I'm super lucky because the Sunshine Court is already out! But I don't know what to do with myself and I'm consuming so much fanfic instead. I need more Neil and Andrew.... comfort? I don't know if that's the right word LOL but just more more more more more

!!!! im on the plane reading it currently- ive never been big into the aftg fanfic scene but @peachy-panic has devoted many an hour to it and is an EXCELLENT source of fanfic for that fandom!

she has two WIPs and i have one wip (under pseud jos11 but let’s be real it is just the intro posted over a year ago). i also have another fanfic cooking in my brain this week and have thought about it off and on for the last couple years but with the reread, think i may dive into it soon:)

have fun with TSC DM me when ya get into it 😀

#the foxhole court #aftg #the sunshine court #andriel #my whole personality this month

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i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die

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I jumped right into TSC 😬😬 I think I fared okay actually, especially since I knew it was preceded by a trilogy so there would be names thrown around that I was meant to know and simply didn’t. After maybe the first quarter of the book there were a lot less instances of navigating mild confusion. And it was definitely worth the read regardless. I loved it so much, and I love Jean. Some of the things in this book are my favourite whump related tropes. I may well message you off anon sometime to discuss them because there’s two in particular that I can’t get over and I would love someone to happily scream about them with…

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WOW i am so impressed you went straight for the sunshine court ! there is a ton of fan service throughout it, i am so curious about how you did this and how it read to you, not having the context of the originals (although this one is much less exy-heavy, so i DO see how it could work on its own, its still VERY impressive).

all THAT said. i'm almost through my reread of the first 3, will finish on the plane tomorrow, and i HIGHLY recommend you and everyone else on this hellsite who likes m/m whump to have a go at it, it is flawed but beautiful.

#whumpy book recommendations #the foxhole court #aftg #we all need a group hug for embarking on this journey together #i deeply love this community #i think my blog has been 100% the foxhole/sunshine court this month #but i have been problem daydreaming about both leo AND felix this week so #maybe soon the fingers will do the keyboard tapping #i did a lot of caps lock here #sorry bout that

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Tantor Media has officially signed audiobook rights for TSC <3 & Paperbacks are finally live See you in a few months, lovies

#paperbacks are live! #<3 #im just here spreading the good word #for those of you holding off on reading til there were paperbacks #the sunshine court #the foxhole court #aftg #whumpy book recommendations #i leave europe tomorrow but go RIGHT into a thing #i hope to be more active next week i miss y'all

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I’ve just finished the sunshine court on your recommendation, and oh my GOD it hits perfectly. My exact brand of whump. As a writer (still too shy to post whump yet), it made me feel a lot better about the things I find myself wanting to write. I was like, oh this writer had so much Fun with this story, which is what I want to do with whump too! Give me good men who have gone/are currently going Through It, and give me all of their friends helping them heal! Thanks for recommending it.

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!!! did you read the original trilogy or jump right into TSC? If you jumped right in, I have to know how you fared! (and also highly encourage you to go back and read the original series, while not quite as whumpy or well-written as TSC, they are LOVELY and contain way above average levels of whump). the author definitely is a fellow whump lover and it shows, im so thrilled she's writing again.

#the sunshine court #the foxhole court #aftg #whump #whumpy book recommendations #to everyone who's dm'ed me or sent an ask about these #know that i've been in the absolute throes of a reread and am so happy to have people to talk to about it :D #anonymous

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Can I please ask for 6, 7 and 13?

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from this ask game

6. What are the traits of your ideal whumpee?

I like my whumpees to be 'good' people (I know there's some discourse surrounding this BUT I like an innocent kind gentle soul of a whumpee). That's my main prerequisite. They can have vices and 'bad' traits, but I need them to be sweet kind boys at their core.

7. What are the traits of your ideal whumper?

I tend to prefer them to be layered, and not mustache-twirling villains (although I fuck with a mustache twirler here and there, Kylie is one of the 'pure' villains that doesn't really have a human side she just kind of exists to make Leo suffer), I like to understand their motivations and what drives them to be the way they are/understand how they became the way they are/see them as human, even if the evil kind.

13. Have you ever felt insecure because you enjoy whump? How did you overcome that insecurity?

Yes! Answered this earlier but, like okay... sometimes people close to me will tease me (good naturedly), but they don't fully get what whump is to me or what elements of whump I like, and that's when I get to feeling the most weird about it. I'm trying to think of a specific example where my best friend saw something IRL that I wouldn't consider whump, and I do consider gross, and he was like 'that's whump' or something, and I felt poorly understood and like he thought I was a bad person who liked something I shouldn't like? It's stuff like that, where I get feeling insecure, but ultimately I can't do anything about my love of whump and I don't necessarily want to, either.

Second to that, I believe with my WHOLE heart, that a LARGE portion of the population likes whump they just don't admit it and/or realize it (or they're afraid of it). I don't think liking whump is all that abnormal at all, so I think that helps sometimes.

#whump asks #thank you for sending these!

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from this ask game

What are your favorite whump tropes?

noncon, med whump, noncon drugging, medical restraints, whipping, relief after prolonged suffering, lab/experiment whump, dehumanization (whumper wearing gloves and talking about the whumpee like they're not right there kind of dehumanization, not so much turning whumpee into dog dehumanization), forced to watch, tube feeding/intubation/etc (loss of autonomy over basic bodily functions).

2. Do you prefer illness whump or injury whump?

It's like choosing between my children. Gun to my head, I'll say injury whump, but I fucking love both (I LOVE sickfic and caretaking sick whumpees) and if you can fenangle a world where they happen simultaneously, it is a world I want to live in.

17. When was the last time you got the whumperflies?

my head/imagination is a constant source of whumperflies, during waking hours I'd say at least 70% of the time I'm thinking about characters in generally whumpy scenarios. Doing this AFTG reread one of the guys just got absolutely wrecked and while his scene didn't give me 'whumperflies' thinking about the scenes that happened after that weren't on page did.

Truly though I think being so deep in the tumblr whump community has made it hard for me to parse apart things that I used to easily be able to identify, like what hits the spot for me for whump in media. Maybe reading the sunshine court last week, but even still, it's usually in my imagination, the scenes that I expand upon, that hit perfectly on my brand of whump.

#whump asks #thank you!! #my awareness of the fact that i previously definitely did this ask game continues to grow

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13, 16 and 20 for the whump blog ask game please.

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from this ask game

13. Have you ever felt insecure because you enjoy whump? How did you overcome that insecurity

I used to keep it fairly locked up, but over the last like 10 or so years have been more open about my appreciation for the art of hurt/comfort with people I'm close with. The only times I feel insecure about it are when my close friends or family tease me, especially those who don't share the appreciation for it that I have. One of my best friends will sometimes pick on me for it, or like... okay, so I saw the outsiders on the broadway a couple weeks back for the first time and my sister was like, 'i knew as soon as the rumble happened you'd be back to this show 100 times,' and while not untrue, sometimes getting teased like that makes me feel a bit insecure, but I also was blessed with social anxiety (stars emoji) so I kind of chalk it up to a combo of those things. I don't know that I do overcome the insecurity, I SIMPLY CANNOT CONTROL MY LOVE OF THE WHUMP GENRE. Also sometimes when I write something particularly graphic or my page is trending heavily in like the uber dark shit, I get a little in my head.

16. Do you have any whump media recommendations (whump blogs, books, movies, etc.)?

Yes! Throughout the blog I've gone through some of my top recommendations, but here are a few of them:

books: all for the game, captive prince, a little life

movies: life like, good boy, the island

tv shows: teen wolf, roswell (old series, not new), buffy

plays/musicals: the inheritance, the outsiders

20. How are you doing today, buddy?

cannot complain at all! it was my last day of work and i'm off through the end of next week because tomorrow i go to europe and i am EXCITED. so sleepy though :)

#whump asks #thank you!!

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I just finished The Raven King 😭😭😭 and I am having so! Many! Emotions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m doing my thorough reread and am just shy of finished with the Raven King and am so fucking wrecked at thanksgiving I had to put it down for a few hours 🥹🥹 MY FUCKING SONS.

Someone else told me yesterday they also just finished the raven king- there’s a whole book club happening on here :D we must debrief soon 😿😿

#aftg #aftg reread #the raven king #whumpy book recommendations #i answered this from my phone and went heavy on the emojis #its

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hello!! may I ask 4 and 10?

from this ask game

4. Do you prefer physical whump or emotional/psychological whump?

physical whump foorrr sure but paired with emotional whump is ideal <3 like if you give me a choice of watching something that is all physical whump or all emotional whump, i'll handily choose the one with physical whump every time, although ideally they are paired together.

10. When did you first realize you were into whump?

i'm one of the as-long-as-i-can-remember girlies. my earliest memories of media i enjoyed were whumpy, and i remember specifically most enjoying the whumpy scenes. there was this movie called flash gordon that i remember watching in the 90s where there was a scene with a princess getting whipped and i seem recall watching that scene many a'time, in addition to the standard aladdin, beauty and the beast, and other whumpy kids' movie scenes on repeat.

i didn't discover "whump" as a concept until 2016, although i started noticing that hurt/comfort being well-beloved by the people en masse in the early 2010s - i found whump through the aar0n tv3it fandom, because i was making exclusively whumpy tv3it gifs and a bunch of whump blogs reblogged one in particular, which drew my attention to the "fandom"

#as i answered this #i realized i've def done this ask game before #sorry y'all #you KNOW i love an ask game #whump asks #ask game #ty for sending this i love talking about whump #much less intimidating than talking about the guys #lol

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I'm so going to regret this. Proust? Did he, what, uh.

Oh, Proust.

Did he–

Did he what?

Did he tape every session and send copies to Riko in case Riko needed extra ammunition down the line?

Did he use drugs on Andrew to ensure his own relative safety, to skew Andrew’s take on things should any of this come back to him, to get Andrew so off balance and/or out of his head that he could more easily get the reactions and responses he wanted?

Did he have access to everything Riko’s associates could dig up on Andrew’s past, all of the rumors about his foster families, all of the secrets they were able to buy or drug out of those failures of parents, all of the transcriptions from Riko’s conversations with Drake?

Did he sign off on restraints for Andrew during the worst part of Andrew’s rehab, claiming Andrew was a danger to himself and everyone around him while he was going through withdrawal? Did he know to go into that room and put his hands on Andrew when Andrew couldn’t fight back, couldn’t move except to pull those bindings tighter?

Did he know about the scars on Andrew’s wrists, and did he know just how hard to bite them so they would bruise? Did he know how to mark them and ruin them, to taint a symbol of survival and choice with the new memories Andrew would always carry of him?

Did he know that Jesse liked to choke Andrew during sex so Andrew couldn’t wake anyone else up? Did he know Samuel used to whisper you fucking like this, you stupid fucking whore I know you wanted this? Did he know Steven made him say Please?

Did he know Andrew was ticklish? Did he know what Drake did with that knowledge and how he used Andrew’s own body against him? Did he reenact it whenever Andrew was being difficult and uncooperative?

Did he learn what Andrew looks like on the verge of a panic attack and the ferocity Andrew fights with when he’s clawing back from that dangerous edge? Did he see the look in Andrew’s eyes when the knife went a little too deep, connecting one psychological scar to another and blurring the lines between them?

Did he violate Andrew? Physically, emotionally, psychologically?

Did he what?

Whichever question you meant to ask, the answer is yes.

#this is the one i was looking for #noncon #psychiatric setting #aftg spoilers #just getting through my reread of the raven king and #had to revisit this important continuation #thanks for coming to my Ted Talk #will do the asks in a minute

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And Neil held on. He held onto Andrew, gripping his shirt hard enough that his knuckles started to turn white. “You’re here,” Neil breathed. Andrew lowered his head onto Neil’s shoulder and sighed, breathing in that familiar scent. That smoke. “I am.”

#everything is fine #aftg #aftg spoilers #i actually am ACTIVELY searching my blog for a specific post and this aint it but #how could i not reblog #HOW COULD I NOT