“Dude, you were literally kidnapped and locked in a basement.”

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The classic nightmare scene. Whumpee has never slept with people close by for this very reason. Unfortunately, they don’t have a choice this time, and they do, in fact, scream (or cry) in their sleep, in front of someone/everyone.

The person behind the trauma suddenly reappearing in Whumpee’s life. Whumpee losing it—running away, hiding, refusing to engage with anyone. Or even better, trying so hard to pretend they’re okay until they just. Shatter.

Truth serums, spells, and items. Flippantly asking Villain, “Why do you keep doing this?” only to get a gut-wrenching answer in return.

The mind probe. Whumpee is sick/unconscious, and someone does the magical mind probe (I swear this comes up so much in media) to figure out what’s wrong and stumbles on Whumpee’s tragic past.

Teammates unknowingly triggering Whumpee for a while until Whumpee finally just screams it out. The looks of horror.

Also shout out to intentional trauma reveals. For trusting the found family enough to tell them the things that hurt the most.

sidekick takes their hand and squeezes it in theirs, "take a breath. we won, nothing's going to go wrong."

Love this XD because they can be genuinely funny but it's also tragic. I have some related ideas!

Whumpees with humor

Content: environmental whump, whipping, defiant whumpee, burn, guilt trip, cane, mild sexual connotations, PTSD

"You should've seen the other guy." "It was a tornado, not a competition"

"That's another five lashes." "Why is it always five with you? Favorite number or something?"

"Where'd you get that scar?" "Fight with a bear." "... it's a burn scar." "Oh. You can tell? Yeah, it had very... hot claws."

"Hiding it with humor isn't going to work---" "Oh, it works." They grin at caretaker. And keep on grinning until caretaker gets exasperated

Saying "that's fine, I'll just go back to whumper" every time caretaker gets even mildly upset toward whumpee

"I don't know whumper, have you even heard of positive reinforcement? Why's it always gotta be the cane?"

Forced to kneel and--- "Step on me daddy"

"What's going on whumpee, you look like a deer in the headlights. Flashback?" Whumpee forces a smile over the terror in their eyes as they look up at caretaker. "Good old days. Fun times."

"Please, please stop. He needs a break—just needs a minute, please."

Whumper turns to the whumpee watching and smirks. "Sure honey. He can get a break. What are you going to do for me in exchange?"

But consider. An alternative.

Whumper unlocking the door to the cell. And Caretaker inside jumps up. "Where's Whumpee?!"

"Relax, Caretaker. Give them a sec."

They trust themselves to handle what they know whumper will put them through. And whumper, in turn, trusts them to take it.

OUGH man the thought of caretaker's presence being the thing that stops whumpee from fighting but not even because of a threat to caretaker's health/safety, not even because of anything caretaker says to them, not even because of anything active. it's just... it's just seeing the look on caretaker's face. the look in their eyes.

caretaker is devastated. horrified. grief-stricken, afraid. and whumpee just- the pain, the feeling of being raped, their body forced and manipulated and pinned and hurt... that look breaks through all of that.