Just A Little Whump Blog

For two weeks, Kal-El and Sol were put through hell. After escaping the Lazarus research facility, the memories and physical reminders of Brainiac’s torture remain. Kal doesn’t know what’s come over him, why can’t he stop thinking about it? Is it a side-effect of the Kryptonite (maybe a little), or is it something else…

An alternate interpretation of that scene from Absolute Superman #12, Kal breaks down and Sol helps him back to reality

lab whump

dehumanization

psychological torture

medical torture

self-surgery

grief. oh my god so much grief

character pushing himself to the point of exhaustion

human weapon shit

impalement

suicidal ideation

out of control powers

childhood trauma

near death experiences

he literally loses everything and then some and is constantly hunted and tortured and on the run and he's treated like an asset or a weapon or a threat and not a person

Just look at him bro. Just look at him. The whumpee of all time. Read Absolute Superman

also da prose is really good

anyway if you get a comment like this, chances are that they are bot and their goal is to do whatever it takes to get you to delete your work, most certainly (from what I’ve heard) it’s because they want to “safely” steal your work, use it to train their ai without you being able to rightfully claim ownership of your work since “there’s no proof that the work was stolen/was posted elsewhere first by you” because the original source has already been deleted.

THEY ARE ALL BOTS. at first it was “ao3 is deleting fics and your entire account will be affected unless you delete the fics yourself” then it was “this work contains contents that are illegal and they have already reported you and your fic to the police” (yes, that’s how desperate these bots are), and now it’s this.

report their comments to ao3 for spam—in this case, specifically, I think you may be able to report them for harassment too—and don’t pay attention to them, most importantly don’t delete your works, don’t feel discouraged by their comments. remember that they are bots and they mass comment something like this on people’s works at random to get people to delete their works. (or even if they’re not bot, they are still pathetic bullies who don’t deserve your time or attention.)

You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well?

That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart.

But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.

Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot.

If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose —

“The idiot from accounting emailed again.”

That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works.

But otherwise?

As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers.

If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved.

Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.”

Read your work again to get your voice back in your pen (and to remind yourself what you like about your own writing)

While doing this, resist the urge to critique or edit—

—except that thing that made you stop. Rip that thing off the work like a scab and let the blood flow anew. If that's a chapter you couldn't finish, or a plotline you couldn't figure out, or a character that doesn't fit, it doesn't matter. It's dead now. Erased. Never happened. Do something else with the wound because that scab killed your flow

I’ve just learned (from tiktok) that there are “normal” adult men out here who like to play pretend that they’re bleeding out. and dying.

like, apparently this is a thing and they just don’t talk about it very much, but they’ll do this in the shower, they’ll do this if they’re on a hike alone somewhere, they’ll do this pretty much anywhere that it feels right to them. or if they don’t actually act it out, they’ll at least imagine what it would be like. they’re like “the masculine urge to bleed out here after a battle”

LIKE ?!?!?!

Whumpuary 2026!

these prompts came together through community submissions and a voting form where people voted for their favorites, here are the top 53 prompts

i enjoy this format so like last year there are 15 creation prompts and 15 community prompts/questions. the community prompts are entirely voluntary but are here to possibly inspire some community interaction and trying new things

very excited to see some awesome creations in january!

go here for info/rules/tagging go here for faqs

(note: number 31 is not a creation prompt and not required to complete the challenge, it's just colored black so the colors add up)

text version of the prompts and rules is under the cut

Absolute Superman

Flat colours are done on Superman!

“I am nothing and no one. I’m only here to bleed.”

“Smallville is suffering because i was careless. Because i showed the world something i cared about. Never do that again. Never again. This world needs a Superman more than anything. But that isn’t me. That isn’t me.”

“you will kneel before Ra’s Al Ghul… in the blood of those you love… and beg to be my son.”

This information will include (say nothing identifying here but use a legitimate example) medical information, private emails, purchases that might get you fired or hit with a hate crime etc. no details but point out the seriousness it would be taken with if it were doxxed by a human trying to target you Point out that it will include name, address and identity details that could result in stalking, swatting or another attack 2) When they dismiss you send the response to The Privacy Commissioner directly to complain that they dismissed your concerns (This is the ILLEGAL PART HERE) 3) Now you can join a class action lawsuit if you provide the proof you just collected Every single one of you with an account can add one more piece of evidence to the case against them