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This episode is mostly me rambling about writing In The Woods Somewhere and how the editing for the novel is going, all the changes that are driving me to madness, et cetera and so forth

you can listen here if you don't have spotify ⬇

I submitted the show to apple podcasts but it'll take a few days to get approved

*not counting me reading chapter one of itws

Oh, you know me so well, my dear friend <3

There will definitely be whump in the JJ Sneed episode of Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings. For starters, the song itself is super whumpy: JJ Sneed gets shot and nursed back to health by the female protagonist, which is why she feels entitled to (spoiler alert!) shoot him dead herself at the end of the song for breaking her heart. And not only that, but we know they’re not changing or omitting that final murder scene, because it takes place in a rainstorm in the song - and at the NJ convention, Colin mentioned filming under a rain machine the night before, and separately commented that his hands looked “dirty” because they were stained from fake blood from filming the night before. Sounds like a bloody, rainy death scene to me ;)

Unfortunately, actual whump is looking less likely in Fairytale of New York. Since it’s also based on a song, we can gather some clues from the lyrics about what kind of content we might be able to look forward to… and there’s nothing about any grievous bodily injuries in there ;) That doesn’t mean there’s no chance for whump, of course, as the relationship between the two leads in the song is rather contentious in spots, and they’ll obviously be adding stuff in order to turn a 3 minute song into a full movie. Also, there promises to be some fun things for us, anyway, as the song begins with the male lead in the drunk tank on Christmas Eve. And you know what that means - a jail cell, along with potential manhandling, fisticuffs and handcuffs. Why, there’s even a bit of manhandling in the music video for that part, so that ups our chances of them adding some in to the film as a nod to the video ;) And it’s a safe bet that Colin will be super, super Irish in it, which promises to be fun for everybody XD

And while it’s still conjecture and wishful thinking, Kiss Me Judas would be a literal whump tour de force and I will actually CRY if it doesn’t happen.

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Introducing...WhumpCast!

@knivestothroats and I have been working on setting up this podcast, and we are finally ready to share our pilot! We lay out who we are, what we write, and how we discovered whump...er, well, we try our best.

The podcast discusses whump community trends, whump writing, and whump in popular media. Give us a listen, and let us know what you think!

What would you like to hear about? We want to talk all whump tropes, popular whump AUs, best whump moments in media, diversity in the community, and the importance of giving a murderous online stranger your address.

IS THERE A LINK?? WHERE CAN WE FIND IT

i am very much at work rn so it took me like 2 hours to be like “wait if it’s only posted on spotify most ppl probably don’t know wtf i’m talking about”

here’s the spotify link

I cannot stay out of my own polls when I make them, I always vote so I can watch the poll and subtract my vote from the statistics. On the recent whump opinion poll I did, I have so far gotten 304 votes, an absolutely outstanding response to what I was hoping for. I set the poll to go for a week, so I’m hoping to get some more responses still!

I’d like to do more whump community opinion polls to discuss on Whumpcast (the whump podcast I recently started with @knivestothroats) so I hope people enjoy them. Reblogs go a long way for those willing to share it and help get more data, so thank you to all who shared!

I really appreciate all the people who have especially taken the time to elaborate on their answer in comments, reblogs, and tags! I will be reaching out to ask permission to share and credit comments in discussions on Whumpcast. (I am also happy to respect if people want their comments to be shared but credited anonymously.)

I realized I phrased the poll poorly, as both “Yes” options overlap. I don’t want to lose the responses I have received, so I do not want to remake the poll. Instead I will be comparing answers in a few different ways - votes per option, per No option and Yes option, and per Pro/neutral towards comfort VS Negative towards comfort.

I’d like to use these as a way to get to better understand trends and preferences within the community. I don’t want to suggest certain types of whump are worse than others, just want to get an idea of demographics and popular opinions in the whumpblr community.

While we have or own opinions, we want the podcast to be a positive one, not one for us to disparage or condemn things outside of our personal preferences. (Other than me whingeing about the whump terms I don’t like. Sorry about that 😅).