Blood n' whumps

Bridal carry

- usually unconscious

- good for emergencies - “we need to get out of here NOW and I don’t have time to assess your injuries”

- could be bleeding/holding pressure on their own wound while being carried

- can’t walk?

- rescuer gets to comfort them better as they’re more face to face. Cue forehead kisses. Whumpee can bury their face in rescuers neck or shoulder.

Piggy Back

- drifting in and out of consciousness but cognizant enough to keep their arms around rescuers neck/shoulder

- Maybe they have injuries to their back preventing bridal carry hold. Burns? Whip gashes?

- good for longer distances when whumpee can’t walk - “I will get us out of these woods so help me.”

- grumpy whumpee who doesn’t want to admit they’re injured but they’re slowing down the group. Begrudgingly admits to being carried and complains the whole time. “I feel like a sack of potatoes. A sack of potatoes would be quieter.”

- rescuer needs a hand free to fight, shoot, shove stuff out of the way so over the shoulder they go.

- whumpee slung over their back and laying down cover fire behind them with their free arm. Yelling and battle screeching the whole time as they make their escape.

- maybe it’s the leader who gets hurt so the second in command throws them over their shoulder so they can still kinda lead from up front. “Quit yer bellyaching boss. Yer just leading from up here; now where to?”

Show them being in pain

Hours after the fact

Days

Give them a wrist that clicks funny for months instead of a badass scar that only gets attention when the character needs to seem cooler

The ones who have little to no idea of what's going on

The ones that are just totally broken

The snarky ones

The defiant ones

The ones who just accepts it

The unexpected ones (i.e. villains)

The very emotional ones

The overprotective ones

Dominik being rescued by his friend after getting kidnapped, beaten and starved for so long 💔 His eyes look so exhausted and haunted :(

From the German series GZSZ episode 4659, hoping to GIF more of this by tomorrow if you’re interested 😊

Whump Compilation - Shot - Part 8

Bones 3x14

Firefly 1x08

wellll. let me see. 

1. Supernatural. i mean, people talk about how all this show does is beat up the Winchester brothers, and, well, it’s not wrong. honestly, some of my all time favorite whump is from this show.

2. Merlin. it’s not dwelt on nearly as much as it needs to be, but this entire show is fraught with whump and angst and basically either Merlin or Arthur (or both) being in life threatening situations and / or hurt. (s5 is particularly delightful.)

3. Stargate: Atlantis & Stargate: SG1 - mind you, the term whump was born amidst the copious amounts of h/c that surrounded these fandoms; John Sheppard (my faaav), Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex spend a lot (and i mean, a lot) of time getting beat up in SGA, and Daniel Jackson, Cameron Mitchell and Jack O’Neill do pretty well for themselves in SG1 too. ;)

4. Graceland. Mike Warren is pretty much the epitome of bad luck… and he seems to get hurt a lot. and when he’s not getting hurt, he’s extremely angsty. and the whump is pretty decent and accurate. 

5. 12 Monkeys. whump aside, this show is fantastic. really fantastic. and of course, the whump doesn’t hurt either. ;) James Cole spends most of his time sick / bleeding / healing from gunshot wounds and / or dying from the effects of time travel… in the 1st season especially, he’s whumped rather well, as the side effects just keep getting worse, and he just keeps getting sicker. 

6. The Flash. talk about angst… and whump. s2 didn’t seem quite as whumpy to me (there were some pretty good moments though) but s1 is absolutely brimming with h/c. 

7. Arrow. honestly, considering how many times Oliver Queen has been shot, stabbed, thrown around, poisoned, etc, he really should be dead. regardless, he’s pretty when he’s hurt, so i’m not complaining. ;)

8. Smallville. to be honest, i think Smallville is the show that got me started on whump; there are so many good clips on YouTube of Clark Kent being exposed to kryptonite (because, hello, that’s the only way to hurt him, so let’s use the heck out of it), you can’t help but get addicted. ;)

9. Daredevil. once again, angst, whump, heroic sacrifice and idiotic lying obviously to protect the ones he loves and you have yourself one very beat up hero who is the absolute worst at coming up with excuses for his many injuries.

10. Once Upon A Time. Killian Jones. need i say more? @killian-whump

11. Teen Wolf. yet another list of people who should be dead, severely (and permanently) injured and / or brain damaged. Stiles is my personal favorite - so, therefore, he’s my favorite to see whumped - and it definitely doesn’t helps that Dylan O’Brien is so damn good at acting the part. 

12. The X-Files. of course, the entirety of TXF is pretty much Mulder!whump, so there’s that. (and some of it is quite fantastic - when you aren’t being utterly grossed out and horrified.)

13. Legend of the Seeker. this show is probably the whumpiest i’ve ever watched. honestly, it’s incredible how much a human being can be injured and still remain so goshdang attractive. (perks of a creative license, i suppose…) 

14. Lost. if you watch this show and if you have a favorite character and if you want to see them whumped and if you haven’t yet… just hang in there. this is one of the most tortured groups of people in tv history, and chances are, it’ll get to them eventually. 

15. Farscape. John Crighton. no one has ever made going mad look so attractive (and painful) before. 

16. Person of Interest.  if anyone has been shot as many times as John Reese in real life, i personally believe they would resemble something that looked like swiss cheese. really. the man is a bullet magnet. 

17. Atlantis. from sword fights to poisonings to voodoo dolls to randomly passing out, Jason is a perfect example of someone who lives to be hurt. (just sayin’.)

18. H50. despite the propensity to ignore side effects, accurate timing (accurate….anything, if i’m being honest…) and medical care, both Steve and Danny usually end up in the hospital at least once per season for something relatively serious. and there are oodles of small, (b)romantic h/c moments scattered throughout the series.

ahem. well. that should give you something to go on. ;) i only intended to name a few, and, well, you can see what happened. ;) i know there are a million more out there that i haven’t named, so if anyone has anymore to add, feel free to do so! (*every show i’ve listed has links to anything i may have posted concerning them in the title.*)

So, pretty frequently writers screw up when they write about injuries. People are clonked over the head, pass out for hours, and wake up with just a headache… Eragon breaks his wrist and it’s just fine within days… Wounds heal with nary a scar, ever…

I’m aiming to fix that.

Here are over 100 links covering just about every facet of traumatic injuries (physical, psychological, long-term), focusing mainly on burns, concussions, fractures, and lacerations. Now you can beat up your characters properly!

General resources

WebMD

Mayo Clinic first aid

Mayo Clinic diseases

First Aid

PubMed: The source for biomedical literature

Diagrams: Veins (towards heart), arteries (away from heart) bones, nervous system, brain

Burns

General overview: Includes degrees

Burn severity: Including how to estimate body area affected

Burn treatment: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees

Smoke inhalation

Smoke inhalation treatment

Chemical burns

Hot tar burns

Sunburns

Incisions and Lacerations

Essentials of skin laceration repair (including stitching techniques)

When to stitch (Journal article—Doctors apparently usually go by experience on this)

More about when to stitch (Simple guide for moms)

Basic wound treatment

Incision vs. laceration: Most of the time (including in medical literature) they’re used synonymously, but eh.

Types of lacerations: Page has links to some particularly graphic images—beware!

How to stop bleeding: 1, 2, 3

Puncture wounds: Including a bit about what sort of wounds are most likely to become infected

More about puncture wounds

Wound assessment: A huge amount of information, including what the color of the flesh indicates, different kinds of things that ooze from a wound, and so much more.

Home treatment of gunshot wound, also basics More about gunshot wounds, including medical procedures

Tourniquet use: Controversy around it, latest research

Location pain chart: Originally intended for tattoo pain, but pretty accurate for cuts

General note: Deeper=more serious. Elevate wounded limb so that gravity draws blood towards heart. Scalp wounds also bleed a lot but tend to be superficial. If it’s dirty, risk infection. If it hits the digestive system and you don’t die immediately, infection’ll probably kill you. Don’t forget the possibility of tetanus! If a wound is positioned such that movement would cause the wound to gape open (i.e. horizontally across the knee) it’s harder to keep it closed and may take longer for it to heal.

Broken bones

Types of fractures

Setting a broken bone when no doctor is available

Healing time of common fractures

Broken wrists

Broken ankles/feet

Fractured vertebrae: Neck (1, 2), back

Types of casts

Splints

Fracture complications

Broken noses

Broken digits: Fingers and toes

General notes: If it’s a compound fracture (bone poking through) good luck fixing it on your own. If the bone is in multiple pieces, surgery is necessary to fix it—probably can’t reduce (“set”) it from the outside. Older people heal more slowly. It’s possible for bones to “heal” crooked and cause long-term problems and joint pain. Consider damage to nearby nerves, muscle, and blood vessels.

Concussions

General overview

Types of concussions 1, 2

Concussion complications

Mild Brain Injuries: The next step up from most severe type of concussion, Grade 3

Post-concussion syndrome

Second impact syndrome: When a second blow delivered before recovering from the initial concussion has catastrophic effects. Apparently rare.

Recovering from a concussion

Symptoms: Scroll about halfway down the page for the most severe symptoms

Whiplash

General notes: If you pass out, even for a few seconds, it’s serious. If you have multiple concussions over a lifetime, they will be progressively more serious. Symptoms can linger for a long time.

Character reaction:

Shock (general)

Physical shock: 1, 2

Fight-or-flight response: 1, 2

Long-term emotional trauma: 1 (Includes symptoms), 2

First aid for emotional trauma

Treatment (drugs)

WebMD painkiller guide

Treatment (herbs)

1, 2, 3, 4

Miscellany

Snake bites: No, you don’t suck the venom out or apply tourniquettes

Frostbite

Frostbite treatment

Severe frostbite treatment

When frostbite sets in: A handy chart for how long your characters have outside at various temperatures and wind speeds before they get frostbitten

First aid myths: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Includes the ones about buttering burns and putting snow on frostbite.

Poisons: Why inducing vomiting is a bad idea

Poisonous plants

Dislocations: Symptoms 1, 2; treatment. General notes: Repeated dislocations of same joint may lead to permanent tissue damage and may cause or be symptomatic of weakened ligaments. Docs recommend against trying to reduce (put back) dislocated joint on your own, though information about how to do it is easily found online.

Muscular strains

Joint sprain

Resuscitation after near-drowning: 1, 2

Current CPR practices: We don’t do mouth-to-mouth anymore.

The DSM IV, for all your mental illness needs.

Electrical shock

Human response to electrical shock: Includes handy-dandy voltage chart

Length of contact needed at different voltages to cause injury

Evaluation protocol for electric shock injury

Neurological complications

Electrical and lightning injury

Cardiac complications

Delayed effects and a good general summary

Acquired savant syndrome: Brain injuries (including a lightning strike) triggering development of amazing artistic and other abilities