The Wide World of Whump

A collection of some of my MCU whumpy fanart from the last few years.

A list of one word prompts based on old writing challenges from way back when.  I did not create the original list but I also have no idea where it originated as it had been passed around like an ill-bred doodle/terrier/rockabilly/shepherd mix by the time I got to it.

Alrighty, disclaimers attended to, here is the list!

Wing whump: fast becoming one of my favorites between Lucifer and Good Omens. 

Non-consensual preening

Plucking large flight feathers

Broken bones

Cutting off wings

Trapping them in cage so they can’t fly

Cutting flight feathers to prevent flight

Vampire/Werewolf whump.  Mileage may vary depending upon the specific mythology at play:

Vampire:

repeated short exposure to sunlight

Bright lights

Loud, high-pitched sounds

Trapped in an excessively hot room

Deprived blood to the point of starvation

Force fed blood from someone they love

Injected with or fed dead blood (in some mythology this can cause illness or even death)

Have their blood taken from them to turn someone else into a vampire against their will (either turning someone the vampire loves or turning a villain who wants the vampire’s power)

Werewolf:

Locked into a too-small cage on the night of the full moon

Locked in a room with someone they love during full moon after being starved

Hunted

Forced to remain in their wolf body/ treated like a pet

I realize maybe I wasn’t being fair to myself, thinking I’m supposed to not be afraid because of how time’s passed. It’s not really fair to be upset that I’m not like someone that’s never had to deal with these things. When I see people older than me, they always seem like they’ve completely forgotten about anything bad in their past. It makes me feel like I’m immature for being upset about things. Especially when people talk about how they were silly for feeling some type of way as a teenager. And how they grew out of it. It’s just not the same..

Anyway, you’re really cool! And you should feel proud you survived cancer for sure, it’s an accomplishment not many can say they have! You certainly earned it too, those treatments don’t look fun to say the least. You deserve happiness and I hope someday you can live in a world free of the person that hurt you. Outlive that weird bastard that harassed you! 💜🖤🤍

*huuuuuuuugs* Same back, hon! I mean, hell, I still cringe at a love letter (followed by a panicked No I didn't mean it like that (even though I did letter)) that I sent to a boy in my class when I was like, 15 or 16. Some stuff just sits there in your personal attic either because it can't be eliminated or because it's sorta this "unfinished business" that was never resolved or because it's triggery and it's too hard to deal with. We all got attics, or basements, or hidden graveyards and it's not wrong to leave stuff in those places either forever or until we can pull them out and do something about them. We can also save them as inspiration to create. Some of my "things" find their way into my stories or art. Usually they don't look exactly the same but the core is whatever I need to express to manage something.

My favorite in existing media are:

When Wolverine was tortured by Magnito who was able to control the metal in Wolverine's body.

The mind control Wanda used in Avengers: Age of Ultron to manipulate the heroes - specifically the trauma she triggered in Tony Stark.

The magical torture used against Stephen Strange in Infinity Wars

When Matt Murdock was shot in the head by Frank Castle which resulted in him temporarily losing his hearing - thus rendering him truly blind.

When Tony Stark was de-aged in the Avengers Assemble episode "The Age of Tony Stark" (S02E07) and was being pursued by Red Skull.

When Stephen Strange faced Mephisto in the comic, issue #387, and had his legs shattered.

When Tony Stark was stabbed by Thanos in Infinity Wars.

All of Tony Stark's PTSD because that remains a severely under-explored facet of character trauma.

Kinda anytime a hero is being strangled.

I'm so sorry - I don't know when this ask was left as I haven't checked this account until recently!

So I'm not entirely sure in what way this ask is presented - whether the hero has control of gravity or if the villain does but I'm gonna assume villain lol!

Right off the bat would be crushing of some sort - whether increasing the gravitational weight around the hero or targeting points within the hero's body to suffer increased gravitational pressure - such as lungs or heart.

Going to put cw for this ask. Since I got a bit too into it. It’s a vent, I apologize for that. Cw: hand whump, respiratory illness, nails cracked/removed, broken ribs, blood, some pretty detailed and disgusting foot whump, skin lesions, terrible terrible self medical treatment, reckless/ seemingly self destructive behavior, ptsd/ nightmares, abusive relationship with someone who is basically the role of Whumper, victim blaming I guess, worms

Currently I have a nail split down the middle.. I don’t know how it happened.. I’m currently leaning towards it being from a nightmare in my sleep. Had a fair share of cracked nails.. they don’t hurt as bad as you’d think. Now, I’ve never had a nail pulled off before so can’t vouch for that. I have seen someone pull their own nail off though.. that was idk. It hurts a lot more I think. We’re not going into my emotional injuries lmao.

The other most recent thing that happened to me was skinning the heels of my feet because I tried to walk very far without proper shoes.. idk why. Massive skin lesions though and I had to walk back home. I was proud of myself for making it back. But I messed up when I put cotton on it. Sure it worked but then it was stuck to me like new skin and it was so irritated. I had to pull it off. Then my heels were leaking clear think fluid. It went all the way down and on the bottom of my feet and it was sticky and an absolute mess. So I disinfected it with rubbing alcohol.. also not what you’re supposed to do. But I didn’t want some kinda terrible bacteria on my hands so I did it anyway. Everyday. It took so long to heal and it burned when I tried to sleep. That was 2 months ago and yeah it’s definitely going to scar.

I had a respiratory infection for 4 months in 2018. I broke my ribs from coughing but I can’t really say much about it since I was really out of it. It was a terrible experience. They still hurt it didn’t heal well. I can’t pick up heavy objects in a way that makes my left shoulder blade have pressure on it. Sometimes my sinuses bleed a little too. Part of my problem was a sinus infection originally. Oh and I have nerve damage?? It was bad I had a lot of complications. I remember accepting I was going to die at a few points. I was somewhat ok with it though. I kinda felt like I was living on borrowed time back then. I personally don’t enjoy sickness whump for this reason. It doesn’t go like that and even if someone comforted me I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy it.

I had worms also. My parents were.. great. The thing about works is you’d never know! But you’d feel better after they died. I found out accidentally.. I’m a but impulsive if you haven’t picked up on it from some of the other points. Well, I drank my roommates honey.. it was tea originally but they thought it was funny so I just kept pouring it. And then I struggled to drink it. But yea so I got really sick the next day and shit out a bunch of worms. Googled it and turns out honey kills worms or something. Was so funny because getting worms was one of my worst fears but had them all along. Not a nice thing to learn.

When I was younger my ex best friend was basically a whumper to me. I guess it’s taken me time to come to terms with it.. and it’s shocking how much it effects you. Today I posted something that they would’ve known about if they were in this community. The thought crossed my mind and I couldn’t deal with it at all. I’ve been an adult for nearly 4 years. This person was a problem when I was about 13- 16 and even after I stopped being friends with them. I just accepted that they would try to kill me and I would’ve let them. It seemed fair like I betrayed them for standing up for myself. It was pathetic though tbh lol just one text. I won’t say what it said because I’m paranoid. I saw them by chance in public maybe 2 years ago. We made eye contact and I froze.. I couldn’t move even though I wanted to run. I have nightmares even since then. It’s always my fault in them. Like they just want to be friends and I’m a terrible person for pushing them away. It’s like they’ve never hurt me at all. Like I didn’t schedule a 20min time every morning after breakfast to shake and cry before going to school with them. There’s a lot of very specific bad things with that. But like I said I’m paranoid so I won’t go into it. This is by far the worst thing that’s happened to me and it doesn’t matter how much time passes. I’m afraid of them and I always will be. I lie to myself sometimes but there’s no point. Honestly they have no closure for me or anything. There’s no reason behind it and even if they apologized, I don’t believe they are sane enough for it to ever mean anything to me. I’m not mad at them even. I just never want to think about them again and it sucks that it’s not the way it works. They probably have forgotten everything they did. They asked me if I was still mad at them in 12th grade. Like I was just being unreasonable.. I couldn’t respond because I was too afraid. Whumpee irl, no fun.

I think I like whump because the characters actually get comfort for all the things they go through. The truth is that it’s never like that.

Got a bit out of hand. I was looking for a medical whump blog so I could ask the best hypothetical way to remove nail polish from a split in half nail. Because I have 100% acetone nail polish remover.. but yea something about that.. there’s gotta be a nicer way than that. I will do it if I have to, but I prefer not to.

Let me lead off on the comfort you absolutely 100% deserve by saying I am SO sorry for what was done to you. And the thing is it doesn't matter what happened between you that made you feel like you deserved it because we ALL do stuff we aren't proud of - and most of us tend to think what we did was far worse than it was (obviously I'm not talking about major things like murder lol). You were left with trauma and that is the crucial point. You deserve better. My first boss betrayed me by sexually harassing me and saying truly vile and suggestive things. I was around 17 or 18 at the time and he was around 40-ish. I first met him when I was 14. For YEARS I couldn't even say his name. I ran into him at a mall maybe 10 years later (he'd been in jail for molesting a foster daughter). My first thought was how small he looked. Thankfully I never saw him again, after that. I'm 47 now. I can't say I'm "over" it - I don't think anyone really gets over something that cuts deep like that. I will say it helps to talk with people about what you're going though - if you can find a trusting source. Anyway, you are precious and I am so glad that person is in your past.

Oofda - that foot injury sounds horrific! I will say that foot whump has always fascinated me in part due to how under-utilized it is. One of my favorite Sherlock fics has some amazing foot whump using torture.

I wish I knew what to suggest about the nail polish! You may be better off leaving it until it can heal. I once had my finger smashed by a wild pool ball and the nail ended up falling off. That was both painful and disturbing lol!

Rules: Tag as many people as you like.  You don’t have to be tagged to play - the more the merrier! 

What is your favorite whump to write?

Illness or injury?

What’s your favorite whump paragraph?

Broken bones or blood loss?

What is one of your favorite whump stories that you’ve written?

Who are your favorite characters to injure?

Describe the type of character you whump most often

Male or female whump preference?

Do you whump young characters (ie: young teens or children)?

What is your favorite whump TV series?

What is your favorite whump film?

What is the first thing you read or watched that introduced you to whump?

Is there a whump theme you want to write but haven’t yet?

Is there whump(s) you wouldn’t write?

Here are some of mine.  And please send me asks if you wanna share your own injury stories!

Forehead scar:  I was maybe around 3 at the time.  I’ve always loved singing and clearly remember, one late afternoon, running in an increasingly wide circle in our living room while singing Puff the Magic Dragon at the top of my lungs.  Of course, the trouble with such activity is it doesn’t lend itself to paying attention to one’s surroundings.  Quite suddenly, and painfully, I collided face first into the solid corner of the support wall that bracketed our staircase.  I can, so clearly, recall the cold sensation of blood trickling down my face.  Being on a farm many miles outside of town, my Mom patched me up as well as she could.  Of course, since that meant I didn’t have stitches, I developed a wide, and very visible scar, that exists to this day.

Broken collar bone (twice): The first time I broke my collar bone I was maybe 5-ish.  I was playing tug of war with my middle sister (though it was less of a game and more of a battle on my end).  I was sitting in front of the couch on the floor.  Suddenly, when I was pulling back as hard as I could, my sister let go.  I flew backward into the couch and snapped my collar bone.  I have few memories of what followed other than needing to sleep with my arm braced on pillows for several weeks.  Then, when I was 15, I was playing a game of tag outside.  It was getting dark and harder to see and I ended up tripping over uneven ground.  I fell with my full weight on that same shoulder.  I ended up breaking the bone in the exact same spot.  The pain was immense and I actually sat inside for over an hour, crying, because nobody realized how severe the injury was.  Once again I was forced to wear a sling for around 3 weeks or so.

I could list a LOT of other injuries but without going into a long thread of detail, here are some more that I’ve experienced over the past 47 years.

Physical injuries:

Food poisoning

gouged knee (sledding mishap)

pulled teeth

chicken pox

severe flues

exposure to burning weed

minor concussion (another sledding mishap)

some rather significant blood loss over a period of roughly a year resulting in anemia and, eventually transfusions and a diagnosis of a cancerous tumor.

Which meant major surgery preceded by some alarming hemorrhaging while walking through the hospital

chronic pain from chemo

a bout of withdrawals from opioids

loss of taste (during chemo) and extreme weakness to the point of barely being able to walk