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Whumpmas In July: Day 11

I love the way your heart breaks - Again [Flyleaf] Whumpas In July: Day 11 Favorite Whumpee / Whumpee Traits | General Discussions: Not a Story

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The Feral Souls series by Erica Woods has to be one of my favorite (smutty) series. Hope (our whumpee) escapes from the Hunters (the whumpers) to meet a ground of werewolves (the caretakers). There isn’t any real whump that occurs in the series (thus far), but there is a lot of recovery. My favorite part of whump has to be the long-term psychological damage and the recovery from such, and this series explores the recovery of Hope. Some of my favorite traits in a whumpee would have to be: Inner strength. It doesn’t necessarily have to be an external defiance, but just a general resolve to not give the whumper whatever it is they want. In my main whump work, B:MH, Angela is pushed to her breaking point and inevitably disassociates to avoid giving up the information demanded. I like the internal turmoil it brings - if I do X, it’ll have Y consequences; I will let people down if I do X - and exploring how the character deals with the problem with their limited capacity as a whumpee. Reputation. Whether they’ve put themselves on a pedestal (ego) or if others have put them there (a leader of some sort, usually), bringing them down is just so satisfying to me. An ego pedestal would generally be more satisfying, just because it would create more internal turmoil - but I explored a leader pedestal with Angela. The concern of letting down others / hurting others is also a great take on this. Softness. This would be a physical softness; they may have some experience with pain, but they’re not hardened to it in any kind of way. The drastic change between their normal comfortable life into their new painful existence is what I love to see. Closeness. I’ve done lovers-to-enemies in my B:MH series, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be the lover who turns into the whumper / whumpee. One of my favorites is having the whumpee and caretaker to be in some sort of close relationship - lovers or found family, though lovers definitely hits the emotions harder for me imo. Most of these are traits I’ve found in my writing or in those I follow. One of my favorites to read are The Jewelry Box micro stories by Leigh @whump-me-all-night-long. The little snippets that give you insight into the daily lives of the various whumpees (my favorites being Sapphire, Ruby, and Carnelian) are really great!

Whumpmas In July: Day 14

They don’t have to understand you Be still Wait and know I understand you - Again [Flyleaf] Whumpas In July: Day 14 [Favorite Genre of Whump] | General Discussions: Not a Story

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I’m not sure what it’s called, but psychological / emotional whump is my favorite [as is seen in literally all of my writing in some shape or form]. My absolute favorite of this type would be a betrayal of some sort, especially from a close friend / lover. Captive interrogation / torture would be a close second, but only in written format. One, because it’s a lot more personal if it’s from a POV and you can see the actual emotions / thoughts [see point one]. Two, because I don’t actually like seeing it. also idk why i feel the need to find lyrics for a discussion post lmao

Whumpmas In July: Day 17

Whumpas In July: Day 17 Whump Inspriation | General Discussion: Not a Post

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I'm late! I meant to have this out on the 17th, but it was my birthday and it's also just been a real rough couple of days.

There are a lot of great prompt blogs here on tumblr that I’ll go through when I can’t manage to write for the (too many) WIPs I have. Usually I’ll search the tag “writing prompt” or “whump prompt”, but sometimes I look at specific blogs. A few of my favorites are @whumpsorbet​, @writing-ideas-inc​, and @writing-challenges-and-prompts​. I’ve also been really inspired by this soulmate prompt list from @thepokyone​. I reblog any prompt I see that I really like onto @promptsforbrighteye​ so that I can browse through prompts I already know I like if I’m looking for quick inspiration.

I also find a lot of inspiration in music. Many of the songs I listen to have sets of lyrics that I’ve pulled out and set aside because they just feel right. Sometimes I use them for works I’ve already started / created organically or through prompts in the community, but other times I use the song or song lyrics directly for inspiration - such as my songfic that’s posted on AO3 (Unravel) or my WIP that I posted a snippet of here on tumblr (Battlefield).