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Post Traumatic Amnesia

Post Traumatic Amnesia (PTA) is the time period following a traumatic brain injury in which the patient is unable to form new memories and, in some cases, unable to recall old ones as well. Essnetially it is anterograde (possibly combined with retrograde) amnesia caused by a brain injury.

PTA causes abnormal speech and behaviour patterns in patients suffering from it. Memory loss is the largest symptom, but it comes hand in hand with a swath of complications. Anxiety, disinhibition, aggressive behaviour, inability to recognize loved ones, inability to comprehend the current situation, uncharacteristic docile behaviour...

At its core, PTA is a recovery phase for the patient. During it they may experience life as a dream. They cannot be held accountable for words or actions committed during this time period, as they truly are not the owners of their thoughts and actions. They may engage in dangerous behaviour or wander off, meaning it might be beneficial to have someone with them at all times.

Due to their inability to form new memories and possibly recall old ones, they might ask the same question over and over again, about who they are, who the caretaker is, where they are, and so on. Some patients have been known to rationalize their recovery period as being spies held for questioning, or having been hexed, and any other number of ways the brain may rationalize its current status. These delusions can be more or less harmful and presistent in time.

The aftermath of PTA depends on many factors, including the severity of the brain injury. The duration of PTA can range from seconds to months. The duration of PTA cannot be accurately predicted, but in turn it does predict the severity of brain damage; with patients who spent a longer period in recovery state presenting larger difficulties in the future. While every person's aftermath is going to look different depending on their brain injury, difficulty with memories, brain fog and transient amnesia (not long lasting) are present in all patients.

PTA is reversible. It's a common stage in recovery from brain injuries. The period in which patients were unable to form new memories may never be recovered, depending on whether they were capable of encoding at least some information of that time or none whatsoever. However, for the purpose of our characters, fate will not be so kind.

This prompt was added with the idea of amnesia not being reversible. Of our characters for once surviving, but being gone all the same. Their memories of their loved ones, of everything which made them the person they are, are lost to a brain injury. The body has survived, but the mind, the personality, is lost. A lighter version of ego death, if you will, where they aren't necessarily lost irreversibly (as they can recover in some areas; more in that in a moment), but their sense of self is, for the time being at minimum, lost. Their loved ones may have to cope with seeing their loved one walking around as if everything were fine, yet being unable to recognize their personality anymore.

Characters can recover other brain functions, but not their memories. This could be due to the nature of the injury and the area of the brain affected, scifi or fantasy reasons, or anything the author deems fair game.

Of course, as in all "character actually survives"-type prompts, authors are free to still kill their character. They can injure themselves during PTA and die before they had a chance to recover, their caretaker may not be as kind as they seem, they can wander off and get lost... Sky's the limit. Kill them entirely or their sense of self.

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Was thinking about it and- what about a demon whumpee? A demon whumpee that somehow gets above, to the earth, suddenly and not of their own free will and just trying to survive there?

Imagine them their whole life living in hell, the hot place, and when they appear on earth, they constantly feel cold here (especially in some countries of the north), which they have to get used to?

What if they were used to know that good is bad in their twisted morality — and now, with kind people surrounding them, they feel just... lost and defensive. Not able to trust anyone.

Maybe whumpee will join bad people, bad relationship because they will feel that these are right, are normal, because they are like most in hell. Maybe they will tolerate pain in their presence, because it's just right, isn't it?

Their life used to be hell, surrounded by bad, by wrong, and they grew up believing it's right. Will there be people here to see through the demonic origin and find a suffering soul in need of salvation?

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im not anti-black when i say i dont like rap its just i dont like how its misogynistic or about sex or about violence (it is reasonable to assume every single rap song ever written tackles those 3 topics exclusively) so i prefer listening to genres like rock and metal (genres notably free of misogyny, sex, and violence)

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Robot whump!

- Whumper asking Caretaker what they'd do to get a specific part they need to repair Whumpee.

- The Team entering Whumper's lair, ready to get their android back. "FriEnds..." they hear, above them. And they look up and they see Whumpee, maybe not entirely whole, dangling by the neck on a noose. "TurN... Back..."

- Caretaker repairing the android. "You are crying," it says. Caretaker continues working and just nods. "...Why?"

- Whumper hacking the android and reprogramming it, marking its own team members as 'enemies'. Then sending it back :3

- Whumpee overheating trying to help their team to escape.

- Android Whumpee 'hiding' 'injuries': turning off its warnings. "What's that red light?" Caretaker might ask. And Whumpee just turns it off going all, "Probably an error."

- Whumper being all callous, going, "fuck, just get another android. They're replaceable for a reason!" And Caretaker going Apeshit™

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Intrusive thoughts are unwanted images or ideas that pop into your head -- thoughts that are violent, gross, taboo, embarrassing, sexual, phobia-related, etc. I have them with unfortunate regularity; I'm curious if other members of our community would say the same.

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Intrusive thoughts are unwanted images or ideas that pop into your head -- thoughts that are violent, gross, taboo, embarrassing, sexual, phobia-related, etc. I have them with unfortunate regularity; I'm curious if other members of our community would say the same.

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The problem isn't that they used the word 'cringe' in the dunmeshi dub, it's that Chilchuck was the one saying it. He would never say that. Izutsumi would though

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Mini Whump Prompt 156

"Show me it." Whumper, glowered before a kneeling whumpee who hid their face behind their hands.

Whumpee released a cry, curling in further into themselves. The base of whumper's shoes entered whumpee's peripheral.

"Show me it." They continued, "Show me the kind of monster I've been dealing with."

Whumpee pulled their hands away to reveal the torn synthetic skin. The robotic interior that whumper feared to ever meet was opened before him, and whumpee refused to dare face them.

Eyes dark and different with hatred analyzed the android's "true form". Whumper's frown merged into a scowl, and their disgust reddened their cheeks. They pushed whumpee over with foot, and shoved the end of their shotgun barrel into the android's face.

"I'm done being tormented by robots. I think it's my turn to make you things understand what it's like."

Whumpee finally spoke up, "But we're best friends Whumper. I'm still your frie-"

"You're not human. My friend was."

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Hero couldn't stand anymore, weakened and aching down to their bones. Destruction and ruin laid all around them, and they felt hopeless.

Standing above them proudly, Villain grinned, delighted and smug.

"Are you going to get back up? Keep trying to defeat me?" Villain's voice was deep and sonorous, full of amusement.

Taking a deep breath, Hero's chest ached. They knew if they tried to stand again, their legs would only give out.

"Please." The word came out desperately, exhausted.

"Aww, are you begging now?" Villain cood, stepping closer to Hero, making them tilt their chin to meet Villain's gaze. "Are you begging me to spare these people? Your friends? Begging me to make the pain go away?"

Villain's touch was deceptively soft as they cupped Hero's jaw, pulling their face closer to where they stood. Hero felt shame swirl deep inside their gut, reaching into their chest and threatening to squeeze their heart.

Hero nodded mutely, and Villain smiled even wider. Their gaze looked possessive, hungry.

"Beg, then." Villain's voice was soft, and they moved one hand from cupping Hero's jaw to brush a stray lock of hair from their face. They lifted a thumb, running it across Hero's bottom lip, smearing the blood that was there.

Lifting their thumb to their own mouth, Villain tasted the blood, making sure Hero was watching, before speaking again.

"Beg, my dear."

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Can't Sleep

First day back from imprisonment/captivity/a long, forced separation of some sort, and Whumpee can't sleep -

But not because of nightmares or wounds or trauma or the noise of the hospital around them. It's because their friends or other members of their team keep sneaking into their room to check on them, as though Whumpee might disappear on them again if left alone for longer than ten minutes.

Every time Whumpee slowly starts to drift off, the door squeaks open again. Every time Whumpee blinks their eyes open and catches one of them at it, they grimace and apologize and quickly leave -

Until Whumpee just heaves a long sigh, throws one of their pillows at the door, and calls out "Hey, if you're all going to hover out there like anxious butterflies all night, can one of you at least make me some tea or something...?"

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Give me more shaking whumpees.

Give me whumpees who are shivering so much from their high fever that they can't even hold a bottle of water up to their lips, leaving caretaker to hold it for them like they're bottle feeding a baby animal.

Give me whumpees who've lost so much blood that they're pale and trembling violently, their skin cool to the touch. Their body is desperately trying to keep them warm, but with each new shudder they're just bleeding more and more.

Give me whumpees in shock- whumpees who find out something so emotionally distressing that they can do nothing but shake, eyes fixed on a single point, jolting away from any touch.

Give me more shaking whumpees.

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i hope they never fix the minecraft glitch that causes you to beat the shit out of your dick whenever you get into bed

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small appreciation post for collapsing while still conscious

ok as much as i love a good faint im also a huge sucker for when a character collapses but is still conscious, maybe just dizzy or weak

stumbling or tripping on something and falling to their knees, too weak to stand up again

weak from fever or low blood sugar and failing to get out of a chair, lying on their back or side while the dizziness subsides (i actually had a fic planned for this at one point)

slumping into a chair because they cant stand anymore

reaching out to a table or wall for support and sliding to the floor (!!!)

sitting on the floor already but they slump to the side out of exhaustion

that thing where they throw their arm across their eyes out of exhaustion or dizziness (honestly one of my favorites)

there are probably a lot more im missing rn so feel free to add on!!

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There’s something about a whumpee just sitting down. Not fainting, necessarily. Maybe they’re just about to faint, and they quietly just kneel on the ground at a time and place that doesn’t make sense. They don’t even have the capacity or willingness to articulate why they need to abruptly stop and sit. Maybe they’re catatonic while the others look at them.

Maybe a caretaker can see the dull, vacant look in their eyes and immediately senses that something is seriously wrong. Maybe the fainting comes just a few moments later.

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I never uploaded my updated Jimmy Neutron designs! I think it’d be funny if a modern JN reboot had at 2000s aesthetic both animation-wise and also for the look of Retroville and its citizens fashion

My friend Eric did an animation using these designs! It came out SO GOOD