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brightchrysaor · 4 years
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Fetter
Plush was really mean to Canvas, huh? I wonder why she felt the need to act out like that...
TW: Minor implied dubcon, again surrounded by asterisks so you can skip. Emotional abuse, touch starvation, manipulation
“Plush, darling,” Miss Alex called as the pets dispersed for their daily chores. “You’ll be with me today.” That wasn’t unusual. Plush was one of Miss Alex’s favorites for companionship, if she was feeling lonely or wanted touch.
“Yes, Miss Alex!” Plush cheerfully followed her to the study, where she expected to be left leaning against Miss Alex’s legs as she did her work. That was where Plush usually stayed, fetching things for Miss Alex at her request. Sometimes she was allowed to read a book while she waited for Miss Alex to pay her attention. 
Today, Miss Alex settled her against the cold, hard wood of the desk. “I don’t want you touching any of the others until I give you permission. Do you understand?” Her eyes were hard, a physical weight on Plush. The order was even worse. No contact? No cuddles? She knew better than to beg, at least, not yet. But she stared pleadingly at Miss Alex, who ignored her. And worse, didn’t touch her. 
There were no cuddles, no headpats, not even a tiny little kiss on the cheek. Miss Alex just left her there, with only a paper and pen to entertain herself. But Miss Alex never spoke to her. And never touched her, even when they got up for lunch, even when she called Plush back in to stay with her. No pets, no talking except for orders. Plush felt… lonely. Ignored. 
When they were finally sent in for bed, Miss Alex ignored Plush until all the others were in the pet room. “Remember, no touching.”
“Do I… do I get a goodnight kiss, Miss Alex?” Plush tried her best to look sweet and good and cuddly. She just wanted her goodnight kiss. She had been counting on it, to get her through whatever Miss Alex’s game was.
*******“No, you may not.” Miss Alex turned back to her room, where Asset was prepared for… whatever Miss Alex was going to do that night. *********Plush stared at her retreating back before scrambling for the pet room. If she wasn’t fast, she would be locked out, and then she would be in even more trouble than… whatever was going on now.
Plush was good. She didn’t cuddle any of the others before going to bed, or when they woke up and prepared for the day. She didn’t bump shoulders with Prey for support when he went to go get Asset from Miss Alex’s room. She didn’t kiss Canvas’s nose when she dropped the dusting cloth on her face. She didn’t touch. She was good.
But Miss Alex didn’t give her permission to touch. It was the same thing as the day before. She was given a pen and paper to entertain herself while Miss Alex worked, and there was no talking, no orders, no explanation. 
Nothing.
She was still good, though. She tried so hard. As the days wore on and Miss Alex still didn’t let up, Plush was reminded of one of the books she had been allowed to read, about how people responded to grief or loss. How they went through five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. As the days wore on and Miss Alex kept her away from the others, Plush thought she could feel herself going through all the stages. 
The thing was that Plush didn’t know what she had done wrong. Miss Alex hadn’t said that this was a punishment. They were just… not allowed to touch. Even though that was their purpose. They were for being cuddled. Now they were just a pet without use.
A few days in, the other pets started to avoid Plush. She had been cranky, she knew, but they didn’t even want to talk to her anymore. And she wasn’t really around often enough to be close to them anymore. Miss Alex usually kept her apart from everyone, anymore. 
Plush cried herself to sleep most nights. She was so lonely. She just wanted to touch.
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It was over a week before Miss Alex took her into her bedroom after she had finished working. “Come here, darling. Up on the bed.”
Plush’s eyes widened. “Is it, is it over? Miss Alex,” she added quickly. There was no excuse for being rude. 
“Yes, you may touch.” Miss Alex removed her heels and leaned back, burying herself in the pillows. “Presuming that you want to, of course.”
“I always want to cuddle you, Miss Alex!” Especially after almost a week of not being allowed to cuddle anyone. Plush practically bounced up onto the bed and threw her arms around Miss Alex. She tried to get as much contact as she could, just in case Miss Alex suddenly decided she wasn’t allowed to touch anymore. “Thank you for letting me cuddle you, Miss Alex!”
Plush was allowed to stay with Miss Alex until dinner, then lean against her while kneeling on the floor during dinner and while she was playing with the others. Plush was terrified that Miss Alex was going to send her back to the pet room. She wanted more cuddles. But she knelt politely with the others for goodnight kisses. 
But Miss Alex pulled her up, kissing her on the cheek and holding her while kissing the rest goodnight. And Plush was led back to the bedroom. She adored Miss Alex, in that moment. Miss Alex was the kindest person in the world. 
Miss Alex got out Plush’s set of reward pajamas - soft pink velvet - and dressed Plush herself. And then they got back into the big soft bed, and Miss Alex hugged her close while Plush drifted off. It was the best feeling in the world, safe and warm and cared for. 
All of a sudden, it was too much. Plush turned her face into the enormous down pillow, feeling the tears start to flow. Why was she even crying? She had what she wanted! It felt good!
She didn’t notice the poisonous smile on Miss Alex’s face.
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ilikemovies26 · 7 years
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Whump List Request
Tortured Hero; Helpless Team - Whump List (Request)
So, a while back I was asked to do a list of episodes that contain the whump scenario that we all know and love: our favorite character gets kidnapped and tortured and his friends/team are forced to sit by and watch helplessly, either in person or via video. Here’s the list! I’ll add more as I think of more, and if you have any recommendations please inbox me and I will add them to the list! Enjoy.
1. Quantico: Season 1 episode 9. Booth has already been shot and had field surgery performed on him by a very nervous Alex. Now, he’s been kidnapped and tortured as he hangs from a ceiling. Alex can do nothing for most of the episode. Worth it worth it worth. Even if it’s just for the agonized screams.
2. Banshee: Season 1 episode 10. Banshee has an abundance of torture scenes for our antihero, Lucas. However, the best one has to be in the season 1 finale; Rabbit kidnaps Lucas, ties him to a chair and tortures him. His friends finally come to the rescue but not before Rabbit inflicts serious damage to Lucas.
3. Frontier: season 1 episode 5. Yes. Yes, I am well aware that I will find any excuse to include Frontier in any sort of post I make. No. No, I am not sorry, nor is it likely that I will stop doing this. Anyway, so Harp is kidnapped/arrested in front of his friends. He is then brutally tortured both emotionally and physically. His team misses most of the torture. But, Michael is brought in just in time to witness Harp at his lowest point: crying, yelling, screaming, and fucking bleeding all over the fucking place as he hangs from the ceiling. It clearly scares Michael to see him like that. It fucks with your emotions, man.
4. Homeland: season 5 episode 10. Quinn is god-knows-where, tied up and looking slightly worse for wear. He’s poisoned, and Carrie is forced to watch it in video format as he splutters, convulses, soils himself, and eventually collapses. It’s great acting all round, and pretty good whump if you’re into that kind of thing.
5. Outlander: season 1 episode 15. I really don’t think I could ever explain just how glorious this show is when it comes to whump and plot and characters. Jamie is shot; his shoulder is dislocated; he’s stabbed; he’s tortured. (Reminder to self: do a fucking twenty-page-long whump description of this show.) Anyway, the torture in this episode is insane. He’s taken by his arch nemesis, and his hand is smashed with a mallet and nailed to a table. This is done because his wife comes to save him after he’s taken, but they are caught before they can escape and - in an act to save his wife’s life - Jamie swears that he will give into Randall’s (aforementioned arch nemesis) wish to have his way with Jamie. In order to prove that his word is true, he allows Randall to nail his already shattered hand to the table as his wife, Claire, watches. It’s amazing acting and wonderful whump, but it is hard to watch, even for the most seasoned of whumpers. This torture scene has an abundance of pained cries and shattered bones, blood and gore… bruises everywhere; there’s enough of his loved ones watching this go down. (NOTE: the whump in the book is even harsher and far more detailed than the show. Read the books.) HOWEVER. This episode is unsettling because it details the rape and defamation of a character that you cannot help but love. This strong, gorgeous, stubborn man is reduced to nothing as he lets his past tormentor rape him over and over again. It’s terrible. It really is.
6. Outlander: season 1 episode 6. This episode is almost as hard to watch as the previously mentioned one. Jamie (who has already been flogged once before) is taken to be lashed one-hundred times. A crowd - consisting of strangers as well as his father and uncle - has gathered to watch. He is whipped until he is unconscious, hanging in a pool of his own blood, his back literally ripped to shreds. It’s not pretty; the makeup is fucking fantastic and just looking at his back - dangling skin and exposed bone - is sickening. The crowd can hardly watch… his father even has a heart attack. This show is amazing, but it’s certainly not light-hearted at times. Seriously, guys, why haven’t I done a whump profile for this yet?
7. Firefly: season 1 episode 10. Mal and Wash are kidnapped by Niska. They’re electrocuted over and over again. Zoe comes to save them but she’s only able to save Wash. Niska cuts off Mal’s ear and hands it to Zoe as a souvenir. Niska ends up torturing Mal until the latter dies, and Niska has to revive him once again. By the time his team arrives, Mal is a mess. Whilst his team misses most of the torture, Wash witnessed Mal suffering, and so does Zoe for a while. This show is great regardless, so I would watch it. There’s tons of whump in it.
8. Braveheart. So I’m pretty sure that everyone’s heard about this movie, which means that most people have heard about the brutal torture scene. Wallace is hanged, drawn and quartered as a horrified crowd (including two of his closest friends) watch. They can do nothing to stop it or help him other than to cry out for mercy, even when Wallace refuses to beg for it himself. This movie is most definitely worth it, and not just for the torture scene. I think this movie is a little harder to watch because it’s based on what we can only assume is a real historical figure (too many debates surrounding that topic even to go into); that said, it’s certainly the kind of movie that stays with you no matter what.
9. NCIS: Los Angeles. Season 4 episode 24. Deeks and Sam are kidnapped. They are then tortured - electrocution and teeth-drilling - and forced to watch each other in pain, and hear each other scream. They get rescued but not before the damage is done.
10. Reservoir Dogs. I watched this movie years ago… I think I might’ve been around 14 at the time so my memory is slightly fuzzy but I’ll do my best. There’s this fucking gruesome torture scene where Mr Blonde proves just how much of a sadistic sonofabitch he can be. Plus one of the characters gets shot in the stomach and spends the whole movie dying slowly as he bleeds out. He does not, however, die quietly despite his friends’ pleads.
11. Chicago PD. Season 3 episode 01. Jay Halstead - what a specimen of a man - is kidnapped and tortured. His team is forced to stand by and watch helplessly as this happens. He's hot and he whumps so well. Best part is: at the end of the episode, even though he can hardly stand or walk, he manages to fight through the pain one last time and save the day. I would like to thank @whumpified for the suggestion.
**Honorable Mention: Once Upon a Time. Season 5 episodes 12 - 15 (5x12 - 5x15). Hook - who is fucking gorgeous - is killed for the sake of greater good, and winds up in the underworld. We don’t see the torture but we get a slight glimpse of him initially while Emma looks for him; he’s covered in blood. When we get a closer look, he’s still covered in blood, but the one side of his face is also completely bruised and swollen, he can’t place any weight on his one leg, and his arm remains wrapped around his ribs. He can hardly breathe, nevermind walk or talk; queue the multiple pained gasps and strained wheezes. He gets captured by Hades and strung up with chains. Emma finds him hanging there, trembling and unable even to react when she calls his name. He spends the next episode and a half needing help from Emma to walk and stand as the team tries to find a way to get back out of the underworld. The reason this is an honorable mention is because: whilst the actual torture itself is lacking, the whump is fantastic! Really such a great example of whump done right.
Guys, honestly, I’m struggling with this list. I can think of a shit ton of shows where the character is tortured (Banshee, H50, Once Upon a Time, The Red Road - sorta, Payback, Conspiracy Theory) but not many of them actually include the team watching helplessly. Please, if you think of any other shows, let me know! I’ll add them to the list. Sorry about the lack of shows/movies on this list; my brain has turned to literal fucking mush.
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