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Inspiration
BBU Community Days: Day 6
@bbu-on-the-side
Oh gosh. I'm not sure how I found the BBU originally, but I know I was hesitant to join in at first. The first stories I found and read in what was then their entirety were Tomas and Rowe and Linden and Colton by @whumpzone, although the first piece was part of Paxton and Amal by @boxboysandotherwhump – I remember getting confused by it lol, I think I struggled to find the masterlist or something? Anyway, iirc I started reading through the tags, and I was still a bit uncomfortable creating something in the BBU, but I still created Sam and Lucan, which is adjacent to it in a way. But then, idk what happened, I'm not sure whose piece it was but it clicked, like "well why can't I write something?" and, once my brain came up with this prompt and I decided I liked it too much not to write something for it, Sanctuary was born.
And then I haven't really stopped since.
As for writers that have been an inspiration... well, there's a lot. @ashintheairlikesnow's worldbuilding has definitely helped, and also your characters and stories. @octopus-reactivated and @maracujatangerine your conversation/posts on pets in film directly inspired Pets of the Silver Screen, so I can't leave you out of this. Every BBU writer whose stories are so good, that I see and then want to write more myself... look, I'll tag a few who I haven't already tagged, but I'm definitely gonna forget people, apologies: @justplainwhump @flowersarefreetherapy @for-the-love-of-angst @deluxewhump @gottawhump @winedark-whump @highwaywhump @wildfaewhump. And anyone else who I've talked to about my BBU OCs (@painful-pooch with Cass, for instance, and others on Discord)!
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What I read in 2023!
Isn't it nice to have the whole year's worth of something in one handy list?
January
Medieval England: From Arthur to the Tudor Conquest, Jennifer Paxton ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hannibal, Livy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster, Sam L Amirante, Danny Brodrick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone ⭐️⭐️
Trouble With Lichen, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Reanimator's Heart, Kara Jorgensen 😠
The Miracle of Dunkirk, Walter Lord ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
Alone on the Ice, David Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
The Midwich Cucoos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Polygamist's Daughter, Anna LeBaron, Leslie WIlson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
Stowaway to Mars, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️
Confession of a Serial Killer, Katherine Ramsland ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
Sparta's First Attic War, Paul A Rahe ⭐️⭐️ NF
FantasticLand, Mike Bockoven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942, Special Service Division Services of Supply US Army ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
Columbus Day, Craig Alanson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Blood in the Snow, Tom Henderson ⭐️⭐️NF
The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Last Days of Stalin, Joshua Rubenstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky ⭐️⭐️NF
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Web, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️
An Unnatural Vice, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An Unsuitable Heir, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alexander the Great, Norman F Cantor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
A Dark Night in Aurora, William H Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Snow Killings, Marney Rich Keenan ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
The Odyssey, Homer trans. Emily Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Martian, Andy Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How Great Science Fiction Works, Gary K Wolfe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
February
False Value, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lancashire Witches, William Harrison Ainsworth ⭐️
Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas ⭐️⭐️
Age of Myth, Michael J Sullivan ⭐️⭐️
The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester ⭐️⭐️
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meddling Kids, Edgar Cantero ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Man and the Crow, Rebecca Crunden (ss)⭐️
A Better Fate, DN Bryn (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Artemis One-Zero-Five, CHristopher Henderson DNF
House of Suns, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Artificial Condition, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Exit Strategy, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New Earth, Ben Bova ⭐️⭐️
Death Wave, Ben Bova ⭐️
Mouth of Mirrors, Maxwell I Gold (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
March
On the Beach, Nevil Shute ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Star Nomad, Lindsay Buroker ⭐️
Burning Roses, SL Huang ⭐️⭐️
Trick or Treat, Richie Tankersley Cusick ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pushing Ice, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The End of the World Anthology ⭐️⭐️
The Home of the Blizzard (nf), Sir Douglas Mawson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Night Stalker (nf), Philip Carlo ⭐️⭐️⭐️
In the Court of the Nameless Queen, Natalie Ironside ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ultimate Evil (nf), Maury Terry ⭐️
The Hillside Stranglers (nf), Darcy O'Brien ⭐️⭐️
The Element of Fire, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April
The Stolen Heir, Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kintu, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kidnapped, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️
Overlord, David Wood & Alan Baxter ⭐️⭐️
Child of God, Cormac McCarthy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Walking to Aldebaran, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Redemption’s Blade, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️
At the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Initiation, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️
The Book of Queer Saints Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Expert System’s Brother, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pluto’s Republic, David Roochnik (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Twisted Ones, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Evil Roots, Killer Tales of Botanical Gothic Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Shadow Over Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Whisperer in Darkness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️
Alien: Convenant Origins, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Coveant, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Wendigo, Algernon Blackwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien III, William Gibson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: The Cold Forge, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Republic, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Prototype, Tim Waggoner ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Isolation, Keith RA DeCandido ⭐️⭐️
A Thief in the Night, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Dialogues, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Into Charybdis, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Infiltrator, Weston Ochse ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Percent, Jon Elofson (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Aliens: Bug Hunt Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Growing Things & Other Stories, Paul Tremblay ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lords of Uncreation, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May
The Day We Ate Grandad, CM Rosens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: Out of the Shadows, Tim Lebbon ⭐️⭐️
Jaws, Peter Benchley ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Room on the Sea, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alien: River of Pain, Christopher Golden ⭐️⭐️
Alien: Sea of Sorrows, James A Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Gentleman From Peru, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Century Rain, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hyperion, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dust, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
100 Fathoms Below, Steven L Kent & Nicholas Kaufmann ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Saturn’s Monsters, Thomas K Carpenter ⭐️
Address Unknown, Kressmann Taylor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Murder by Other Means, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ethics of Aristotle, Joseph Koterski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Neil Gaiman at the end of the Universe, Arvind Ethan David ⭐️⭐️
Bag of Bones, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Bewilderness, Part One: Threshold, Jonathan Maberry ⭐️
Ten Low, Stark Holborn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester ⭐️
Three Hearts and Three Lions, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Almost Human(nf), Lee Berger & John Hawks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Paladin’s Grace, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Killing the Bismarck(nf), Iain Ballantyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ancient Mesopotamia(nf), Amanda H Podany ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Art of War(nf), Andrew R Wilson ⭐️⭐️
The White People, Arthur Machen ⭐️
June
Witch King, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Early Middle Ages (nf), Philip Daileader ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The History of Ancient Egypt (nf), Bob Brier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Banewreaker, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Godslayer, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chernobyl 01:23:40 (nf), Andrew Leatherbarrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stress and Your Body (nf), Robert Sapolsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ice Ghosts (nf), Paul Watson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Illiad, Homer, trans. Edward Earl of Derby ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Th Hunt & the Haunting, Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Shadows Have Claws Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Writing Creative Nonfiction (nf), Tilar JJ Mazzeo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brain Wave, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July
Travel by Bullet, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Redemption Ark, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Labrys(ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Grown Gown(ss), Derek Des Anges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Orca, Arthur Herzog III ⭐️
The Gallows Pole, Benjamin Myers ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Chemist, Stephanie Meyer ⭐️
Icehenge, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Band Sinister, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Now She Is Witch, Kirsty Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inside the Mind of BTK(nf), Johnny Dodd & John Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August
The Henchmen of Zenda, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Morning Star, Peter Atkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Subsidence (ss), Steve Rasnic Tem ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Man in the High Tower, Philip K Dick ⭐️⭐️⭐️
What the Dead Know (ss), Nghi Vo ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Maze Runner, James Dashner ⭐️
Unfit to Print, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chill, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Bryony and Roses, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Confessor (ss), Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Grail, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Babylon (nf), Paul Kriwaczek ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unquiet, E Saxey DNF
The Ritual of the Labyrinth (ss), Esmée de Heer ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Terminal World, ALastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Essays of Flesh and Bone (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Future of Work: Compulsory (ss), Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lady or the Tiger (ss), Frank Stockton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️
Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The First Fossil Hunters (nf), Adrienne Mayor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Red Land, Black Land (nf), Barbara Mertz ⭐️⭐️⭐️
On Planetary Palliative Care (ss), Thomas Ha ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nova, Samuel R Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️
September
Time to Orbit: Unknown, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*
The Invincible, Stanislaw Lem ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Myrtha (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Archaeology: An Introduction to the World’s Greatest Sites (nf), Eric H Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Catching Teller Crow, Amberlin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Old Man’s War, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Don’t Hang Up, Benjamin Stevenson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Superluminal, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
World War Z, Max Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Flight of the Fantail, Steph Matuku ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cyteen, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Regenesis, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mindfulness for Stress Management (nf), Dr Robert Schacter ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Orange Eats Creeps, Grace Krilanovich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kushiel’s Dart, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Aye, and Gomorrah (ss), Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Carnage (nf), Mark Dapin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unknown, Jordan L Hawk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chocky, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sword of Empire: Praetorian, Richard Foreman ❌
Revival, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Time to Orbit: Unknown is hosted online [HERE] and is currently still updating twice a week
October
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Liar’s Dice, Jeannie Lin ⭐️
Straya, Anthony O'Connor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Toxic, Dan Kaszeta (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Penhallow, Georgette Heyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Myth of the Self Made Man, Ruben Reyes Jr (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Call, Christian White & Summer De Roche ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cretins, Thomas Ha (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kill Your Brother, Jack Heath ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Valley of Terror, Zhou Haohui, tr. Bonnie Huie ⭐️⭐️
The Curse of the Burdens, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️
Amazons, Adrienne Mayor (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar (nf) ⭐️⭐️
Family Business, Jonathan Sims ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In the House of Aryaman A Lonely Signal Burns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
METAtropolis Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plan for Chaos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Outward Urge, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️
King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard DNF
The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tr. David Ross (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
November
The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Terror, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hannibal: The Military Genius who Almost Conquered Rome, Eve MacDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ nf
Luna, Ian McDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!, Poul Anderson & Gordon R Dickson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dracula, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cicero: The Life & Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, Anthony Everitt ⭐️⭐️⭐️nf
The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️nf
METAtropolis: Cascadia Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Haunting of Willow Creek, Sara Crocoll Smith ⭐️
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne ⭐️⭐️
METAtropolis: Green Space Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️
December
Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wanted, A Gentleman, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️
Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Henry VIII: King & Court, Alison Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
Alexander the Great & the Macedonian Empire, Kenneth W Harl⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF
The Isles of the Gods, Amie Kaufman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Sandman, Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs DNF
Phosphorescence, Julia Baird ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF
And so the grand total for 2023 is....
267!
Of course, there's a couple of DNFs in there which inflate this number somewhat, but I am absolutely not going to pick through and count them out. Plus, a DNF only gets included on the list if I've gotten through a significant portion of the book. If it's a page one no-no, it's not even worth mentioning.
I made the decision at the start of this year, to try out more books I'd never heard of before. I really like trawling through the library app, or through audible's free archives and finding stuff that I'd probably never normally have discovered. Also, revisiting books that I read a long time ago and seeing if they resemble my memories of them.
Overall, I think this was a very satisfying year of reading, and I hope that I enjoy 2024's reads just as much!
nf= non fiction
ss= short story
Stars awarded at my whim.
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I’m fairly certain you’ve suggested blogs before but I can’t find any asks you’ve answered about it. So, do you have any whump blogs, particularly bbu, that you’d suggest people follow?
@wildfaewhump has a BBU story with a fun angle - a family locates and recovers their missing son, who has become a Box Boy with no memory of his former life. The family is not exactly the kind of supportive caretakers you might hope for in a situation like that, and the Box Boy has to balance their expectations of someone he isn't, but maybe used to be, with what he knows.
@carnagecardinal has some great pieces up that take place in the BBU! The caretaker who maybe enjoys a frightened rescued Box Boy's fear just a little too much is a favorite.
@redwingedwhump has two stories that take place in the BBU! One involves a recent rescue in a house where he may or may not be dangerous to other inhabitants, another about a Box Boy whose relationships with his owner - and with the one he is charged with protecting - are very different, and incredibly complex.
@orchidscript has a few different BBU works! My personal favorite of course is her Henry, but also Emmett is a newer storyline that is rapidly stealing my heart. One story is primarily about recovery after a young Box Boy runs away and finds himself taken in by a small young family and shown a different way to live... another is about a Box Boy meant to simply be a household helper forced into a new role he loathes and his attempts to escape.
@boxboysandotherwhump has Amal and Paxton who own my entire fucking heart forever. Well-meaning friends purchase a second-hand Box Boy to help out someone who really wants nothing to do with the system. The two learn to live with one another and the pining and yearning commences. Also Alice! Oh my gosh Alice. Alice, my beloved.
@winedark-whump wrote a really, really, really excellent beginning to a series (and an amazing follow-up!) about a woman whose parents buy her a Romantic Box Boy despite her being, um, very much gay - and her complicated bitter feelings about this and attempts to get rid of him without making things somehow worse. Oh my gosh. The protagonist of these stories is just. I haven't really seen this angle done like this before and it's so fucking good.
@robins-whump has some shorter snippets set in the Box Boy universe that are really good! But also you should be following @robins-whump anyway forever
@thewhumperinwhite's Lost Dog, No Reward is really, really good! Go check it out
@silvercrystalwhump has Flynn and Kai, and honestly I adore Kai already and the series is very new, so you'll be getting in on the ground floor there!
@deluxewhump's Z2 is a fucking classic, absolutely check that story out. It's so interesting to read back from the beginning and watch the development of Zee, Cam, and Alex through time!
@whumpfigure’s Bast! Oh, Bast is a love and a sweetheart. His story is sweet and heartbreaking. I still think about his master figuring out he had learned to sign and breaking his fingers to punish him for ‘speaking’ that way. Like... all the time. Definitely a must-read.
I am definitely forgetting all kinds of people because my brain is just sparking nonsense today, so comment or reblog and let Anon know if you write a BBU storyline!
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Some two-syllable neutral names
(One-syllable names)
You can also combine initials, e.g. AJ, although this does not work for all initials and it can be gendered masculine.
A: Aaren, Abbott, Adair, Addi, Adren, Aerie, Afon, Aiden, Aiken, Ainsley, Alder, Alex, Ali, Alix, Alpha, Altair, Alto, Alton, Alva, Amal, Amore, Andy, Angel, Angie, Anise, Arbor, Ari, Ariel, Arlen, Arley, Arrow, Arya, Asa, Asher, Ashlen, Ashley, Ashton, Aspen, Aster, Aston, Aubrey, Auburn, Auden, August, Aura, Austin, Avery, Avis, Aviv, Avon, Aya, Ayan, Aza, Aze, Azure
B: Bailey, Baldwin, Banner, Barrett, Basil, Bauer, Baylor, Benson, Bentley, Berkley, Berry, Beryl, Billie, Birdie, Blakely, Bobbie, Booker, Bradley, Brady, Brayden, Brennan, Brewer, Briar, Brighton, Brinsley, Bronte, Brooklyn, Bryant
C: Cadence, Caelum, Calder, Camden, Cameron, Camille, Campbell, Canyon, Carey, Carlyle, Carmen, Carol, Carter, Cartwright, Carson, Casey, Cedar, Chandler, Chandra, Channing, Charlie, Charlton, Chatham, Cheyenne, Citron, Clancy, Claudie, Clover, Cobalt, Coby, Cohen, Coleson, Collins, Colver, Comet, Condor, Connell, Connie, Cooper, Coral, Corbin, Corin, Corey, Corley, Cortney, Cricket, Cyan, Cypress, Cyrille
D: Dallas, Dana, Dani, Darby, Darcy, Darrell, Darren, Denver, Devon, Diamond, Diaz, Dillon, Douglas, Dustin, Dusty, Dylan
E: Eagle, Early, Easton, Ebon, Echo, Eddie, Eden, Efe, Eiffel, Eissa, Elli, Ellis, Ellwood, Ember, Emer, Emerald, Emlyn, Emmett, Emry, Emryn, Enfys, Ennis, Eren, Errel, Essence, Esme, Evan, Ever, Everett, Eyrie, Ezra
F: Fable, Falco, Falcon, Fallon, Farah, Fargo, Farley, Farrell, Faulkner, Feldspar, Fennel, Fifer, Finley, Finney, Fiore, Fischer, Fletcher, Floren, Florence, Forest, Francis, Frankie, Freedom, Friday, Fulton
G: Gabi, Galen, Galway, Gannet, Garden, Gardner, Garey, Garland, Garnet, Gavi, Germaine, Gerry, Glenwood, Golden, Grady, Granite, Guthrie
H: Hadley, Halcyon, Hallow, Halo, Happy, Harbor, Harley, Harlow, Harper, Hartley, Haven, Hawking, Hayden, Henley, Heron, Hollis, Honor, Hopper, Hudson, Hunter
I: Iman, Imory, Indi, Innis, Io, Ira, Isa, Isha, Islet, Iver, Ivor, Ivory, Ivy, Izzy
J: Jacinth, Jackie, Jaden, Jael, Jalen, Jamie, Janis, Jarrah, Jarrell, Jasper, Jensen, Jessie, Joey, Jody, Jonquil, Jordan, Journey, July, Juneau, Junior, Juno, Justice
K: Kali, Kameron, Karey, Karson, Kasey, Kato, Keaton, Keegan, Keelan, Keenan, Kelby, Kellan, Keller, Kelly, Kelsey, Kendall, Kenyon, Kenzie, Kerry, Kestrel, Kevyn, Kieran, Kingsley, Kirby, Klaudie, Koby, Kody, Korbin, Korin, Korey, Krishna, Kyler
L: Laker, Lakyle, Lander, Landry, Laney, Langley, Larkin, Larkspur, Lashawn, Laurel, Laurence, Leighton, Lennox, Leopard, Leslie, Lethe, Lexie, Lexis, Linden, Lindsay, Lindy, Linnet, Logan, London, Loren, Luca, Lucky, Lyric
M: Maddox, Magic, Major, Malloy, Manu, Marley, Marlow, Martell, Marty, Mattie, Maury, Maurice, Maxie, Maxwell, Meadow, Mercer, Merlyn, Merritt, Merry, Micah, Mika, Miller, Misha, Monday, Morgan, Murphy, Murray, Myers
N: Narcisse, Nasim, Navdeep, Navy, Neal, Neptune, Neo, Nicky, Nico, Nika, Nike, Nimbus, Noam, Noel, Nori, Norris, Nouvel, Nova
O: Oakley, Oberon, Ocean, Odell, Ollie, Olive, Onyx, Opal, Ori, Oriole, Orion, Orrin, Osborne, Owen, Ozzie
P: Paisley, Paris, Parker, Pasco, Patience, Patrice, Paxton, Penrose, Pepper, Peregrine, Perrin, Perry, Peyton, Phelan, Phoenix, Piper, Placid, Porter, Prairie, Presley, Prosper
Q: Qaisar, Quarry, Quasar, Quetzal, Quila, Quincy, Quentin, Quillan
R: Raleigh, Rainbow, Rainer, Randy, Raven, Redmond, Regal, Regan, Reggie, Reynold, Rhythm, Ricki, Ridley, Riley, Rio, Rishi, River, Robbie, Robin, Ronnie, Rory, Roscoe, Rowan, Royal, Rudy, Ryder, Ryen, Rylen
S: Sabah, Sadler, Saffron, Salem, Samar, Sandy, Satchel, Saturn, Sasha, Sawyer, Saylor, Season, Selby, Seren, Seven, Sevy, Shale, Shannon, Shelby, Shelly, Shiloh, Sidney, Silver, Sinclair, Skylar, Skylark, Skyler, Snowdrop, Snowy, Soren, Sorrel, Sparrow, Spencer, Spirit, Springer, Stanley, Starling, Sterling, Summer, Sunday, Sunny, Sunshine, Sunset, Sutton
T: Taffy, Tali, Talon, Tanner, Tarian, Taylor, Teagan, Teddy, Tempest, Temple, Terry, Thursday, Tibby, Tiernan, Tiger, Timber, Tobin, Toby, Topaz, Torrey, Tracy, Trenton, Tristen, Tucker, Turner, Tuesday, Tully, Tyler, Tyson
U: Ulfie, Ulli, Ulri, Ulysse, Umber, Umbra, Upton, Urban, Uri, Ursa, Usher, Uta
V: Valen, Vega, Verdi, Vernon, Verrill, Vesper, Vivi, Vivien, Volta, Voltaire
W: Walker, Wallace, Waylan, Webster, Wednesday, Weston, Whimsy, Whitley, Whitney, Wilder, Willow, Wilson, Windsor, Windy, Winslow, Winter, Wisdom, Wolfram, Woody, Wylie
X: Xander, Xavie
Y: Yael, Yaven, Yannick, Yarrow, Yven
Z: Zailey, Zaki, Zander, Zandy, Zavi, Zelig, Zeno, Zephyr, Zero, Zevi, Zion, Zohar, Zola, Zorey, Zuri
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Chapter two teaser
Chapter two officially started production :3
#whump#whump art#pet whump#boxboy whump#pet whumpee#box boy whump#box boy universe#Paxton and amal#paxton
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Hey guys so I plan to revamp the Paxton and Amal series.
Returning to its original comic format and rewriting some parts of it to spin the mostly unconnected dribbles I have of them into a more coherent narrative.
I plan to draw five chapters and check out how my workflow is and all and if I still feel motivated (and my shoulder won’t start hurting to bad) this will be turned into a webcomic that I plan to not only post here but Webtoon and tapas as well.
I would love some feed back for the new art style I choose for this series :3
#whump#whump art#pet whump#pet whumpee#whump comic#whump series#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#boxboy whump#box boy whump#paxton and amal#WRU#bbu#anxious whumpee#scars#scarred whumpee
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#whump#whump art#pet whump#pet whumpee#scars#scarred whumpee#boxboy whump#box boy whump#box boys#boxboys#boxboy#box boy#box boy universe#bbu#recovering#recovering whumpee#aftermath of whump#paxton art#paxton#paxton and Amal#paxton and amal series#i finished the sketch :D#poor lil Paxton#he is so hurt and worried at the sight of his scars#will amal find them as repulsive as his old master?#maybe even send him away like his old master did? or insult pax like he used to do?#honestly that boy is so so insecure about them#his old master made sure of that#it’s hard for pax recognize his body as his own since it changed so so much and such a short time#and through such violence that pax himself had no control over
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My first animated mini film!!!!!
I expanded the Paxton in the snow. Amal finds him .
#whump#whump art#whump clip#pet whump#pet whumpee#recovering whumpee#whumpee and caretaker#paxton and amal#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#boxboy whump#box boy whump
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After Paxtons dad found out his missing son ended up at WRU (here) he begged them to switch his sons designation from romantic to domestic. A work friend pulled some strings and so Paxtons dad manages to ruin his life even further, since Paxton would have ended up with quite the loving owner as a romantic instead of the horrible abusive piece of shit he got.
A lawyer is taking him to sign the changed contract. Doesn’t really matter that he can’t read at this point. As long he’s not hurt by that woman he’s happy.
#whump#whump art#pet whump#boxboy whump#box boy whump#paxton art#paxton and Amal#whump comic#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#pet whumpee#facility whump
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Excellent work trainee.
Taglist: @ashintheairlikesnow @vickytokio @thefancydoughnut @finder-of-rings @orchidscript @morelikepainsley @thingsthatgo-whump-inthenight @wolfeyedwitch @haro-whumps
This takes place after the last Paxton piece, where the handler promised him a shower and food in exchange for him being ‘good’.
CW: aftermath of dubcon, just that ugly lost feeling after sex you weren’t sure you really wanted,
The speciality room smelled of sex, it’s stale air warmed by the heat of their bodies. Only 626’s body was naked. Naked and limb on the padded table. The handler hadn’t even undressed, just pulled down his pants enough to take out his-
626 shuddered. The handler's boots clicked against tile as he hopped from the table.
“Hm that was good. Excellent work trainee.”
Trainee. 626 thought bitterly. Not good boy. Or little one. Just trainee. The handler hadn’t even done up his pants and already dropped the nicknames. The pretense. Of giving two shits about him. Of caring. At least he’d kept his promise not to hurt him.
It didn't hurt. It really did not.
Truth be told it had felt- good, even. For the first time in his life, not that he remembered more than the last six hours or so of it, someone had held him like this. Whispered praise in his ear, sweet as a bell chime. So why was it that it rang so hollow now? His body was a tuning fork for the world's ugliest song, bones thrumming in an icy harmony. Synthetic. Detached.
626 curled up on the padded table, feeling the sting deep inside him as his muscles stretched, and watched handler Sanders throw the condom in the trash through tear blurry vision. His lip wobbled as he felt his own cum dry on his stomach.
Two minutes ago this had felt so good. He had felt so good. So why- Why, more than anything, did he want to run back to the showers now and cry under a spray of scalding water?
Handler Sanders already stood at the door, ready to punch the passcode in, when he finally turned to look at 626. He clicked his tongue. “C’mon now boy. Fix your face. Two seconds ago you were moaning into my ear for more.”
Sniffing miserably, 626 pulled his legs even tighter against his tummy. Unable to look at his handler any longer he murmured a hoarse, “Sorry.”
The table's icy chill soaked into his skin and he shivered, feet twitching uselessly. He wanted to shower. So so badly. But he was too afraid to ask. His throat was clogged by fear, a soft whimper the only thing escaping his trembling lips.
“Alright.” The handler sighed and 626 shrunk back at the irritation in his voice, screwing his eyes shut until spots danced behind them. Heavy footsteps echoed through the room as the handler came closer, a cabinet door opened, something rustled softly, the cabinet closed with a soft click and than-
626 flinched, eyes flying open as something soft fluttered over him, tickling his shoulder.
The handler had thrown a blanket over him.
Blinking away tears, 626 watched the handler open the door. Without turning around he ordered, “Get some sleep, little one. You go back on the drip in four hours.”
‘Yes, 626 mouthed, lips forming words that wouldn’t come. He pulled the blanket over his face with trembling fingers, and cried.
#whump#pet whump#whump writing#aftermath of dubcon#facility whump#pet whumpee#aftermath of whump#emotional whump#whumpee#box boy#boxboy#boxboys#box boys#boxboy whump#box boy whump#box boy universe#paxton and amal#paxton#poor baby is having such a hard time#he is feeling so hurt and confused right now#it felt good during but now he just wants to take it all back#and he doesn't understand why he's feeling this way
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paxton ► tell amal no
This is rather early in the story.
Taglist: @ashintheairlikesnow @vickytokio @thefancydoughnut @finder-of-rings @orchidscript @morelikepainsley @thingsthatgo-whump-inthenight @wolfeyedwitch @haro-whumps @whump-for-all-and-all-for-whump
CW: fear of abandonment,
“No!”
Hunched over and arms wrapped around his waist, Paxton stumbled backwards, stomach lurching, desperately trying to protect himself from his master's words, from the phampflet in his hand. Tears burned in his eyes. His vision swam, the floorboards and his master's socks blurred in and out of focus.
“Pax?” his master whispered, stepping closer. Paxton shook his head, tears sprang free. His heart hammered against his breast bone in a punishing rhythm. A thunderstorm of blood rushed through his ears. “I just thought, that- maybe this is good for y-”
Paxton sucked in a shuddering breath. His knees buckled. “Nononono.” It was a whispered exhalation. Panic breathed into the static between them.
“Paxton, hey. Hey” His master pitched his voice low, gentle. “Look at me?”
A brown hand entered Paxton’s field of vision and his knees gave out. He crashed to the floor, not even registering the pain of impact. His trembling hands reached for his master's feet but stopped, hanging limb in mid air, suspended by uncertainty. He didn’t dare to touch him.
He doesn’t want you anymore.
“Please.” Paxton choked out, voice wobbly, breaking. “Pl-plea-please don’t- don’t throw me away.”
“What? I- No.” Master inhaled deeply, and when he spoke next his voice was strong, sure. “I would never do that. Never.”
Paxton blinked up at his master and his hands found Paxton’s tear stained cheeks, thumbs gently rubbing them away. The pet lib pamphlet lay discarded on the floor now, next to his kneeling master. Eyes fluttering close, Paxton leaned into the touch, relishing warm palms softly squishing his cheeks, holding him. He took a trembling breath and let his master fold him into a hug.
They just sat there for a moment, Paxton listening to Amal’s heartbeat until his breathing calmed down, his own rabbit heart harmonizing with Amal’s.
Amal's chin rested in Paxton’s hair and he murmured, “I’m sorry I scared you. I’ll throw that stupid pamphlet away if you want.”
Please. Paxton nodded into Amal’s chest. His arms tightened around Paxton. “I’d never send you away. I promise. I’d never do that.”
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Later that night Paxton would sneak out of Amal’s bed and fish the pet lib pamphlet out of the trash. Hunched over the toilet, he ripped it into tiny pieces, heart racing with every ‘ritch’ of paper, listening in the night silent apartment. The possibility of freedom floated in tiny pieces into the toilet. He flushed, watching them swirl and vanish down the drain, heart in his throat.
Paxton didn’t know Amal had another one hidden at the bottom of a desk drawer.
#whump#pet whump#pet whumpee#emotional whump#fear of abandonment#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#boxboy whump#box boy whump#Paxton and amal#Paxton#paxton and amal#paxton asks
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Here is one frame of the pax in the snow video, so you guys can see the art in full quality, if you click it at least :3
#whump#whump art#pet whump#pet whumpee#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#boxboy whump#box boy whump#paxton art#paxton and amal#ma poor baby all alone outside in the cold#better get back home quickly#amal is worried sick about you
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When you get a boxboy but your roommate and family hear ´our´ boxboy instead.
A very protective Amal done with their shit.
Detail shots under the cut:
#whump art#whump#doodle dump#paxton and amal#pet whump#boxboy#boxboys#box boy#box boys#box boy universe#boxboy whump#box boy whump
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Paxton and Amal idea.
Amal went to visit his family but got sick.
He accompanied his mentally unstable mother on the train ride to visit his older sister, but just one day into the visit, he got sick. When he told them he had to leave early to make it home before the cold knocked him out completely his mother had a nervous break down, accusing him of never having time and spoiling her trip on purpose.
He just leaves.
When he stumbles through the apartment door, three days earlier than planned, a panicked Paxton greets him. Apologizing profusely for not having cleaned the flat. Amal, bursting into sudden tears, shuts Pax up immediately.
Finally, it's Paxtons turn to care for Amal, and through that week, he completely forgets to be scared of his master.
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