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starlit-hopes-and-dreams · 10 months

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I read your tags for the unpopular whump opinions post and I agree so much omg??? The male default in whump is getting a bit tiring. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike male whump, but I'm just tired of how even generic one-shots often have the type of language that implies they're meant to be read with male characters in mind, even when the pronoun "they" is featured.

Also, I kinda like the purposefully dramatic, borderline flamboyant exchanges in Hero/Villian dynamic whumpfics but it's so UTTERLY obvious that a lot of them are usually written with male characters in mind - to the point where when I see people blatantly write out Hero whumpfics with he/him pronouns, I think "Thank you, at least you're being honest with yourself."

My whump preference is for heavier sickfics (like stuff that's a bit beyond the usual "oh no whumpee has a mild cough oh no cuddles") or survival whump over generic torture and abuse, but I also like to mentally insert either my own OCs in the unspecified stuff I read and write (most of whom are women from my non-western region), or actual characters from various franchises - and I'm more active in fandoms that are female character-heavy. It's not too difficult to find what I'm looking for, but still... I also feel as though "ladywhump" is too often reserved for the more violent type of whump??? IDK, that's just my impression.

Anyway sorry for the novel, I've been a long-time whump fan but only recently started venturing into the community and I found so many people who agree with your sentiment in that post, it was refreshing to see.

Hey nonny! I'm glad that my probable tag rant resonated with you; it's always nice to know you aren't alone with your opinions in the community, and I'm happy I could provide that for you <3

(of note, I'm pretty sure I know what post you're referring to, but I can't find it and its driving me crazy lol. Any chance, if you see this, that you could send me the link? 🙏)

I can't really say if I've noticed lady whump being reserved for the more violent whump, as that's where my interests lie and I haven't really seen much outside of that, but with the reasons I've seen for why some people find lady whump triggering, that wouldn't surprise me.

I'm gonna leave off on any further opinions, as I'm not super interested in starting a discourse on lady whump, so I'll end this by saying that I sincerely wish there was more acceptance of gender equality in whump, or even just a disregard for the gender all together.

Thanks for sharing this with me, nonny! 💜

#starlit asks #Anonymous #this is where i lament my lack of organization and inability to stick to a tagging system 🥺#i had a really hard time keeping this moderate #and i hope i was successful 🤞#i really don't want to fight with anyone XD #but i do has the Opinions™ lol #that are usually tempered by smth like everyone is entitled to their preferences BUT #XD #i should probably tag this with smth like lady whump but that defeats the whole purpose of what i ranting about to begin with sooooo...#sorry not sorry? 😬

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whimpity-whumpity · 1 year

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List of my characters because even i forget sometimes and i do not expect yall to remember them when i dont even post abt them much. Will be updated as i remember more of them because there are quite literally hundreds rattling around up there.

Whumpees

Caleb (he/him, immortal, does not have a good time)

Sorin (he/him) (knockoff spiderman)

Lace (lab whumpee) (she/her) (also mind controlled via SCIENCE)

Tango (lab whumpee) (she/her)

Delta(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Yankee(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Charlie(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Lars (gladiator) (anxious big man) (he/him)

Elipso (satyr, emergency food) (they/them)

Emily (she/her)

Quinn (they/she)

Jakob (poor baby i hurt him so bad) (it/its but in a dehumanizing way, then he/him later) (he just wants to play his songs)

Donny "Trix" Riggs (he/him)

Ryder (any pronouns but I only use they/them because they'll stop letting me write them if i don't) (betrayed villain my beloved)

Amy (she/her)(???) (villain whumpee)

Bucky Ark Patton (he/him) (he works for Waylan!) (yes his initials are BAP.)

Whumpers

Arcturus (he/him) (utter asshole)

Esyn aka Emily (she/her) (shy but later also asshole because of how my power system works :<)

Sorin (really a sweetheart) (he/him) (he just wants someone to cuddle and is all kinds of fucked up)

Arson aka Gwid (alien) (they/them) (their culture has very very normalized violence and like. slave gladiators. its not great. they did not mean to come to earth. they hate it here.)

Riclle (vampire, the oldest) (he/him) ("gender? i'm fucking thirsty, fuck gender") (creepy whumper)

Tobias (vampire) (he/him) (pretends to be a creepy whumper, is just trying to protect his little brother)

Phil (he's a surprise tool that will help us later) (reference) (vampire) (he/him) (idk he might get deleted, i made him for a rp and he never really came back)

Sir Nicholas the 23rd (he/him) (PROFESSIONAL asshole. asshole EXTRORDINAIRE. i hate him so so much.)

Lukas (reluctant) (he/him) (crime family go brr) (he just wants to sell glowy clothes)

Harlow (doesn't like its job but gets paid well) (he/it) (only has this job to provide for his son)

Waylan (he/him) ("gender? is that uh, one of them new medicines?") (have you noticed i like giving assholes kids? have you?) (you will.) (her name is ronnie and i love her sm. baby. she kicks off his redemption arc.) (waylan 🤝 sorin fucked up childhoods)

Bucky (he/him) (hes literally that one stereotypical henchman i love him) (also hes trans)

Hadrian "Pike" whatever the fuck surname. (he/him) (basically he gets hired to kidnap people and keep them out of the way and or kill them)

Jude (he/they) (basically a supervillain) (feral) (but also wildly cheerful) (would just strap somebody down and sit on their lap and wait for the knife to wake them up) (giggles like a child while torturing people)

Caretakers

Quinn (they/she)

Sami (she/her) (Waylan's cousin, but she and the rest of the family think he's dead)

Karma (she/it) (hero) (bloodbender equivalent) (starts up a recovery center later <3) (also very much enjoys watching people in pain) (it hates that about herself)

Maewyn (vampire) she/her (successor to Riclle) (can't turn people)

Tobias (kind of) (vampire) he/him (he tries)

Donny (AU of Riggs) he/him (works in a temple of Melu!)

Ophi? Maybe? If she cooperates? (she/her) (Jakob's youngest sister)

Bucky!!! Ark!!! Patton!!!!! (literally he does anything his Boss tells him to hes so fucking blorbo rn)

Divines

Kypripos (Chaos and all not written below; Lord of Lost Things, Sky-Painter, and prankster. Father of Fathers, the First, etc.) doesn't really care about gender, goes by he/him through most of the story because their vessel is male.

Estor (Domain: History) he/him

Tai (Domain: War, grief, poets, and strategy) he/him

Rask (Elder Child of the Depths) xe/xem/xeir

Melu (Domain: Illness and Health, often credited with making ALL life) I've been referring to Melu with feminine pronouns till now but Melu just said no so I'm gonna just not until Melu finds some that vibe right.

Saras (Child of the Depths) Saras also sees no need for pronouns. Saras speaks in third person.

Ponma (Domain: Drama, acting, lies) (Dead) Whatever the role demands: he, she, they, xe, it, she delights in wrapping new roles around himself like a new cloak.

Rust (Child of Ponma, once known as Vera) they/them (clown)

Ent (Embodiment of "Chaos comes for all in the end") (Dead) he/they (never STARTED fights but would finish them) (same with pranks)

Misief (Domain: General mischief, pranks, laughter) (Dead) it/its (always started the fight/pranks)

Cosmo (Domain: All the things of the sky)(Dead) she/it (the token serious child)

Arcturus (Domain: magic) (dead-ish) he/him

Esyn (Domain: magic) she/her

Mara (Domain: destruction and rebirth) Similar attitude to Ponma, but less about new roles and more about destruction not needing a gender

Madac ("Sea-mother") she/they

Seli (Parent of selkies) ????

Spiren (Death) Spiren is older than the concept of eyes, Spiren doesnt give a shit. Uses "Father" in refrence to Bilen, Hen, and Renwick, though.

Bilen (Soul-chaser, "The Bear") she/her

Hen ("The Hare", Guide of Violent Ends) he/him

Renwick ("The Rabbit", Singer of Lives) (they/them)

Dara (Domain: Song) he/they

Julokal (Domain: Honorable Combat) she/her

#character list #Moss Covered Characters

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hxakfhakbcbqkk · 2 years

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Febuwhump Day Five

"Let me see"

WC:997

A/N: This one is looooonnnggggg. Once again, so sorry for referring to Caretaker and Whumper as 'sir' and 'master', there are no gender neutral terms to replace them with. (P.S. yes, they are watching Tangled.)

CWS!!! SELF-HARM, pet whump, dehumanization, 'it' as a pronoun, begging, razors, oblivious caretaker (lmk if I missed any <3)

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Whumpee fell back onto the couch. They hissed in pain as their back pressed against the cushions of the couch. They felt their wound stinging on their lower back.

This particular wound had been first created by Whumper in the first month of Whumpee’s imprisonment. It had been a punishment for not calling Whumper ‘Master’. Even now, Whumpee felt uncomfortable even thinking Whumper’s name. In order to make sure the lesson stuck with them, Whumper had continuously reopened the scar.

Now that Whumpee was with Caretaker, and safe (as Caretaker always promised). The wound had finally had time to scab over and start to fade away. But, it made Whumpee uncomfortable when they didn’t feel the constant pain on their back.

So they brought it back.

When Caretaker wasn’t looking, Whumpee had taken one of their disposable razors from the drawer in the backroom. They had slipped one of the blades out of the razor and tried to trace the scab on their back. It took two mirrors, an hour, and a lot of bandaids, but they finally managed to make a bloody, messy carving of the word ‘Pet’ on their lower back. Then, they bandaged the wound and forgot about it, only reminded when they felt its pain.

Whumpee glanced at Caretaker and saw them emerging from the kitchen while carefully nursing a large bowl of popcorn. Whumpee hurriedly sat up straight and forced their face into a smile.

(break)

The pet moved towards the arm of the couch to make room for its Master to sit with it.

“Ready?” Master asked the pet as they took the remote from the coffee table and rested their finger on the play button.

The pet nodded it’s head, even though Master was already starting the movie. They were only giving the pet the illusion that it was in control of anything. It gave the pet an odd thrill to know that there was something its Master wasn’t controlling. It was a horrible, scandalous thrill that made it a bad, bad pet. But it was nice to know that Master could never control the scar on it’s back. Master didn’t even know about the scar.

The pet leaned back against the couch, barely fighting off a wince as it felt it’s wound rub against the back of its shirt.

Clearly, it didn’t do a very good job of hiding it’s pain, as Master turned their head towards it with a questioning look on their face.

The pet’s breathing grew quicker and heavier as it started to panic. Why did it ever hurt itself? It’s Master would be so angry at it for damaging their property, the pet wasn’t worthy of deciding when it should be hurt and when it shouldn’t-

“Whumpee? Are you alright?” Master demanded, urgency lacing their voice.

“I-I apologize, sir, I didn’t m-mean to-” The pet stuttered and stumbled over its words, most likely adding to its punishment.

“It’s okay, love. I just want to make sure you’re doing alright.” Master said, more calmly now. A silence fell between the two. The pet noticed that Master had paused the movie, right as one of the animated characters was opening their mouth to say something. The expression on their face was one that was only able to be achieved through animation.

“I’m just fine, Master.” Came the pet’s long delayed response.

“Alright.” Master said in a kind tone. However, the silence returned when Master’s smile slowly faded into a neutral expression. Master didn’t say another word, but they also didn’t turn away from the pet or unpause the movie.

“Are you hurting?” Master asked, the kindness in their voice still showing, although the pet knew it was just a facade.

A stinging in its eyes appeared to match the one in its lower back. The pet tried in vain to stop the tears from flowing down their cheeks. It didn’t know why the tears kept coming out, but it started to sob uncontrollably, letting out high-pitched apologies. It knew it should stop before its Master punished it, but it couldn’t bring itself to.

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Caretaker stared in horror as they watched Whumpee’s eyes begin to fill with tears. They knew that they had said something wrong, but they couldn’t figure out what it was about their question that set Whumpee off.

Through their sobs, Caretaker could make out Whumpee nodding their head up and down, assumingly in response to Caretaker’s question.

Glad to finally have some understanding of the situation, Caretaker quickly tried to learn more.

“Let me see?” They queried the weeping Whumpee. Whumpee nodded again, wiping the tears off of their cheek with a bent index finger before they shifted on the couch until their back was facing towards Caretaker. Whumpee reached their hand behind themselves, and lifted the bottom of the shirt to reveal a mess of fresh scars on their lower back.

Caretaker gasped in surprise, gently taking the hem of the shirt out of Whumpee’s hand so they could see the scar better. As the shirt moved out of the way, Caretaker could see that the otherwise meaningless scars formed the word ‘Pet’.

“Who did this?” Caretaker asked Whumpee, trying their best to keep the anger out of their voice.

“I did.” Whumpee mumbled.

“Pardon?” Caretaker asked, their voice going comically high with disbelief.

“I did, sir.” Whumpee repeated, speaking clearly now, although their voice still cracked on the ‘sir’.

“W-why?” Caretaker questioned, partly in shock.

“I’m not u-used to not being in p-pain, Master. I’m sorry I didn-” Whumpee was starting to dissolve back into tears.

“Okay!” Caretaker almost yelled, causing Whumpee to startle.

“Okay,” Caretaker repeated, more steadily this time. “Okay, it's okay. We’ll get you fixed up together, don’t worry.”

Caretaker dropped Whumpee’s shirt back over the scars, and Whumpee turned to face Caretaker. Caretaker injected a little bit of reassurance into their smile as they stood up and held out a hand for Whumpee.

They’ll fix them up together.

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