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One of my favourite simple yet effective whump tropes??
Pistol whipped!
Maybe they’re on their knees, held at gun point yet still quippy and sarcastic. Their captor gets fed up and with one quick strike, they crumple to the ground, out cold.
Character B hacks another cough into their hands, probably their hundereth of the day.
Except this time, as they glance down, they see specks of blood amongst the phlegm.
Well that’s new.
“That’s practically a blizzard out there- you’ll never find them!”
“Well I at least have to try!”
In light of all the snowy weather my area is having, consider:
Character A, their friends or their team following a trail of bloodied snow to find an injured and lost Character B.
“Now, now, darling- You just keep your pretty lips shut.”
One of my favourite rare/underused whump tropes??
Locked in a freezer.
Especially those kind of ice chests?? Like freezer boxes?? Only just big enough for someone to fit in, not much room to move at all.
Someone beaten and shoved into one of those. The bad guy either locks it or shoves something heavy on top. Our character jolts their back into the lid, realising with horror that it won’t budge. Maybe they’re manhandled in, bound and gagged, praying for their friends to find them.
Or one of those walk in freezers in stock rooms?? Our character is moving some boxes around when whatever’s propping the door open shifts and the door swings closed, locked. Or perhaps our character is fighting our bad guy, who shoves them in and locks the door, making eye contact through the little window before leaving. Or maybe our characters friend or co-worker closes the automatically locking door, without realising someones in there.
Maybe I’ll go on about it another time but I think the concept is pretty niche, I never really see it
Character A is left standing alone in the hallway of the hospital, clothes stained with Character B’s blood.
A feverish Character B leaning into Character A’s cool touch
Something I enjoy: Person not used to being carried gets carried
Character A enters the dark living room to suppressed whimpers and hitched breaths.
“Character B?? You okay??” They ask, barely able to make out Bs hunched form on the couch.
“Yeah. Yeah I’m fine.” B hisses through grit teeth.
Character A furrows their brow before fumbling around for the light switch, flipping it on as they find it.
The first thing they see is Character B slumped on the couch, face a sickly pale shade.
The second thing they see is the wad of paper towels Bs got clutched against their stomach, soaking up an alarming amount of blood.
“I’m not going to hurt you,” Character A says softly, inching closer with placating hands, “It’s okay, I’m here to help.”
Character B, skittish like a wild animal, attempts to squeeze themself further back into the corner.
“I’m a grown man, I am not gonna use kitty-cat plasters!”
“I’m sorry, what do you mean kind-of stabbed?!”
Character b falls in love with their undercover life. They wish they could live this fictional life forever. But all good things have to come to an untimely end.
Just when they’re finally about to rest, sleep-deprived Character B gets called to duty.
“I’m fine.” Character B insists through ragged breaths, “It doesn’t even hurt.”
In the past, Character B was hurt after revealing something personal about themself. Now, even with close friends, they struggle to share it.
After having a nightmare, Character B wakes up fighting, deaf to the reassurances of Character A.
Character B wakes up in hospital and is surprised to see their friends/team all there, in varying degrees of alertness.
“Why are you all here?? Don’t you have important things to do??” B asks Character A, the only one fully awake.
A gives them a perplexed look, “‘Cause we care about you, dumbass, that’s why.”
Character B gets hurt due to their friends negligence.
Only once they take a brief moment to sit down does Character B realise how tired they really are.
“Hey, I’m sorry to bother you, but-uh, I’m at the hospital. Could-could you come get me??”
“Uh,,, I don’t think your ankle is supposed to bend that way,,,”
Character A being the stoic leader, refusing to negotiate with the enemy side. But as soon as Character B is put in danger, A folds.
Character b sustains an injury but tries to ignore it, only to painfully peel back their clothing a couple days later to find a definitely infected wound.
Character b, bloody and disheveled, stumbling into Character As room/house. With a desperate look, b collapses to the floor.
Kidnapping whump can be so good, theres so many options,,,
Do they get drugged and wake up in an unfamiliar place?? Do they get a gun dug into their back and a whispered threat to comply?? Do they get jumped on the street and manhandled into a van??
What about once they’re there?? How do they react?? Are they stoic and unbreakable?? Defiant and quippy?? Or are they terrified, begging to be let go?? Do they cry?? Scream?? Or stay silent no matter what??
And what do their captors want?? Information?? Does b tell?? Or perhaps they want to send a message, to hurt someone close to b. Or maybe its personal, maybe they just want b.
What do they do to b?? Just rough them up a bit?? A couple strong punches or kicks?? Some threats, maybe?? Or do they go further?? Broken fingers, water boarding, whips?? Severed toes, extracted teeth, eye puncture?? Do they condition them or use non con or dehumanize them??
How does it end?? Are they rescued by their team, friends, caretaker or even enemy?? Do they escape on their own or with other victims?? Are they set free, after the captors are done with them?? Does their story end with the sweet release of death?? Or does it never end??
Ahhhhh, kidnapping,,,
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“Character B, you’re sick! Please just lay down and rest.”
“I’ll rest when I’m dead!”
“And that’s gonna be far sooner than you think if you don’t just lay down!”
Okay but manhandling??
Getting forced roughly to their knees ((perhaps with a gun pointed at their face))
Getting roughed up as a threat ((and their friends/caretaker finding out))
Slammed against a wall
Arms twisted painfully behind their back
A hand harshly covering their mouth
An arm wrapped around their neck, back flush against their captor
Grabbed by the hair
Grabbed around the midsection and lifted as they struggle
Grabbed by their shirt collar and pinned against a wall
Yeah,,, manhandling very good