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justbreakonme · 14 hours
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It is time.
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justbreakonme · 5 days
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Whumper always doing something sweet or soft before torturing the Whumpee, like brushing the hair out of their face or kissing their cheek.
It’s too small of a detail to mention or even remember during the rescue and the first few days of settling in with Caretaker.
But that means both Whumpee and Caretaker are completely blindsided by the intense flashback/panic attack that small, unassuming gesture caused.
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justbreakonme · 5 days
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Oh no… don’t beat them up, please! 🫣
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justbreakonme · 5 days
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Dude, my roommate is rewatching Lost, which I haven’t watched since I was a kid, but like, the whump in it? Whoa.
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justbreakonme · 6 days
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I’m sure I’m not the only “weird-kid-turned-whump-fan”
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justbreakonme · 9 days
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I feel kinda bad when my character is going on day 3 of no sleep while I’m snuggled up in bed writing about him…
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justbreakonme · 9 days
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“Please… I’m so tired.”
“Then sleep. I’ll stand guard.”
“I thought you said it was safe here?”
“It is. But you don’t feel safe, do you?”
“…not yet.”
“Then I’ll stand guard, till you can.”
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justbreakonme · 10 days
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Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:
Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.
You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.
When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.
A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)
Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)
The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.
Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.
Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.
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justbreakonme · 16 days
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I dunno if this is meta, posting it to tumblr, but eh.
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justbreakonme · 19 days
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It is Wednesday morning now, but, mood.
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justbreakonme · 19 days
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Make your Whumpee tired.
Whumpees that have been deprived of sleep by Whumper, so much so that they don't remember how to walk in a straight line and can't figure out whether the recent appearance of little black bugs in their cell are real or a hallucination.
Whumpees that can't get a full night's rest. They doze off, only to be jolted awake by their own anxiety of not knowing when Whumper would come back. Perhaps they are awakened by phlegm-coated coughs induced by their illness. They are awakened by nightmares, or by Caregiver who is worried they may succumb to hypothermia, or by a thunderstorm, or the rough blanket scratching their open wounds, or so on.
Whumpees who pull all nighters to protect their friends or lovers.
Whumpees whose eyes burn when they finally can close their eyes. Whumpees whose muscles twitch, who can't stop yawning no matter how hard they try to stifle it. Whumpees with dark, glassy eyes. Whumpees who are slow to react or have a hard time keeping up with the conversation. Whumpees with throbbing headaches. Whumpees with brain fog and memory loss.
Whumpees who have been on the run and have over exhausted their bodies. Their muscles and joints continue to scream long after its over. Whumpees with extensive blood loss. Whumpees who are malnourished.
Whumpees whose survivor's guilt keeps them awake, wondering what they might have done differently, whether it was all their fault, or why they were the ones to live.
Whumpees whose bodies are in chronic pain or illness and who have to hide it, causing muscle and mental fatigue. They keep going with a smile until they collapse or pass out.
Whumpees who break down in tears, begging to be left alone so they can rest. Whumpees who sob when they are told that the bed in front of them is theirs to use whenever they want.
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justbreakonme · 19 days
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The “oh I could definitely write this fanfic in under 5000 words and it really wouldn’t take me that long” voice in your head is actually the devil speaking
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justbreakonme · 19 days
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Caretaker finds recovering whumpee curled up in a tight little ball on the bed, hugging their pillow. Caretaker asks what's wrong, and what's on their mind, but whumpee just shakes their head and won't or can't speak about it or anything else.
Eventually caretaker just sits down next to them, petting whumpee's hair and reassuring them that they're safe.
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justbreakonme · 1 month
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Blood in the water!
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justbreakonme · 1 month
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Have your whumpee break down crying into whumpers shoulder. Let them fall apart against the only person who knows how much pain they’re in.
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justbreakonme · 1 month
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Everyone loves “Whumpee mistakes caretaker for new whumper” but what about “Whumpee mistakes new whumper for caretaker cause their standards are SO low”?
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justbreakonme · 1 month
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Your whump word(s) of the day
"... you sure you're comfortable? You don't look comfortable."
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