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Whumpers often aren’t given enough love by the narrative or the writer. How they justify their actions to themself – or refuse to justify their actions to themself – can add so much depth to how they interact with other characters. Most people aren’t completely desensitized to violence – we’re social animals, and as such seeing each other in pain is a hardwired empathy response (for most people), and social conditioning typically reinforces compassionate behavior. Even if your Whumper is desensitized to the violence they commit, you need to think about why; who they were before, what happened/when they stopped being distraught by other people’s pain. All too often their motivations, thought process, personality – it all seems to fall flat compared to more developed Whumpees and Caretakers.
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