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Guys, guys… There is nothing wrong with liking whump. I keep seeing it implied by people in the whump community that we like whump because something is wrong with us.
There is nothing wrong with whump and enjoying it. You can absolutely talk to your therapist or counselor about it, but if they’re good at their job, their concern would be if you have shame around your enjoyment of it. (Because you’re not hurting anybody.)
Which, there’s a lot of shame being assumed in the stuff I’m seeing. It’s not shameful. At all. Please stop projecting your shame onto the community as a whole. I am not ashamed for liking whump, and you shouldn’t be either.
THERE IS ALSO NO WRONG WAY TO ENJOY IT
- Coping mechanism/self-comfort? Valid
- Kink/ sexual gratification? Valid
- Escapism? Valid
- Sadism? Valid
- Masochism? Valid
- It’s cathartic? Valid
- Dealing with emotions in a healthy, safe way instead of hurting anyone around you? Valid
- Dealing with trauma? Valid
- The show you like didn’t deliver on the whump front? Valid
- Only into very specific/”weird”/uncomfortable stuff? Valid
- Only into cliché/done a thousand times before/ popular stuff you’ve seen people on here roll their eyes at? Valid
- You Need to satiate your urge to cause irreparable mental anguish to your followers by torturing their favourite cinnamon roll characters and making them cry? Valid
- Just rly into beat up predominantly white queer-coded pathetic pretty boys; no other dramatic reasoning? Valid Valid Valid
There is no “r i g h t” way to enjoy it, there is no “w r o n g” way to enjoy it. Just enjoy it, in the way that brings you the most joy, and tag your shit to the best of your ability. Do not let anyone tell you you can’t or that you should be ashamed for being into something that is entirely natural and makes you happy, because all they are trying to do is make you mad and get a rise out of you. Besides, you tagged everything how you’re supposed to, right? Then they can’t be mad when they find raisins in their cookie after they read the label.
I am serious, it is not that deep.
Also!
If whump wasn’t a common thing to like, mainstream media wouldnt be filled with it! The fact that there’s ALWAYS The Kidnapping Episode in EVERY show? Even in the most vanilla non violent drama? SOMEONE at like EVERY TV WRITING TABLE goes “👀what if…someone got…kidnapped????👀” and the rest of the writers end up going “fuck yeah Amanda that’s brilliant! We should have MULTIPLE SCENES where X character is tied up;)”
It’s IS common for people to like whump, they just don’t know the term/feel like they’re the only one. We’re lucky to have found community and make work not to be ashamed! Lets go besties 💅🏻💖
darkheart-despairs
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