Is whump the same thing as sadomasochism or is there something different about it?
That is a really fascinating question that I am not fully equipped to answer, friend.
What I can tell you is that “whump” specifically refers to a genre of fiction concerned with the suffering of fictional characters in both platonic and sexual contexts, and also the recovery/treatment of suffering characters.
“Whump” as a concept is something painful and bad that happens to a character, almost exclusively without that character’s consent internal to the narrative, or in a context where any consent in the narrative to such a thing is dubious or compelled.
You can read more about the history of the term here on fanlore.
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