Taking a character and putting them through physical and/or mental torment and is typically followed by the same character being treated for their traumas. To indicate the characters place in the situation they’d typically be called a whumpee (the character being hurt/comforted), the whumper (the character that causes harm and trauma), and the caretaker (the character designated the helping/healing/comforting the whumpee).
“The amount of whump in that movie was delicious!“
A fandom term, commonly used by fan fiction authors (particularly in the Stargate genre) to describe physical and/or mental abuse laid on a character in a story.
She was known to be a shameless Daniel-whumper in her fanfics, inflicting every possible form of torture on the character, from hangnails to decapitation.
(Noun)-- A physical reaction a person viewing a scene with whump might get. Can range between butterflies/flips in the stomach, giddiness, excitement, nervousness, a rush of energy/adrenaline, tingles, and more.