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[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Let's not agonise over word counts this week. Let's agonise over...well, agony. Let us know how you are planning on whumping the lads for your Big Bang. What's it to be, a nice unhealthy dose of pleurisy? Pneumonia? Flu and some stealth-hugging? Or how about that old favourite, hypothermia and enforced sleeping-bag/bed sharing? Always love that one myself.

Or are you going the more traditional route of the Pros era, and just planning on shooting and stabbing the lads, with maybe a broken bone or two thrown in for good measure? Enquiring minds want to know.

And then there's the matter of which one to do it all to, right? I personally have a thing for a gruff Doyle trying not to have worry make him ratty, and a Bodie all loose-limbed and wide-eyed from blood loss and/or fever/ blow to the head, etc.

But then a Doyle with all that feisty-ness whumped out of him is also rather appealing..

So share your thoughts and plans below for all the hurt/comfort we can look forward to.

And check this yahoo group out, if you like. dawnebeth and ancastar put me onto this. It's for fanfic writers to ask and get answers to medical shenanigans they want to put their characters through.

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(Best question ever? dawnebeth saw it just after she joined up:

"How long would my character live with an arrow through his heart?")

EDIT: And this one too (thanks liriel1810): Absolute Write, which apparently has lots of gory tidbits on gunshot wounds, etc.

Also, little_details on LJ. Thanks Drayce!

And I suppose I should also warn for spoilers ahead in some of the comments.

Comments

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I'll kick this off then, shall I? I'm undecided yet, but I am pretty sure it's going to be Doyle this time. I think I'll do the classic and hole them up somewhere with very few medical supplies and have them forced to make the best of it.

And a fever, There is definitely going to be a fever. And Doyle saying things he shouldn't in front of people who aren't Bodie.

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Why are most writers so evil?

Not that I mind a hurt!Bodie or a fevery!Doyle, not at all, but all the spoilers, and then it will be OCTOBER!!! until it´s posted....*whine*

Guess I have to read stories I already read, or just look out for ones with fevery!Doyle now on the Circuit Archive....

I´m off to read. (Honest, who needs clean windows anyway?)

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Sounds very good! And an excellent opportunity for fun with a Doyle with no 'filters' on what he says. *g*

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I'll do the classic and hole them up somewhere with very few medical supplies and have them forced to make the best of it.

Excellent plan - lack of medical supplies is a doozy. And a dollop of crap weather perhaps? It always adds to the fun desperation of the occasion :D Aw, poor Doyle... *cackles*

[lillianorchid.livejournal.com]

Fever and Doyle deliriously saying things he shouldn't? Sounds brilliant to me! ;D

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, what to reveal, what to reveal... *ponders* Well, it's Doyle's turn this year (although he sort of got it a bit last year too... he just suffers too beautifully *evol cackle*)

Let's see, we'll have recovery from serious gunshot injury, and a permanent disability to cope with. That'd be enough to make anyone rat-tempered. *cackles* Oh, and just to make it interesting, he's included Bodie in his 'hate the whole sodding world' mood. ;)

If anyone is interested, I've been lurking on this site :
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=66

They've got lots of really interesting bits of information and heaps of stuff about gunshot wounds and stab wounds and poisoning and... well, just about anything you can think of to do to your characters. *g*

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info on the site. I've added it to the original post.

Permanent disability, eh? I like the sound of that ( only in fandom are such words uttered so fervently:)

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Permanent disability eh? ^^

I like your style :D

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

I tend to make Doyle suffer most. I'm not sure why.

Maybe I'm following in the tradition of the show. He certainly did seem to get thumped around a lot.

And he does seem to suffer so sympathetically... and then Bodie can rescue him...

I try to be fair about who gets to save the day but I have a ways to go!

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Doyle does suffer very prettily, that is true. Martin Shaw was very good at showing Doyle in pain.

And Bodie to the rescue never gets old.

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Maybe because he doesn't try to do the 'stiff upper lip' thing? He's not afraid to show that he's in a world of hurt, even if he's not going to let it stop him from doing his job.

Bodie's definitely very good at rescue. ;)

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Gah, I have no idea yet what will befall the lads this time round although am undeniably charmed by a Bodie all loose-limbed and wide-eyed from blood loss and/or fever/ blow to the head....

The story still has 0 words to its name, just a vague idea of "mood" and setting... but I'm not feeling the pressure yet. Erm, which could be a sign I'm in denial about Big Bang realities (and most other kinds frankly).

I'm excited though, and feeling the lads love, so it's all good :D

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Hey, excited and feeling the lads love counts for a lot! I must confess to a particular weakiness for the way you hurt Bodie so deliciously well.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm just letting them worry a lot. Though Bodie does hurt his arm and keeps a stiff upper lip.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Stoical hurting Bodie is always a joy to behold. Looking forward to it!

[maddalia.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, most of my whumping so far is concentrated upon an original character. Hopefully I shall be able to generate enough sympathy for him along the way, that it is not a whumping wasted. *g*

Of the lads, though, I think it's going to be Bodie. My last long fic was horrid to Doyle, so I think it's Bodie's turn!

"Or how about that old favourite, hypothermia and enforced sleeping-bag/bed sharing? Always love that one myself."

Me too! I haven't read nearly enough of that lately. Any good recs to keep me going until BB time?

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Whump is never wasted in fanfic..*g* And I heartily approve of your decision to hurt Bodie this time around.

As to hypothermia, I'm forever freezing their bollocks off and dumping them in cold water, if you wouldn't mind a couple of shameless self-recs?

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked I tell you, S-H-O-C-K-E-D, that you would even ask such a question. Hurt one tiny hair on our beloveds heads? Shame on you I say. *whistles*

Hey, I'm practising my innocent look today. *nods*

I like little_details, right here on livejournal, for your whumping details... well, for a lot of other sorts of details too.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Heh. Fandom is about the only context where it's okay to revel in inflicting pain - and the more the better.

And thanks for that comm. I'll link to it in the main post.

[murphybabe]

Never mind them - it's me that's in agony. My hard drive has died and the man said I will most likely lose all my data. That's 7000+ of BB gone. I am gutted.

If I can either retrieve or recreate it, Doyle was in a lot of pain, last time I looked.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooooooo...! God, that's awful about your hard drive. I really hope you can somehow recover it. We *need* Doyle in pain.

[marjorammax.livejournal.com]

It's good to see that I'm not in a minority. I enjoy reading a story soooo much more if there is a healthy (or not) dose of whump in it. And of course, the comfort to go with it (I hate to be short changed on that). I tend to shy away from permanent disability, though - I like my boys to recover so they can go out and do it all again.

And in my story, I'm afraid it's both boys that get battered, which is what happens when I like both of them equally (honestly, despite what the damage may lead you to believe I do like them!).

There's a whole plethora of injuries - gunshot and stab wounds, broken bones, beatings, you name it. Mind you, I may reduce some of the suffering if it seems a bit much when the story is completed.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I tend to shy away from permanent disability, though - I like my boys to recover so they can go out and do it all again. I like your logic!

And wow, that's a nice bunch of whump coming our way.

[judesmk.livejournal.com]

Well ... let's see. I think I'm going for the emotional route so there will be angst, lots and lots and lots of angst. Then there's Bodie going to war. And there will be shooting and a memory loss Doyle. Oh and did I mention angst!

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

War and angst *and* memory loss? Bring it on, say I!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I'm not having the pain that somebody will suffer be from gunshots or knives or bacteria or a virus. No broken bones either. It's a surprise! :) And it will be either Bodie or Doyle. No wait, it's both! *cackles evilly*

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

You're such a tease! Heh.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Hee, am so pleased to see that the lads are going to be suffering somewhat.

I feel somehow that this makes me a bad person but I do not care after all they are so pretty when in pain.

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

*nods* Doyle in particular suffers beautifully.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Following in the tradition of last years BB story, I'm once again taking it out on Doyle. He gets shot, beat up, betrayed, beat up again (by Bodie!), relives some physically painful memories from his past... and that doesn't even begin to cover the emotional trauma I have planned for him. Hard to believe I'm a "Doyle Dame"! Imagine what would happen to him if I didn't favour him *g*.dawnebeth offered medical advice, but I think the poor lad is going to need some quality time with Kate Ross when I've finished with him!

This all assumes that I'll get past the 'plot-that-has- stalled-and-won't-budge" conundrum I'm in now. :-(

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Oh my, you've really got it in for Doyle this year, haven't you? *g* Poor baby. I do hope he gets lots of cuddles and kisses (and other stuff) from Bodie when it's all over.

I do hope you can get over your 'blockage'.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

I can't really say 'cause it would be spoileryish, but just know - they do it to each other. :smirks:

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Now that's just evil!

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm planning on physically whumping Bodie, but Doyle will come in for an emotional kicking too. And I'm not going to give many details, except to say that it's a sequel to my zombie story so there may be, ya know, zombies involved.

[marjorammax.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I loved your zombie story and I can't wait to read the sequel. A physically whumped Bodie, emotionally kicked Doyle, and zombies - who could ask for anything more?

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

mine isn't *too* angsty this year, for a change. But where there is pain, it will be Doyle enduring it. *sniff*