FINALLY got around to watching Outlander - Monsters and Heroes and hoo boy am I glad I did. I knew the whump would be fantastic because I read the book, but it was still glorious to witness and reminded me of two tropes I’d forgotten how much I’d loved:
The “we’re technically on the same side but don’t trust/like each other very much, but oh no now you’re dangerously injured/sick and I have to take care of you will this lead to us actually understanding one another a little better and maybe becoming a proper team??” trope And of course the “you take care of me a lot and always end up gently poking fun at my stupidity/stubbornness or being stern with me that I got myself into danger like this but now you’re just being really gentle and kind and haven’t snapped at me once oh god what does this mean am I dying” trope
1x02,“Castle Leoch”, whipped, scars, bandages, self-sacrifice, hurt in previous injury, blody nose, supported, limping, tended to
1x05,“Rent”, reveals scars in front of a crowd, angst, upset
1x06,“The Garrison Commander”, mandhandled, shackled to a post, whipped, grabbed by the hair, collapses, close to passing out
1x08,“Both Sides Now”, manhandled, held at gunpoint
1x09,“The Reckoning”,slapped
1x10,“By the Pricking of My Thumbs”, fight, kicked, stabbed in the side, wound stitched shut
1x12,“Lallybroch”, flashback to being whipped, manhandled, hands chained, held at gunpoint
1x13,“The Watch”, held at gunpoint twice (both very brief), fight, walks into a trap, captured
1x15,“Wentworth Prison”, chained at the wrists and feet, sentenced to execution, hit in the back, punched in the stomach, manhandled, imprisoned, tries to free himself, captor toys with him/power play, choked, hand broken with hammer, slapped, almost rescue, self sacrifice, hand nailed to a table, non consensual kissing, creepy touching
1x16,“To Ransom a Man’s Soul”, trauma, aftermath of rape, unresponsive, hallucinations, wounds treated, bandaged, suicidal, slapped, kicked, brand mark, flinching, aversion to touch, brand cut out of his skin, hand bandaged, sling, limping. Flashback: hand nailed to table, non consensual touching, rape, believes wife to be dead, hallucinaition, made to brand himself
2x01,“Through a Glass, Darkly”, hand bandaged, heavy breathing, PTSD from the rape, scar reveal to his cousin
2x02,“Not in Scotland Anymore,” nightmare, PTSD, slow healing from the rape
2x04,“La Dame Blanche”, worry for Claire when she is poisoned, emotional whump, finds out his torturer/rapist is still alive, vulnerable, opens up about his trauma
2x06,“Best Laid Schemes…”, fakes having smallpox, punched in the face, attacked, knocked out, sword fight, arm injury, arrested
2x09,“Je Suis Prest”, whipped with belt (sort of self punishment)
2x10,“Prestonpans”, battle bruising and injuries
2x13,“Dragonfly in Amber”, punched, fight, bandaged hand, tearful goodbye to his wife
3x01,“The Battle Joined”, various battle injuries, choked, dazed, heavy breathing, slashed across the thigh, hallucinates Claire, hears his friends’ executions, tears, head wound, weak
3x02,“Surrender”, fugitive, has to watch Fergus get his hand choped off to save him, guilt, tears, grief
3x03,“All Debts Paid”, suicidal/gives up, offers his sister to turn him in, gunpoint, arrested, shackled, manhandled (briefly), marks on his wrists from shackles, on his knees, blade to the throat, cold, tied to the back of a horse, forced to walk
3x04,“Of Lost Things”, prisoner, servitude, captor plays power games with him, dub-con sex (he does not really get much of a choice)
3x05,“Freedom & Whisky”, passes out (very end of the episode)
3x06,“A. Malcolm”, comes to, tearful reunion with Claire, scars
3x07,“Crème de Menthe”, runs into a burning building to rescue friend, coughing, weak, heavy breathing
3x08,“First Wife”, cold, emotional whump, slapped, held at gunpoint, shot, tended to/bullet removal, wound stitched shut, bandaged, wincing, feverish, heavy breathing, arm in sling, worry for Young Ian
3x10,“Heaven and Earth”, worry for Claire, held at gunpoint (very briefly), manhandled, seasick, locked up
3x12,“The Bakra”, arrested, manhandled
3x13,“Eye of the Storm”, shackled, fight, choked, thrown, knocked out, worry for Claire, goes overboard ship, nearly drowns
4x01,“America the Beautiful”, talks of his rape to help Young Ian through his trauma, punched, manhandled, beaten up
4x02,“Do No Harm”, emotional whump, guilt over not protecting Claire
4x06,“Blood of My Blood”, held at gunpoint, manhandled, worry for his son
4x09,“The Birds and the Bees”, teary-eyed, reunion with his daughter
4x10,“The Deep Heart’s Core”, bandaged hand, talks of his own rape with Brianna to help her through her trauma, guilt over selling out Roger
4x11,“If Not for Hope”, guilt over sending Roger away, emotional whump, Claire comforts him
4x13,“Man of Worth”, attacked, forced to his knees, held at gunpoint, surrender, tears, punched in the face, beaten up
5x01,“The Fiery Cross”, angst, has to hunt down his friend, tears
5x02,“Between Two Fires”, angst, has to hunt down his friend (who dies in his arms)
5x06,“Better to Marry than Burn”,slapped
5x07,“The Ballad of Roger Mac”, cuts his hand
5x09,“Monsters and Heroes”, bitten by venomous snake, field medicine, bandaged, heavy breathing, sweaty, leans on Roger to walk, throws up, delirious, tended to, infection, has to consider amputation, saved at the last minute
5x11,“Journeycake”, worry for Claire when she is kidnapped (brief)
6x01,“Echoes”, flashback to him being a prisoner, forced labour, self-sacrifice, flogged as punishment, hallucinates Claire, limping
6x03,“Temperence”, mild emotional whump when he finds and has to stop Fergus from killing himself
This is mainly a Jamie whump list at this point, but here are a few other episodes with good whump for other characters
Young Ian (John Bell)
3x07,“Crème de Menthe”, assaulted, manhandled, shot at, trapped in burning building, rescued, heavy breathing
3x08,“First Wife”,kidnapped
3x12,“The Bakra”, kidnapped, manhandled, thrown to the ground, locked up, drugged, implied rape at Geilis’ hands
3x13,“Eye of the Storm”, manhandled, gagged, tied up, rescued, tears, comfort
4x01,“America the Beautiful”, fear, trauma from his time with Geillis
4x10,“The Deep Heart’s Core”, slapped, nosebleed
4x13,“Man of Worth”, self sacrifice, offers to stay with the Mohawks to save Roger, emotional whump, tears, beaten up
5x08,“Famous Last Words”, withdrawn, hints of past trauma from his time with the Mohawks, suicidal, Roger averts his suicide attempt
6x04,“Hour of the Wolf”, emotional whump, flashback to integration ritual with the Mohawks, tears, he and his wife have a series of miscarriages until she make shim leave her, gets into a fight, grieves his dead child
Fergus Fraser (César Domboy)
3x06,“A. Malcolm”, wooden hand from amputation
3x11,“Uncharted”, briefly made to feel self conscious about his missing hand
4x11, “If Not for Hope”, slight emotoinal whump, can’t find work because he’s disabled, punched in the stomach
6x01,“Echoes”, makes disparaging comments about himself/self-worth issues, emotonal whump, implied alchohol abuse
6x03,“Temperence”, emotional whump, feels inadequate because of his missing hand, big fight with Marsali, mentions of childhood trauma as a brothel-boy to Claire, graphic self-harm/suicide attempt, rescued by Jamie
* Being underage in season 2, I elected to not list any of the bad things that happen to Fergus in that season but to any considering watching and needing a trigger warning, know that Black Jack does rape him in 2x07, it’s pretty upsetting to watch. He is also amputed as a teenager in 3x02.
Roger WakefieldMacKenzie(Richard Rankin)
4x03,“The False Bride”, slapped, emotional whump
4x07,“Down the Rabbit Hole”, manhandled, restrained, emotional whump, angst
4x08,“Wilmington”, emotional whump, teary-eyed, Brianna sends him away
4x09,“The Birds and the Bees“, Jamie wrongfully beats him up, believing he raped Brianna
4x10,“The Deep Heart’s Core”, captured by Mowhawks, hands tied to a horse, forced to walk, badly bruised, slapped, exhaustion, falls down cliff
4x11,“If Not for Hope”, bruised and beaten, held captive, hands tied, punched
4x12,“Providence”, bruised and beaten, limping, whimpering, arm in sling, shoved, imprisoned in a hut, manhandled
4x13,“Man of Worth”, rescued, support, limping, fight, beaten up
5x01,“The Fiery Cross”, cuts himself while shaving
5x02,“Between Two Fires”, slight short sightedness
5x07,“The Ballad of Roger Mac”, fight, beaten up, manhandled, hanged
5x08,“Famous Last Words”, rescued, operated on, PTSD, trauma from and flashback to the hanging, temporary muteness, recovery
5x09,“Monsters and Heroes”, worry for/caretaker for Jamie, exhaustion, overexertion, damaged voice from his hanging
6x03,“Temperence”, mild whump when he dives into the river to rescue baby Henri-Christian
