Meanings
- slanglifestyleThe act or process of turning a character into a woobie.
For those unfamiliar with fanfiction, it means self-insertion and fantasy fulfillment through the woobification of a main character.
2014 January 27, Shannon Wang, “Techer^([sic]) reflects on motivation of Tumblr users”, in The California Tech, California Institute of Technology, page 42 more examples
That is, the woobification of Logan is a successful narrative process only because the text can reasonable depend on and, consequently manipulate, a fannish investment in itself; […]
2006, Afşar Yegin, "Fan-textual Television: Narrative Structure, Virtuality and Fandom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Veronica Mars", thesis submitted to Istanbul Bilgi University, page 110“Good” characters are also prone to woobification, if they are presented in canon as sympathetically angst-ridden and tormented: this class of woobie includes Remus, Sirius, Fox Mulder (X-Files) and Dean Winchester (Supernatural).
2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 100
Origin
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