woobify

present singular third person woobifies · participle present woobifying · participle past woobified · past woobified

1. slanglifestyleTo make into a woobie.

   The use of a Disney theme song again "woobifies" our principal characters, and, like Miller, homonormativizes their relationship: […]

   2022, Bruce M. King, Lynn Kozak, “#Patrochilles: Find the Phallus”, in K. R. Moore, editor, The Routledge Companion to the Reception of Ancient Greek and Roman Gender and Sexuality, unnumbered page

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   (For some reason, Lucius and Tom are less prone to being woobified, perhaps because there is almost nothing potentially sympathetic about them for fans to grab on to, and the pleasure of villainy thus overrides the woobification impulse.)

   2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 100

   As a hero of Teen Wolf, Derek is not woobified in the traditional sense of the word, but some fans do feel that his flaws are downplayed in fic. Generally speaking, woobifying occurs in connection with villains, such as Kylo Ren in Star Wars or Lex Luthor in Smallville.

   2020, Katharine Elizabeth McCain, "Today Your Barista Is: Genre Characteristics in The Coffee Shop Alternate Universe", dissertation submitted to Ohio State University, page 167