Woobification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Woobification is a noun meaning (fandom slang) The act or process of turning a character into a woobie.
Meaning
(fandom slang) The act or process of turning a character into a woobie.
Example Sentences
For those unfamiliar with fanfiction, it means self-insertion and fantasy fulfillment through the woobification of a main character.
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; […]
“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).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include woobie, wolfaboo, weaboo, weeb, westaboo, whorification.
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