Woobie

A woobie is a male character that is (usually) mature and masculine in canon that in fanfic is an insufferably girly, helpless, wet-blankety, useless pile of quivering jelly. Woobies cry at the drop of a hat and scream hysterically in situations where IC characters would maybe have raised their voice a tad. Woobifying, turning a character into a woobie, happens a lot in badslash, but also in Sue stories where the Sue is a "strong woman" and needs to prove how tough she is by making the men look weak and stupid.

Woobification is strongly related to hurt/comfort. The woobie is given an angsty past or present or something else to cry about, and Mary Sue or his Twu Wuv come talk to him and kiss away the booboo. In some, often occuring cases, a murder or sociopath, such as Sweeney Todd or The Joker, is found to be angsting about their behaviour. Something that is in blatant contradiction of their canon characterization. Other characters this happens to are e.g. Severus Snape, and Sauron.

The most frequently woobiefied character is Legolas. Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter, and Voldemort tie for a close second.