Woobie

What you get when a male character is written in a fanfic as an insufferably girly, helpless, wet-blankety, useless pile of quivering jelly. It 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. Characters are often woobified if the character is--or if the fanfic writer believes the character is--angsty; the apparent reasoning is that if the character is sad about something, he must be just waiting for a Mary Sue to come talk to him and heal him. This is especially bizarre when it's very different from the his canon characterization, for example Severus Snape, Sweeney Todd, and Sauron.

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

Disturbingly enough, Sweeney Todd is often woobiefied.