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thefourthvine) wrote2010-02-27 06:56 pm
thefourthvine) wrote2010-02-27 06:56 pm
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Woobies Wanted
brown_betty and I have been discussing woobies. Further research - for the good of science! - is now required, and so I come to you for help. I need a list of woobies. TVTropes has a great page on woobies [Warning:
cherry_ice and I have determined that TVTropes is a black hole. If you click on this link, there is a chance you will never escape from the website. Leave a message for your loved ones before you click. Also it's a good idea to pack a lunch.], which features this definition:"[The woobie] is that character you want to give a big hug, wrap in a blanket and feed soup to when he or she suffers so very beautifully."
And there is, of course, a huge long list of woobies attached, but a lot of those people are woobies in canon more than in fan fiction, and I want the fannish ones. I'm looking for the person in a given fandom who is always being hurt (and then comforted), the person who you just know is going to have a secret shame or a secret trauma or a secret disease, probably while he is being raped and beaten in prison by Nazis with spiky boots. In other words, I want to know who, in your fandom, is the character who you'd immediately think of if you read this header:
Title: Recovery and Revelations Part 7, 1/???
Series: Hold Me Tight Tonight (Confronting the Darkness)
Author: I <3 Woobies!
Summary: To protect the ones he or she loves, Character X sold his or her body to evil slaver alien wizards. Now Character X is finally back home. Can the [team/family/friends/loved ones/etc.] help him or her recover?
Warnings: Noncon, dubcon, torture, past child abuse and incest, betrayal, cutting, slavery, underage sex, involuntary drug use, porn, some swears.
In the future, there will be a poll. But first, I need the names to go in the poll. So tell me: in your fandom, who is the woobie? To make this extra-challenging, especially for you people in Harry Potter and Supernatural: you can only nominate one person per fandom. I want to hear about the Woobiest in All the Land.
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For the NCIS fandom: Tony DiNozzo. Not that he would admit to being a woobie, but again with the falling on his sword thing. Gibbs occasionally does this too, but Gibbs is kickass enough to plan ahead and never actually get beaten up in the process.
For the Torchwood fandom: Ianto. This doesn't actually require explanation, does it?
For Star Trek: Reboot: Spock. Obviously. Uhura does a wonderful job of keeping him not-dead-yet. Or, you know, Kirk does. Whoever's on call that week.
For Star Trek: TOS: I don't actually read a lot of fic for this, but I'd have to say McCoy. Kirk and Spock also frequently sacrifice themselves, but when McCoy does, he always gets a lot more injured than they do.
For Psych: Shawn. I'm not actually sure I've seen fic where anyone else gets seriously injured, it's always Shawn. And it's usually because of some harebrained scheme of his to save everyone, though occasionally it's just random. Also, he has serious issues with both his parents.
For LOTR: Frodo is pretty much a walking billboard for this, isn't he?
For Firefly: ... now that I think about it, Firefly may be that one rare fandom which is entirely without woobies. I mean, Simon almost would be, but he's far too snarky, and always has to patch up himself. And Wash plays one for fun, but isn't really.
For House: Oh, House himself, obviously. You've seen the fic where he allows himself to get the shit regularly beat out of him, and then be framed for murder, to save Wilson's life? I hear rumors that the show itself has started showing his woobieness, but I'm a couple seasons behind right now.
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Not at all. Ianto Jones = Woobie. It's a first principle, really.
For Psych: Shawn. I'm not actually sure I've seen fic where anyone else gets seriously injured, it's always Shawn. And it's usually because of some harebrained scheme of his to save everyone, though occasionally it's just random. Also, he has serious issues with both his parents.
Seriously? I would so have predicted Gus. He's a woobie if I've ever seen one! (Admittedly, I've only watched about 15 minutes of Psych, total, all carefully selected and screened in advance by BB, because that is not the show for a person with an embarrassment squick. But even in vids, Gus just looks so very woobie.)
You've seen the fic where he allows himself to get the shit regularly beat out of him, and then be framed for murder, to save Wilson's life?
...No. No, I haven't seen that story.
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Also, House has a stuffed animal named Mr. Vicodin at the end, which is just delightful for several reasons. I can't actually remember the name of the fic, but it's *the* standby House-torturing epic, apparently.
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Now, of course, I am wondering what other go-to stories are. The go-to story for ridiculously prolonged Kirk/Spock courtship! The go-to story for time traveling bondage porn! The go-to story for all of your one-stop Victorians in Space with Dragons needs!
...I need a list. Another list. AIEEE.
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