Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoSpeculative fictioni.redd.itimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down116
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageSpeculative fictioni.redd.itMandarbmax@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squarenyahlathotep@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year ago A “woobie” is a name for any type of character who makes you feel extremely sorry for them. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWoobie Not sure it’s used properly here. They seem to be using it as a synonym for harmless. A woobie is harmless, but that’s secondary to their pitifulness.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think they probably aren’t because I never would have guessed that. Thanks for sharing!
“Woobified” is a new one for me.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWoobie
Not sure it’s used properly here. They seem to be using it as a synonym for harmless. A woobie is harmless, but that’s secondary to their pitifulness.
I think they probably aren’t because I never would have guessed that. Thanks for sharing!