Maybe it's a term that can only apply to people that try to give off an image of strong or scary, but don't back it up and make you want to hug them anyway.
Batgirl could fit that, I'd imagine. So could Aeryn, perhaps (haven't watched, am speculating, don't shoot me.) Buffy, even, perhaps, only I don't think she generally does, or Willow-trying-to-kill-Glory, maybe. Maybe it happens in Dark Angel at some point, if they ever develop characters beyond hot boy and hot girl. Might could happen with Rebecca in The Inside, too. I think Clarice Starling has it a bit.
Faith in the alley at the end of "Five by Five," maybe.
For the sake of procrastination (ye gods, I do NOT want to be at work today!), the Endless from least to most Wooberific:
Death, Desire, Destiny, Destruction, Delerium, Dream, Despair.
[edited to show that I know the difference between least and most]
people that try to give off an image of strong or scary, but don't back it up and make you want to hug them anyway
See, Cass is strong and scary. She can beat Batman in hand to hand combat. The implication, however, that she's emotionally strong (as opposed to precisely cauterised) that one may draw from her physical capability is where the woobie comes in. She's a lost little girl who can beat the world's best non-meta assassin.
Desire at second? Really? I've had maybe one halfway wooberific moment about Desire, and the rest of the time wanted to wring its fucking neck. As the good Gaiman intended, I think.
Hey, Broomy, you should buy me all of Sandman for my birthday. I'm just saying.
Come over to my house. I'll let you read them all.
and Summer, really? How do you figure?
Because I finally understood the crazy Spike fans mindset when I wanted to stomp Seth and Anna into little bits for hurting her and found myself actually *angry*. Because I often want to wrap her in a blanket and feed her soup. She's so my woobiegirl.
Desire at second? Really? I
Gack! That was completely backwards! Is fixed now!
[edit: I also have the woobie feelings about Summer. People should just BE NICE TO HER, DAMNIT.]
Gack! That was completely backwards! Is fixed now!
I figured it had to be, because in no way is Death a woobie. A role-model, hell yes. But not a woobie.
