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.

Aeryn is actually strong and scary, and does not project a need for hugs. She's not a woobie. Chiana, however? Total woobie.

Death needs the least hugs of any of them. (But she should get them anyway, because she's cute.)

I don't get a sense of woobieness from Destruction or Delirium. Del has Barnabas to keep an eye on her, and Destruction ... I just don't see him needing a hug, a blanky, and some hot soup. Or someone petting his head.

I'm thinking specifically of Destruction's story in Endless Nights. Delirium is severely damaged, and Destruction is all quiet, self-contained despair. That's where I'm getting the woobie vibe.

I think River is a woobie quite often.

Death needs the least hugs of any of them.

Yeah, she's the one who's there to give the needed hugs at the end to everyone else.

Oh whoa. Good point.

I was going to compare River to Despair earlier in that very respect, actually, but didn't want to draw out my post any longer. Both are unbalanced and damaged, but powerful in their own ways, capable of things that are disturbing and things that are adorable. And you just want to hug the crap out of 'em.

Dr Luka from ER? So damned woobie. PTSD! White Knight syndrome! Loss of wife and kids to war!

What's not to woob?

Saw Batman Begins yesterday (the Serentity trailer wasn't attached). Loooooved it. Was channel flipping last night and a trailer for BB came on.

"Uh, honeyyyyy? Wanna go see Batman again tomorrow?"

He seriously thought about it before we decided to wait a week or so and let it settle. Loved it, and I'm not a comics person, at all. So that's from someone entirely free of preconceived ideas about Batman. Loved.

I finally saw it last night and I loved it too! Action! Dramatic musical score! Hot male lead! (Yum). I'm sooo tempted to see it again tonight.

Most movies I can wait to see until it comes out on DVD, but this one might require a second go at the theater. (No Serenity trailer, though - sadness.)

Which Batman title should I read?

askye -- the only one I've liked are of the ongoing Bat-series are the "Detective Comics" penned by David Lapham. (Oh, and the Grant Morrioson JLA:Classified #1-3, but that one was rather bizarre.) Gothman Central is excellent too, but it rarely features the Bat and is more about the Gotham police. Don't know what happens after the ongoing crisis-mash though, except that DCU is about to stop playing loose with continuity.

I was reading Gotham Central before I stopped reading comics, it was interesting and I liked the storylines but hated the artwork. I couldn't keep track of the characters visually so I gave that up.

I cut out everything that dealt with War Games becuase I couldn't afford to buy that many each month.Then I stopped over xmas (same reason) and never got back.

Except at Borders I picked up a few issues of Astonishing X Men and Outsiders -- I need to get my hands on Teen Titans 24 (?) that evidentally has the end to that story line.

If someone knows what happens with Shift and that whole thing with Arsenal, if you could drop me a line @ my profile addy I'd love it.