woobification

Noun

 * 1)  The act or process of turning a character into a.
 * 2) * 2006, Afşar Yegin, "Fan-textual Television: Narrative Structure, Virtuality and Fandom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Veronica Mars", thesis submitted to Istanbul Bilgi University, page 110:
 * That is, the woobification of Logan is a successful narrative process only because the text can reasonable [sic] depend on and, consequently manipulate, a fannish investment in itself;
 * 1) * 2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 100:
 * “Good” characters are also prone to woobification, if they are presented in canon as sympathetically angst-ridden and tormented: this class of woobie includes Remus, Sirius, Fox Mulder (X-Files) and Dean Winchester (Supernatural).