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Where a male character who is {{Badass|Tropes}} in canon is depicted as physically or emotionally vulnerable in a fan work for no apparent reason except that it makes the author's favorite {{Ship|ping}} easier to sail.
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named Bob. Bob's [[TheBigGuy a big guy with a solid presence]]: he never gets pushed around and he'll pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. And he also [[HomoeroticSubtext has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and- huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
[[FlatWhat What.]]
Congratulations: you've just seen [[TitleDrop Wimpification]] at work.
Similar to {{Chickification}}, this is the trope in which a FanFic writer depicts a character as more vulnerable (physically and emotionally) than he is in canon, usually in order to [[{{shipping}} facilitate a sexual relationship]] with another character of the same sex. Unlike the HurtComfortFic, where the writer [[BreakTheCutie breaks]] Bob with trauma so that Charlie can comfort him, these fics give no justification for Bob's drastic [[CharacterizationTropes personality]] change, except perhaps a HandWave. Further, these fics omit or downplay the 'comfort' upward-trend of the Hurt-Comfort plot -- Bob never fully regains his independence and will always need Charlie to be his dominant, assertive {{Seme}}.
Administrivia/TropesAreTools and this may be done well (or at least subtly enough so as not to jar the reader). One way is to explore a character's existing, {{canon}}ically established flaws and foibles. Another way is to put Bob ''and'' Charlie through the emotional wringer, letting them build their relationship on more or less equal footing while keeping the vulnerability which drives this trope. Another angle is to simply admit that this is RomanticisedAbuse: [[BastardBoyfriend Charlie's exploitation]] of Bob's helplessness is the reason the work appeals to the author and/or the intended audience.
This trope is loaded with potential UnfortunateImplications, mostly by insinuating a correlation between [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and positional preference in bed. In layman's terms, this trope can create the impression that "real men don't take it in the ass" and "taking it in the ass makes you a lesser man." That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
In drawn fanworks, comics or doujinshi where the artist depicts the characters using a different[=/=]stylized art style than what is used canonically or in most other fanworks - particularly one you have never seen before or where all the characters look different from what you are familiar with - this trope is not present unless the character in question is either acting OutOfCharacter in a {{Wimpification}} manner and[=/=]or is drawn much smaller and more feminine than the other characters. A drawing style where everyone is similarly different ''is not this trope.'' Please keep this in mind.
Anime fans refer to this process as ukefication (see {{Uke}}).
Subtrope of OutOfCharacter. See AdaptationalWimp for non SlashFic or gender related version of this. Compare BadassDecay, for when a character becomes a wimp within a single work. Compare AggressiveSubmissive.
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* [[Ukefication/AnimeAndManga Anime and Manga]]
* [[Ukefication/LiveActionTV Live Action TV]]
* [[Ukefication/VideoGames Video Games]]
* [[Ukefication/WesternAnimation Western Animation]]
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* Any even slightly feminine (or even just less masculine/shorter than the designated partner) character is almost guaranteed to be put through this repeatedly. Heck, even the [[TestosteronePoisoning super manly]] characters will probably be subject to this at least once as part of a subversion or gag, this trope is just that common.
* While a lot of {{Yaoi}} manga are written clearly for [[PornWithoutPlot PWP]] and/or [[{{Lemon}} Smut]] purposes with wildly typical (and ridiculous) stereotypes amongst the characters, some generally well-written or at least intriguing [[BoysLove BL]] manga might, in a clumsy stroke of depiction, mismanage the personality of the character designated as the "uke/neko/bottom," transforming him from a strong/quirky/interesting independent character to a weepy generic {{Moe}}-blob in (and worse, ''out'') of bed once he and his love interest get together.
* ''Minotaur's Sex Tips For Slash Writers'' has this to say about it:
--> One thing to be wary of is writing one partner as the "[[{{Uke}} wife]]". Men, even gay men, are trained to be less emotionally open, less demonstrative. Yes, we do feel, and even occasionally cry, but gay men are every bit as emotionally closeted as their straight counterparts. Think of all the troubles you have in your relationships with men, and then double them. Instead of just one partner being distant, uncommunicative and emotionally stunted, both are.
* Fics set in an "[[AlphaAndBetaWolves Omegaverse]]" pretty much do this by default -- make Bob an Omega to Charlie's Alpha and he'll not only be smaller and more vulnerable but he'll periodically go into heat (yes, really) and ''need'' Charlie to fix his problem. For bonus points, [[MisterSeahorse he can even get pregnant]] from the experience.
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* As screwy as it sounds, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] often gets the raw end of the deal because of the [[OneHeadTaller "yaoi rule of height"]], with contributing factors such as traits like his fondness of sugar [[note]] [[ForgetsToEat because it's all he consumes aside from beans for energy for durations of time]][[/note]], [[{{Kuudere}} social and sexual reclusiveness]] [[note]] [[AbusiveParents because of his abusive prostitute mother]][[/note]], and [[GutturalGrowler tendency to make inhuman growls]] [[note]]because he does that while jumping out of a window on the fifth floor of a building[[/note]].
* Although every one of the ComicBook/XMen has had this happen to them at some point or other, losing all identity in the face of the sheer, unmitigated studliness of {{Wolverine}}, probably the worst victim is [[GentlemanThief Gambit]]. 60-70% of all X-Men slash is Logan/Remy, painting the latter as submissive, cringing, or all-around pathetic. While he canonically has moments of {{Angst}}, the slash fanbase enjoys cranking that UpToEleven in fiction. And it's ''not'' limited to slash.
** Even Wolverine isn't exempt from ukefication at times. Take, for instance, a fanfic of Beast/Wolverine, which eventually renders Wolverine's inner animal totally submissive towards his pack alpha. Beast, resident GentleGiant GeniusBruiser, is now of course willing to [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex jam it into Wolverine without using any lube]] in order to put him in his place.
%%** Even ''[[AxCrazy Sabretooth]]'' gets this.
** Nightcrawler, for reasons as obvious as Legolas from LOTR, tends to fall victim of this in fan fiction. While Kurt has shown that he's capable of being a badass in canon, in the land of fan fiction, especially when shipped with Wolverine, he plays the role of a damsel in distress who has to depend on Logan to get him out of a jam.
** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} too, especially when paired with Wolverine, but it is also a big theme in the growing number of fanworks that pair him with Captain America. Although to the writers' credit they do mix it up with him; they tend to expand on the traits he shows in canon (read: AmbiguousDisorder) to try to make him seem more innocent, especially in the realm of sex, which normally takes the form of him not understanding that provoking the homophobic mutant haters by flirting is a bad idea. This stops making sense when in the narrative of the story he is outright mentioned as having slept with other men.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} in megamatt09 fanfic "Girl of Steel" is turned into a mopey ball of angst who becomes useless when he loses his powers and whose whining gets on [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]], [[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe]]'s nerves.
* [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] whenever he's paired with [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]. People seem to forget that though he may be something of a {{Woobie}}, he's a JerkassWoobie and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It doesn't help that in the AlternateUniverse, where they do end up canonically together, Tony was [[GenderFlip Natasha Stark]].\\
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It's pretty easy to tell which side a Steve/Tony slashfic falls on by figuring out whether the fic's implication is a) Tony briefly dropping his canon control-freak persona is a huge, jaw-dropping deal that shows how special Steve is to him, or the fic's implication is that b) Tony ''must'' have a natural Uke-ish personality all the time (inexplicably [[HandWave hand-waving]] his canon control freak tendencies). Choice b) obviously requires a lot of canon warping.
** The opposite also happens, (mostly in the movie fandom) with Steve being portrayed as a shy, sexually inexperienced boy scout who needs Tony to teach him how to [[MemeticMutation 'fondue']].
* In [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson]] fics, Dick gets hit by this trope fairly frequently. This phenomena is unique in that it manages to be both a pretty justified-by-canon characterization ''and'' full-fledged FridgeHorror at the same time. You see, Dick ''did'' have this sort of personality and this sort of emotional dynamic with Bruce. In fact, he's had it for most of his existence (since 1940!). The problem? The period in his lifetime where Dick had this sort of dynamic with Bruce ''was when he was Robin, i.e. '''underage'''''. Cue {{Squick}}.
%%** Just about every single male member of the Bat-Family has fallen victim of this. Even Red Hood.
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%%* Happens to Kirk in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', though it's not unexpected. Chekov gets this constantly, no matter who he's shipped with.
* In ''Film/{{District 9}}'' SlashFic (what little there is), Wikus is generally turned from a mentally unstable and violent HalfHumanHybrid to a scared little kitten who quickly abandons his smoking-hot wife for a seven foot tall grasshopper, and may or may not mother its children.
* Sometimes in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' fanfiction, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow -- who is most pleased while torturing mental patients or verbally stomping everyone else in the room -- becomes weirdly effeminate. And wimpy. And willing to lick dirt off his partner's shoes. Huge insult to him and to women. Really, just because the guy's scrawny doesn't mean he's not a power-hungry, self-respecting villain. Probably has to do with Batman pulling his hair in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Fic writers liked the imagery so much, they decided that Scarecrow liked it too. Well, that and the fact that Creator/CillianMurphy is a very good-looking person.
** Fortunately, a more enlightened individual documented a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6357074/ rather creative response]].
* Fans of [[Film/TheATeam The A-Team]] seem to forget that the members of the titular team are all highly trained Army Rangers, especially when there’s a change for some [[HurtComfortFic hurt/comfort]] in a story. Face and Murdock are usually the ones who suffer the worst of this. Both [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Face]] and Murdock have canon [[{{Backstory}} backgrounds]] that render them especially vulnerable to this trope. Face is almost always portrayed in these situations as a young soldier in order to avoid accusations of being OutOfCharacter, while Murdock is often seen at the mercy of his [[{{Canon}} unspecified]] mental illness, and some iterations of this are actually accepted as {{Fanon}}. However, some highly dedicated [[{{Fangirl}} fanfic writers]] have even been witnessed making Hannibal their preferred target for {{Wimpification}}.
* Professor Charles Xavier, thanks to being played by the [[PrettyBoy very pretty]] Creator/JamesMcAvoy in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', more often than not plays {{Uke}} to [[TallDarkAndHandsome Erik Lehnsherr]].
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Similar to his comic book counterpart, after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' premiered, it's become fairly common nowadays in Marvel movie fics to depict Steve Rogers -- who in movie canon tells bullies to shut up in theaters, gets into fights all the time, talks back to Nazi super soldiers like ComicBook/RedSkull, risks a court martial to do the right thing, immediately assumes a word shared between his LoveInterest and another guy is a dirty sexual innuendo, leads [[BadassCrew the Howling Commandos]] in WWII, and vows a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who hurt his friends -- as some kind of adorable harmless, innocent, [[VirginityMakesYouStupid naive]] overgrown puppy who's ripe for the picking by either Tony Stark/Iron Man, Howard Stark, Black Widow, Darcy from ''Thor'', Thor himself, Loki, Bucky (!) -- hell, practically every Marvel movie character.
** Tony Stark frequently suffers from this as seen under the Comics entries, as well as being on the short side of the Slashfic Height Rule.
** This is done ''constantly'' to Loki, with whom it is especially absurd. Far from being the superhumanly strong and superhumanly robust life-long warrior and powerful sorcerer he is in the films, he's written as fragile and passive, unable to defend himself and in constant need of protection. Going hand-in-hand with this is the extreme physical modification he undergoes: he's invariably described and illustrated as tiny and dainty in spite of the fact that he actually towers over most of the Avengers and only Thor and Hulk can take him in a fight. The popular pairing of Tony Stark/Loki nearly always makes Loki the uke and, hilariously, tends to draw Tony (5'8") as the big manly man looming over a delicate, helpless Loki (6'2"). Keep in mind that Loki in the MCU has not only given the Avengers a run for their money but also came close to killing Thor. The guy even succeeded in taking the throne of Asgard. Yet in fics relating to him you'd swear that he's some fragile piece of glass who'd shatter at the slightest physical contact.
** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits.
** Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
** Bucky also gets hit with this pretty badly at times. While a more understandable example than most in that his canon depiction does exhibit the kind of severe BreakTheCutie and subsequent emotional fragility that is typically used to justify such a characterization, fanfic tends to {{Flanderize}} him to the point of absurdity, turning him from a traumatized but still snarky and powerful super soldier to a helpless weepy kitten who can barely function without the support of his love interest.
%%** Peter Parker gets hit with this whenever he's paired with Tony Stark.
* The eponymous ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' gets this all the time. For everyone. Men, women, villains, heroes, Watson, alternate versions of himself and Watson, [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective mice...]]
* Most {{Film/Inception}} fics are Arthur/Eames. Most of those have Arthur being consistently sexually submissive, but his characterization can vary.
* In ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', Inspector Javert frequently gets this thanks to [[IronWoobie his past]] and one certain scene where Javert wants Monseiur Madeleine (who is Jean Valjean actually) to reprimand him for accusing Madeleine of being Valjean with these lines, "Press charges against me, sir". Never mind that in [[Literature/LesMiserables the novel]] and in [[Theatre/LesMiserables the musical]], he doesn't angst much on his past and still suspects that Madeleine is Valjean.
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[[folder:Literature]]
%%* A lot of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy]] fic contains this, in one way or another.
%%** And Remus Lupin/Sirius Black and occasionally Harry/Ron.
%%** Both Harry and Draco in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', despite not even being slash.
%%** Also, anything Harry/Snape-related will have Harry end up being ukefied. Unless it's ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'', where both get ukefied but Snape gets the worse of it.
%%** Snape/Sirius fics sometimes involve Snape being ukefied due to Sirius' canon history of bullying Snape as a teen. Some fics even take this into BastardBoyfriend and DomesticAbuse proportions.
%%** In Snape/Lupinfanfictions Lupin tends to get this, apparently because in Prisoner of Azkaban he acted friendly towards Snape, however this is no excuse for the amount of abuse he allows Snape to put him through in fics.
%%* ''Literature/WickedLovely'': Quite a bit of Irial/Niall does this with Niall. And Seth gets this with pretty much everyone, even more than Niall. He might be pretty quiet and stuff in canon, but he most likely could stand up for himself if he needed to. Fanfic... disagrees.
* Despite the fact that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] is a badass archer who can rival Gimli in terms of badassery, he finds himself the damsel in distress in fics that involve him and Aragorn.
%%** Applies to many, many elves, most disturbingly seen with Glorfindel.
%%** Aragorn too, especially if Sauron or Legolas is on top.
%%** Frodo, all the time. With anyone.
%%** If Sauron is shipped with Morgoth, chances are he'll get this treatment. Some have played with the typical dynamic, however, often by having him "top from the bottom".
* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics ukefy Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
* While [[Literature/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] is still the {{Seme}} in most fics, she's often considerably more sensitive and emotional than in even the musical.
* Despite Diana Gabaldon's [[FanworkBan stance on fanfic]], there are still a few existing ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' fics on the net and some of them usually portray Lord John Grey as submissive because of his height, long blond hair and the death of his first lover, Hector, which most writers used to level up his angst.
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%%* FanArt of Music/PinkFloyd features this fairly commonly.
%%* Music/TheBeatles fandom often gives this treatment to Music/RingoStarr and Music/PaulMcCartney.
%%* Music/LedZeppelin fics often hit Robert Plant with this treatment.
* A lot of artists get this in Japanese rock music RPS. Ukefication and {{Wangst}} are often double-teamed on anyone who is written as the second half of a pairing in a lot of said fanfiction, never mind how the person might be. Some VisualKei artists make {{Uke}} traits part of their stage persona to [[ExploitedTrope encourage this]].
** It happens to almost any VisualKei artist who happens to look feminine or androgynous. Pretty much the only people in VisualKei who ''haven't'' been given stereotypical uke traits in SlashFic are Music/TaijiSawada (because he was a MemeticBadass and anyone trying to make him otherwise got laughed out of the fandom) and Music/AtsushiSakurai of Music/BuckTick and because both of their bands' fandoms don't tend to attract the fangirls more prone to using this trope. Unfortunately, ''bad'' writers writing either of these, when they do appear, tend to make both of them ''rapists'' or the MemeticMolester of whomever gets the "uke" treatment, in a form of BlackAndWhiteInsanity and UnfortunateImplications combined. ''The entire Taiji/Yoshiki pairing'' tended to be this in most posted fic before RealLife sunk the ship.
** Music/{{Shinya}} of Music/DirEnGrey is one of the most favored targets. If there is a fic featuring Shinya, 99.9 percent of the time he will be both a ManChild and a stereotyped uke. It's especially jarring as most real-life accounts refer to him as a NightmareFetishist dominant.
* For a long time, it was quite bad to be Pete Wentz, as all of Music/FallOutBoy had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. For a relatively longer time, it was quite bad to be Patrick Stump as Pete Wentz (and sometimes the rest of Fall Out Boy, but mainly Pete) had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. Humourously, in what little hetfic exists featuring female musicians and the occasional non-self insert OC, Patrick gets nonwimped ''and'' shipped with a considerable amount of women ''including Pete's ex-wife, Music/AshleeSimpson''.
* Slash fics for Music/TheWho tend to do this with Roger Daltrey.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* There are quite a few pieces of fanart where Gamzee from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the uke to Equius' seme. While it's true that Equius is canonically TheBigGuy among the trolls, it is absolutely ''bizarre'' considering that [[spoiler: Gamzee, while he's initially a lovable dope, is the one who eventually ''kills'' Equius.]] Not to mention that Equius is instinctively subservient to Gamzee due to [[FantasticCasteSystem his blood color]]. If Gamzee actually encouraged a relationship, Equius would insist on being the uke.
** Tavros is also a common victim of this. In canon, he's a ShrinkingViolet, but also quite passive-aggressive when [[CowardlyLion pushed]] and one of the most emotionally stable ([[TheBeastmaster and powerful]]) trolls. (After CharacterDevelopment takes place, he [[spoiler:stands up to [[StalkerWithACrush Vriska]] and abandons her in the afterlife]]) However, in [[SturgeonsLaw a lot]] of Tavros/Gamzee fanfiction, he's reduced to a spineless crybaby who can't do anything for himself.
** John Egbert and both Striders are majorly subjected to this. While John can be a pushover, when he puts his foot down, he can [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown really put his foot down]]. He's been shown to have incredible emotional fortitude, and has gone through the death of his father and his friends without shedding a tear, though it usually comes out in a serious amount of anger if it's brought up. Dirk is majorly subjected to this as well, being reduced to a Romeo-esque figure who constantly pines over Jake. In reality, he is a ruthless survivor who's main motivation is to get out of the [[BadFuture world he was born in]], and his idea of courting was playing aggressive mindgames and sending a robot to beat Jake up. On top of that, he displays symptoms of TheUnfettered, and his neurotic tendencies cause him to barely let Jake have any time to himself. Dave is actually fairly passive, but he's by no means crying over "John never loving him", he usually stews in it and pretends it's just not there when it gets down to it.
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[[folder:WebOriginal]]
%%* ''Opposites Attract'', a ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' slashfic, rather infamously does this to [[BrainBleach Strong Bad, of all people]].
%%** Not to mention that in the Sbemail "fan club," ''Strong Sad'' does this to Strong Bad in canon.
%%--> '''Strong Sad:''' ...said Strong Bad, putting on a bonnet and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage...\\
%%'''Homestar:''' Oh, this gon' be ''good.''
%%* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' sometimes gets this treatment, despite being an AxCrazy badass.
* Having shown weepy and childish tendencies in canon, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets hit with this when paired with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask That Guy]], [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]... really ''anyone'' [[LauncherOfAThousandShips he's ever paired with]]. Except [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] most of the time (also a victim of this, especially in early post-WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} fics and, minus the pairing part, Kickassia itself).
** In the worst-case scenario, Critic is usually reduced to getting raped/having to give blowjobs or playing the DistressedDude. Partly because the authors find it [[ButtMonkey funny]] or hot to crush him completely and leave him like that, so it's not quite as horrible as some other examples.
%%** In [=RPs=], Doug gets his fair share of this. Or gets made the InnocentFanserviceGuy.
%%* Jaune Arc, from WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, is a frequent target for this trope when paired with male characters, especially his teammate Lie Ren and his bully Cardin. This is in spite of the fact that Jaune is portrayed as one of the most [[MagikarpPower competent]] members of the male cast that isn't a veteran.
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* UsefulNotes/NickClegg gets this a lot. Disturbingly enough, it's the ''mainstream media'' that's most guilty of this; RealPersonFic written by actual {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s (yes, it exists) tend to put him in an equal or even dominant position to UsefulNotes/DavidCameron or [[LauncherOfAThousandShips whoever he's paired up with]], which shows that RealityIsUnrealistic.
%%* Being [[PrettyBoy too damn pretty]] for his own good means you don't wanna be Creator/OrlandoBloom in RealPersonFic. Or Creator/JensenAckles, who's gone through a lot of the woobie-fication [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean]] has to deal with.
%%* Creator/JaredLeto. Weird considering he's normally pegged as either TheCasanova or a ChivalrousPervert in both fanfic AND real life.
%%* This is extremely common in UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fanfiction, mostly for the younger racers.
* Featured in almost all of the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan [[ParodyFic Parody Fics]] that came out during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Most were as much about mocking common SlashFic tropes as the candidates themselves.
* Pretty much any fanfic on a real serial killer or rapist ([[MurderersAreRapists most of the time, it's both]]), will portray them as being more submissive even though anyone trying to form a relationship with them has been killed.
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Where a male character who is {{Badass|Tropes}} in canon is depicted as physically or emotionally vulnerable in a fan work for no apparent reason except that it makes the author's favorite {{Ship|ping}} easier to sail.
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named Bob. Bob's [[TheBigGuy a big guy with a solid presence]]: he never gets pushed around and he'll pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. And he also [[HomoeroticSubtext has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and- huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
[[FlatWhat What.]]
Congratulations: you've just seen [[TitleDrop Wimpification]] at work.
Similar to {{Chickification}}, this is the trope in which a FanFic writer depicts a character as more vulnerable (physically and emotionally) than he is in canon, usually in order to [[{{shipping}} facilitate a sexual relationship]] with another character of the same sex. Unlike the HurtComfortFic, where the writer [[BreakTheCutie breaks]] Bob with trauma so that Charlie can comfort him, these fics give no justification for Bob's drastic [[CharacterizationTropes personality]] change, except perhaps a HandWave. Further, these fics omit or downplay the 'comfort' upward-trend of the Hurt-Comfort plot -- Bob never fully regains his independence and will always need Charlie to be his dominant, assertive {{Seme}}.
Administrivia/TropesAreTools and this may be done well (or at least subtly enough so as not to jar the reader). One way is to explore a character's existing, {{canon}}ically established flaws and foibles. Another way is to put Bob ''and'' Charlie through the emotional wringer, letting them build their relationship on more or less equal footing while keeping the vulnerability which drives this trope. Another angle is to simply admit that this is RomanticisedAbuse: [[BastardBoyfriend Charlie's exploitation]] of Bob's helplessness is the reason the work appeals to the author and/or the intended audience.
This trope is loaded with potential UnfortunateImplications, mostly by insinuating a correlation between [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and positional preference in bed. In layman's terms, this trope can create the impression that "real men don't take it in the ass" and "taking it in the ass makes you a lesser man." That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
In drawn fanworks, comics or doujinshi where the artist depicts the characters using a different[=/=]stylized art style than what is used canonically or in most other fanworks - particularly one you have never seen before or where all the characters look different from what you are familiar with - this trope is not present unless the character in question is either acting OutOfCharacter in a {{Wimpification}} manner and[=/=]or is drawn much smaller and more feminine than the other characters. A drawing style where everyone is similarly different ''is not this trope.'' Please keep this in mind.
Anime fans refer to this process as ukefication (see {{Uke}}).
Subtrope of OutOfCharacter. See AdaptationalWimp for non SlashFic or gender related version of this. Compare BadassDecay, for when a character becomes a wimp within a single work. Compare AggressiveSubmissive.
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!!Examples:
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* [[Ukefication/AnimeAndManga Anime and Manga]]
* [[Ukefication/LiveActionTV Live Action TV]]
* [[Ukefication/VideoGames Video Games]]
* [[Ukefication/WesternAnimation Western Animation]]
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* Any even slightly feminine (or even just less masculine/shorter than the designated partner) character is almost guaranteed to be put through this repeatedly. Heck, even the [[TestosteronePoisoning super manly]] characters will probably be subject to this at least once as part of a subversion or gag, this trope is just that common.
* While a lot of {{Yaoi}} manga are written clearly for [[PornWithoutPlot PWP]] and/or [[{{Lemon}} Smut]] purposes with wildly typical (and ridiculous) stereotypes amongst the characters, some generally well-written or at least intriguing [[BoysLove BL]] manga might, in a clumsy stroke of depiction, mismanage the personality of the character designated as the "uke/neko/bottom," transforming him from a strong/quirky/interesting independent character to a weepy generic {{Moe}}-blob in (and worse, ''out'') of bed once he and his love interest get together.
* ''Minotaur's Sex Tips For Slash Writers'' has this to say about it:
--> One thing to be wary of is writing one partner as the "[[{{Uke}} wife]]". Men, even gay men, are trained to be less emotionally open, less demonstrative. Yes, we do feel, and even occasionally cry, but gay men are every bit as emotionally closeted as their straight counterparts. Think of all the troubles you have in your relationships with men, and then double them. Instead of just one partner being distant, uncommunicative and emotionally stunted, both are.
* Fics set in an "[[AlphaAndBetaWolves Omegaverse]]" pretty much do this by default -- make Bob an Omega to Charlie's Alpha and he'll not only be smaller and more vulnerable but he'll periodically go into heat (yes, really) and ''need'' Charlie to fix his problem. For bonus points, [[MisterSeahorse he can even get pregnant]] from the experience.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* As screwy as it sounds, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] often gets the raw end of the deal because of the [[OneHeadTaller "yaoi rule of height"]], with contributing factors such as traits like his fondness of sugar [[note]] [[ForgetsToEat because it's all he consumes aside from beans for energy for durations of time]][[/note]], [[{{Kuudere}} social and sexual reclusiveness]] [[note]] [[AbusiveParents because of his abusive prostitute mother]][[/note]], and [[GutturalGrowler tendency to make inhuman growls]] [[note]]because he does that while jumping out of a window on the fifth floor of a building[[/note]].
* Although every one of the ComicBook/XMen has had this happen to them at some point or other, losing all identity in the face of the sheer, unmitigated studliness of {{Wolverine}}, probably the worst victim is [[GentlemanThief Gambit]]. 60-70% of all X-Men slash is Logan/Remy, painting the latter as submissive, cringing, or all-around pathetic. While he canonically has moments of {{Angst}}, the slash fanbase enjoys cranking that UpToEleven in fiction. And it's ''not'' limited to slash.
** Even Wolverine isn't exempt from ukefication at times. Take, for instance, a fanfic of Beast/Wolverine, which eventually renders Wolverine's inner animal totally submissive towards his pack alpha. Beast, resident GentleGiant GeniusBruiser, is now of course willing to [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex jam it into Wolverine without using any lube]] in order to put him in his place.
%%** Even ''[[AxCrazy Sabretooth]]'' gets this.
** Nightcrawler, for reasons as obvious as Legolas from LOTR, tends to fall victim of this in fan fiction. While Kurt has shown that he's capable of being a badass in canon, in the land of fan fiction, especially when shipped with Wolverine, he plays the role of a damsel in distress who has to depend on Logan to get him out of a jam.
** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} too, especially when paired with Wolverine, but it is also a big theme in the growing number of fanworks that pair him with Captain America. Although to the writers' credit they do mix it up with him; they tend to expand on the traits he shows in canon (read: AmbiguousDisorder) to try to make him seem more innocent, especially in the realm of sex, which normally takes the form of him not understanding that provoking the homophobic mutant haters by flirting is a bad idea. This stops making sense when in the narrative of the story he is outright mentioned as having slept with other men.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} in megamatt09 fanfic "Girl of Steel" is turned into a mopey ball of angst who becomes useless when he loses his powers and whose whining gets on [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]], [[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe]]'s nerves.
* [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] whenever he's paired with [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]. People seem to forget that though he may be something of a {{Woobie}}, he's a JerkassWoobie and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It doesn't help that in the AlternateUniverse, where they do end up canonically together, Tony was [[GenderFlip Natasha Stark]].\\
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It's pretty easy to tell which side a Steve/Tony slashfic falls on by figuring out whether the fic's implication is a) Tony briefly dropping his canon control-freak persona is a huge, jaw-dropping deal that shows how special Steve is to him, or the fic's implication is that b) Tony ''must'' have a natural Uke-ish personality all the time (inexplicably [[HandWave hand-waving]] his canon control freak tendencies). Choice b) obviously requires a lot of canon warping.
** The opposite also happens, (mostly in the movie fandom) with Steve being portrayed as a shy, sexually inexperienced boy scout who needs Tony to teach him how to [[MemeticMutation 'fondue']].
* In [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson]] fics, Dick gets hit by this trope fairly frequently. This phenomena is unique in that it manages to be both a pretty justified-by-canon characterization ''and'' full-fledged FridgeHorror at the same time. You see, Dick ''did'' have this sort of personality and this sort of emotional dynamic with Bruce. In fact, he's had it for most of his existence (since 1940!). The problem? The period in his lifetime where Dick had this sort of dynamic with Bruce ''was when he was Robin, i.e. '''underage'''''. Cue {{Squick}}.
%%** Just about every single male member of the Bat-Family has fallen victim of this. Even Red Hood.
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[[folder:Film]]
%%* Happens to Kirk in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', though it's not unexpected. Chekov gets this constantly, no matter who he's shipped with.
* In ''Film/{{District 9}}'' SlashFic (what little there is), Wikus is generally turned from a mentally unstable and violent HalfHumanHybrid to a scared little kitten who quickly abandons his smoking-hot wife for a seven foot tall grasshopper, and may or may not mother its children.
* Sometimes in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' fanfiction, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow -- who is most pleased while torturing mental patients or verbally stomping everyone else in the room -- becomes weirdly effeminate. And wimpy. And willing to lick dirt off his partner's shoes. Huge insult to him and to women. Really, just because the guy's scrawny doesn't mean he's not a power-hungry, self-respecting villain. Probably has to do with Batman pulling his hair in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Fic writers liked the imagery so much, they decided that Scarecrow liked it too. Well, that and the fact that Creator/CillianMurphy is a very good-looking person.
** Fortunately, a more enlightened individual documented a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6357074/ rather creative response]].
* Fans of [[Film/TheATeam The A-Team]] seem to forget that the members of the titular team are all highly trained Army Rangers, especially when there’s a change for some [[HurtComfortFic hurt/comfort]] in a story. Face and Murdock are usually the ones who suffer the worst of this. Both [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Face]] and Murdock have canon [[{{Backstory}} backgrounds]] that render them especially vulnerable to this trope. Face is almost always portrayed in these situations as a young soldier in order to avoid accusations of being OutOfCharacter, while Murdock is often seen at the mercy of his [[{{Canon}} unspecified]] mental illness, and some iterations of this are actually accepted as {{Fanon}}. However, some highly dedicated [[{{Fangirl}} fanfic writers]] have even been witnessed making Hannibal their preferred target for {{Wimpification}}.
* Professor Charles Xavier, thanks to being played by the [[PrettyBoy very pretty]] Creator/JamesMcAvoy in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', more often than not plays {{Uke}} to [[TallDarkAndHandsome Erik Lehnsherr]].
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Similar to his comic book counterpart, after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' premiered, it's become fairly common nowadays in Marvel movie fics to depict Steve Rogers -- who in movie canon tells bullies to shut up in theaters, gets into fights all the time, talks back to Nazi super soldiers like ComicBook/RedSkull, risks a court martial to do the right thing, immediately assumes a word shared between his LoveInterest and another guy is a dirty sexual innuendo, leads [[BadassCrew the Howling Commandos]] in WWII, and vows a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who hurt his friends -- as some kind of adorable harmless, innocent, [[VirginityMakesYouStupid naive]] overgrown puppy who's ripe for the picking by either Tony Stark/Iron Man, Howard Stark, Black Widow, Darcy from ''Thor'', Thor himself, Loki, Bucky (!) -- hell, practically every Marvel movie character.
** Tony Stark frequently suffers from this as seen under the Comics entries, as well as being on the short side of the Slashfic Height Rule.
** This is done ''constantly'' to Loki, with whom it is especially absurd. Far from being the superhumanly strong and superhumanly robust life-long warrior and powerful sorcerer he is in the films, he's written as fragile and passive, unable to defend himself and in constant need of protection. Going hand-in-hand with this is the extreme physical modification he undergoes: he's invariably described and illustrated as tiny and dainty in spite of the fact that he actually towers over most of the Avengers and only Thor and Hulk can take him in a fight. The popular pairing of Tony Stark/Loki nearly always makes Loki the uke and, hilariously, tends to draw Tony (5'8") as the big manly man looming over a delicate, helpless Loki (6'2"). Keep in mind that Loki in the MCU has not only given the Avengers a run for their money but also came close to killing Thor. The guy even succeeded in taking the throne of Asgard. Yet in fics relating to him you'd swear that he's some fragile piece of glass who'd shatter at the slightest physical contact.
** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits.
** Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
** Bucky also gets hit with this pretty badly at times. While a more understandable example than most in that his canon depiction does exhibit the kind of severe BreakTheCutie and subsequent emotional fragility that is typically used to justify such a characterization, fanfic tends to {{Flanderize}} him to the point of absurdity, turning him from a traumatized but still snarky and powerful super soldier to a helpless weepy kitten who can barely function without the support of his love interest.
%%** Peter Parker gets hit with this whenever he's paired with Tony Stark.
* The eponymous ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' gets this all the time. For everyone. Men, women, villains, heroes, Watson, alternate versions of himself and Watson, [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective mice...]]
* Most {{Film/Inception}} fics are Arthur/Eames. Most of those have Arthur being consistently sexually submissive, but his characterization can vary.
* In ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', Inspector Javert frequently gets this thanks to [[IronWoobie his past]] and one certain scene where Javert wants Monseiur Madeleine (who is Jean Valjean actually) to reprimand him for accusing Madeleine of being Valjean with these lines, "Press charges against me, sir". Never mind that in [[Literature/LesMiserables the novel]] and in [[Theatre/LesMiserables the musical]], he doesn't angst much on his past and still suspects that Madeleine is Valjean.
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%%* A lot of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy]] fic contains this, in one way or another.
%%** And Remus Lupin/Sirius Black and occasionally Harry/Ron.
%%** Both Harry and Draco in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', despite not even being slash.
%%** Also, anything Harry/Snape-related will have Harry end up being ukefied. Unless it's ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'', where both get ukefied but Snape gets the worse of it.
%%** Snape/Sirius fics sometimes involve Snape being ukefied due to Sirius' canon history of bullying Snape as a teen. Some fics even take this into BastardBoyfriend and DomesticAbuse proportions.
%%** In Snape/Lupinfanfictions Lupin tends to get this, apparently because in Prisoner of Azkaban he acted friendly towards Snape, however this is no excuse for the amount of abuse he allows Snape to put him through in fics.
%%* ''Literature/WickedLovely'': Quite a bit of Irial/Niall does this with Niall. And Seth gets this with pretty much everyone, even more than Niall. He might be pretty quiet and stuff in canon, but he most likely could stand up for himself if he needed to. Fanfic... disagrees.
* Despite the fact that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] is a badass archer who can rival Gimli in terms of badassery, he finds himself the damsel in distress in fics that involve him and Aragorn.
%%** Applies to many, many elves, most disturbingly seen with Glorfindel.
%%** Aragorn too, especially if Sauron or Legolas is on top.
%%** Frodo, all the time. With anyone.
%%** If Sauron is shipped with Morgoth, chances are he'll get this treatment. Some have played with the typical dynamic, however, often by having him "top from the bottom".
* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics ukefy Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
* While [[Literature/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] is still the {{Seme}} in most fics, she's often considerably more sensitive and emotional than in even the musical.
* Despite Diana Gabaldon's [[FanworkBan stance on fanfic]], there are still a few existing ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' fics on the net and some of them usually portray Lord John Grey as submissive because of his height, long blond hair and the death of his first lover, Hector, which most writers used to level up his angst.
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[[folder:Music]]
%%* FanArt of Music/PinkFloyd features this fairly commonly.
%%* Music/TheBeatles fandom often gives this treatment to Music/RingoStarr and Music/PaulMcCartney.
%%* Music/LedZeppelin fics often hit Robert Plant with this treatment.
* A lot of artists get this in Japanese rock music RPS. Ukefication and {{Wangst}} are often double-teamed on anyone who is written as the second half of a pairing in a lot of said fanfiction, never mind how the person might be. Some VisualKei artists make {{Uke}} traits part of their stage persona to [[ExploitedTrope encourage this]].
** It happens to almost any VisualKei artist who happens to look feminine or androgynous. Pretty much the only people in VisualKei who ''haven't'' been given stereotypical uke traits in SlashFic are Music/TaijiSawada (because he was a MemeticBadass and anyone trying to make him otherwise got laughed out of the fandom) and Music/AtsushiSakurai of Music/BuckTick and because both of their bands' fandoms don't tend to attract the fangirls more prone to using this trope. Unfortunately, ''bad'' writers writing either of these, when they do appear, tend to make both of them ''rapists'' or the MemeticMolester of whomever gets the "uke" treatment, in a form of BlackAndWhiteInsanity and UnfortunateImplications combined. ''The entire Taiji/Yoshiki pairing'' tended to be this in most posted fic before RealLife sunk the ship.
** Music/{{Shinya}} of Music/DirEnGrey is one of the most favored targets. If there is a fic featuring Shinya, 99.9 percent of the time he will be both a ManChild and a stereotyped uke. It's especially jarring as most real-life accounts refer to him as a NightmareFetishist dominant.
* For a long time, it was quite bad to be Pete Wentz, as all of Music/FallOutBoy had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. For a relatively longer time, it was quite bad to be Patrick Stump as Pete Wentz (and sometimes the rest of Fall Out Boy, but mainly Pete) had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. Humourously, in what little hetfic exists featuring female musicians and the occasional non-self insert OC, Patrick gets nonwimped ''and'' shipped with a considerable amount of women ''including Pete's ex-wife, Music/AshleeSimpson''.
* Slash fics for Music/TheWho tend to do this with Roger Daltrey.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* There are quite a few pieces of fanart where Gamzee from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the uke to Equius' seme. While it's true that Equius is canonically TheBigGuy among the trolls, it is absolutely ''bizarre'' considering that [[spoiler: Gamzee, while he's initially a lovable dope, is the one who eventually ''kills'' Equius.]] Not to mention that Equius is instinctively subservient to Gamzee due to [[FantasticCasteSystem his blood color]]. If Gamzee actually encouraged a relationship, Equius would insist on being the uke.
** Tavros is also a common victim of this. In canon, he's a ShrinkingViolet, but also quite passive-aggressive when [[CowardlyLion pushed]] and one of the most emotionally stable ([[TheBeastmaster and powerful]]) trolls. (After CharacterDevelopment takes place, he [[spoiler:stands up to [[StalkerWithACrush Vriska]] and abandons her in the afterlife]]) However, in [[SturgeonsLaw a lot]] of Tavros/Gamzee fanfiction, he's reduced to a spineless crybaby who can't do anything for himself.
** John Egbert and both Striders are majorly subjected to this. While John can be a pushover, when he puts his foot down, he can [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown really put his foot down]]. He's been shown to have incredible emotional fortitude, and has gone through the death of his father and his friends without shedding a tear, though it usually comes out in a serious amount of anger if it's brought up. Dirk is majorly subjected to this as well, being reduced to a Romeo-esque figure who constantly pines over Jake. In reality, he is a ruthless survivor who's main motivation is to get out of the [[BadFuture world he was born in]], and his idea of courting was playing aggressive mindgames and sending a robot to beat Jake up. On top of that, he displays symptoms of TheUnfettered, and his neurotic tendencies cause him to barely let Jake have any time to himself. Dave is actually fairly passive, but he's by no means crying over "John never loving him", he usually stews in it and pretends it's just not there when it gets down to it.
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[[folder:WebOriginal]]
%%* ''Opposites Attract'', a ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' slashfic, rather infamously does this to [[BrainBleach Strong Bad, of all people]].
%%** Not to mention that in the Sbemail "fan club," ''Strong Sad'' does this to Strong Bad in canon.
%%--> '''Strong Sad:''' ...said Strong Bad, putting on a bonnet and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage...\\
%%'''Homestar:''' Oh, this gon' be ''good.''
%%* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' sometimes gets this treatment, despite being an AxCrazy badass.
* Having shown weepy and childish tendencies in canon, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets hit with this when paired with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask That Guy]], [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]... really ''anyone'' [[LauncherOfAThousandShips he's ever paired with]]. Except [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] most of the time (also a victim of this, especially in early post-WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} fics and, minus the pairing part, Kickassia itself).
** In the worst-case scenario, Critic is usually reduced to getting raped/having to give blowjobs or playing the DistressedDude. Partly because the authors find it [[ButtMonkey funny]] or hot to crush him completely and leave him like that, so it's not quite as horrible as some other examples.
%%** In [=RPs=], Doug gets his fair share of this. Or gets made the InnocentFanserviceGuy.
%%* Jaune Arc, from WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, is a frequent target for this trope when paired with male characters, especially his teammate Lie Ren and his bully Cardin. This is in spite of the fact that Jaune is portrayed as one of the most [[MagikarpPower competent]] members of the male cast that isn't a veteran.
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* UsefulNotes/NickClegg gets this a lot. Disturbingly enough, it's the ''mainstream media'' that's most guilty of this; RealPersonFic written by actual {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s (yes, it exists) tend to put him in an equal or even dominant position to UsefulNotes/DavidCameron or [[LauncherOfAThousandShips whoever he's paired up with]], which shows that RealityIsUnrealistic.
%%* Being [[PrettyBoy too damn pretty]] for his own good means you don't wanna be Creator/OrlandoBloom in RealPersonFic. Or Creator/JensenAckles, who's gone through a lot of the woobie-fication [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean]] has to deal with.
%%* Creator/JaredLeto. Weird considering he's normally pegged as either TheCasanova or a ChivalrousPervert in both fanfic AND real life.
%%* This is extremely common in UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fanfiction, mostly for the younger racers.
* Featured in almost all of the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan [[ParodyFic Parody Fics]] that came out during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Most were as much about mocking common SlashFic tropes as the candidates themselves.
* Pretty much any fanfic on a real serial killer or rapist ([[MurderersAreRapists most of the time, it's both]]), will portray them as being more submissive even though anyone trying to form a relationship with them has been killed.
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Where a male character who is {{Badass|Tropes}} in canon is depicted as physically or emotionally vulnerable in a fan work for no apparent reason except that it makes the author's favorite {{Ship|ping}} easier to sail.
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named Bob. Bob's [[TheBigGuy a big guy with a solid presence]]: he never gets pushed around and he'll pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. And he also [[HomoeroticSubtext has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and- huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
[[FlatWhat What.]]
Congratulations: you've just seen [[TitleDrop Wimpification]] at work.
Similar to {{Chickification}}, this is the trope in which a FanFic writer depicts a character as more vulnerable (physically and emotionally) than he is in canon, usually in order to [[{{shipping}} facilitate a sexual relationship]] with another character of the same sex. Unlike the HurtComfortFic, where the writer [[BreakTheCutie breaks]] Bob with trauma so that Charlie can comfort him, these fics give no justification for Bob's drastic [[CharacterizationTropes personality]] change, except perhaps a HandWave. Further, these fics omit or downplay the 'comfort' upward-trend of the Hurt-Comfort plot -- Bob never fully regains his independence and will always need Charlie to be his dominant, assertive {{Seme}}.
Administrivia/TropesAreTools and this may be done well (or at least subtly enough so as not to jar the reader). One way is to explore a character's existing, {{canon}}ically established flaws and foibles. Another way is to put Bob ''and'' Charlie through the emotional wringer, letting them build their relationship on more or less equal footing while keeping the vulnerability which drives this trope. Another angle is to simply admit that this is RomanticisedAbuse: [[BastardBoyfriend Charlie's exploitation]] of Bob's helplessness is the reason the work appeals to the author and/or the intended audience.
This trope is loaded with potential UnfortunateImplications, mostly by insinuating a correlation between [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and positional preference in bed. In layman's terms, this trope can create the impression that "real men don't take it in the ass" and "taking it in the ass makes you a lesser man." That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
In drawn fanworks, comics or doujinshi where the artist depicts the characters using a different[=/=]stylized art style than what is used canonically or in most other fanworks - particularly one you have never seen before or where all the characters look different from what you are familiar with - this trope is not present unless the character in question is either acting OutOfCharacter in a {{Wimpification}} manner and[=/=]or is drawn much smaller and more feminine than the other characters. A drawing style where everyone is similarly different ''is not this trope.'' Please keep this in mind.
Anime fans refer to this process as ukefication (see {{Uke}}).
Subtrope of OutOfCharacter. See AdaptationalWimp for non SlashFic or gender related version of this. Compare BadassDecay, for when a character becomes a wimp within a single work. Compare AggressiveSubmissive.
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* [[Ukefication/AnimeAndManga Anime and Manga]]
* [[Ukefication/LiveActionTV Live Action TV]]
* [[Ukefication/VideoGames Video Games]]
* [[Ukefication/WesternAnimation Western Animation]]
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[[folder:General]]
* Any even slightly feminine (or even just less masculine/shorter than the designated partner) character is almost guaranteed to be put through this repeatedly. Heck, even the [[TestosteronePoisoning super manly]] characters will probably be subject to this at least once as part of a subversion or gag, this trope is just that common.
* While a lot of {{Yaoi}} manga are written clearly for [[PornWithoutPlot PWP]] and/or [[{{Lemon}} Smut]] purposes with wildly typical (and ridiculous) stereotypes amongst the characters, some generally well-written or at least intriguing [[BoysLove BL]] manga might, in a clumsy stroke of depiction, mismanage the personality of the character designated as the "uke/neko/bottom," transforming him from a strong/quirky/interesting independent character to a weepy generic {{Moe}}-blob in (and worse, ''out'') of bed once he and his love interest get together.
* ''Minotaur's Sex Tips For Slash Writers'' has this to say about it:
--> One thing to be wary of is writing one partner as the "[[{{Uke}} wife]]". Men, even gay men, are trained to be less emotionally open, less demonstrative. Yes, we do feel, and even occasionally cry, but gay men are every bit as emotionally closeted as their straight counterparts. Think of all the troubles you have in your relationships with men, and then double them. Instead of just one partner being distant, uncommunicative and emotionally stunted, both are.
* Fics set in an "[[AlphaAndBetaWolves Omegaverse]]" pretty much do this by default -- make Bob an Omega to Charlie's Alpha and he'll not only be smaller and more vulnerable but he'll periodically go into heat (yes, really) and ''need'' Charlie to fix his problem. For bonus points, [[MisterSeahorse he can even get pregnant]] from the experience.
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* As screwy as it sounds, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] often gets the raw end of the deal because of the [[OneHeadTaller "yaoi rule of height"]], with contributing factors such as traits like his fondness of sugar [[note]] [[ForgetsToEat because it's all he consumes aside from beans for energy for durations of time]][[/note]], [[{{Kuudere}} social and sexual reclusiveness]] [[note]] [[AbusiveParents because of his abusive prostitute mother]][[/note]], and [[GutturalGrowler tendency to make inhuman growls]] [[note]]because he does that while jumping out of a window on the fifth floor of a building[[/note]].
* Although every one of the ComicBook/XMen has had this happen to them at some point or other, losing all identity in the face of the sheer, unmitigated studliness of {{Wolverine}}, probably the worst victim is [[GentlemanThief Gambit]]. 60-70% of all X-Men slash is Logan/Remy, painting the latter as submissive, cringing, or all-around pathetic. While he canonically has moments of {{Angst}}, the slash fanbase enjoys cranking that UpToEleven in fiction. And it's ''not'' limited to slash.
** Even Wolverine isn't exempt from ukefication at times. Take, for instance, a fanfic of Beast/Wolverine, which eventually renders Wolverine's inner animal totally submissive towards his pack alpha. Beast, resident GentleGiant GeniusBruiser, is now of course willing to [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex jam it into Wolverine without using any lube]] in order to put him in his place.
%%** Even ''[[AxCrazy Sabretooth]]'' gets this.
** Nightcrawler, for reasons as obvious as Legolas from LOTR, tends to fall victim of this in fan fiction. While Kurt has shown that he's capable of being a badass in canon, in the land of fan fiction, especially when shipped with Wolverine, he plays the role of a damsel in distress who has to depend on Logan to get him out of a jam.
** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} too, especially when paired with Wolverine, but it is also a big theme in the growing number of fanworks that pair him with Captain America. Although to the writers' credit they do mix it up with him; they tend to expand on the traits he shows in canon (read: AmbiguousDisorder) to try to make him seem more innocent, especially in the realm of sex, which normally takes the form of him not understanding that provoking the homophobic mutant haters by flirting is a bad idea. This stops making sense when in the narrative of the story he is outright mentioned as having slept with other men.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} in megamatt09 fanfic "Girl of Steel" is turned into a mopey ball of angst who becomes useless when he loses his powers and whose whining gets on [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]], [[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe]]'s nerves.
* [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] whenever he's paired with [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]. People seem to forget that though he may be something of a {{Woobie}}, he's a JerkassWoobie and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It doesn't help that in the AlternateUniverse, where they do end up canonically together, Tony was [[GenderFlip Natasha Stark]].\\
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It's pretty easy to tell which side a Steve/Tony slashfic falls on by figuring out whether the fic's implication is a) Tony briefly dropping his canon control-freak persona is a huge, jaw-dropping deal that shows how special Steve is to him, or the fic's implication is that b) Tony ''must'' have a natural Uke-ish personality all the time (inexplicably [[HandWave hand-waving]] his canon control freak tendencies). Choice b) obviously requires a lot of canon warping.
** The opposite also happens, (mostly in the movie fandom) with Steve being portrayed as a shy, sexually inexperienced boy scout who needs Tony to teach him how to [[MemeticMutation 'fondue']].
* In [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson]] fics, Dick gets hit by this trope fairly frequently. This phenomena is unique in that it manages to be both a pretty justified-by-canon characterization ''and'' full-fledged FridgeHorror at the same time. You see, Dick ''did'' have this sort of personality and this sort of emotional dynamic with Bruce. In fact, he's had it for most of his existence (since 1940!). The problem? The period in his lifetime where Dick had this sort of dynamic with Bruce ''was when he was Robin, i.e. '''underage'''''. Cue {{Squick}}.
%%** Just about every single male member of the Bat-Family has fallen victim of this. Even Red Hood.
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%%* Happens to Kirk in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', though it's not unexpected. Chekov gets this constantly, no matter who he's shipped with.
* In ''Film/{{District 9}}'' SlashFic (what little there is), Wikus is generally turned from a mentally unstable and violent HalfHumanHybrid to a scared little kitten who quickly abandons his smoking-hot wife for a seven foot tall grasshopper, and may or may not mother its children.
* Sometimes in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' fanfiction, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow -- who is most pleased while torturing mental patients or verbally stomping everyone else in the room -- becomes weirdly effeminate. And wimpy. And willing to lick dirt off his partner's shoes. Huge insult to him and to women. Really, just because the guy's scrawny doesn't mean he's not a power-hungry, self-respecting villain. Probably has to do with Batman pulling his hair in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Fic writers liked the imagery so much, they decided that Scarecrow liked it too. Well, that and the fact that Creator/CillianMurphy is a very good-looking person.
** Fortunately, a more enlightened individual documented a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6357074/ rather creative response]].
* Fans of [[Film/TheATeam The A-Team]] seem to forget that the members of the titular team are all highly trained Army Rangers, especially when there’s a change for some [[HurtComfortFic hurt/comfort]] in a story. Face and Murdock are usually the ones who suffer the worst of this. Both [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Face]] and Murdock have canon [[{{Backstory}} backgrounds]] that render them especially vulnerable to this trope. Face is almost always portrayed in these situations as a young soldier in order to avoid accusations of being OutOfCharacter, while Murdock is often seen at the mercy of his [[{{Canon}} unspecified]] mental illness, and some iterations of this are actually accepted as {{Fanon}}. However, some highly dedicated [[{{Fangirl}} fanfic writers]] have even been witnessed making Hannibal their preferred target for {{Wimpification}}.
* Professor Charles Xavier, thanks to being played by the [[PrettyBoy very pretty]] Creator/JamesMcAvoy in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', more often than not plays {{Uke}} to [[TallDarkAndHandsome Erik Lehnsherr]].
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Similar to his comic book counterpart, after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' premiered, it's become fairly common nowadays in Marvel movie fics to depict Steve Rogers -- who in movie canon tells bullies to shut up in theaters, gets into fights all the time, talks back to Nazi super soldiers like ComicBook/RedSkull, risks a court martial to do the right thing, immediately assumes a word shared between his LoveInterest and another guy is a dirty sexual innuendo, leads [[BadassCrew the Howling Commandos]] in WWII, and vows a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who hurt his friends -- as some kind of adorable harmless, innocent, [[VirginityMakesYouStupid naive]] overgrown puppy who's ripe for the picking by either Tony Stark/Iron Man, Howard Stark, Black Widow, Darcy from ''Thor'', Thor himself, Loki, Bucky (!) -- hell, practically every Marvel movie character.
** Tony Stark frequently suffers from this as seen under the Comics entries, as well as being on the short side of the Slashfic Height Rule.
** This is done ''constantly'' to Loki, with whom it is especially absurd. Far from being the superhumanly strong and superhumanly robust life-long warrior and powerful sorcerer he is in the films, he's written as fragile and passive, unable to defend himself and in constant need of protection. Going hand-in-hand with this is the extreme physical modification he undergoes: he's invariably described and illustrated as tiny and dainty in spite of the fact that he actually towers over most of the Avengers and only Thor and Hulk can take him in a fight. The popular pairing of Tony Stark/Loki nearly always makes Loki the uke and, hilariously, tends to draw Tony (5'8") as the big manly man looming over a delicate, helpless Loki (6'2"). Keep in mind that Loki in the MCU has not only given the Avengers a run for their money but also came close to killing Thor. The guy even succeeded in taking the throne of Asgard. Yet in fics relating to him you'd swear that he's some fragile piece of glass who'd shatter at the slightest physical contact.
** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits.
** Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
** Bucky also gets hit with this pretty badly at times. While a more understandable example than most in that his canon depiction does exhibit the kind of severe BreakTheCutie and subsequent emotional fragility that is typically used to justify such a characterization, fanfic tends to {{Flanderize}} him to the point of absurdity, turning him from a traumatized but still snarky and powerful super soldier to a helpless weepy kitten who can barely function without the support of his love interest.
%%** Peter Parker gets hit with this whenever he's paired with Tony Stark.
* The eponymous ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' gets this all the time. For everyone. Men, women, villains, heroes, Watson, alternate versions of himself and Watson, [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective mice...]]
* Most {{Film/Inception}} fics are Arthur/Eames. Most of those have Arthur being consistently sexually submissive, but his characterization can vary.
* In ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', Inspector Javert frequently gets this thanks to [[IronWoobie his past]] and one certain scene where Javert wants Monseiur Madeleine (who is Jean Valjean actually) to reprimand him for accusing Madeleine of being Valjean with these lines, "Press charges against me, sir". Never mind that in [[Literature/LesMiserables the novel]] and in [[Theatre/LesMiserables the musical]], he doesn't angst much on his past and still suspects that Madeleine is Valjean.
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%%* A lot of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy]] fic contains this, in one way or another.
%%** And Remus Lupin/Sirius Black and occasionally Harry/Ron.
%%** Both Harry and Draco in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', despite not even being slash.
%%** Also, anything Harry/Snape-related will have Harry end up being ukefied. Unless it's ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'', where both get ukefied but Snape gets the worse of it.
%%** Snape/Sirius fics sometimes involve Snape being ukefied due to Sirius' canon history of bullying Snape as a teen. Some fics even take this into BastardBoyfriend and DomesticAbuse proportions.
%%** In Snape/Lupinfanfictions Lupin tends to get this, apparently because in Prisoner of Azkaban he acted friendly towards Snape, however this is no excuse for the amount of abuse he allows Snape to put him through in fics.
%%* ''Literature/WickedLovely'': Quite a bit of Irial/Niall does this with Niall. And Seth gets this with pretty much everyone, even more than Niall. He might be pretty quiet and stuff in canon, but he most likely could stand up for himself if he needed to. Fanfic... disagrees.
* Despite the fact that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] is a badass archer who can rival Gimli in terms of badassery, he finds himself the damsel in distress in fics that involve him and Aragorn.
%%** Applies to many, many elves, most disturbingly seen with Glorfindel.
%%** Aragorn too, especially if Sauron or Legolas is on top.
%%** Frodo, all the time. With anyone.
%%** If Sauron is shipped with Morgoth, chances are he'll get this treatment. Some have played with the typical dynamic, however, often by having him "top from the bottom".
* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics ukefy Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
* While [[Literature/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] is still the {{Seme}} in most fics, she's often considerably more sensitive and emotional than in even the musical.
* Despite Diana Gabaldon's [[FanworkBan stance on fanfic]], there are still a few existing ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' fics on the net and some of them usually portray Lord John Grey as submissive because of his height, long blond hair and the death of his first lover, Hector, which most writers used to level up his angst.
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%%* FanArt of Music/PinkFloyd features this fairly commonly.
%%* Music/TheBeatles fandom often gives this treatment to Music/RingoStarr and Music/PaulMcCartney.
%%* Music/LedZeppelin fics often hit Robert Plant with this treatment.
* A lot of artists get this in Japanese rock music RPS. Ukefication and {{Wangst}} are often double-teamed on anyone who is written as the second half of a pairing in a lot of said fanfiction, never mind how the person might be. Some VisualKei artists make {{Uke}} traits part of their stage persona to [[ExploitedTrope encourage this]].
** It happens to almost any VisualKei artist who happens to look feminine or androgynous. Pretty much the only people in VisualKei who ''haven't'' been given stereotypical uke traits in SlashFic are Music/TaijiSawada (because he was a MemeticBadass and anyone trying to make him otherwise got laughed out of the fandom) and Music/AtsushiSakurai of Music/BuckTick and because both of their bands' fandoms don't tend to attract the fangirls more prone to using this trope. Unfortunately, ''bad'' writers writing either of these, when they do appear, tend to make both of them ''rapists'' or the MemeticMolester of whomever gets the "uke" treatment, in a form of BlackAndWhiteInsanity and UnfortunateImplications combined. ''The entire Taiji/Yoshiki pairing'' tended to be this in most posted fic before RealLife sunk the ship.
** Music/{{Shinya}} of Music/DirEnGrey is one of the most favored targets. If there is a fic featuring Shinya, 99.9 percent of the time he will be both a ManChild and a stereotyped uke. It's especially jarring as most real-life accounts refer to him as a NightmareFetishist dominant.
* For a long time, it was quite bad to be Pete Wentz, as all of Music/FallOutBoy had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. For a relatively longer time, it was quite bad to be Patrick Stump as Pete Wentz (and sometimes the rest of Fall Out Boy, but mainly Pete) had a habit of effing you up the butt in RealPersonFic. Humourously, in what little hetfic exists featuring female musicians and the occasional non-self insert OC, Patrick gets nonwimped ''and'' shipped with a considerable amount of women ''including Pete's ex-wife, Music/AshleeSimpson''.
* Slash fics for Music/TheWho tend to do this with Roger Daltrey.
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* There are quite a few pieces of fanart where Gamzee from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the uke to Equius' seme. While it's true that Equius is canonically TheBigGuy among the trolls, it is absolutely ''bizarre'' considering that [[spoiler: Gamzee, while he's initially a lovable dope, is the one who eventually ''kills'' Equius.]] Not to mention that Equius is instinctively subservient to Gamzee due to [[FantasticCasteSystem his blood color]]. If Gamzee actually encouraged a relationship, Equius would insist on being the uke.
** Tavros is also a common victim of this. In canon, he's a ShrinkingViolet, but also quite passive-aggressive when [[CowardlyLion pushed]] and one of the most emotionally stable ([[TheBeastmaster and powerful]]) trolls. (After CharacterDevelopment takes place, he [[spoiler:stands up to [[StalkerWithACrush Vriska]] and abandons her in the afterlife]]) However, in [[SturgeonsLaw a lot]] of Tavros/Gamzee fanfiction, he's reduced to a spineless crybaby who can't do anything for himself.
** John Egbert and both Striders are majorly subjected to this. While John can be a pushover, when he puts his foot down, he can [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown really put his foot down]]. He's been shown to have incredible emotional fortitude, and has gone through the death of his father and his friends without shedding a tear, though it usually comes out in a serious amount of anger if it's brought up. Dirk is majorly subjected to this as well, being reduced to a Romeo-esque figure who constantly pines over Jake. In reality, he is a ruthless survivor who's main motivation is to get out of the [[BadFuture world he was born in]], and his idea of courting was playing aggressive mindgames and sending a robot to beat Jake up. On top of that, he displays symptoms of TheUnfettered, and his neurotic tendencies cause him to barely let Jake have any time to himself. Dave is actually fairly passive, but he's by no means crying over "John never loving him", he usually stews in it and pretends it's just not there when it gets down to it.
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%%* ''Opposites Attract'', a ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' slashfic, rather infamously does this to [[BrainBleach Strong Bad, of all people]].
%%** Not to mention that in the Sbemail "fan club," ''Strong Sad'' does this to Strong Bad in canon.
%%--> '''Strong Sad:''' ...said Strong Bad, putting on a bonnet and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage...\\
%%'''Homestar:''' Oh, this gon' be ''good.''
%%* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' sometimes gets this treatment, despite being an AxCrazy badass.
* Having shown weepy and childish tendencies in canon, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets hit with this when paired with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask That Guy]], [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]... really ''anyone'' [[LauncherOfAThousandShips he's ever paired with]]. Except [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] most of the time (also a victim of this, especially in early post-WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} fics and, minus the pairing part, Kickassia itself).
** In the worst-case scenario, Critic is usually reduced to getting raped/having to give blowjobs or playing the DistressedDude. Partly because the authors find it [[ButtMonkey funny]] or hot to crush him completely and leave him like that, so it's not quite as horrible as some other examples.
%%** In [=RPs=], Doug gets his fair share of this. Or gets made the InnocentFanserviceGuy.
%%* Jaune Arc, from WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, is a frequent target for this trope when paired with male characters, especially his teammate Lie Ren and his bully Cardin. This is in spite of the fact that Jaune is portrayed as one of the most [[MagikarpPower competent]] members of the male cast that isn't a veteran.
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* UsefulNotes/NickClegg gets this a lot. Disturbingly enough, it's the ''mainstream media'' that's most guilty of this; RealPersonFic written by actual {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s (yes, it exists) tend to put him in an equal or even dominant position to UsefulNotes/DavidCameron or [[LauncherOfAThousandShips whoever he's paired up with]], which shows that RealityIsUnrealistic.
%%* Being [[PrettyBoy too damn pretty]] for his own good means you don't wanna be Creator/OrlandoBloom in RealPersonFic. Or Creator/JensenAckles, who's gone through a lot of the woobie-fication [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean]] has to deal with.
%%* Creator/JaredLeto. Weird considering he's normally pegged as either TheCasanova or a ChivalrousPervert in both fanfic AND real life.
%%* This is extremely common in UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fanfiction, mostly for the younger racers.
* Featured in almost all of the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan [[ParodyFic Parody Fics]] that came out during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Most were as much about mocking common SlashFic tropes as the candidates themselves.
* Pretty much any fanfic on a real serial killer or rapist ([[MurderersAreRapists most of the time, it's both]]), will portray them as being more submissive even though anyone trying to form a relationship with them has been killed.
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* Happens to Kirk in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', though it's not unexpected. Chekov gets this constantly, no matter who he's shipped with.
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** Bucky gets a lot of this too, often being portrayed as TroubledButCute.
** Peter Parker gets hit with this whenever he's paired with Tony Stark.
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**pretty badly at times. While a more understandable example than most in that his canon depiction does exhibit the kind of severe BreakTheCutie and subsequent emotional fragility that is typically used to justify such a characterization, fanfic tends to {{Flanderize}} him to the point of absurdity, turning him from a traumatized but still snarky and powerful super soldier to a helpless weepy kitten who can barely function without the support of his love interest.
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* A lot of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy]] fic contains this, in one way or another.
** And Remus Lupin/Sirius Black and occasionally Harry/Ron.
** Both Harry and Draco in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', despite not even being slash.
** Also, anything Harry/Snape-related will have Harry end up being ukefied. Unless it's ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'', where both get ukefied but Snape gets the worse of it.
** Snape/Sirius fics sometimes involve Snape being ukefied due to Sirius' canon history of bullying Snape as a teen. Some fics even take this into BastardBoyfriend and DomesticAbuse proportions.
** In Snape/Lupin fanfictions Lupin tends to get this, apparently because in Prisoner of Azkaban he acted friendly towards Snape, however this is no excuse for the amount of abuse he allows Snape to put him through in fics.
* ''Literature/WickedLovely'': Quite a bit of Irial/Niall does this with Niall. And Seth gets this with pretty much everyone, even more than Niall. He might be pretty quiet and stuff in canon, but he most likely could stand up for himself if he needed to. Fanfic... disagrees.
** And Remus Lupin/Sirius Black and occasionally Harry/Ron.
** Both Harry and Draco in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', despite not even being slash.
** Also, anything Harry/Snape-related will have Harry end up being ukefied. Unless it's ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'', where both get ukefied but Snape gets the worse of it.
** Snape/Sirius fics sometimes involve Snape being ukefied due to Sirius' canon history of bullying Snape as a teen. Some fics even take this into BastardBoyfriend and DomesticAbuse proportions.
** In Snape/Lupin fanfictions Lupin tends to get this, apparently because in Prisoner of Azkaban he acted friendly towards Snape, however this is no excuse for the amount of abuse he allows Snape to put him through in fics.
* ''Literature/WickedLovely'': Quite a bit of Irial/Niall does this with Niall. And Seth gets this with pretty much everyone, even more than Niall. He might be pretty quiet and stuff in canon, but he most likely could stand up for himself if he needed to. Fanfic... disagrees.
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** Applies to many, many elves, most disturbingly seen with Glorfindel.
*** [[{{Elfeminate}} They're ELVES. There is a whole trope about it.]]
** Aragorn too, especially if Sauron or Legolas is on top.
** Frodo, all the time. With anyone.
** If Sauron is shipped with Morgoth, chances are he'll get this treatment. Some have played with the typical dynamic, however, often by having him "top from the bottom".
* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics wimpify Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
*** [[{{Elfeminate}} They're ELVES. There is a whole trope about it.]]
** Aragorn too, especially if Sauron or Legolas is on top.
** Frodo, all the time. With anyone.
** If Sauron is shipped with Morgoth, chances are he'll get this treatment. Some have played with the typical dynamic, however, often by having him "top from the bottom".
* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics wimpify Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', one of Jon Snow's subordinates is a handsome young man known as Satin, who was previously a prostitute, having been pimped out by his mother as a boy. Fan perception is that Satin is a CampGay PrettyBoy who is always swooning over Jon. However, in-text, there's no indication of Satin's sexual preference (a different issue than the gender(s) he was forced to sleep with), and while Satin certainly likes and respects Jon (as a HeroicBastard, Jon defends fellow "outcasts"), there is not much evidence of this being anything but platonic.
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* FanArt of Music/PinkFloyd features this fairly commonly.
* Music/TheBeatles fandom often gives this treatment to Music/RingoStarr and Music/PaulMcCartney.
* Music/LedZeppelin fics often hit Robert Plant with this treatment.
* Music/TheBeatles fandom often gives this treatment to Music/RingoStarr and Music/PaulMcCartney.
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* ''Opposites Attract'', a ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' slashfic, rather infamously does this to [[BrainBleach Strong Bad, of all people]].
** Not to mention that in the Sbemail "fan club," ''Strong Sad'' does this to Strong Bad in canon.
--> '''Strong Sad:''' ...said Strong Bad, putting on a bonnet and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage...\\
'''Homestar:''' Oh, this gon' be ''good.''
* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' sometimes gets this treatment, despite being an AxCrazy badass.
** Not to mention that in the Sbemail "fan club," ''Strong Sad'' does this to Strong Bad in canon.
--> '''Strong Sad:''' ...said Strong Bad, putting on a bonnet and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage...\\
'''Homestar:''' Oh, this gon' be ''good.''
* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' sometimes gets this treatment, despite being an AxCrazy badass.
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** In [=RPs=], Doug gets his fair share of this. Or gets made the InnocentFanserviceGuy.
* Jaune Arc, from WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, is a frequent target for this trope when paired with male characters, especially his teammate Lie Ren and his bully Cardin. This is in spite of the fact that Jaune is portrayed as one of the most [[MagikarpPower competent]] members of the male cast that isn't a veteran.
* Jaune Arc, from WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, is a frequent target for this trope when paired with male characters, especially his teammate Lie Ren and his bully Cardin. This is in spite of the fact that Jaune is portrayed as one of the most [[MagikarpPower competent]] members of the male cast that isn't a veteran.
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* Being [[PrettyBoy too damn pretty]] for his own good means you don't wanna be Creator/OrlandoBloom in RealPersonFic. Or Creator/JensenAckles, who's gone through a lot of the woobie-fication [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean]] has to deal with.
* Creator/JaredLeto. Weird considering he's normally pegged as either TheCasanova or a ChivalrousPervert in both fanfic AND real life.
* This is extremely common in UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fanfiction, mostly for the younger racers.
* Creator/JaredLeto. Weird considering he's normally pegged as either TheCasanova or a ChivalrousPervert in both fanfic AND real life.
* This is extremely common in UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fanfiction, mostly for the younger racers.
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* Fans of [[Film/TheATeam The A-Team]] seem to forget that the members of the titular team are all highly trained Army Rangers, especially when there’s a change for some [[HurtComfortFic hurt/comfort]] in a story. Face and Murdock are usually the ones who suffer the worst of this. Both [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Face]] and [[CrazyAwesome Murdock]] have canon [[{{Backstory}} backgrounds]] that render them especially vulnerable to this trope. Face is almost always portrayed in these situations as a young soldier in order to avoid accusations of being OutOfCharacter, while Murdock is often seen at the mercy of his [[{{Canon}} unspecified]] mental illness, and some iterations of this are actually accepted as {{Fanon}}. However, some highly dedicated [[{{Fangirl}} fanfic writers]] have even been witnessed making Hannibal their preferred target for {{Wimpification}}.
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* Fans of [[Film/TheATeam The A-Team]] seem to forget that the members of the titular team are all highly trained Army Rangers, especially when there’s a change for some [[HurtComfortFic hurt/comfort]] in a story. Face and Murdock are usually the ones who suffer the worst of this. Both [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Face]] and [[CrazyAwesome Murdock]] Murdock have canon [[{{Backstory}} backgrounds]] that render them especially vulnerable to this trope. Face is almost always portrayed in these situations as a young soldier in order to avoid accusations of being OutOfCharacter, while Murdock is often seen at the mercy of his [[{{Canon}} unspecified]] mental illness, and some iterations of this are actually accepted as {{Fanon}}. However, some highly dedicated [[{{Fangirl}} fanfic writers]] have even been witnessed making Hannibal their preferred target for {{Wimpification}}.
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** Peter Parker gets hit with this whenever he's paired with Tony Stark.
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* There are quite a few pieces of fanart where Gamzee from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the uke to Equius' seme. While it's true that Equius is canonically TheBigGuy among the trolls, it is absolutely ''bizarre'' considering that [[spoiler: Gamzee, while he's initially a lovable dope, is the one who eventually ''kills'' Equius.]] Not to mention that Equius is instinctively subservient to Gamzee due to his blood. If Gamzee actually encouraged a relationship, Equius would insist on being the uke.
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* There are quite a few pieces of fanart where Gamzee from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the uke to Equius' seme. While it's true that Equius is canonically TheBigGuy among the trolls, it is absolutely ''bizarre'' considering that [[spoiler: Gamzee, while he's initially a lovable dope, is the one who eventually ''kills'' Equius.]] Not to mention that Equius is instinctively subservient to Gamzee due to [[FantasticCasteSystem his blood.blood color]]. If Gamzee actually encouraged a relationship, Equius would insist on being the uke.
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* Fics set in an "Omegaverse" pretty much do this by default -- make Bob an Omega to Charlie's Alpha and he'll not only be smaller and more vulnerable but he'll periodically go into heat (yes, really) and ''need'' Charlie to fix his problem. For bonus points, [[MisterSeahorse he can even get pregnant]] from the experience.
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* Fics set in an "Omegaverse" "[[AlphaAndBetaWolves Omegaverse]]" pretty much do this by default -- make Bob an Omega to Charlie's Alpha and he'll not only be smaller and more vulnerable but he'll periodically go into heat (yes, really) and ''need'' Charlie to fix his problem. For bonus points, [[MisterSeahorse he can even get pregnant]] from the experience.
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* Many ''Literature/TheHobbit'' fics wimpify Bilbo, especially the ones that pair him up with Thorin. While Bilbo ''is'' shorter and a NonActionGuy compared to the dwarves, one of the major themes of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' is that hobbits are far more capable and courageous than many other races perceive them as. Some fics even bizarrely insist on describing him as having blond hair and blue eyes even though all of these fics are based on film canon where Bilbo has clearly ''brown'' hair and eyes, almost as if these fic writers just couldn't fathom Thorin/Bilbo as anything other than a dark-haired {{Seme}} / light-haired {{Uke}} dynamic.
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* Despite Diana Gabaldon's [[FanworkBan stance on fanfic]], there are still a few existing ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' fics on the net and some of them usually portray [[BadassGay Lord John Grey]] as submissive because of his height, long blond hair and the death of his first lover, Hector, which most writers used to level up his angst.
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* Despite Diana Gabaldon's [[FanworkBan stance on fanfic]], there are still a few existing ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' fics on the net and some of them usually portray [[BadassGay Lord John Grey]] Grey as submissive because of his height, long blond hair and the death of his first lover, Hector, which most writers used to level up his angst.
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* Pretty much any fanfic on a real serial killer or rapist ([[MurderersAreRapists most of the time, it's both]]), will portray them as being more submissive even though anyone trying to form a relationship with them has been killed.
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* The eponymous ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' gets this all the time. For everyone. Men, women, villains, heroes, Watson, alternate versions of himself and Watson, [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective mice...]]
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* The eponymous ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' gets this all the time. For everyone. Men, women, villains, heroes, Watson, alternate versions of himself and Watson, [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective mice...]]
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This trope is loaded with potential UnfortunateImplications, mostly by insinuating a correlation between [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and positional preference in bed. In layman's terms, this trope can create the impression that "real men don't take it in the ass" and "taking it in the ass makes you a lesser man."
That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
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This trope is loaded with potential UnfortunateImplications, mostly by insinuating a correlation between [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and positional preference in bed. In layman's terms, this trope can create the impression that "real men don't take it in the ass" and "taking it in the ass makes you a lesser man."
" That being acknowledged, {{Wimpification}} in a same-sex pairing shows up about as frequently as {{Chickification}} does in fics where the central relationship is heterosexual. This suggests that the trope's prevalence has less to do with the dynamics of gay relationships and more to do with simple lazy writing: the author gets the desired relationship by making Bob inexplicably ''need'' Charlie instead of taking the time to put them together plausibly.
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Where a male character who is BadAss in canon is depicted as physically or emotionally vulnerable in a fan work for no apparent reason except that it makes the author's favorite [[{{Shipping}} Ship]] much easier to sail.
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named Bob [[HomoeroticSubtext who has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. Bob's a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] who takes no guff from anyone and will pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and--huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named Bob [[HomoeroticSubtext who has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. Bob's a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] who takes no guff from anyone and will pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and--huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
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Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character namedBob Bob. Bob's [[TheBigGuy a big guy with a solid presence]]: he never gets pushed around and he'll pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. And he also [[HomoeroticSubtext who has]] [[HoYay (or seems to have)]] subtle sexual tension with another male character, Charlie. Bob's a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] who takes no guff from anyone and will pull a gun on anyone who deserves it. Charlie. You like the show, so you idly open up a FanFic by some author named {{Yaoi| Fan Girl}}[[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Grrl33]] and--huh? and- huh? The ass-kicking character you liked so much has consummated his sexual attraction with Charlie, but in the process he has somehow become a submissive NonActionGuy. Bob is now prone to {{Luminescent Blush}}es and shaky sighs whenever Charlie so much as looks at him, gives hesitant and protracted confessions about past traumas, and, when he finally does shoot someone -- to save Charlie's life -- [[BleedEmAndWeep drops his gun and breaks down crying]].
Suppose you follow a television show which features a male character named
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TropesAreTools and this may be done well (or at least subtly enough so as not to jar the reader). One way is to explore a character's existing, {{canon}}ically established flaws and foibles. Another way is to put Bob ''and'' Charlie through the emotional wringer, letting them build their relationship on more or less equal footing while keeping the vulnerability which drives this trope. Another angle is to simply admit that this is RomanticisedAbuse: [[BastardBoyfriend Charlie's exploitation]] of Bob's helplessness is the reason the work appeals to the author and/or the intended audience.
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** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits. Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
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**Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
**Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
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** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits.
** Bucky gets a lot of this too, often being portrayed as TroubledButCute.
** Bucky gets a lot of this too, often being portrayed as TroubledButCute.
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** Bruce Banner seems to be hit with this a lot when being paired with Tony Stark. Fanfics will treat him as an emotionally fragile, delicate man who would never hurt a fly and needs Tony as an emotional crutch. Bizarrely, these fics will also give this treatment to Hulk as well, by playing up his innocent, child-like traits. \n Thor is also commonly a target too, being reduced into some sort of soft, cuddly Golden Retriever in need of brotherly affection from Loki, who is often dominant over him.
** Bucky gets a lot of this too, often being portrayed as TroubledButCute.
** Bucky gets a lot of this too, often being portrayed as TroubledButCute.
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* Sometimes in Film/TheDarkKnightSaga fanfiction, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow -- who is most pleased while torturing mental patients or verbally stomping everyone else in the room -- becomes weirdly effeminate. And wimpy. And willing to lick dirt off his partner's shoes. Huge insult to him and to women. Really, just because the guy's scrawny doesn't mean he's not a power-hungry, self-respecting villain. Probably has to do with Batman pulling his hair in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Fic writers liked the imagery so much, they decided that Scarecrow liked it too. Well, that and the fact that Creator/CillianMurphy is a very good-looking person.
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* Sometimes in Film/TheDarkKnightSaga ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' fanfiction, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow -- who is most pleased while torturing mental patients or verbally stomping everyone else in the room -- becomes weirdly effeminate. And wimpy. And willing to lick dirt off his partner's shoes. Huge insult to him and to women. Really, just because the guy's scrawny doesn't mean he's not a power-hungry, self-respecting villain. Probably has to do with Batman pulling his hair in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Fic writers liked the imagery so much, they decided that Scarecrow liked it too. Well, that and the fact that Creator/CillianMurphy is a very good-looking person.
