History Woobie / WebComics

* ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls''
** Cody and Bridget both. They lost their mother years ago and their father is out of town more often not, leaving Cody to raise Bridget all by himself. Cody is having trouble at school after having been booted from a more esteemed private school and it's implied that Bridget has no friends at hers and is terribly lonely. They finally find some respite in the Fazbears and the amusement park, but circumstances out of their control seem to actively conspire to destroy the new friendship.
** The animatronics. They were made to be the ideal child entertainers, but were seemingly chucked out like trash after the Fazbear murders, dismantled and left to rot when the Frights-building burned down. In the present they have to actively isolate themselves because their home is haunted by a malicious entity that kills everyone who stays in the theme park after midnight.

* ''Webcomic/SpringtrapAndDeliah'': Deliah, despite being cheerful most of the time, can fall into this. Given that Springtrap is her OnlyFriend until Harry comes into her life, coupled with Nick's dream implying her mom was an AbusiveParent, it's not hard to see that her life isn't all sunshine and rainbows.

* The Sorrow, in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' fancomic ''Webcomic/TheCobraDays''. Partly due to the abuse he takes from his SociopathicHero comrades, partly because his spirit-medium powers have a distinct element of BlessedWithSuck [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-06 at times]].

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[[caption-width-right:253:What every woobie needs.]]

* Woobie/{{Homestuck}}
* Woobie/{{Polandball}}

* Ed from ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' (pictured... unless they've changed it). [[spoiler: Isolated for ''17 years''? After suffering spousal abuse for some time? And ripping his mate's throat out because she was beating their child ''because'' he loved her?]] Who doesn't want to give him a hug and some tea? At least Digger feels the same way.

* Rose from ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom''. She learned that she isn't Willa, but is instead [[CloningBlues a Shadow copy of her]], in in about the most traumatic way possible:

* Grimal's [[FurryComic Furry webcomic]] ''[[http://deo.comicgenesis.net Deo]]'' succeded in woobiefying the ENTIRE MAIN CAST. Every single one has something terribly, terribly wrong in their personal lives, and you keep reading just in the vain hope that something good happens to em at some point. This is a webcomic where you want to take the entire cast, put them in a room, and give them all blankets and hugs. And some group therapy.

* ''Buni'' is so optimistic, even though he probably has the worst luck in the universe. The audience wants so desperately for him to be happy... but even when he is happy, it usually remains tainted with some sort of hopelessness, or is immediately followed by some soul-crushing misfortune.

* ''Webcomic/{{Between The Lines}}'' has Dani. Where do I begin? He's constantly physically and emotionally abused at school and ridiculed by his own parents because he cross-dresses. In the 3rd chapter, he nearly committed suicide due to all the turmoil and abuse, only to be sent to a mental hospital to get cared for. This puts Dani into a deeper depression, to the point that [[http://mekari.deviantart.com/art/Between-the-Lines-chap3-pg31-131166340 you want to hug the poor kid to make him/her feel better ]].

* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020120 take your pick]]

* Skylar, from ''Webcomic/ComingUpViolet'' is quickly becoming this almost as fast as the comics get posted. Seriously, this guy [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=24878 just]] [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=26689 can't]] [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=37342 seem]] to [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=38320 catch]] a [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=39237 break]]. Of course, he's also the resident ChewToy with the shippers.

** [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_857.php Comedy is hard when it doesn't involve physical/emotional pain]]

* Angel from ''Webcomic/DomainTnemrot'' has been revealing [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=129 her back story lately]].

** Rilian, of all people, might count as one. He seems to have had all of three good friends in his life, [[spoiler: two of whom he's had to ''kill'' to save the world, both times from the same threat while being unable to prevent the death of the third]]. Nobody else seems to like or trust him because he's a spooky looking necromancer. Then there's the [[spoiler: time he spends as "Brian"]], when he acts friendly and gregarious and just plain ''likable''; followed by the revelation that [[spoiler: ''that's who he actually is at heart''. His cold [[ShootTheDog Dog Shooter]] nature is a facade he uses to deal with his trauma]]. His woobiedom can be seen [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-04-15 here]].

* Sir [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=724690 Muir]] in ''Webcomic/{{Harkovast}}''

* [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1075 Hannelore]] in ''WebComic/QuestionableContent''. Even [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1019 turkeys]] agree.
** [[SuperOCD And hugging her]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907 just causes more problems]].
** Before Hanners arrived, and [[spoiler:he hooked up with Dora]], Marten was pretty much [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=365 the strip Woobie]].
** Lately, Marigold has taken a sharp turn in that direction as well, to the point that Hannelore [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1633 gives *her* a hug]].

** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2609 This comic further confirms said woobiness]]. Jesus, someone hug him.
** Squig also [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3163 has]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3165 his]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3116 moments]].
** As does [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3146 Fucshia]], due to FantasticRacism, [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3666 like here]]

* Jone White-Eye, from ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic''. She successfully became the woobie in her [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1212-one-day-in-brittlemark/ first page]]. [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1213-torment/ All the]] [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1214-the-teeth-of-the-matter/ others were]] [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1215-bite-me/ just icing]] [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1216-tragic/ on the]] [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1221-indecent-proposals/ cake]].

* The main character of [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Boxdog/4851001/ Boxdog]]

* Anna from ''Webcomic/Sire''. Where do I begin? She has spent her entire life being phsyically and mentally abused by her SplitPersonality Susan, who destroyed her favorite doll, and ruined any chance of Anna getting a social or love life. To make matters worse, when Paul, the only person who tried to help the two out (other than their mother) didn't pay enough attention to Susan, she [[DisproportionateRetribution strangled and beat him to death.]] [[DespairEventHorizon This was so traumitizing that it]] [[DrivenToSuicide drove Anna to try and kill herself.]] [[UpToEleven But Susan wouldn't even let her do this,]] leaving Anna in absolute despair with a big scar over her face. Am I the only one who wants to hug her?

* We could save a lot of time and simply say EVERYONE from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. The universe is [[TraumaCongaLine not kind]] to these characters.
** The trolls as a whole. While at first they seem like plain old antagonists; they are eventually established as closer to the neutral end (with the exceptions of [[NeutralEvil Eridan]] and [[ChaoticEvil Vriska]]): [[spoiler:Sburb is destroying their home planet as well, and the reason they harass the protagonists is that the heroes' session is so screwed up it breaks their game as well]].
** Tavros, in [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003836 this update]] especially. Andrew just refuses to give the poor guy a break. [[spoiler: Accidentally running over his Lusus, forced to jump off a cliff in mockery of his greatest desire, his one attempt to to be assertive and helpful on his own ending up killing the grandfather of the human he had hoped to befriend...]] He eventually discovers his primary tormentor has actively created the unstoppable monster endangering them all. He finally decides to challenge her, not for his own sake, but for everyone's. As soon as she realizes he means it for once, [[spoiler:she promptly kills him for actually standing up to her.]]
** Vriska, despite [[FanNickname being nicknamed as]] a HUGE 8ITCH, still winds up being almost tragic. While she's done a number of [[MoralEventHorizon really awful things]], it eventually becomes clear that [[spoiler:she's basically trying to cover up her self-hate and loneliness. The [[{{Jerkass}} bitchiness]], [[LargeHam hamminess]], and attempts to make herself the central character in everything are all because she's trying to live up to what she thinks her ancestor was like, and it's not until after she kills someone she knew well that she starts to realize that she doesn't actually like being the person she's always tried to be. Then, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam when it starts to seem like she's considering redemption]], she tries to go and confront Bec Noir, and Terezi kills her to stop her from leading him back to murder the rest of them.]]
** Sollux and Aradia. Aside from being responsible for the software's creation, both are CursedWithAwesome {{Mad Oracle}}s; Aradia [[HearingVoices hears voices]] [[spoiler: and is a ''[[KillTheCutie ghost]]'' after Sollux was mind-controlled into killing her during a flashback]], and Sollux has [[HeroicSelfDeprecation serious self esteem issues]].
** WV, [[spoiler:once we saw what [[DiscOneFinalBoss Jack Noir]] [[KillEmAll did]] to the army that rose up and followed him.]] It also turned his antics with Can Town into a huge (and hugely depressing) FunnyAneurysmMoment. [[spoiler: Then Jack returns to finish the job...]]
** Karkat was already a JerkassWoobie before the story starts but then it gets ''worse''. [[spoiler: He watches his team fall apart, killing each other and going insane before his eyes. He watches one of his best friends being killed, and the killer's past self ''hits on him''. He's being mindgamed by a murderous, ridiculously powerful psychopath MonsterClown who knows exactly where he is, could destroy him in one hit, and could even be ''in the room with him right now''.]] Later on, he watches [[spoiler:yet ''another'' friend [[HeroicSacrifice begin to die]] in front of him,]] and starts openly sobbing when [[spoiler:he finally does die.]]
** Dave, Rose, Davesprite, and Dirk all count as {{Stoic Woobie}}s, trying to hide their pain. Sometimes [[NotSoStoic the facade slips]].
** Mituna, Sollux's Pre-Scratch ancestor. The poor guy has a hard time being understood because of his [[FunnySchizophrenia mental disability]], and most of his "[[WithFriendsLikeThese friends]]" treat him terribly. [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Cronus]] keeps insulting him and [[MemeticMolester invading his personal space]], [[HolierThanThou Kankri]] gives him lectures about [[SlipperySlopeFallacy how his helmet makes people with mental disabilities look bad]] even though Mituna ''physically needs'' the helmet to avoid hurting himself, and when [[JerkAss Meenah]] of all people [[PetTheDog attempts to come to his aid]] by bitching out Cronus, she gets called out for being a {{Hypocrite}}.
** Calliope, who a major chunk of the fanbase really, really wants to hug. [[spoiler:Even death was no escape.]]
** This is how some fans see Eridan. In canon, his situation is not the best ([[spoiler: After a hard breakup with Feferi, he does not take her relationship with Sollux and refusal of his protection well, driving him to kill the love of his life and blind his rival.]]), but many people try to excuse his actions and paint him as a sad, misunderstood child only longing for his true love. This tends to bother the rest of the fandom, considering that in canon, he's a genocidal maniac, more obsessed with murder of all landdwellers (including his friends) than getting a date.
** Many of the post-scratch Ancestors count. Karkat's Ancestor [[CrystalDragonJesus the Signless]] tried to bring peace and equality to his people, and was tortured to death [[ForcedToWatch in front of his family]] for it. His [[ParentalSubstitute adoptive mother]] the Dolorosa had to watch her son die, then was enslaved, raped, and killed. His lover the Disciple escaped execution, but [[CruelMercy had to live with the loss of everyone she'd ever loved]]. His best friend the Psiioniic was made into a LivingBattery for [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Condesce's]] ship, which was [[FateWorseThanDeath agonizingly painful, and was artificially kept alive in that state for]] ''[[AndIMustScream thousands of years]]''.

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** Estonia [[http://satwcomic.com/no-flag-for-you just never gets a break]].

* Rabbit from '''Webcomic/{{Skins}}''' has probably had the roughest time out of the characters. It's implied he was orphaned in the occult war and then abandoned by his older siblings (WordOfGod confirms this.) As a teenager, he ended up in [[spoiler:the Pit, a supernatural prison]] because of something Vinnie did. And to top it off, [[http://lj-phillips.deviantart.com/art/Skins-Inside-Out-1-384823412 his first love defected to the Coven's rival occult agency, leaving him to wake up in an empty quarters.]]

** Vriska, despite [[FanNickname being nicknamed as]] a HUGE 8ITCH, still winds up being almost tragic. While she's done a number of [[MoralEventHorizon really awful things]], it eventually becomes clear that [[spoiler:she's basically trying to cover up her self-hate and loneliness by turning herself into a JerkSue. The [[{{Jerkass}} bitchiness]], [[LargeHam hamminess]], and attempts to make herself the central character in everything are all because she's trying to live up to what she thinks her ancestor was like, and it's not until after she kills someone she knew well that she starts to realize that she doesn't actually like being the person she's always tried to be. Then, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam when it starts to seem like she's considering redemption]], she tries to go and confront Bec Noir, and Terezi kills her to stop her from leading him back to murder the rest of them.]]