[ SECRET POST #3237 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3237 ⌋

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Comments

[elaminator]

...I'm still not exactly sure what it means, but yes, it's everywhere.

[(Anonymous)]

Small.

[elaminator]

Ooo, huh. Well, at least I'll be less confused next time I see it. Thanks, anon!

da

[(Anonymous)]

wait, so they aren't homonyms?

[(Anonymous)]

small & cute

[elaminator]

Haha, that doesn't quite describe some of the characters I've seen the word used for, but I guess it's all done in a lighthearted manner.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it basically means "appealingly vulnerable"? Like, if the character is being characterized as particularly insecure about themselves, usually with lots of painful feelings they are stoically hiding/trying to hide.

I would call "smol" the cousin of "woobie," though I actually feel like I have less understanding of what a woobie truly is, so I could be off the mark there.

[iggy]

It just started as a way to refer to cute, tiny animals. I have no idea what and how it morphed into what it did in fandom.

[elaminator]

It sounds like this is one of those things everyone interprets a bit differently, but I could see that; fandom loves its woobies (even if the character they're trying to make a woobie isn't much of one, lol).

Not that I disagree about vulnerability being appealing, because it totally is, but if I was going to call a character 'appealingly vulnerable' I'd use those words instead; it's more direct and less confusing.

Thanks, though! I feel like I understand it a bit better after this thread.