Wimpification/Playing With

Basic Trope: A Slash Fic and Boys Love fanfic trope in which a previously more assertive character is derailed into a wuss so that he can be cast as an Uke in a power-imbalanced relationship.
 * Straight: In a Slash Fic, Andy is derailed into a submissive Non Action Guy so that Bob can be a Seme.
 * Exaggerated: In a Slash Fic Andy is derailed to be completely hysterical and dependent on Bob.
 * Justified: Andy has been through a lot more mental and physical trauma at the hands of the villain than he usually is in canon, and so he's a bit less capable than usual. Bob helps him through this.
 * Inverted: In a Slash Fic, Andy takes several levels in badass, so that he can be paired with Bob as an equal or as the seme.
 * In a FemmeSlashFic, Alice undergoes an unsubtle degree of Xenafication in order to be a proper "butch" to Bonnie's "femme".
 * Subverted: Andy acts like a submissive Non Action Guy, because he thinks that this is the type Bob likes. Bob tells him to snap out of it, because he liked the old Andy the way he was.
 * Andy becomes an uke, but he is still assertive and competent as he is in canon.
 * Double Subverted:...And Andy tells him no, he likes acting this way.
 * Then Andy is submissive after one chapter.
 * Parodied: In a Crack Fic, Andy acts like a submissive Non Action Guy so that Fido can be the Seme.
 * Deconstructed: In a Slash Fic, Andy acts like a submissive Non Action Guy, because his internalized homophobia makes him think it's impossible to be gay and a Badass.
 * Alternatively: in a Slash Fic where Andy acts like a submissive Non Action Guy, Bob is turned off since Bob was initially attracted to Andy's strength and assertiveness in the first place.
 * Reconstructed: The Slash Fic presents an Alternate Character Interpretation of Andy secretly not wanting the Badass leader role, but only being comfortable enough to show it around Bob.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: In a Slash Fic, Andy and Bob behave completely in-character.
 * Enforced: The author is a fan of Yaoi Anime, and so she finds this dynamic easy to work with.
 * Lampshaded: Andy: Weird, I never saw myself as such a sub before I went out with Bob.
 * Invoked: ???
 * Defied: Bob firmly puts himself in the submissive role instead to prevent Andy's potential Wimpification.
 * Discussed: Charlie: Uh, Andy, do you feel okay? You're acting kind of different. Andy: I feel fabulouth, darling.
 * Conversed: Alice's Beta Reader tells her that Andy has been acting a bit OOC in Alice's Slash Fic.

Go back to Wimpification and cry on the Seme's shoulder.