Topic on Talk:Jerkass Woobie

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Because calling someone a jerk is rude, and so is calling him a woobie. Same reason the Trope Dumb Muscle does not allow real life examples.

May I ask just what sort of example you'd put if it was allowed?

Edit: I should clarify this a little more. A Jerkass Woobie is usually a villain, and always a character who has committed evil deeds, and also someone that the typical fan is NOT supposed to view in a favorable light. BUT, he's also someone who the typical fan is supposed to sympathize with, for one reason or another, maybe a tragic Freudian Excuse or Dark and Troubled Past that one cannot help but relate to. Look over the entries, and you'll see what I mean. Folks like Darth Vader do indeed have tragic pasts, but they go quite a bit beyond "social awkwardness and lack of cognitive empathy".