Topic on Talk:Jerkass Woobie
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If this is a villain trope, why is it called "jerkass woobie" and not "woobie villain" or the like?
Of course, calling someone a villain - even diffuse groups of people like sociopaths - is rude. But that doesn't come across from the trope title, neither is it explained in the "no real life examples" line.
Furthermore, if you need to be an outright villain to be this trope, what are you if you are just a bit of a jerk with also some Woobie traits? And what sets this trope apart from Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds? If I understand it right, both are essentially the same - just this trope has more dominant villain traits and the latter has more dominant Woobie traits.