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.