A fork of Rural Dictionary
(verb) To kill off the most lovable b-list characters in your movies / tv shows.
Firefly: Wash, Shepard
Avengers: Agent Coulson
"I want to see that movie, but I don't want it to be Whedon'd."
The last name of the man who created the shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. He's also done movie stuff, like writing Toy Story.
"Wow, Joss Whedon is a really cool dude. Where does he come up with all these awesome ideas for shows?"
During a TV show or book, when a character you've grown to love is inexplicably killed in the third act, usually as a quick way of evoking a great deal of emotion from the audience. Named for Joss Whedon, who literally has never produced anything in which this hasn't happened.
Penny is 'Whedoned' at the end of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Wash is 'Whedoned' at the end of Serenity
Buffy is 'Whedoned' in the season 5 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
This literally goes on and on and on
A tendency to parrot the speech patterns of various Joss Whedon characters and incorporate the slang from various Whedonverses (Buffy. Firefly, Angel, etc) into every day speech.
Every time I use the word "shiny" people look at me strangely--as though they never spoken to someone suffering from Whedonitis.
When straight white cis male feminists try to score points off other straight white cis male feminists as a mating display/show of dominance.
From Joss Whedon, who does all the time.
Dude 1: Margret Thatcher was a misogynist bitch.
Dude 2: HOW DARE YOU SAY BITCH, MISOGYNIST SCUM?
Chick: Stop Whedoning.
What you would call something that Joss Whedon would probably say
Person 1: Hey I'm an American film director, producer, writer, and composer.
Person 2: Haha wow that was such a Whedonism
Person 1: Haha you're so right
Person 2: *vomits*