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Most often found in bad fiction (especially fanfiction), wangst is the combination of "wang" and "angst"; it's a condition where a character is supposedly unfortunate and deserving of pity but the real emotion the viewer/reader is supposed to feel is awe at the character's awesome power and l33t sk1llz. A good writer can write a believable character who has a lot of power but whose life still sucks. A really good writer can even write a believable character whose life sucks as a direct result of having such power. But when bad writers try to combine these two things, the result is often wangst.
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