History TearJerker / Syngenesophobia

* ''The entire fight scene''. The girls all let their petty squabbling come to a boiling point as they blame Lincoln for all their fighting, as he had interfered with a protocol that only served to worsen the tension among the girls. When Lincoln works up the nerve to call them out on their selfish actions, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he is subjected to a brutal beating against which he had no defense]], and by the time it is over the terrified child is absolutely '''shattered''' both physically and mentally. Rita and Lynn Sr. work up the nerve to take charge of the situation, but only after their only son has paid the price for it. While they were used to their children fighting, [[UpToEleven they had never seen it escalate to something as vicious as this]]. Rita's reaction when she steps into the living room pretty much sums up the horror of the entire incident.

* It's easy to pity the sisters here, as well. They arrive to apologize and make amends with their brother, with Luna in particular opening her heart up to him, talking about the happy moments they shared and her genuine remorse for what she's done to him. But Lincoln is so overcome with terror that their words don't even register to him and he instead believes they're there to beat him again, or worse. As the realization that their brother now views them as monsters sinks in, they all begin to sob, fearing they've lost him for good.

* It's easy to pity the sisters here, as well. They arrive to apologize and make amends with their brother, with Luna in particular opening her heart up to him, talking about the happy moments they shared and her genuine remorse for what she's done do him. But Lincoln is so overcome with terror that their words don't even register to him and he instead believes they're there to beat him again, or worse. As the realization that their brother now views them as monsters sinks in, they all begin to sob, fearing they've lost him for good.

* Following Carol's advice, Lori decides to talk to Lincoln and let him vent all the frustrations he has kept bottled up towards her. She takes it in strides until Lincoln implies Lori doesn't actually love Bobby; then her own anger gets the better of her, and she retaliates (fortunately only with words), to the point that Lincoln has a relapse and backs away from her. Lori leaves, knowing she screwed up and could have possibly have undone any progress Lincoln made so far.

* We get to see just how messed up Lincoln has become. When his sisters come to visit, he falls on the floor and starts sobbing to the point that he starts to have trouble breathing due to his bruised ribs not being able to expand to accommodate his lungs, before Lisa puts an oxygen mask on him.

* By Chapter 11, Lori begins to wonder if her parents always leave her in charge of her siblings because they're afraid of her.

* Lori reveals in Chapter 12 that she hates being seen as the tyrannical older sister, but the pressures of looking after her siblings got to her, and now she wishes that she could be the sister she wanted to be when she was younger but can't find a way to bring that relationship back.

* Chapter 14: Lincoln has another nightmare, despite receiving pills to prevent them, and it's his worst dream yet. He ends up wetting himself and getting afraid of Bun-Bun as well as his sisters.
* Leni turns out not to be stupid, but suffers from a condition that makes her seem as such when she hasn't taken her medication. However she hates taking the medicine as it makes her aware of how she was acting without it and how her family treats her like an idiot, and also allows her to feel totally humiliated because of it.

* Chapter 15: Luan turns out to have received vicious bullying from her classmates, including [[StuffedIntoALocker being shut into a locker]] for ''hours'', futilely calling for help until being discovered by a teacher. She was so traumatized that she [[MisplacedRetribution repressed all of her anger over it and proceeded to take all of it out on her family every April Fool's Day]], [[JerkassRealization something she deeply regrets once Dr. Lopez helps her realize it]].

* Chapter 19: Lynn turns out to be devastated that her brother, who [[BigSisterInstinct she's always prided herself on protecting]], is now terrified of her and additionally misses how close she and Lincoln were as kids, with her attempts at rough play being her way of trying to rekindle it and her being extremely hurt whenever he rebuffed her.

* Chapter 20 has TheReveal that Lola knows she's a total bitch but that she ''has'' to be that way to get ahead in pageants, something she discovered in her first pageant where [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lindsey deliberately set Lola up to fail while putting on a nice face]]. Lana is horrified to find out her twin has resigned herself to being hated and alone for the rest of her life.
* Also at the end of Chapter 20, the twins tell Dr. Lopez that they believe Lucy to be clinically depressed. Let us repeat that; an ''8-year-old'' might be so thoroughly depressed that ''6-year-olds'' have picked up on it but the Loud parents apparently never considered the possibility.

* Chapter 21's brief HopeSpot of Lucy not being depressed is quickly shattered when we find out that she feels utterly ignored by her family (and was once abandoned in the house when the family left for a trip, a fact no one noticed until they were ''30 miles away''), misses Lincoln like crazy and is on the verge of a breakdown without her journal.

* Chapter 25 continues to see the Loud girls miserable about the situation with Lincoln, with Lucy being driven to open tears repeatedly.

* Both parents are depressed about how life at home is, with Lincoln living in fear of his siblings and the girls in no better shape. They also grow fearful the restrictions their daughters have might be doing more harm than good, seeing as Lucy was a complete mess without her journal to write with.
* In spite of their attempt to lighten the girls' mood by lifting some of their punishments, the sisters are indifferent about it. The parents discover the girls' reason is because their social lives are almost nonexistent because of their poor actions, with a few of them such as Lynn and Lola are refusing to continue with their passions since people hate them anyway now. [[BeAllMySinsRemembered The girls pretty much accepted their actions destroyed their social lives,]] only caring about Lincoln recovering but even they don't know if Lincoln ever will.
* Lincoln considers actual calling his sisters, but is nearly prevented from doing so after imagining them reaching through the phone to forcefully bringing him home.

* Chapter 28 sees Lana breaking down because, after Lucy [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] by implying her pets are likely dead, to the younger girl's clear dismay, she finds out that most of her pets were given away and ''El Diablo was put down for eating other animals''; Hops and Izzy are the only ones left. Lana screams at her father that she hates him but she's well-aware it's her own fault her pets ended up in the animal shelter to begin with. Lucy is also ashamed of herself for making the comments and heartbroken over what her little sister is going through.

* Lynn has a breakdown when, during a meeting between them and Lincoln at Dr. Lopez's office, she hears Lincoln tell about his last dream, in which Lynn's Full House gang counterpart came close to beating Lincoln to death, and actually enjoyed it.

* As Lynn Sr. explains to his wife, Rita, he is buying Lana a Two-Stripped Water Monitor to make it up to her because they learned that most of her pets were given away and her snake El Diablo was put down for eating other animals. While Lynn Sr. meant to punish Lana for her actions, he never meant for one of her pets to be killed; what worse is that Lynn Sr. suspects Lana is still angry at him. As Lynn Sr. points out, Lana hardly talks to him or look at him unless she needs something, and last night when he heard the twins talking through the ceiling, Lola asked her something about him, and Lana tried to skip the question. It is heartbreaking to think that Lynn Sr. damage his relationship with his daughter Lana to the point where it implied she does not consider him her father anymore.

* Lynn Sr.'s punishment of his daughters, by forbidding them to indulge in ''any'' of their usual hobbies and interests, selling their possessions, and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ripping each of them a new one for the grievous injuries they had inflicted on Lincoln]]. Even the younger sisters are not spared his wrath. And finally, Lynn Sr. actually goes so far as to threaten to ''beat the girls with his belt'' if any of them dare step out of line again or sneak past their punishments. He hates resorting to such tactic, but he's been pushed so far past the breaking point that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he doesn't know how else to get through to them]].

* Chapter 6, when Lynn tries to apologize to Lincoln, the boy panics and hits her with a food tray. What makes it worse is that Lynn mistakes Lincoln's fear for anger, and thinks he ''hates'' her now, so she storms out of the room crying.

* While the readers [[TheNoodleIncident never actually saw the fallout themselves]], word spreads out fast and the Loud sisters friends dumped them.

* Mr. Loud's punishment of his daughters, by forbidding them to indulge in ''any'' of their usual hobbies and interests, selling their possessions, and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ripping each of them a new one for the grievous injuries they had inflicted on Lincoln]]. Even the younger siblings are not spared his wrath. And then finally Lynn Sr. actually goes so far as to threaten to ''beat the girls with his belt'' if any of them dare step out of line again or sneak past their punishments. He hates resorting to such tactic, but he's been pushed so far past the breaking point that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he doesn't know how else to get through to them]].

* He never went through with it, and obviously took no pleasure if he actually did so, but Lynn Sr. actually ''considered'' the idea of [[IHaveNoSon disowning his daughters]].

* While he never went through with it, and obviously took no pleasure if he actually did so, but Lynn Sr. actually ''considered'' the idea of [[IHaveNoSon disowning his daughters]].

** Lynn voices her concern about the possibility that therapy won't help, and Lincoln will never get over his syngenesophobia. It makes all the girls realize that there is a serious risk that they could lose Lincoln for good. And they're fully aware that if they did, it would be ''entirely their fault.''
** The Loud parents, after telling Dr. Lopez everything that led up to Lincoln's hospitalization, begin to fear that they're bad parents for never taking any action towards the sister protocol.

* As Lincoln and Ronnie Ann discuss Lori's past and the reason she was so bossy and selfish. Lincoln noted that Lori used to be a lot nicer when she was younger. Looking up a picture of Lori using his phone, he sees that Lori, at 13 years old, was wearing glasses, still having braces, and a face with some blemishes here and there. Lincoln concluded that a mix of being bullied by her peers for her looks and the stress of having to look over her siblings changed her from the kind sister she used to be to the mean and bossy sister she is now. Lori herself backed this up in the previous chapter, noting that 7th grade was hell for her to Carol and the stress she was under because she had to take care of her sibling.

** The girls' horrified reactions once they see what they've done. By the time they've snapped out of their rage, they know absolutely nothing they say or do could even begin to make up for what they've done to their brother.

* Chapter 3 A Living Nightmare: After a horrible nightmare in which demonic versions of his sisters kill him for being at fault for every dispute, Lincoln wakes up in the hospital, just as visitor hours are over. Afraid to be left alone, he begs his mother to stay with him.

* In Chapter 8, we get to see just how messed up Lincoln has become. When his sisters come to visit, [[spoiler: he falls on the floor and starts sobbing to the point that he starts to have trouble breathing due to his bruised ribs not being able to expand to accommodate his lungs, before Lisa puts an oxygen mask on him]].

* Chapter 9: Lincoln is officially diagnosed with [[TitleDrop syngenesophobia]] (fear of relatives), and not surprisingly, no-one in his family takes it well. Rita breaks down crying in front of Dr. Richard, Lynn Sr. has a nervous breakdown at work when his wife calls him about it, and the sisters’ guilt increases even more.

* Chapter 10:

* Chapter 22 has the outright statement that Lily was so furious with her sisters that she didn't want them to touch her. And even though Lincoln's out of the hospital, the nightmares show no signs of stopping and in fact, are getting worse.
* Chapter 22 also implies that Luna and Lana, the "normal" ones of the sisters (a title gained from not having any form of mental issue other than guilt over what they helped do to Lincoln), are guilty that they couldn't identify or fix their sisters' issues and the parents aren't feeling any better about it given that they completely missed how screwed up their daughters ended up.

* His sisters despite what they've done, are nonetheless [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] by what they did, and now have to deal with the fact that their brother fears them so much that he now can't even be in the same room with them without thinking they want to kill him. Their emotions are detailed several times in the fic, and you can tell that the whole ordeal hits them ''hard''. The second chapter in particular gives their reactions of self-hatred in great details. Plus, since word about what they did gets around quickly, all the girls find themselves [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized by their friends and classmates,]] starting with Bobby breaking up with Lori for the atrocities she committed,[[spoiler: although it's been later discovered in chapter 35 that Lori broke up with Bobby, not the other way around]] and [[WhatTheHellHero followed by the other Loud girls having their friends abandoning them (even though the readers never actually see the abandonment), including Polly Pain, Haiku, Tabby, and Maggie]].

* His sisters despite what they've done, are nonetheless [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] by what they did, and now have to deal with the fact that their brother fears them so much that [[spoiler: he now can't even be in the same room with them without thinking they want to kill him]]. Their emotions are detailed several times in the fic, and you can tell that the whole ordeal hits them ''hard''. The second chapter in particular gives their reactions of self-hatred in great details. Plus, since word about what they did gets around quickly, all the girls find themselves [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized by their friends and classmates,]] starting with Bobby breaking up with Lori for the atrocities she committed,[[spoiler: although it's been later discovered in chapter 35 that Lori broke up with Bobby, not the other way around]] and [[WhatTheHellHero followed by the other Loud girls having their friends abandoning them (even though the readers never actually see the abandonment), including Polly Pain, Haiku, Tabby, and Maggie]].
* The ''very'' real possibility that [[BrainyBaby Lily]], [[WhatTheHellHero who is]] ''pissed'' with her sisters, might grow up resenting her sisters, especially if Lincoln [[DrivenToSuicide attempts suicide]]. {{Subverted|Trope}} as of Chapter 22 as while she's still upset, she's also realized how broken up the other girls are and wants to help them reconcile with Lincoln, which unfortunately isn't going to be easy.

* Even though Lincoln reaching out to his sisters it is clear that all the love he has for them is gone, even thinking of Lori as a monster in his head. In that while Lincoln is slowly losing his fear, but is beginning to be replaced with resentment and distrust.

* The ending of the chapter for Lori. Still dealing with being chewed out by her sibling for her mistake, she discovers that she has to do a school project with Carol and Bobby. Lori notes that she is not ready to face Bobby after their break-up.

* When Lori tells Carol about the time Lincoln discovers that his parents are not using the coffee mugs because they were poorly made, and the time she tries to sabotage Leni passing her driving test. It's very clear how guilty Lori feels for how unhelpful and insensitive they were in not helping Lincoln take a family picture, and Lori especially feels guilty for the mean comments she said that were hurtful, that Lincoln will probably now really how hurtful her words were. Lori also feels great guilt for the fact that she tries to sabotage Leni passing her driving test and unintentionally endanger her sister. Lori admits that she could not give Carol a straight answer even if she wanted to why she did it and was horrified that she could have killed Leni. Even Carol, who is both sympathetic and open-minded when listening to Lori's story, feels shocked and angry towards Lori and her sibling for the way they acted. Though Carol keeps calm and reminds sympathetic towards Lori.

* Even those Lincoln reaching out to his sisters it is clear that all the love he has for them is gone, even thinking of Lori as a monster in his head. In that while Lincoln is slowly losing his fear, but is beginning to be replaced with resentment and distrust.

* As Lynn Sr. explains to his wife, Rita, he is buying Lana a Two-Stripped Water Monitor to make it up to her because they learn that most of her pets were given away and her snake El Diablo was put down for eating other animals. While Lynn Sr. meant to punish Lana for her actions, he never meant for one of her pets to be killed; what worse is that Lynn Sr. suspects Lana still angry at him. As Lynn Sr. points out, Lana hardly talks to him or look at him unless she needs something, and last night when he heard the twins talking through the ceiling, Lola asked her something about him, and Lana tried to skip the question. It is heartbreaking to think that Lynn Sr. damage his relationship with his daughter Lana to the point where it implied she does not consider him her father anymore.

* Lincoln's resentment towards his sisters is given further detail when he spoke to Clyde. Despite acknowledging his sisters' remorse, he feels conflicted about ''actually'' forgving them mostly because the girls often [[AesopAmnesia forgot and ignore their lessons]], and is afraid of what will happen if his sisters lose their tempers again.

* When Lori tells Carol the time, Lincoln discovers that his parents are not using the coffee mugs because they were poorly made, and the time she tries to sabotage Leni passing her driving test. It very clear how guilty Lori feels for how unhelpful and insensitive they were in not helping Lincoln take a family picture, and Lori especially feels guilty for the mean comments she said that were hurtful, that Lincoln will probably now really how hurtful her words were. Lori also feels great guilt for the fact that she tries to sabotage Leni passing her driving test and unintentionally endanger her sister. Lori admits that she could not give Carol a straight answer even if I wanted to why she did it and was horrified that she could have killed Leni. Even Carol, who is both sympathetic and open-minded when listening to Lori's story, feels shocked and angry towards Lori and her sibling for the way they acted. Those Carol keeps calm and reminds sympathetic towards Lori.
* We see a flashback from Carol's view of the fall out of how Lori deal with Lincoln beating. In the bathroom, Carol hears Lori crying being hug by her friend Whitney; however, when Whitney heard what Lori and her sisters did to her brother, she was rightfully outrage, call her out for doing such a thing and for not even trying to talk out there problems. Whitney leaves Lori crying in the bathroom in disgust. During the flashback, Carol also sees what is implied to be Luna being angrily confronted by her friends for her role in the beating that sends her brother to the hospital.
* Also, we go into details on how the Loud sisters were bullied for their actions, with their former friends being the bullying ringleaders. One random student nearly provoked Luna into a fight, and when Leni tries to stop the fight so Luna will not get in trouble, the random student and his friends mocked Leni for her supposed low intelligence. Whitney made it clear to Lori that she wanted nothing to do with her. A week after Lincoln has hospitalized, Whitney and the rest of Lori former friends started to bully her by shoving books out of her hands, shooting spitballs at her during class, painting graffiti on her locker and sometimes her bag, and occasionally getting her blamed for stuff she didn't do and getting her detention. Thankfully the principal had a school-wide assembly that stops most of the harassment the Loud sisters were suffering, with the teachers being more proactive at putting an end to any bullying they saw. Whitney was even called out for harassment, with Lori accusing her and two students of defacing her locker, with security footage pulled as proof. Sadly while Lori is gratefully the bullying stop, she considers it only a marginal victory, for the main problem still slapped her in the face every time she came home.
* As Lori explains to Carol, she started her relationship with Bobby to compete with Carol. Lori admits that Bobby was not her first choice for a boyfriend because he was a bit dense, even those he seemed like a nice guy and viewed the relationship as short. While she eventually falls in love with him because he was so devoted to her, Lori clarifies that she feels guilty for starting the relationship that way, and part of the reason she broke up with him was she feel guilty for using him. And when Carol says that it was short-sighted to break up with him because he may have supported her, Lori doubts that, pointing out he broke up with her when her brother insulted his sister.

* Lori's sibling confronting her about losing her temper and yelling at Lincoln. Yes, Lori knows that she had messed up, and her sisters have a right to be angry with her for both possibly have undone any progress Lincoln made so far and making Lincoln too afraid to talk with them again. But it is still heartbreaking to see them chew Lori out for her mistake. And when Lynn implied that she and the rest of their sisters would disown her if Lori action ruin there changes to make up with Lincoln, the fact that Lynn would disown Lori, and the other sisters did not disagree with her (Leni was too shock to disagree with Lynn) was heartbreaking. Despite her anger towards Lori, Leni was shocked that Lynn would imply that, and she noticed that Lynn did not make a hollow threat. What makes it worse while the sisters fears Lori may have undone Lincoln's progress, the truth is that Lincoln is actually willing to consider forgiving Lori, which means that Lynn threatens to disown Lori for nothing.
* As Lincoln and Ronnie Ann discuss Lori's past and the reason she was so bossy and selfish. Lincoln noted that Lori uses to be a lot nicer when she was younger. Looking up a picture of Lori using his phone, he sees that Lori, at 13 years old, was wearing glasses, still having braces, and a face with some blemishes here and there. Lincoln concluded that a mix of being bullied by her peers for her looks and the stress of having to look over sibling change her from the kind sister used to be to the mean and bossy sister she is now. Lori herself back this up in the previous chapter, noting that 7th grade was hell for her to Carol and the stress she was under because she had to take care of her sibling.
* The ending of the chapter for Lori. Still dealing with being chew out by her sibling for her mistake, she discovers that she has to do a school project with Carol and Bobby. Lori notes that she is not ready to face Bobby after their break-up.

Considering what happens in this story, you are likely to cry.