History YMMV / WhatIsAPersonWorth

** The Loud family sans Lincoln and perhaps Lily, on the grounds that she's only a baby. Despite how they treated Lincoln like crap lately, they were none too proud of themselves after experiencing a JerkassRealization. Not to mention that Lincoln refuses to go anywhere near ''any'' of them if he can help it and has outright stated [[spoiler: he intends to get the police involved, possibly permanently ''destroying'' the family, if they don't leave him alone]] and Mr. Grouse has expressed similar opinions. To be specific:

** A subverted example with the Louds. While their treatment of Lincoln in the first three chapters is inexcusable and horrible, they get a major wake up call in the fourth chapter. It's clear from that point that they are remorseful and seek to better themselves. Even Lynn's wishing Lincoln was never born during their outburst, she immediately regrets it when she calms down and beats herself up about it, and how the blame for all this mess can be traced back to her, something that ultimately gives her a [[NightmareSequence nightmare]] so frightening that even when she realizes that it was AllJustADream, she remains terrified that the dream's events (Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable declaring that he's never going to forgive her for what she did]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere walking out of the family's lives forever]]) could really happen and when Lucy asks her if she's okay, Lynn's response is to timidly say no instead even attempting bravado, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something that Lucy is openly concerned with]].

** If you love someone, no matter the type of love, you respect their wishes and treat them in a way that makes them comfortable; this covers both LovingBully and BigSisterBully and no matter of HypocriticalHeartwarming will whitewash mistreatment.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In Chapter 22, Lynn calls Ronnie out for not just buying the FrameUp of Lincoln for [[MistakenForCheating supposedly seeing Cristina behind her back]] but also her brand of "affection", even having a NotSoDifferent moment where she admits that she's been screwing up her relationship with Lincoln ''long'' before the events of "No Such Luck" by ignoring the fact that he wasn't enjoying their "playtime" like she was.

*** Lynn gets a particular sharp dose of this trope when she finally admits in Chapter 9 that the whole mess is her fault because she decided to call Lincoln a jinx instead of accepting the loss in stride and breaks down on Pop-pop's shoulder. Then chapter 13 features her being outright terrified of her little brother (something a few readers have smugly called LaserGuidedKarma considering how rough she is with him even at the best of times in canon), who treats her with a calm indifference to her clear heartbreak, and TheReveal that she's stopped taking care of herself out of guilt, to the clear worry of her parents and several of her sisters. Then Chapter 15 compounds this with a NightmareSequence where Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable informs her that he's never forgiving her for what she did]] before walking out of the family's lives forever; when Lynn wakes up, she's too freaked out to even attempt to mask how upset she is, to Lucy's clear worry, and is clearly [[ItsAllMyFault in the midst of blaming herself for absolutely everything]]. ''[[FromBadToWorse Then]]'' Chapter 17 sees her having a near breakdown at the idea of going to sleep because she can't stand having her little brother hate her, which is pretty much the only subject of her dreams lately. Chapter 18 sees her sisters calling her out and mostly snapping her out of it but in Chapter 19, Lori admits to Lincoln that she's still worried about Lynn's mental health.

* TheWoobie: Lincoln, big time. All he wanted was some free-time away from the family, and what does he get in return? Being kicked out of his own home, having his furniture sold, and being forced to wear a squirrel costume in order to win back their trust. And even then, they still don't respect him as a family member.

** A more straight example being how vicious Chandler and his friends are [[spoiler: with bullying Lincoln, ultimately going as far as to attack physically Lana, a six year old girl, when she tried to stick up for Lincoln. It makes the following beatdown very much warranted.]]

*** Rita and Lynn Sr. They're supposed to be responsible parents who should be able to tell right from wrong, but like the rest of their daughters, [[MomentOfWeakness they gave into Lynn's preposterous claims about Lincoln being bad luck]] and treated him as such. Not to mention kick him out of the house because of their paranoia over nothing. It took an [[TheDogBitesBack extremely livid Lincoln]] to make them open their eyes and realize their actions [[ThisIsUnforgivable were unforgivable]]. Now they have to live with the fact that they did the opposite of what they promised their kids they wouldn't do to any of them and how their only son would threaten to call the police over them, ruining the family forever.

** A subverted example with the Louds. While their treatment of Lincoln in the first three chapters is inexcusable and horrible, they get a major wake up call in the fifth chapter. It's clear from that point that they are remorseful and seek to better themselves. Even Lynn's wishing Lincoln was never born during their outburst, she immediately regrets it when she calms down and beats herself up about it, and how the blame for all this mess can be traced back to her, something that ultimately gives her a [[NightmareSequence nightmare]] so frightening that even when she realizes that it was AllJustADream, she remains terrified that the dream's events (Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable declaring that he's never going to forgive her for what she did]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere walking out of the family's lives forever]]) could really happen and when Lucy asks her if she's okay, Lynn's response is to timidly say no instead even attempting bravado, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something that Lucy is openly concerned with]].

* HeartwarmingMoments:
** While the fanfic is generally grim and dark, it still has some heartwarming moments. In chapter 5, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne [[ShipTease share a moment]]. Ronnie Anne manages to convince Lincoln to open up to her about the problems he's having with his family. She comforts him by saying [[DeclarationOfProtection she will always be there to protect him]] ([[FunnyMoments though she mentally sighs at how sappy she's sounding]]) and manages to make him stop crying. At the end of the conversation, she agrees to sleep with him, as he has troubles to sleep without Bun-bun, and he kisses her on the cheek to thank her.
*** In the same chapter, it was really nice to see Bobby and Mr. and Mrs. Santiago so worried about Lincoln's state after his fight with Lynn. Bobby is even willing to ''lie to Lori about knowing where Lincoln is'' for the poor boy's sake (though he does admit to not liking it one bit).
** The entire Loud family was out for hours looking for Lincoln and Lynn ends up regretting her fight with her brother so much that she has a full-on NightmareSequence about [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor her wish about not having a brother coming true]].
*** It's...a bit weird but the fact that even when he's beyond upset with them, Lincoln finds the idea of his parents going to jail and his family possibly breaking up utterly horrifying and despite the fact that he has every right to call the police on his parents (something that is starting to become a bit of a cliche for "No Such Luck" DeconstructionFic stories), he doesn't go through with it for the family's sake, which implies that Lincoln deep down still wants to forgive his family despite all that crap he's been through. (The author has stated outright that he wanted to do a story where the Louds fixed their problems without police intervention).
** Chapter 8 actually has things start looking up a bit. Pop-pop [[WhatTheHellHero gently calls Rita out because he raised her better]] but also [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre comforts her by telling her that the fact that she's so regretful proves that she can grow past it]]. Leni is rebuilding all of Lincoln's furniture with pinpoint precision, even stating she's going to make him the best bedroom ever. Luna and Luan are able to combine their talents into a song that helps both of them start to deal with the mess. And Lola forgives Lana for nearly strangling her because she understands they're both touchy about the situation they've found themselves in.
** Chapter 10 ends with [[spoiler: Lana attacking Chandler and his friends, who were bullying Lincoln, by throwing mud at them in order to protect her brother. And then, when they start bullying her, [[BigBrotherInstinct Lincoln]] loses it and beats them up. All five of them. The chapter ends with Lincoln and Lana hugging each other, as both are hurt and need comfort after what happened, with Lana [[CryIntoChest crying into Lincoln's chest]].]]
-->'''Lincoln:''' [[spoiler: ''(after having curbstomped Chandler)'']] "You can pick on me all you want... but if you, or your friends, [[spoiler: go ''anywhere'' near my sisters or mess with my friends again]]... you better ''pray'' that I don't find you..."
** Chapter 11 [[spoiler: has the aftermath of the aforementioned fight being very good for the soul, including all of the girls realizing that Lincoln's DeclarationOfProtection extends to ''all'' of them.]] Also [[spoiler: Lincoln [[YouAreBetterTHanYouThinkYouAre assures Ronnie, who's feeling guilty about the way she treated him when she was his bully and even after they got together, that he's forgiven her and loves her,]] also reassuring her that he'll never hurt her. Possibly hurt anyone who tried to hurt her but never her. Then he gives a LoveConfession, earning him an impromptu kiss, which is only as awkward as it needs to be to be ridiculously adorable.]]
** Rather surprisingly, minor antagonist Conner Pingrey has a cute bonding moment with his CoolBigSis Carol in Chapter 14. They play video games together and he asks her advice in a roundabout way as he seems to be having some second thoughts about helping Chandler.
** Lucy gets sick of Lynn hating herself and [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre tells her that yes; she started the whole "Lincoln is bad luck" mess but the rest of the family has to shoulder blame for letting themselves believe it]]. The Goth is clearly glad to see Lynn perk up, even if she hides it, and is openly upset when Chapter 15's NightmareSequence sends Lynn spiraling into self-loathing and open terror and heartbreak.
** In Chapter 16, Lincoln's calling out of Luan for her April Fool's Day antics is primarily from a place of love for the rest of the family and when he realizes said calling out not only made her cry but has driven her to self-hatred, he's immediately trying to make her feel better.
*** In the same chapter, while it doesn't get dwelt on for long, it's clear all of the Loud girls are worried about Lynn's self-hate. It's also clear that they desperately want their brother back and [[MustMakeAmends to make amends]].
** Chapter 17 sees Lori helping Lola get ready for her apology dance and then later giving Lynn a serum Lisa made to help her sleep without dreams, since they're all worried that Lynn hasn't been sleeping. Then when Lynn wakes up and finds out what happened, ''all'' of her sisters lecture her about not taking care of herself, saying that it's not doing anyone any good and is scaring them, to which she responds by promising to take care of herself.
** In Chapter 18, both Rita and Lynn Sr. go out of their way to make sure Lincoln enjoys their time together and when Lincoln admits to feeling guilty about everything he's done, Rita praises him, saying that while he does bear a small amount of responsibility for the mess, most of it lies with her and her husband and she even makes him promise to call the police if they do anything like that again because that would make them unfit parents who need to be removed for their children's safety. The relationship isn't repaired completely yet but it's taken a ''massive'' step in the right direction.
** Despite her irritation with Lori's one-sided rivalry, Carol is genuinely concerned when Lori runs herself down in Chapter 19 and invites her to the mall to help her try to make up with Lincoln, which she does when she and Carol run into Lincoln and Ronnie, who are out on a date (which incidentally is adorable and goes great).
*** During said make up attempt, Lori is floored when Lincoln tells her she's his favorite sister. And as it turns out, she and Bobby faked their break out after Lincoln insulted Ronnie so they could help the younger pair make up. By the end of the conversation, while forgiveness still hasn't been granted yet, both Lori and Lincoln have a better understanding of each other and their unique struggles (Lincoln's status as the only boy and Lori's having had to spend her whole life responsible for at least one younger sibling) and Lincoln is considering talking to Lynn (which she ''really'' needs).
** Chapter 20 sees the trip to Dairyland go very well, with Lynn Sr. and Lincoln having a nice long talk to clear the air and Lynn Sr. gets to go PapaWolf on a pair of bullies who try to hassle Lincoln.

*** Lynn gets a particular sharp dose of this trope when she finally admits in Chapter 9 that the whole mess is her fault because she decided to call Lincoln a jinx instead of accepting the loss in stride and breaks down on Pop-pop's shoulder. Then chapter 13 features her being outright terrified of her little brother (something a few readers have smugly called LaserGuidedKarma considering how rough she is with him even at the best of times in canon), who treats her with a calm indifference to her clear heartbreak, and TheReveal that she's stopped taking care of herself out of guilt, to the clear worry of her parents and several of her sisters. Then Chapter 15 compounds this with a NightmareSequence where Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable informs her that he's never forgiving her for what she did]] before walking out of the family's lives forever; when Lynn wakes up, she's too freaked out to even attempt to mask how upset she is, to Lucy's clear worry, and is clearly [[ItsAllMyFault in the midst of blaming herself for absolutely everything]]. ''[[FromBadToWorse Then]]'' Chapter 17 sees her having a near breakdown at the idea of going to sleep because she can't stand having her little brother hate her, which is pretty much the only subject of her dreams lately.

** Despite her irritation with Lori's one-sided rivalry, Carol is genuinely concerned when Lori runs herself down and invites her to the mall to help her make up with Lincoln, which she does when she and Carol run into Lincoln and Ronnie, who are out on a date (which incidentally is adorable and goes great).
*** During said make up, Lori is floored when Lincoln tells her she's his favorite sister. And as it turns out, she and Bobby faked their break out after Lincoln insulted Ronnie so they could help the younger pair make up. By the end of the conversation, both Lori and Lincoln have a better understanding of each other and their unique struggles (Lincoln's status as the only boy and Lori's having had to spend her whole life responsible for at least one younger sibling) and Lincoln is considering talking to Lynn (which she ''really'' needs).

** Asking for {{Forgiveness}} is good and all, but it must be earned to be your victim's satisfaction, not yours. Furthermore, you must work hard to earn forgiveness and not take things for granted.

** Chapter 17 sees Lori helping Lola get ready for her apology dance and then later giving Lynn a serum Lisa made to help her sleep without dreams, since they're all worried that Lynn hasn't been sleeping.

** Family members make mistakes and have their own MomentOfWeakness, that doesn't automatically make them bad people.

** It's also important to learn ''how'' to forgive, especially if you remembered the good times with that person who wronged you, and see if they really deserve forgiveness.

* NeverLiveItDown: Ironically, even though the later chapters involve the Louds doing their hardest to earn Lincoln's forgiveness and [[spoiler: Albert convincing his grandson about why he should forgive them]], some readers see them [[ThisIsUnforgivable beyond forgiveness]], and wishes [[PayEvilUntoEvil bad things would happen upon them]].

*** Lynn gets a particular sharp dose of this trope when she finally admits in Chapter 9 that the whole mess is her fault because she decided to call Lincoln a jinx instead of accepting the loss in stride and breaks down on Pop-pop's shoulder. Then chapter 13 features her being outright terrified of her little brother (something a few readers have smugly called LaserGuidedKarma considering how rough she is with him even at the best of times in canon), who treats her with a calm indifference to her clear heartbreak, and TheReveal that she's stopped taking care of herself out of guilt, to the clear worry of her parents and several of her sisters. Then Chapter 15 compounds this with a NightmareSequence where Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable informs her that he's never forgiving her for what she did]] before walking out of the family's lives forever; when Lynn wakes up, she's too freaked out to even attempt to mask how upset she is, to Lucy's clear worry, and is clearly [[ItsAllMyFault in the midst of blaming herself for absolutely everything]].

** Chapter 15's NightmareSequence has completely broken Lynn in a way nothing else has and the only person who can snap her out of her self-loathing is Lincoln who wants nothing to do with her.

** The Loud family sans Lincoln and perhaps Lily, on the grounds that she's only a baby. Despite how they treated Lincoln like crap lately, they were none too proud of themselves after experiencing a JerkassRealization. Not to mention that Lincoln refuses to go anywhere near ''any'' of them if he can help it and has outright stated [[spoiler: he intends to get the police involved, possibly permanently ''destroying'' the family, if they don't leave him alone]] and Mr. Grouse has expressed similar opinions.
*** Rita and Lynn Sr. could be considered this too. They're supposed to be responsible parents who should be able to tell right from wrong, but like the rest of their daughters, they gave into Lynn's preposterous claims about Lincoln being bad luck and treated him as such. Not to mention kick him out of the house because of their paranoia over nothing. It took an extremely livid Lincoln to make them open their eyes and realize their actions were unforgivable. Now they have to live with the fact that they did the opposite of what they promised their kids they wouldn't do to any of them and how their only son could be holding a deep-seeded hatred towards them that could last for years to come.

** Lynn gets a particular sharp dose of this trope when she finally admits in Chapter 9 that the whole mess is her fault because she decided to call Lincoln a jinx instead of accepting the loss in stride and breaks down on Pop-pop's shoulder. Then chapter 13 features her being outright terrified of her little brother (something a few readers have smugly called LaserGuidedKarma considering how rough she is with him even at the best of times in canon), who treats her with a calm indifference to her clear heartbreak, and TheReveal that she's stopped taking care of herself out of guilt, to the clear worry of her parents and several of her sisters. Then Chapter 15 compounds this with a NightmareSequence where Lincoln [[ThisIsUnforgivable informs her that he's never forgiving her for what she did]] before walking out of the family's lives forever; when Lynn wakes up, she's too freaked out to even attempt to mask how upset she is, to Lucy's clear worry, and is clearly [[ItsAllMyFault in the midst of blaming herself for absolutely everything]].

* TheWoobie
** Lincoln, big time. All he wanted was some free-time away from the family, and what does he get in return? Being kicked out of his own home, having his furniture sold, and being forced to wear a squirrel costume in order to win back their trust. And even then, they still don't respect him as a family member.
** Lynn becomes this after she and the rest of the family receive a verbal lashing from Lincoln. After finally realizing (albeit too late) that her arrogant pride was the root of the problems her only brother had to endure lately, she spends the majority of the story beating herself up about it since she is in constant doubt of ever redeeming herself in Lincoln's eyes as a part of her believes she doesn't deserve forgiveness, no matter how many times Lucy assures her otherwise. It's gotten to the point she suffers nightmares.
** Rita and Lynn Sr. could be considered this too. They're supposed to be responsible parents who should be able to tell right from wrong, but like the rest of their daughters, they gave into Lynn's preposterous claims about Lincoln being bad luck and treated him as such. Not to mention kick him out of the house because of their paranoia over nothing. It took an extremely livid Lincoln to make them open their eyes and realize their actions were unforgivable. Now they have to live with the fact that they did the opposite of what they promised their kids they wouldn't do to any of them and how their only son could be holding a deep-seeded hatred towards them that could last for years to come.

** Rita and Lynn Sr. could be considered this too. They're supposed to be responsible parents who should be able to tell right from wrong, but like the rest of their daughters, they gave into Lynn's preposterous claims about Lincoln being bad luck and treated him as such. Not to mention kick him out of the house because of their paranoia over nothing. It took an extremely livid Lincoln to make them open their eyes and realize their actions were unforgivable. Now they have to live with the fact that they did the [[OathBreaker opposite of what they promised their kids they wouldn't do to any of them]] and how their only son could possible be holding a deep-seeded hatred towards them that could last for years to come.

* TheWoobie: Lincoln, big time. All he wanted was some free-time away from the family, and what does he get in return? Being kicked out of his own home, having his furniture sold, and being forced to wear a squirrel costume in order to win back their trust. And even then, they still don't respect him as a family member.

*** Related above from Chapter 16, was it right for Lincoln to [[WasTooHardOnHim feel remorse]] for calling Luan out for her cruel pranks to the point [[IAmAMonster hating herself]]? Some agree, but others think he [[ShootTheDog shouldn't]] and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo felt it was necessary to make Luan see the error of her ways]]. Though the latter is mitigated with Lincoln having no regrets on calling out Luan in itself. What he regrets is that his speech was ''too'' effective, as [[EveryoneHasStandards he didn't mean to make her cry for it]].

*** Related above from Chapter 16, was it right for Lincoln [[WasTooHardOnHim feel remorse]], for calling Luan out for her cruel pranks to the point [[IAmAMonster hating herself]]? Some agree, but others think he [[ShootTheDog shouldn't]] and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo felt it was necessary to make Luan see the error of her ways]]. Though the latter is mitigated with Lincoln having no regrets on calling out Luan in itself. What he regrets is that his speech was ''too'' effective, as [[EveryoneHasStandards he didn't mean to make her cry for it]].

*** Related above from Chapter 16, was it right for Lincoln [[WasTooHardOnHim feel remorse]], for calling Luan out for her cruel pranks to the point [[IAmAMonster hating herself]] or [[ShootTheDog shouldn't]] and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo felt it was necessary to make Luan see the error of her ways]]? Though the latter is mitigated with Lincoln having to regrets on calling Luan out itself, [[EveryoneHasStandards he didn't mean to make her cry for it]].

** In Chapter 16, Lincoln's calling out of Luan for her April Fool's Day antics is primarily for a place of love for the rest of the family and when he realizes said calling out not only made her cry but has driven her to self-hatred, he's immediately trying to make her feel better.