Who’s the most traumatised Black Bull?
Okay, so, the original scoring/tally sheet was made up by the lovely @thoughtfullyrainynightmare, but I’m the one that actually did all the tallying up.
Dead parent/s - 3 points Said parent/s were abusive -10 points Were left homeless - 5 points Issues with siblings - 3 points No mentor figures to make up for parent/s - 3 points Being manipulated - 5 points Isolation (emotional or physical) - 5 points Miscellaneous - 2 points each
If you want me to do a character that isn’t here, feel free to leave an ask.
Anyway, I give you How Traumatised Is This Squad?
In age order;
Nacht- Dead parents +3 His parents weren’t exactly abusive, but they definitely manipulated him, so +5 This man is about 50% sibling issues, so +3 No mentor figure +3 Does isolating himself count? I think it does. +5 I’m also giving him +2 for the fact that his own actions lead to Morgen’s death and he has to live with that guilt. Total: 21
Yami- Dead parents +3 I’m pretty sure we can say his dad was abusive so +10 Literally stranded in aother land +5 Sibling issues, check +3 Had to watch his father figure die +2 Killed his actual father +2 So, his total is 25
Gordon- Isolation +5 I’m also giving him +2 for everyone being scared of him So his total is 7, which is honestly pretty tame for these guys
Henry- Dead parents +3 No mentor figure +3 Isolation +5 Cursed +2 Total- 13
Zora- Dead parents +3 and +2 for the fact that his dad was literally murdered No mentor figure, though I don’t think he got left homeless +3 Again, the boy isolated himself, but it still counts +5 Total: 13
Grey- Dead parent, check! +3 Abusive (step)parent, check! +10 Left Homeless, check! +5 Sibling issues, check! +3 No real mentor figure, check! +3 +2 for the sheer amount of trauma that left her unable to show her face Total: 26
Vanessa- Abusive mother, definitely +10 Isolated, definitely +5 I don’t think she went straight from the tower to the Bulls, so I’m gonna give her the homeless points +5, but I do think Yami counts as a mentor figure, so she doesn’t get those. So, total is 20
Finral- Dead mother +3 Absuvie father *and* step mother +10 Langris. Enough said. +3 Gaslightning and the constant “Langris is better than you” counts as manipulation in my book so +5 Above manipulation definitely resulted in emotional isolation so +5 And +2 bc there’s sibling issues and then there’s your family fucking up your relationship with your brother so much it results in said brother trying to kill you. And the grand total is 28.
Charmy- Uh, we know nothing but the fact that Yami caught her in a trap implies that she was homeless so +5 Total: 5. There isn’t really much else to say (yet)
Gauche- Dead parents +3 and +2 for his parents being murdered for their fortune. Homelessness? Check +5 Having to act as a father for your little sister counts as sibling issues +3 He was the mentor figure +3 He went to prison +2 Total: 18
Magna- Yeah, I got nothing. Kudos for being the least traumatised Bull, Magna. At most, you can give him +2 for not being able to save Sehi Total: 2
Luck- Dead abusive mother who gaslit and manipulated him. +18 Left homeless +5 +2 for thinking he has to win to be loved. Total: 25
Asta- Dead parents +3 and +2 for no magic, but that’s about it. Total: 5
Noelle- Dead mum +3 Don’t know if her dad was absuvie or not ,but her siblings definitely were, so +15 Emotional isolation +5 And +2 for being blamed for her mother’s death. Total: 25
Nero- We know nothing about her family, but I’m giving her +2 for everything with Lumiere and +10 for being turned into a bird for 500 years (homelessness and isolation) Total: 12
Final ranking; 1st place: Finral with 28 points 2nd place: Grey with 26 points Joint third place: Luck, Noelle and Yami with 25 points each
Finral- 28
Grey- 26
Yami- 25
Luck- 25
Noelle- 25
Nacht- 21
Vanessa- 20
Gauche- 18
Henry- 13
Zora- 13
Gordon- 7
Charmy- 5
Asta- 5
Magna- 2
Wait, what?
I know there’s a scoring system to follow, but summerizing Nero’s journey with Lumiere by only two points is unfair to her. She would have +3 for losing him (he’s her family), +2 for him dying in front of her, +2 for witnessing the elf massacre, +2 for the guilt, +2 for being suicidal, on top of the isolation and homelessness +10 (and +2 for dealing with 500 years) and that’s not to menion that her family is abusive for sending her off to serve royals +10 (that or gaslighting her into thinking less of her magic, maybe even both)
Nero is at least 32 points.
And Luck should have, what? 34… five points for emotional isolation, two for the bullying/shunning he went through as kid, and obligatory two points for the elf possession trauma.
Speaking of elf trauma, Gauche gets two points for that… and five points for isolation, that’s 25 so far, add other points for losing both wealth and nobility, and for dealing with his sister being kidnapped constantly.
Here you go, Gauche is like 30.
And then there’s Yami, I’ll give him five random points because he was also isolated and discriminated and lost Morgen and suffered abudction in spade and–
You know what? Yami is at least 35. If anyone’s a most traumatized black bull it’s definitly him.
I’m obligated to add Liebe because Liebe is a black bull, +15 isolation & abusive enviroment, +7 dead mom (in front of him, by his hand so there’s guilt factor), +5 back into isolted inside the grimoire, +3 for lacking a mentor after licita’s death.
Liebe is another 30.
That’s top five most traumatized bulls with thirty+ points.
I won’t go in details with the rest but I’d change most of them, like how Henry’s parents are abusive, or how Noelle was gaslighted not just blamed for her mum’s death, or Asta suffering from emotional isolation. I think the peasants in general deserve points for being discrimanted.
You're right, my scoring on this is unfair and definitely needs a review. Looking back, I can admit that I was biased towards certain characters and that I let my bias influence the results.
