Lucy's circumstances were incredibly harsh, something both the Manga and the Anime, as the main character of both, go into great depth. In her case, parental abandonment was not merely a fear, but a reality. In the local orphanage, she faced multiple levels of pain and alienation. From the start, she was told flatly of her abandonment in the woods by her parents as an infant. This knowledge, in turn, engenders harsh questions that led to some level of self-loathing (and a deep resentment towards the parents that had seemingly abandoned her without a second thought, at some point mentioning once having expressed murderous intent towards them). The instructors and guardians in charge of her welfare barely concealed their loathing and contempt for her due to her horns. The other children like