(fallen london stamps by I think as much as Lucent likes fighting, he doesn't fly into a rage and begin beating people up over just anything. it's a specific combination of things:
- someone has hurt another person in a clear and unambiguous way
- for selfish, stupid reasons
- and shows absolutely no remorse over doing so
RDM!Lucent once beat up a bunch of pirates in Limsa for stealing from a Qiqirn traveler, and has had plenty more opportunities to let out his rage, as per the life of an adventurer. SGE!Lucent has been much more insulated, but has probably still beaten up some fellow students for bullying others, enough to have gotten a Reputation. I'm playing with the idea that the reason SGE!Lucent rolls better on intimidation checks than RDM!Lucent is because people were eventually like "hey, families are complaining about him beating up their sons/daughters/progeny, we need to keep him from doing that or else he'll get exiled," and someone was like "sure! I can teach him how to resolve conflicts without physical violence. :)"
(what people thought this meant: "how to politely explain to bullies why bullying is bad"
what it actually was: "how to be Really Scary and win fights without actually touching anyone")
between this, the doctor who went "idk, have you tried giving him enrichment instead of locking him up," and myriad other people who were genuine friends and role models in Lucent's academic life, I'm playing with the idea that Sharlayan as a country kind of sucks, and there's plenty of individual people who suck, but there's also a lot of passionate, caring people who are creating positive change on a personal level. you know, kind of like the school system IRL