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This is not a line-by-line rewrite of Hazbin Hotel. The core ideas remain, but the pacing, motivations, and consequences are expanded and, in some cases, changed.
Several characters, such as Vox and Lucifer, have reworked backstories and arcs. These changes are intentional and tied to a broader political and thematic direction of the story.
Trauma, especially Angel Dust’s, is treated as ongoing and serious. Humor still exists, but abuse and coercion are not played as jokes or aesthetic flavor. Recovery is not linear, and “progress” doesn’t always look clean.
This fic leans into power, optics, and systems. It discusses who is allowed to speak, who is believed, and who pays the cost when truth becomes inconvenient.
If you’re looking for strict canon compliance or a lighter episodic tone, this might not be the story for you.
Thanks for reading.
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Where It Hurts by depressedcereal
Fandoms: The Black Phone (2022), The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson), The Black Phone - Joe Hill
18 Nov 2025
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Vance Hopper thinks Bruce Yamada has it all.
Bruce thinks Vance has nothing left to lose.Neither of them is right.
(Or: two boys trying not to fall apart in a town that already has)
(ps, Vance is 20 and Bruce is 18)
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Darry said not to use the truck. Dally took the truck. Two-Bit brought cupcakes to a fight. Somehow, Ponyboy's fourteenth birthday turned into the most Curtis birthday imaginable.
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The Bear, the Bow, and the Blood Debt by depressedcereal for styxian
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
21 Aug 2025
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Robin never meant to stumble into Amara's village, and they definitely didn't expect to find her alive. The last time they saw each other, Amara was just another child caught in the fire. Now, she commands an army of women, a fortress carved out of the Underdark, and a grudge sharp enough to kill on sight.
But debts run deeper than anger. Amara owes Robin, and though she makes no secret of her fury, she won't break her own code.
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Everyone Knows but Me by depressedcereal
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
21 Jul 2025
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Fourteen hurts in ways he doesn't know how to explain. And the people around him keep making it look easy.
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Radio is dying! Or at least that is what everyone was telling Alastor, including his agent Rosie. Upon receiving a letter from an old friend turned big shot, Alastor is forced to go to Hollywood and humor the possibility of being a host on TV. But Alastor always loved the anonymity of radio, where no one saw him and he didn’t have to fear scrutiny. After all he has a pretty big secret he’s been hiding for decades, one he’s killed to keep. Even though Alastor has worked hard to shape himself into the man he’s always felt he was, he can’t help but worry that he won’t be able to hold on to his secret. Not when Vincent invites him into his home and encouraged him to take the time to think his business proposal over.
Vincent hasn’t seen Alastor in seven years. In his defense Vincent was rather busy climbing the bloody ladder of success. But the years apart hasn’t dampened the flame of desire Vincent had always held for his friend. He’s not getting any younger and when his queer inclinations are exposed he decides to see if maybe he can turn an old friendship into romance. But Alastor seems very standoffish.
Trans top Alastor and cis bottom Vox. Alastor’s body is described using masculine terms.
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07 Mar 2026
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listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness by Kiwi8_fruit6
Fandoms: Helluva Boss (Web Series)
28 Apr 2026
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The crack of the gunshot echoes in Blitzø’s ears.
“SHIT!” he cries out, giving himself away. “What the fuck?!”
“Thought you’d be thanking me, boss-man,” Striker drawls cockily, blowing wisps of glowing smoke away from the barrel of the blessed rifle. “gettin’ that blueblood’s cock outta your mouth.”
Blitzø has nightmares after the Harvest Moon Festival.
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23 Jan 2026
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"Nat lets out a breathless laugh, eyes fluttering open. “You think you’ve got me figured out already?”
Lottie leans down, nose brushing Nat’s, lips barely touching. “I told you at the bar,” she whispers. “You want me to wreck you.”
Nat just groans, dragging her nails lightly down Lottie’s sides, breath coming quicker now, every nerve in her body on high alert. “Yeah,” she whispers. “Maybe I do.”
And fuck, she does. More than she can admit."
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Natalie Scatorccio is the lead singer of an indie band, Clam Slam—addicted to drugs, and the feeling of being wanted.
Lottie is everything she’s not: clean, calm, controlled... and far too interested.
It starts with a show. It doesn’t stop there.
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12 Nov 2025
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Vance Hopper’s Guide to Being a Total Asshole 101 by fifteenskk
Fandoms: The Black Phone - Joe Hill, The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
29 Oct 2025
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Vance was never known for much of anything. He didn’t do sports, or waste his time with those meaningless, forced conversations with the person he’s seated next to in Algebra (Because, yes, he’s in Algebra as a junior. Held back twice. Not his greatest moments, or something he’d like to mention more than once). But what the people of North Denver did know? Don’t test your luck with his temper, because he’ll beat your face in until it’s unrecognizable.
Naturally, this brought Vance to the sheriff’s office almost every other day. He got quite cozy with Sheriff Yamada, the man seemingly caring more about him than his own douchebag father ever did. And, another perk of the police station was the sheriff’s son. Bruce Yamada.
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07 Nov 2025
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“You’re not here with anybody, then?”
“Why? Trying to find out if someone’s going to look for my body if I suddenly go missing?”
Or Bruce is down bad, Vance is there mostly for the ride and Billy just wants everyone to stop giving him gray hair.
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28 Oct 2025