History Fanfic / ThickerThanWaterHazbinHotel

--->'''Liz:''' I mean, we survived a murder mill and fought off a horde of robots with chainsaws for arms. It feels surreal that you're about to do some grocery shopping. I'm still... shaken, I guess.

-->'''Diego:''' Yeah, the imps are all bastards, do you think the [[HumansAreBastards bosses and foremans on Earth were any better?]]

!!''Thicker then Water'' provides examples of:

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Most characters follow this this trope, [[JustifiedTrope seeing how the fic mainly takes place in Hell]]. Marty even thinks Liz was acting odd for feeling so shaken by her attempted murder, until he remembered that such a thing isn't as common in the living world as it is in Hell. Later on we get this bit:
-->'''Liz:''' I mean, we survived a murder mill and fought off a horde of robots with chainsaws for arms. It feels surreal that you're about to do some grocery shopping. I'm still... shaken, I guess.
-->'''Marty:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You're probably just hungry.]]

* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Izzy catches Liz in the sewers by scaring her out with hidden speakers he has down there. According to him, this is not the first time someone has tried escaping him via sewers.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Elizabeth's FatalFlaw is that she has a habit of acting in the heat of the moment. When she was on Earth, this lead her to making an unprofessional threat to another lawyer, and made people think she had something to do with said lawyer's life falling apart later. In Hell, she literally threw the wad of cash Seviathan gave her at his face, which ended up with him sending demons after her to teach her a lesson. However, her biggest failure was when she [[spoiler: tried using the Angel Blade on Izzy trying to kidnap her instead of running away like Marty said she should. This ended up giving the intruder a weapon that can actually kill her dad.]] Liz even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that there were better options she could had done that would had been better then what she did.

* TheDreaded: Alastor is as much this here as in canon. His presence was enough to make everyone in a high class club run for the hills, and later, scares off some demons sent after Liz, even though said demons earlier said they didn't care about potentially getting on Valentino's bad side. Ironically, Liz notes that the evening she spent with him was the safest she'd ever felt since her arrival to Hell, as any other demon they came across wanted nothing more [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere then to get away from him]].

* HeightAngst:

* OlderThanTheyLook: Children who end up in Hell keep their youthful appearance without aging, leading to this. Liz is surprised to find out that some of the "juvenile" sinners in [=CandyLand=] are more than twice her age, with one coming from Nazi Germany and another two having experienced TheGreatDepression.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Alastor is this to Liz, even watching her sleep for several hours on at least one occasion. See YouRemindMeOfX below for why.

* ThisIsReality: After days of I.M.P's fruitless searching of Imp City for the target, Millie believes that Liz is likely already dead (which isn't an unreasonable assumption), however, Blitzo points out that they still need proof of her death or they won't get paid.

* WhatTheHellHero: While 'hero' might be a bit of a stretch, Shard calls out his partner for not telling him about how his still living daughter is in Hell (he told him she was in Hell, [[ExactWords just left out the part that she was still alive]]). He also latter points out that putting all his time and money into the search for whoever hired Liz's attackers isn't the smartest thing to do. Considering he still has bills to pay, he may have point.

-->'''Husk:''' [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas What? Your mother?]]
-->'''Alastor:''' No, my first.
-->'''Husk:''' No shit? First love?
-->'''Alastor:''' No.
-->'''Husk:''' First fuck?
-->'''Alastor:''' Oh, dear me, no.
-->'''Husk:''' Aw, c'mon, the first person you killed?
-->'''Alastor:''' Close, but not quite. [[spoiler: She reminds of me the first time I got it right!]]

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25569793/chapters/62050399 Thicker than Water]]'' is a ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel '' fanfic written by Aragem. The story details the adventure of a (still living) human named Elizabeth Carter, or "Liz" for short, being trapped in {{Hell}}, while getting to know Marty, her father that she never met in life.

* WorthyOpponent: Izzy thinks Liz as this, being more disappointed then anything else when [[spoiler: she seeming dies in [=CandyLand=], and even equivalents it to Captain Ahab learning that [[Literature/MobyDick Moby Dick]] [[AntiClimax had strangled to death in netting]].]]

* RedLightDistrict: Pentagram City's P.P., or Pay to Play, District, operates like this. Everyone there is either paying for sex or selling themselves for it. Being [[{{Hell}} were it is]], not everyone understands or cares for consent, [[{{Understatement}} and it is not a place to accidentally go to unarmed]].

* EverybodyHasStandards: While Angel Dust may be [[AllGaysArePromiscuous a promiscuous]] [[LovableSexManiac sex maniac who constlanly flirts with nearly every man he meets]] and [[AnythingThatMoves is willing to have sex with anybody who pays him,]] [[PragmaticPansexuality including women]], even he won't get sexually involved with Asher who's still physically a teenager, and tells him to get together with somebody who's closer to his age instead. However [[NotGoodWithRejection when Asher won't take no for an answer]] and starts to sexually harass Angel instead, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Angel is forced to use physical violence on Asher]] just to get him to stop.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Well, more like [[JustifiedTrope Adaptational]] ''[[DownplayedTrope Antagonism]]''. [[MurderInc I.M.P's]] staff and their personalities haven't been changed from canon, however, the POV of this fic comes from one of their targets and her dad, meaning that, in this story, they have gone from being [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]], to regular villains.

* AdultFear:
** Marty finds out, through sheer coincidence no less, that someone placed a hit on his daughter, one he hasn't met with in over 30 years. He barely manages to save her from the immediate danger of her assassins, but now she's stranded in an environment that could very easily kill her [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].
** Imagine this: you are a woman in an unfamiliar city and you've just been warned that the place you are in is a place that is filled with people that will want to have sex with you, with or without your consent, but you can't go back as someone trying to kidnap you is still following. So you have no choice but to go through a place that, if someone is insistent enough to force themselves on you, there is not much you can do. This is Liz's reality when she finds herself in the P.P. District.

-->'''Alastor:''' [[{{Asexuality}} Oh, dear me, no.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** It is made ''very'' clear that Liz's survival of I.M.P's assassination attempt was as much due to dumb luck as it was quick thinking.
** When thinking of a list of suspects of who would want Liz dead, Marty narrows the list by pointing out that they would have to had been dead for some time. Assassinations are not cheap, and any new arrivals to Hell start off with nothing. [[spoiler: It's why Brian is crossed out as a suspect early on. He was living away from civilization, with no money, and no way to fund a hit on someone.]]
** After days of I.M.P's fruitless searching of Imp City for the target, Millie believes that Liz is likely already dead (which isn't an unreasonable assumption), however, Blitzo points out that they still need proof of her death or they won't get paid.
** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at [=CandyLand=] were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia The Family]], who are made up of trained marksmen with more experience in combat, carry out a takeover on [=CandyLand=], the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P, [[ProfessionalKiller who are trained assassins]], to give them a fighting chance.
** Asher was a [[TheBully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in [=CandyLand=] [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from [=CandyLand=] and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better and kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust the same way he would harass a girl he would be interested,[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] as well as Charlie having to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to get him to change his ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at [=CandyLand=] were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia The Family]], who are made up of trained sharpshooters with more experience in combat, carry out a takeover on [=CandyLand=], the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P, [[ProfessionalKiller who are trained assassins]], to give them a fighting chance.

** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at [=CandyLand=] were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia the Family]], who are made up of trained sharpshoots with more experience in combat, carry out a takeover on [=CandyLand=], the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P, [[ProfessionalKiller who are trained assassins]], to give them a fighting chance.

** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at [=CandyLand=] were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia the Family]], who are made up of trained sharpshoots with more experience in combat, carry out a takeover on [=CandyLand=], the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P,[[ProfessionalKiller who are trained assassins]], to give them a fighting chance.
** Asher was a [[TheBully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in [=CandyLand=] [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from [=CandyLand=] and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better and kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust the same way he would harass a girl he would be interested,[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] as well ass Charlie having to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to get him to change his ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

* EverybodyHasStandards: While Angel Dust may be [[AllGaysArePromiscuous a promiscuous]] [[LovableSexManiac sex maniac who constlanly flirts with nearly every man he meets and [[AnythingThatMoves is willing to have sex with anybody who pays him,]] [[PragmaticPansexuality including women]], even he won't get sexually involved with Asher who's still physically a teenager, and tells him to get together with somebody who's closer to his age instead. However [[NotGoodWithRejection when Asher won't take no for an answer]] and starts to sexually harass Angel instead, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Angel is forced to use physical violence on Asher]] just to get him to stop.

* EverybodyHasStandards: While Angel Dust may be [[AllGaysArePromiscuous a promiscuous]] [[LovableSexManiac sex maniac who constlanly flirts with nearly every man he meets and [[AnythingThatMoves is willing to have sex with anybody who pays him, [[PragmaticPansexuality including women]]. Even he won't get sexually involved with Asher who is still physically a teenager, and tells him to get together with somebody who's closer to his age instead. However [[NotGoodWithRejection when Asher won't take no for an answer]] and starts to sexually harass Angel instead, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Angel is forced to use physical violence on Asher]] just to get him to stop.

** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at [=CandyLand=] were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia the Family]], who were made up of sharpshooters and gangsters carried out a takeover on [=CandyLand=], the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P to give them a fighting chance.

** Asher was a [[TheBully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in [=CandyLand=] [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from [=CandyLand=] and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better and kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust the same way he would harass a girl he would be interested,[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] and Charlie has to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to change him ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

** Asher was a [[TheBully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in [=CandyLand=] [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from [=CandyLand=] and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better a kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust the same way he would harass a girl he would be interested,[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] and Charlie has to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to change him ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

** Asher was a [[The bully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in [=CandyLand=] [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from [=CandyLand=] and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better a kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust the same way he would harass a girl he would be interested,[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] and Charlie has to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to change him ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

** Due to the fact that the Imps who worked as security and enforcers at CandyLand were more accustomed to abusing children weaker than them and had no real experience in combat, when [[TheMafia the Family]], who were made up of sharpshooters and gangsters carried out a takeover on CandyLand, the imps [[CurbStompBattle stood little to no chance of holding them back]] and it took the skills of I.M.P to give them a fighting chance.
** Asher was a [[The bully bully]] who picked on kids weaker than him in both life and in CandyLand [[ArmoredClosetGay as a way to cope with his supressed homosexuality.]] However Liz manages to convince Asher to defect from CandyLand and accept his sexuality, [[HeelFaceTurn which he does]]. Now in most stories this would usually result in Asher instantly changings his ways and [[TookALevelInKindness become a better a kinder person]]. However instead Asher still holds onto his toxic ways and even starts to sexually harass Angel Dust, [[NoHoldsBeatdown to the point that Angel has to use physical violence just to get him to stop]] and Charlie has to threaten him with expulsion from the Hotel just to change him ways. Point being, that a person's toxic behavior doesn't just completely change overnight and that it takes a long time for a person to be completely rid of them.

** [[RuleOfThree Then]] when Jesse saved her from [[spoiler: being taken by Izzy.]]

* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Izzy]] saves Liz from from a car of sexual degenerates as he wants her relatively unharmed. Liz then plans one of these to happen again by getting another group of demons to attack [[spoiler: Izzy]] so she can get away from him. He ends up on the wrong side of this trope again when another kidnapping gets [=CandyLand=] recruiters to point guns at him.

* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler: Izzy thinks Liz as this, being more disappointed then anything else when she seeming dies in [=CandyLand=], and even equivalents it to Captain Ahab learning that [[Literature/MobyDick Moby Dick]] [[AntiClimax had strangled to death in netting]].]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: M&M are disgusted and immediately turn on Zip when they realize just how evil he is. Whey may work for a MurderInc [[WouldHurtAChild that kill kids for free]] and, in [[CuteAndPsycho Millie's]] case at least, proud of it, they draw a line at working with child predators.]]

* SnowMeansDeath: Marty died after drunkenly passing out on the way home during a blizzard.

* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Izzy]] saves Liz from from a car of sexual degenerates as he wants her relatively unharmed. Liz then plans one of these to happen again by getting another group of demons to attack [[spoiler: Izzy]] so she can get away from him.

* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler: Izzy thinks Liz as a this, being more disappointed then anything else when she seeming dies in [=CandyLand=], and even equivalents it to Captain Ahab learning that [[Literature/MobyDick Moby Dick]] [[AntiClimax had strangled to death in netting]].]]

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Of the murder-suicide variety. Diego agrees to burn down a building for someone to [[InsuranceFraud get the insurance money,]] and told his brother Mateo to wait for him to finish doing so, with his sibling not knowing what he's really doing. When he took to long, Mateo got worried and went back to their old home to check on him, and was caught in the flames. Diego tried to save him, but it was too late for the both of them.]]