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The Loud House is a heartwarming show, but even a series as raunchy and cynical as Helluva Boss has its fair share of heartwarming moments too. And for the sake of preventing clutter, please limit scenes that are exclusive to the fanfic. open/close all folders
General
- Lincoln's warm and growing relationship with I.M.P. While they are murderous and merciless assassins, they still come to care for Lincoln as one of their own. Lincoln, despite longing for his human family, becomes genuinely loyal and devoted to I.M.P
- Over time, Lincoln's relationship with Loona becomes that of siblings, once Loona realizes Lincoln is a genuinely good kid.
- Millie and Moxxie act as parental figures towards Lincoln. Millie is happy to adopt Lincoln; she constantly calls Lincoln her baby and claims that she is his momma. Moxxie knows that Lincoln is not an orphan but still cares for the boy by acting like a father figure. Eventually, Lincoln calls the couple Mom and Dad which really make the two incredibly happy.
- Lincoln's relationship with Stolas and Octavia, as both get along well with the kid. Stolas proves to be a good teacher and Octavia stays connected with him between lessons.
Season One
Chapter 1: Demons Meet Loud
- The beginning of the chapter, where Lincoln has a friendly chat with Lori through a video call about how life has been since she moved away to college.
- Even before meeting Lincoln, Moxxie tries not to hurt him while trying to kill Stillman.
Chapter 2: Welcome to a Nightmare
- Despite just meeting Lincoln, Moxxie and Millie try and make the boy feel secure, knowing he's just a scared kid trapped in a horrible situation.
- I.M.P. genuinely feels bad for Lincoln when they realize he's cursed to stay in Hell indefinitely.
Chapter 3: Murder Family
- Despite Mrs. Mayberry having become a bitter demon, she still has a soft spot for children and tries to help Lincoln when she realizes he's a scared kid in Hell.
- Lincoln trying to defend Martha by arguing that just because somebody did one bad thing in their lives, that shouldn't be enough to warrant killing them. While he was dead wrong in retrospect, it's still nice seeing Lincoln trying to look on the bright side of the situation in spite of Blitzo's protests.
- Moxxie and Millie comfort Lincoln towards the end of the chapter, seeing that he was very close to having a mental breakdown over the trauma he experienced.
- Despite being suspicious of Lincoln's good nature, Loona still helps Lincoln by bringing him to the rooftop and showing him the stars upon seeing how troubled he looked after the mission.
Chapter 4: Training Day
- Moxxie, Millie, and even Loona come to Lincoln's aid when the poor boy experiences a brief panic attack after Moxxie firing his shotgun during firearm training inadvertently triggers unpleasant flashbacks to Martha and her family, and then to Stillman
- Moxxie and Lincoln have a heart-to-heart conversation during Millie's boxing match, with the former assuring the kid that he's not alone and he shouldn't feel bad about wanting a monster like Martha dead. Even Loona offers some support for Lincoln, though she tries to deny it.
Chapter 5: Loo Loo Land
- Millie baking cookies and offering Lincoln some near the start of the chapter is a pretty sweet if brief scene.
- While disappointed she won't be attending their trip to Loo Loo Land, Lincoln still offers to bring Loona something back. As much as Loona wanted to say no, she instead just says "whatever" and walks inside I.M.P headquarters to hide a small smile on her face.
- Despite Octavia wanting nothing to do with Lincoln at first, outside of learning how he's stuck in Hell, Lincoln still makes the effort to try and bond with Octavia, especially when he sees early on how she's hurting over her deteriorating bond with her father.
- Lincoln admitting at the end of the story that he did have some fun at Loo Loo Land despite finding it dangerous and boring at first, which cheers Millie up when she realized the boy wasn't having any fun.
Chapter 6: First Lesson
- Millie is over the moon with seeing off Lincoln to his first lesson with Stolas, similar to a mother seeing off their children on their first day of school.
- Despite the selfish intentions, Blitzo drags his coworkers into a scheme to convince Lincoln to stay with I.M.P.
- Moxxie contemplates letting Lincoln stay with Stolas knowing that Lincoln's best chance at breaking his curse in relative safety would be with Stolas rather than with I.M.P.
- Just like how Lincoln comforted Octavia in the previous chapter in her lowest moment, Octavia does the same for Lincoln when he starts crying after talking about how he misses his family and wants to go home.
- Lincoln chooses to stay with I.M.P. out of loyalty and owing to the fact that they've saved his life more than once.
Chapter 7: Spring Broken
- After being subjected to an onslaught of kisses by Verosika and her posse, Blitzo comes to his rescue. Negated afterwards, however, when Blitzo wagers off Lincoln in a bet with Verosika over the taken parking space.
- When Loona tries to make small talk with Vortex, Lincoln tries to offer some support and let her hang out with Vortex more, even though this would hurt I.M.P.'s chances of victory.
- Verosika rescues Lincoln from certain death against the giant mutated fish monster. Lincoln also takes the time to express his gratitude after the crisis, and even saves Verosika and her posse from the police.
- Lincoln provides comfort to Loona upon learning that Vortex is already in a relationship.
Chapter 8: Killing At The Mall
- The chapter has a lot of focus on Lincoln and Loona bonding like siblings, ranging from heart-to-hearts and simply playing arcade games to have fun together.
Chapter 9: CHERUB
- Even though Moxxie and Millie were enthusiastic about the competition against C.H.E.R.U.B. to get Lyle Lipton to kill himself, they took notice of how the competition was negatively affecting Lincoln and worried about his well-being.
Chapter 10: Another Day
- After Lincoln recounted the events of the previous chapter to Stolas and Octavia, Lincoln was having a near-panic attack over the possibility of Hell changing him so much that he might forget his old life and family. Octavia was able to calm Lincoln down, and both she and Stolas continued their magic lesson to provide some levity to Lincoln.
- Stolas and Lincoln have a heart-to-heart talk on the roof of the I.M.P building, with him revealing that his marriage to Stella was arranged and Lincoln telling Stolas how much he and Blitz actually have in common.
Chapter 11: The Harvest Moon Festival
- Just as Millie immediately took to Lincoln like a mother, Millie's parents, Joe and Lin, took to Lincoln like grandparents, even sharing similarities such as Joe giving Lincoln a suffocating bearhug like Millie and Lin doting on Lincoln.
- Lincoln providing comfort to Moxxie with a heart-to-heart after the latter's embarrassing loss at the Pain Games.
- While Loona ignores Blitz's calls for help like in canon, as soon as she hears Lincoln in pain, she drops her phones and goes to help him.
- While Lincoln was very uncomfortable with the fact that he actually stabbed someone, Millie was exuberant about that and happily let Lincoln keep her old knife, telling him that he earned it.
Chapter 12: Beasts In The Woods
- When Blitzo has his team to prepare for an outing in the woods for some additional training, Lincoln asks Moxxie and Millie to teach him first-hand what they know about combat. Millie was very happy that her adopted son was willing to take the next step. Moxxie, on the other hand, was very cautious about this, knowing that Lincoln was troubled by the events of the previous chapter and wanted to take this slowly.
- After the training turns disastrous due to encountering more dangerous beasts than anticipated, Loona tries to offer Lincoln some support and compliments for successfully shooting some cans during target practice, albeit awkwardly.
- Blitzo professionally admonishes Lincoln for essentially jumping the gun on his progress as a fighter and actually offers sage advice to him in that he's at his best when sticking to his strengths and improving on them instead.
- When Lincoln breaks down and confesses his insecurities and fears about not contributing enough to the company as a fighter (mainly due to the events of the previous chapter), Moxxie and Millie immediately provide him comfort and support, telling Lincoln that they love him for who he is already, and that they would never ever try to force him to be someone he's not, even a killer.
- When Lincoln accidentally calls Moxxie and Millie "dad" and "mom", respectively, Millie breaks down in happy tears and embraces Lincoln for finally making it official. Moxxie tells Lincoln he's fine with it.
Chapter 13: Truth Seekers
- Despite the personality change when his demonic instincts take over, Lincoln still retains his drive to protect his family, both his biological and demonic
- Moxxie and Blitz have a heart-to-heart after being dose with truth gas by the agents.
- Stolas talks Lincoln down before he can unleash his demonic form to kill Agents 1 and 2, reminding him that he is no killer and this wasn't who he was. Stolas then craddles the tired boy after he regains control.
Chapter 14: Fun and Troubles
- When Lincoln starts to break down after confessing to Loona that he feels torn between returning to his biological family, she pulls him into a deep and comforting hug, telling him she is grateful she met him and sees him as the little brother she never had.
Chapter 15: OZZIE's
- Lincoln has a heart-to-heart moment with Verosika about her troubled relationship with Blitz, helping her realize that holding on to her anger won't help her at all.
- During Blitz's emotional breakdown at the end of the chapter, Lincoln provides him comfort, telling him it's OK to shed tears.
Chapter 16: Home
- Lucy’s vision of Lincoln may have troubling implications about his demonic corruption and where he is, but it’s comforting to her to know that her brother is still out there.
Season Two
Chapter 17: Teacher
- When Stolas starts to talk about how much of a horrible father he's been to Octavia and how bad a teacher is to Lincoln, Lincoln hugs him, telling him he may not be perfect, but he's the best teacher he could've asked for.
Chapter 18: Seeing Stars
- Millie's unyielding devotion to find Lincoln helps Moxxie stop from getting distracted by LA's street vendor, with one vendor encouraging them to look for Lincoln and never let him go.
- Seeing Moxxie and Millie try to find Lincoln helps Loona understand how much Blitz gave up to have her as her daughter.
- Loona, Lincoln and Octavia have a heart-to-heart-to-heart at the observatory towards the end of the chapter.
- Octavia may have taken Lincoln with her to LA, but it only to see Azathoth's tears with her best friend.
Chapter 19: The Music Episode
- Moxxie baking some snacks for Millie and Lincoln towards the beginning of the chapter was a sweet moment (no pun intended).
- Lincoln, Loona, and Via pose for a selfie (the page image) while shouting profanities.
