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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Abel inherited his mother's auburn hair and amber eyes, whereas Cain inherited his father's wavy hair and height.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Abel inherited his mother's auburn hair and amber eyes, whereas Cain inherited his father's wavy hair and height. Ironically, though Abel more physically resembles Adam while Cain more physically resembles Eve
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** Eve and Cain's Abel's fate is different from the one stated in the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'', with them [[spoiler: turning into Chaos and Death respectively, after Eve gave a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Lucifer and Lilith]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: A variation with Lilith, given that she doesn't have a proper introduction in the show ([[spoiler: except from appearing briefly in the finale, relaxing at a beach in Heaven]]), but the fic turned her into a PsychoExGirlfriend, who wants to take revenge on Adam and Eve after being kicked out of Eden.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: A variation with Lilith, given that she doesn't have a proper introduction in the show ([[spoiler: except ([[spoiler:except from appearing briefly in the finale, relaxing at a beach in Heaven]]), but the fic turned her into a PsychoExGirlfriend, who wants to take revenge on Adam and Eve after being kicked out of Eden.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Sera was in love with Lucifer, but him choosing Lilith over her broke her heart and led her to punish him.
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* BadassBoast: After witnessing Adam zapping the cemetery of his and Lilith's dead children, Lucifer manages to come back with one.
--> '''Adam:''' ''[...]'' The student has become the master. I wanted to be like you and now I am! Or maybe I should say I'm the new and improved version!
-->'''Lucifer:''' Don't flatter yourself. You're nothing but a cheap copy. Just like your wife was of mine.
--> '''Adam:''' ''[...]'' The student has become the master. I wanted to be like you and now I am! Or maybe I should say I'm the new and improved version!
-->'''Lucifer:''' Don't flatter yourself. You're nothing but a cheap copy. Just like your wife was of mine.
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* FallenHero: By the end of the fic, Adam has turned into this. He started out as a NiceGuy back in the Garden of Eden (albeit with NoSocialSkills, though that should be expected given he was BornAsAnAdult) but as more and more misfortunes befell him as the years passed (him and Eve being banished from Eden, struggling to survive, him eldest son killing the youngest, being the sole member of his family to ascend to Heaven), all caused [[spoiler: by Lucifer and Lilith]], he turned into a villain who wanted to take revenge and hurt them in the similar way they hurt him by leading the annual Exterminations.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: A variation with Lilith, given that she doesn't have a proper introduction in the show ([[spoiler: except from appearing briefly in the finale, relaxing at a beach in Heaven]]), but the fic turned her into a PsychoExGirlfriend, who wants to take revenge on Adam and Eve after being kicked out of Eden.
* AssholeVictim: The Sinners in Hell who are the targets of the annual Exterminations. Sure, they have committed terrible crimes to be here, but they had absolutely nothing to do [[spoiler: Lucifer and Adam's feud and Adam kills them solely to get back at Lucifer for messing with his life]].
* BullyingADragon: Eve delivers a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lucifer and Lilith for messing with her and her family's life during and after Eden. Problem is these two are the King and Queen of Hell and Lucifer gets so enraged that [[spoiler: he grabs Eve and Abel shoves them inside a portal, turning them into Chaos and Death]].
* MeaningfulEcho: After discovering that his son Cain murdered Abel, Adam calls him an "utter failure". Years later, after [[spoiler: Adam is the one on the receiving end from the angels, after the last Extermination ends up with more dead Exorcists and Adam committing a list of unforgivable sins]].
* StarCrossedLovers: By the end of the fic, [[spoiler: Adam and Eve]] have turned into one. [[spoiler: After learning that both his wife and son ended up in Hell, Adam traveled down there to retrieve them, only to discover that Lucifer and Lilith sent them to the mortal realm, turning them in the process into Chaos and Death after a fit of rage, and now them reconciling is utterly impossible]].
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* UnholyMatrimony: Lucifer and Lilith, who are the King and Queen of Hell.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of the series is to paint Charlie's parents at this and reject the narrative that they have been feeding her all these years about the creation of humanity and giving humankind "free will".
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of the series is to paint Charlie's parents at this and reject the narrative that they have been feeding her all these years about the creation of humanity and giving humankind "free will".
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* UnholyMatrimony: Lucifer and Lilith, who are the King and Queen of Hell.
Hell. They also messed with Adam and Eve's lives in more than one ways.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of theseries fic is to paint Charlie's parents at this and reject the narrative that they have been feeding her all these years about the creation of humanity and giving humankind "free will".
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of the
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the show, Sera states that Adam was the first human soul to end up in Heaven. In this fic, it's actually Abel, but he forfeits his place after he learns that his mother ended up in Hell to keep her company.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed with Current Timeline!Adam, who is still the same jerk as in the show, only that he swears less.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: AdaptationalContextChange:
** In the show, Sera states that Adam was the first human soul to end up in Heaven. In this fic, it's actually Abel, but he forfeits his place after he learns that his mother ended up in Hell to keep her company.
** Lilith never planned to raise a revolution and battle Heaven. [[spoiler: It was all a lie spread by Adam to initiate the yearly Exterminations to take his revenge on Lucifer and Lilith for ruining his life]].
** Eve and Cain's fate is different from the one stated in the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'', with them [[spoiler: turning into Chaos and Death respectively, after Eve gave a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Lucifer and Lilith]].
*AdaptationPersonalityChange: AdaptationPersonalityChange:
** Downplayed with Current Timeline!Adam, who is still the same jerk as in the show, only that he swearsless. less.
** Lucifer is written as the stereotypical trickster and manipulator he's most commonly portrayed in media, instead of being an awkward dork with innocent ideas.
** In the show, Sera states that Adam was the first human soul to end up in Heaven. In this fic, it's actually Abel, but he forfeits his place after he learns that his mother ended up in Hell to keep her company.
** Lilith never planned to raise a revolution and battle Heaven. [[spoiler: It was all a lie spread by Adam to initiate the yearly Exterminations to take his revenge on Lucifer and Lilith for ruining his life]].
** Eve and Cain's fate is different from the one stated in the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'', with them [[spoiler: turning into Chaos and Death respectively, after Eve gave a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Lucifer and Lilith]].
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** Adam to Lucifer. Adam is tanned, brunette and all around handsome, but can't compete Lucifer, a literal angel, who is blonde, pale and seemingly ''"made of star dust"''. They also differ in regards of [[spoiler: how they wreaked revenge on each other, with Lucifer acting under Lilith's guidance and eventually regretting his actions, whereas Adam having the whole Extermination idea on his own and taking joy in it]].
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* NiceGuy: Out of the entire cast, Abel is the one who fits the criteria most. He's the golden child of the family, whom even the angels shower him with love and has no real flaw that affects the progress of the entire (unlike his father or older brother). He even chooses to forfeit his place in Heaven so he can keep his mother company after he finds out she ended up on Hell.
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* NiceGuy: Out of the entire cast, Abel is the one who fits the criteria most. He's the golden child of the family, whom even the angels shower him with love and has no real flaw that affects the progress of the entire (unlike his father or older brother). He even chooses to forfeit his place in Heaven so he can keep his mother company after he finds out she ended up on Hell. [[spoiler: And then he unintentionally becomes Death]].
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* UnholyMatrimony: Lucifer and Lilith, who are the King and Queen of Hell.
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* GreenedEyedMonster: Cain spent most of his life being negatively compared to his younger brother by his father and Heaven. When he makes a sacrifice to the angels, who however refused it but accept that of Abel's, he gets so mad that he kills him.
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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Once Abel finds out that his mother ended up in Hell, he forfeits his place in Heaven so he can go down there and keep her company.
* GreenedEyedMonster: Cain spent most of his life being negatively compared to his younger brother by his father and Heaven. When he makes a sacrifice to the angels, who however refused it but accept that of Abel's, he gets so mad that he kills him.
* GreenedEyedMonster: Cain spent most of his life being negatively compared to his younger brother by his father and Heaven. When he makes a sacrifice to the angels, who however refused it but accept that of Abel's, he gets so mad that he kills him.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the show, Sera states that Adam was the first human soul to end up in Heaven. In this fic, it's actually Abel, but he forfeits his place after he learns that his mother ended up in Hell to keep her company.
* AdaptedOut: Seth and the various children Adam and Eve had after Abel's death and Cain's exile are left out from the story. WordOfGod stated they went with this route so they wouldn't have to focus on too many characters.
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** After witnessing them having sex, the Angels banish Lucifer and Lilith from the Garden ofEden.Eden.
** Happens to Adam and Eve after tasting the ForbiddenFruit.
** Cain is punished to roam the Earth all alone, unable to take his life, after killing his brother.
** After witnessing them having sex, the Angels banish Lucifer and Lilith from the Garden of
** Happens to Adam and Eve after tasting the ForbiddenFruit.
** Cain is punished to roam the Earth all alone, unable to take his life, after killing his brother.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The angels punish Cain to roam the Earth all alone, unable to take his own life, after he kills his younger brother.
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* NiceGuy: Out of the entire cast, Abel is the one who fits the criteria most. He's the golden child of the family, whom even the angels shower him with love and has no real flaw that affects the progress of the entire (unlike his father or older brother). He even chooses to forfeit his place in Heaven so he can keep his mother company after he finds out she ended up on Hell.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Adam, being made of dirt, has no real parents, so he views Sera as a motherly figure. Helps that she's the angel he feels closest too, after Lucifer.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Cain is a 250-years-old (which is the equivalent of being in 25 years old) adult who constantly whines and behaves like BrattyHalfPint. He also kills his younger brother out of jealousy.
* SayMyName: Adam yells Eve's name multiple times when she dies.
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** Some of the fic's chapters' titles are named after Music/OliviaRodrigo's songs.
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* WingedHumanoid: How the angels are described. Adam also gets a pair of wings after he ascends to Heaven.
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* BadLiar: Abel, according to Adam.
* TheExile: After witnessing them having sex, the Angels banish Lucifer and Lilith from the Garden of Eden.
* HypocriticalHumor: Adam constantly complains about Cain being a SirSwearsALot and behaving childish, even though in the actual show he's an even worse case than his son.
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** Cain is as childish and a SirSwearsALot as canon!Adam.
** On the other hand, Abel has taken after his mother's gentle nature.
** Cain is as childish and a SirSwearsALot as canon!Adam.
** On the other hand, Abel has taken after his mother's gentle nature.
* ParentalFavoritism: Adam clearly prefers Abel over Cain and constantly compares them, so Eve tries to make out by showering Cain with the affection his father doesn't grant him.
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* ShoutOut: When Adam meets Lilith for the first time, he asks her if [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender ''"She wants to do an activity together?"]].
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** When Adam meets Lilith for the first time, he asks her if [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''"She "She wants to do an activity together?"]].together?"]].
** Adam and Eve's argument after they had sex was heavily influenced by ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'''s episode featuring them.
* SirSwearsALot: Cain. What? He's his father's son.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Abel inherited his mother's auburn hair and amber eyes, whereas Cain inherited his father's wavy hair and height.
** When Adam meets Lilith for the first time, he asks her if [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender
** Adam and Eve's argument after they had sex was heavily influenced by ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'''s episode featuring them.
* SirSwearsALot: Cain. What? He's his father's son.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Abel inherited his mother's auburn hair and amber eyes, whereas Cain inherited his father's wavy hair and height.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed with currenttimeline!Adam, who is still the same jerk as in the show, only that he swears less.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Adam is smitten by both Lilith and Eve, but he finds Lucifer one of the most beautiful beings he has ever witnessed and he enjoys spending time with him in a more-than-what-is-considered-friendly manner.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adam, at least in the flashbacks of the Garden of Eden, who has a genuine but flawed NiceGuy with PoorCommunicationKills. The angels deliberately created him to fit the criteria of the ideal human body. Averted in the current time-line, where he's still described as being hot, but he's a {{Jerkass}}.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adam, at least in the flashbacks of the Garden of Eden, who has a genuine but flawed NiceGuy with PoorCommunicationKills. The angels deliberately created him to fit the criteria of the ideal human body. Averted in the current time-line, where he's still described as being hot, but he's a {{Jerkass}}.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Adam is smitten by both Lilith and Eve, but he finds Lucifer one of the most beautiful beings he has ever witnessed witnessed, and he enjoys spending time with him in a more-than-what-is-considered-friendly manner.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adam, at least in the flashbacks of the Garden of Eden, who has a genuine but flawed NiceGuy with PoorCommunicationKills. The angels deliberately created him to fit the criteria of the ideal human body. Averted in the currenttime-line, timeline, where he's still described as being hot, but he's a {{Jerkass}}.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Charlie, just like in the show, believes in everyone deserving second chances, despite what they have done. However, she's accepting into helping Adam, after he attacked her hotel and killed some of her people and attempts to leave him alone in hell. Even Adam calls her out for this.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Charlie, just like in the show, believes in everyone deserving second chances, despite what they have done. However, she's initially not accepting into of helping Adam, after he attacked her hotel and killed some of her people and attempts to leave him alone in hell.Hell to his fate. Even Adam calls her out for this.
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''Lose Those Chains'' is a ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' Angsty AlternateUniverseFic by [=MaskedParkers=].
It can be read [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53376430 here.]]
After successfully defending the hotel from the last extermination, Charlie encounters Adam after he's been cast out of Heaven and sent to Hell and learns there's more to the story she was told growing up. Adam isn't the complete villain he was portrayed as and her parents aren't the heroes.
'''Note: The author is a fan of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', so expect references from this work there.'''
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!!''Lose Those Chains'' contains examples of:
* AdamAndEvePlot: Considering it features the [[TropeNamer trope namers]], it should be expected.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed with currenttimeline!Adam, who is still the same jerk as in the show, only that he swears less.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Adam is designed by the angels to fit into the criteria of the ideal human body, but can't help but compare himself to Lucifer and thinking that the angel is more beautiful than him.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Adam is smitten by both Lilith and Eve, but he finds Lucifer one of the most beautiful beings he has ever witnessed and he enjoys spending time with him in a more-than-what-is-considered-friendly manner.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adam, at least in the flashbacks of the Garden of Eden, who has a genuine but flawed NiceGuy with PoorCommunicationKills. The angels deliberately created him to fit the criteria of the ideal human body. Averted in the current time-line, where he's still described as being hot, but he's a {{Jerkass}}.
* BornAsAnAdult: Adam, Lilith and Eve.
* FallenAngel:
** Lucifer after the angels punished him for sleeping with Lilith.
** Adam in this AlternateUniverseFic, after Heaven casts him out off Heaven for his shitty behavior.
* {{Foil}}:
** Adam to Lucifer. Adam is tanned, brunette and all around handsome, but can't compete Lucifer, a literal angel, who is blonde, pale and seemingly ''"made of star dust"''.
** Eve to Lilith. [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Eve is the Light Feminine to Lilith's Dark Feminine]], but Eve is brunette, tanned, slightly short and submits to Adam almost instantly, whereas Lilith is tall, blonde and more spirited and lively than replacement.
* ForbiddenFruit: The titular fruit (in the shape of an apple, as tradition requires) makes its appearance with the expected result.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Charlie, just like in the show, believes in everyone deserving second chances, despite what they have done. However, she's accepting into helping Adam, after he attacked her hotel and killed some of her people and attempts to leave him alone in hell. Even Adam calls her out for this.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Adam's mindset after his first wife and closest angelic friend were casted out of Heaven from their disobedience, since until the Eve's birth, he spent a great amount of time alone.
* InSeriesNickname: Adam and Lilith call Lucifer "Luci".
* KilledOffForReal: Adam may have survived the [[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E8TheShowMustGoOn finale's]] extermination, the same can't be said for Lute though...
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Eve and Lilith respectively, even though their outer appearances don't match. Lilith has fair skin and long beautiful blonde hair, befitting "light feminine", but she's more aggressive and stubborn and disobeyed Heaven by rejecting Adam and sleeping with Lucifer, whereas Eve is tanned and has curly brunette hair, but she's more submissive and soft-spoken.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Both Lilith and Eve are described with having long hair.
* LousyLoversAreLosers: Adam's attempts to sexually satisfy Lilith end badly. It's one of the many reasons Lilith chose Lucifer over him.
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Charlie is a sweet AntiAntiChrist who believes that everyone deserves a second chance, but even she doesn't wish to redeem Adam after everything he has done to her and her people.
* OriginalMan: The story is about Adam. '''''The''''' Adam.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to never having interacted with other humans before, Adam tends to misjudge some of Lilith's thoughts and make statements that unintentionally hurt Lilith, even though he doesn't intend to do that. It's all these that make Lilith believe that Adam doesn't love her or truly value her presence.
* ShoutOut: When Adam meets Lilith for the first time, he asks her if [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender ''"She wants to do an activity together?"]].
* TalkingAnimal: Eve claims that "a talking serpent" convinced her to try the ForbiddenFruit. This revelation freaks Adam even more, since animals don't talk.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The current!Adam is shaped like this, after all the traumatic events he faced in his life, with him finding out that his first wife cheating on him with his best friend, him and Eve been casted out of the Garden of Eden and the list goes on and on.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of the series is to paint Charlie's parents at this and reject the narrative that they have been feeding her all these years about the creation of humanity and giving humankind "free will".
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It can be read [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53376430 here.]]
After successfully defending the hotel from the last extermination, Charlie encounters Adam after he's been cast out of Heaven and sent to Hell and learns there's more to the story she was told growing up. Adam isn't the complete villain he was portrayed as and her parents aren't the heroes.
'''Note: The author is a fan of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', so expect references from this work there.'''
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!!''Lose Those Chains'' contains examples of:
* AdamAndEvePlot: Considering it features the [[TropeNamer trope namers]], it should be expected.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed with currenttimeline!Adam, who is still the same jerk as in the show, only that he swears less.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Adam is designed by the angels to fit into the criteria of the ideal human body, but can't help but compare himself to Lucifer and thinking that the angel is more beautiful than him.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Adam is smitten by both Lilith and Eve, but he finds Lucifer one of the most beautiful beings he has ever witnessed and he enjoys spending time with him in a more-than-what-is-considered-friendly manner.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adam, at least in the flashbacks of the Garden of Eden, who has a genuine but flawed NiceGuy with PoorCommunicationKills. The angels deliberately created him to fit the criteria of the ideal human body. Averted in the current time-line, where he's still described as being hot, but he's a {{Jerkass}}.
* BornAsAnAdult: Adam, Lilith and Eve.
* FallenAngel:
** Lucifer after the angels punished him for sleeping with Lilith.
** Adam in this AlternateUniverseFic, after Heaven casts him out off Heaven for his shitty behavior.
* {{Foil}}:
** Adam to Lucifer. Adam is tanned, brunette and all around handsome, but can't compete Lucifer, a literal angel, who is blonde, pale and seemingly ''"made of star dust"''.
** Eve to Lilith. [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Eve is the Light Feminine to Lilith's Dark Feminine]], but Eve is brunette, tanned, slightly short and submits to Adam almost instantly, whereas Lilith is tall, blonde and more spirited and lively than replacement.
* ForbiddenFruit: The titular fruit (in the shape of an apple, as tradition requires) makes its appearance with the expected result.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Charlie, just like in the show, believes in everyone deserving second chances, despite what they have done. However, she's accepting into helping Adam, after he attacked her hotel and killed some of her people and attempts to leave him alone in hell. Even Adam calls her out for this.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Adam's mindset after his first wife and closest angelic friend were casted out of Heaven from their disobedience, since until the Eve's birth, he spent a great amount of time alone.
* InSeriesNickname: Adam and Lilith call Lucifer "Luci".
* KilledOffForReal: Adam may have survived the [[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E8TheShowMustGoOn finale's]] extermination, the same can't be said for Lute though...
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Eve and Lilith respectively, even though their outer appearances don't match. Lilith has fair skin and long beautiful blonde hair, befitting "light feminine", but she's more aggressive and stubborn and disobeyed Heaven by rejecting Adam and sleeping with Lucifer, whereas Eve is tanned and has curly brunette hair, but she's more submissive and soft-spoken.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Both Lilith and Eve are described with having long hair.
* LousyLoversAreLosers: Adam's attempts to sexually satisfy Lilith end badly. It's one of the many reasons Lilith chose Lucifer over him.
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Charlie is a sweet AntiAntiChrist who believes that everyone deserves a second chance, but even she doesn't wish to redeem Adam after everything he has done to her and her people.
* OriginalMan: The story is about Adam. '''''The''''' Adam.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to never having interacted with other humans before, Adam tends to misjudge some of Lilith's thoughts and make statements that unintentionally hurt Lilith, even though he doesn't intend to do that. It's all these that make Lilith believe that Adam doesn't love her or truly value her presence.
* ShoutOut: When Adam meets Lilith for the first time, he asks her if [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender ''"She wants to do an activity together?"]].
* TalkingAnimal: Eve claims that "a talking serpent" convinced her to try the ForbiddenFruit. This revelation freaks Adam even more, since animals don't talk.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The current!Adam is shaped like this, after all the traumatic events he faced in his life, with him finding out that his first wife cheating on him with his best friend, him and Eve been casted out of the Garden of Eden and the list goes on and on.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole point of the series is to paint Charlie's parents at this and reject the narrative that they have been feeding her all these years about the creation of humanity and giving humankind "free will".
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