History Fanfic / TheBedsideGhost

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Of the period-typical homophobia variety: Griselda the nurse is not pleased when Ernesto casually alludes to having had sexual encounters with men as well as women. Doesn't quite fall into ScewedPriorities territory, as she is clearly far more disturbed about the ''murder'' he just confessed to her.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14545218/chapters/33607626 The Bedside Ghost]]'' by [[http://pengychan.tumblr.com/ Pengychan]] is a fanfic based on Pixar's ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Coco]]''. The story is an alternate universe where Ernesto de la Cruz is crippled instead of dying when the bell falls on him in 1942. Plagued with visions of a ghostly Héctor, Ernesto decides write a letter to Imelda, hoping to give her some closure so the ghost would leave him alone. Instead, he comes to face with an adult Coco Rivera searching for answers about her lost father...

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* BiTheWay: Ernesto at one point casually admits to having had sexual encounters with men as well as women. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Griselda is not happy to learn this]], though she's much more upset about the whole murderer thing.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Griselda the nurse. She finds out early in the story that Ernesto murdered Héctor in the past, but chooses to continue to care for him, as he genuinely wants to atone for his actions.

** Played slightly more straight regarding [[spoiler: Ernesto needing Coco's blessing in order to pass on. He ''probably'' would have still died around when he did with or without it, but his belief that he needed it was so strong that it seemed to be keeping him clinging to life even while clearly on his deathbed, and it's only after Coco does end up giving him her blessing that he finally passes.]]

* DeathbedConfession: Once she learns of Ernesto's crime, Griselda, a devout Catholic, urges Ernesto to do this with a priest before it is too late. While he does speak to the priest Griselda calls to give him last rites, she (and the reader) is not privy to their talk, and WordOfGod confirmed that he did not confess Héctor's murder.

* BiTheWay: Ernesto at one point casually admits to having had sexual encounters with men as well as women. [[ValuesDissonance Griselda is not happy to learn this]], though she's much more upset about the whole murderer thing.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Rivera family know the truth about Héctor's dissappearance and they get closure by finding his corpse and retrieving his songbook and guitar. Héctor is not being forgotten anymore and can now visit his family every Dia de Muertos, but he's devastated after finding out his best friend murdered him. And Ernesto is now alone and under a fake identity, but at least he isn't plagued by guilt anymore.]]

* EntitledToHaveYou / DisproportionateRetribution: The reason why Ernesto murdered Héctor: Because Héctor decided to stand up to Ernesto and put his own wishes (to return with Imelda and Coco) instead of what Ernesto wanted for him (to continuing being a musical duo). Ernesto considered this a horribly cruel act of betrayal that Héctor had to be killed for. [[NeverMyFault And he insists it was Héctor fault for leaving him.]]

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Griselda the nurse. She finds out early in the story that Ernesto murdered Héctor in the past, but chooses to overlook it, as he genuinely wants to atone for his actions.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Ernesto was crippled instead of being killed by the bell, like in canon. And since Ernesto reveals the truth about Héctor's death much sooner, [[spoiler:the music ban is lifted around the time Elena is born and Héctor isn't being forgotten.]]

* VengefulGhost: Ernesto keeps seeing Héctor in various levels, and he doesn't exactly look happy to be there, frequently switching moods between nice, mean or vengeful. Of course, the Ghost!Héctor seen throughout the story is a delusion. The real Héctor is actually nicer and blissfully oblivious about his best friend’s betrayal.

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: When Ernesto reunites with Héctor at the land of the dead, Héctor does this by talking about how much he missed Ernesto and how a good friend he is, while Ernesto is uncomfortable by it, as he killed him in the past.]]

* TheAtoner: Ernesto wants to give closure to Imelda and Coco about Héctor's death. However, his reasons are selfish, as he wants the "ghost of Héctor" to stop pestering him.

* ContinuityNod: To the author's prequel fic, ''"Fanfic/TheHeavenAndEarthSeries"'' and the alternate continuity .

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: When Ernesto reunites with Héctor at the land of the dead, Héctor does this by talking about how much he missed Ernesto and how a good friend he is, while Ernesto is uncomfortable by it, as he killed him in the past.]]

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When Imelda finds out about Héctor's murder at Ernesto's hands, she snaps and beats the crap out of him, not caring that he's weakened and in the verge of death. She would have killed him if Griselda hadn't stopped her.