The Gift of Rage is a Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel fan work written by Jacob Greyson
on SpaceBattles. It's also available on FanFiction.net here, and has an ongoing sequel here.
The story follows the story of Sam, a man sent to hell during his death despite living a relatively blameless (if unexemplary) life. After being rescued from cannibalistic torture by a mysterious figure, he ends up at the Happy Hotel and tries to figure out why exactly he was dammed in the first place. As he learns more about the new realm he's ended up in, and just how many of the people around him aren't unrepentant monsters, he might just decide that the entire system has to go...
This story contains examples of:
- Achievements in Ignorance: Blitzø is often demonstrated to be so bull-headed and obtuse that he can achieve feats others would consider impossible, merely because he's the only one who was foolish enough to try. This pays off in a big way when he manages to Kill Nathan Birch, and become the new proxy of Lucifer despite being an Imp
- Affably Evil: Alastor is a great example of this. He's friendly and charming, despite being a remorseless murderer and cannibal in life. and far, far worse in death
- Battle Couple: Moxxie and Millie are this, especially after their mid-story power-up via the 37 oaths
- The Chosen One: Subverted, as it turns out there have been dozens of people with Angelic gifts in Hell before Sam, all of whom have ended up dead. Subversion is later confirmed when Sam makes himself the Demiurge, rather than being born it.
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: It's an ongoing debate in this story whether many of the denizens of Hell are naturally apathetic to human suffering, or if the environment of Hell (and the knowledge of the impossibility of death or escape) gradually warp them to fit their new environment. Many new arrivals to hell exhibit Deliberate Values Dissonance, and many longtime residents demonstrate that there might just be something redeemable inside them if you can pry past all the layers of protection they've had to build up.
- Fantastic Caste System: Hell, much to the detriment of Imps and Hellhounds. Although, according to glimpses of the future, perhaps not for long thanks to the actions of some of the main characters.
- Hell of a Heaven: As it turns out, Heaven isn't doing do great either, thanks to God going silent in the 1600s and refusing to expand heaven any more, leading to massive famine for humans, who can't actually die despite being able to starve. Also, the Angels have dissolved into cliquish infighting with the absence of a clear leader
- Inherent in the System: The entire judgement mechanism of the afterlife has been throwing undeserving people in hell ever since Purgatory was thrown into the abyss, and maybe even before that. If only someone could do something about that...
- Rotating Protagonist: The story follows the adventures of multiple different characters, which only intersect near the end.
- Satan Is Good: Satan (not Lucifer, they're different guys) might just be the best person in any position of power in Hell.
- Super-Intelligence: After swearing the 37 Oaths, Moxxie becomes this, inventing entirely new branches of magic on the fly.
- Worldbuilding: The author is well-known for his in-depth explorations of the Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel universe, building out numerous aspects that aren't explored in the show, and sometimes inventing entirely new ones. It's perhaps the best feature of the story.
