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The first one is Lexi. The most thought and development has been put into her, so this is a doozy. She was my second Hazbin OC, made a week after I first watched the pilot in 2023. (All my OCs were made before the full show was released). After this first watch, I hyperfixated specifically on Alastor, so he’s a big part of her.

Lexi is a teenaged sinner in hell. She dies on her fourteenth birthday two weeks before the pilot and falls right in front of the Happy Hotel. This is the same day that Angel moves in (based on the “he’s been clean for two weeks” thing from the pilot. When Lexi lands Angel, Vaggie, and Charlie are just arriving. Charlie obviously welcomes her in with open arms, and she moves in that day. As we all know, the extermination happens two weeks later. If it weren’t for Charlie, Lexi would’ve died in it. Put a pin in that, it’s important.

Lexi is introverted, less shy, more withdrawn than anything. She’s not very trusting due to her Traumatic BackstoryTM. She’s quiet, wellmannered, kind, and mature for her age. When I one day write a fanfiction, the aspect of what her sin is will be sort of a mystery and when it is revealed only Alastor will know (at first). I like to make characters who are *insert character’s* daughter, that’s where Alastor comes in with Lexi. He basically adopts her.

He doesn’t acknowledge her much in the pilot, but after discovering that she’s a kid he takes an interest. A child sinner is rare, even more so ones who are as well-behaved as Lexi is, so he wants to learn what she did to end up in hell. This is solely curiosity fueling him at this point. But somewhere down the line (Before the season 1 finale), he begins to actually care for her “just like a daughter he spawned”. 

On the topic of Hell’s Greatest Dad, I imagine Lexi getting jealous during this scene. Yes, Al is purposely manipulating Lucifer and Charlie during this scene, but the effect on Lexi is inadvertent. This is around the time they really start seeing each other as father and daughter, but neither is ready to acknowledge that so it doesn’t even cross Alastor’s mind that he could make her jealous. And Lexi is all like “why am I feeling this way?”

After Al, Lexi is closest to Husk. I have set it up so that immediately after the pilot ends, Lexi gets overwhelmed by how loud everyone is, so she sits down at the bar. Husk is an asshole until he realizes that Lexi is 1) being genuine 2) a kid. He gives her a Shirley temple, shows her a few card tricks and they play War. War becomes their thing. 

Also, Lexi is pansexual and when she starts questioning she goes to Husk for advice because she knows he won’t make a big deal out of it. I guess I should get into Lexi’s appearance before her sin. I actually keep procrastinating this part. I'm really bad at character design and I’ve actually never done it in a way that doesn’t latch off of another character. (I’m looking at you, 5th-grade me). I haven’t figured out what type of demon I want her to be. Maybe like a turtle, or something to represent her closed off personality, like she could retreat into her shell or whatever, but I made that up while typing this. I do know that I want it to be based off of her sin/how she lived her life (like Angel), and not her death (like Al and Vox). I’ve always pictured her in an oversized hoodie. She likes to hide her face with the hood (something Al hates). When she first comes down to hell, the only clothes she has are hand-me-downs from Charlie, so everything’s a bit oversized. She’s shorter than most of the cast, but taller than Baxter (according to the internet he’s 4’7). I’m thinking maybe 5’8ish. I don’t want her to be swimming in Charlie’s clothes (she’s 6’6). Lexi always wears long sleeves, and is seen constantly pulling at her right sleeve to cover something up.

That something is a small x on her right wrist. Like this but smaller.

This isn’t how she died, but it’s an injury she sustained right before she did. 

This is Lexi’s “something that a sinner hates about their appearance” (90% sure that’s canon).

It reminds her of her life (which I will get to, I promise) and is in a spot that is very visible. I think her color palette should lean away from red too, to make it stand out more. That’s why she wears long sleeves, and if she couldn’t she’d put gloves on or something. 

Lexi has a second x on the side of her head. That’s how she died, a bullet to the head.

Okay so Lexi’s life and Traumatic BackstoryTM. I’m sure you’ve guessed, but I went the abusive parents route. There’s no easier way to inflict trauma, and by far the easiest way to make Lexi who’s technically undeserving. Technically. Her death goes as follows.

Lexi is putting dishes away, her father is smoking at the kitchen table.

She drops a glass, it shatters. Dad is angry, he puts the cigarette out on her wrist

This is the x on her wrist 

He’s about to do something more, Lexi backs up, her hand falls onto the handle of a knife

By the time Lexi realizes what she’s doing he’s already dead.

This flashback would happen as Lexi is explaining what happened to Alastor. And as someone who believes that Al’s dad was abusive I thought this was a great way to make him care about her more. Basically, he sees himself in her. I also see it cutting between present Lexi and past Lexi. She brushes her finger over the x, it cuts to the cigarette burning her. Stuff like that. She also hates it because it reminds her of her past. Continuing with her death.

Lexi is horrified not by what she’d done, but by the fact that she enjoyed it

Her mother comes downstairs after hearing the noise

Lexi kills her too, but slower, much more purposefully

There’s a knock on the door, it’s the cops

The neighbors heard the screams and called them

Lexi panics because she refuses to go to jail for this

So she finds a gun that her parents owned and shoots her self

Another instance of cutting between the two time periods. Lexi explains that she grabbed the gun and mimes shooting herself, her fingers land directly on the x. It cuts to the actual moment she does it, then to her waking up in hell, then back to the present moment.

Alastor is super proud, obviously and he makes that known and Lexi just starts beaming because she was always ashamed of this so the validation is nice. Oh also sometime during this she says to Al, “the closest thing I’ve ever had to a parent is you” and that’s the first time either of them acknowledges the bond growing between them.

Once Alastor starts caring about Lexi he makes a deal with her, he gives her the ability to protect herself (aka a lot of power) in exchange for a favor. Which he then cashes in so she won’t argue about buying clothes that aren’t hand-me-downs. They also don’t tell anyone about the deal. But she is really powerful, she actually helps the overlords during Hear My Hope if that puts it into perspective. (She joins during the line “‘til our hopes and fears reach a billion ears”). Her powers are similar to Al’s, teleporting through shadows and tendrils, I’m debating giving her a shadow like Al.

Lexi’s full name is Alexia Powers, she shortened it to distance herself from her past. No one in hell knows it, until she tells Alastor and one of my other OCs, Katlyn, but that’s later on.

Also in Finale (season 1) when Alastor pops up and everyone “celebrates” Lexi also hugs him (she gets there before Charlie too) and calls him dad. This is the first (and so far, only) time she says this. Lexi doesn’t realize, Alastor notices but doesn’t acknowledge it, Husk also notices and he doesn’t like Lexi getting close to Al.

Lexi has a “reverse redemption” arc. She starts off as the most likely to be redeemed and then slowly becomes opposed to the idea. Initially she wants redemption because she wants to have a family, and given that it’s hell she doesn’t believe she can find it. After everything she decides that she’s happy in hell and doesn’t want to leave anyone behind. Lexi never stops believing in redemption, but no longer wants it for herself.

But she feels really guilty about this. Charlie was the first person to show her genuine kindness, and like I said before, if it weren’t for Charlie, Lexi would have died two weeks after arriving in hell. She feels like she owes Charlie, which hinders her ability to make her own decisions. But eventually, she embraces the side of her that enjoyed killing her parents.

During season 2x6, between Alastor being with Vox, Chaggie fighting, and Husk walking out, this poor girl is a mess. Her family is falling apart. Also, arguing triggers her. She definitely grabs Husk right before he leaves and asks him to stay in that small little kid voice. And Husk almost does, “You’re better off without me, kid. Trust me on that.” She teleports to her room and breaks down. When Husk comes back, she hugs him.

Okay two more quick scenes that I came up with.

The first takes place right before Lexi explains her backstory to Al. He brings her on an outing and while they’re in the store two sinners happen to approach her. They tell her that they’re looking for their daughter. When Lexi asks for her name they respond “Alexia, Alexia Powers”. Aka, her bio-parents. Lexi freaks out, which reveals that she was right. They try to kidnap her, but she calls for Alastor and he rescues her. She teleports away after he shows up, and Al ends up sparing her parents in favor of checking on her. Then she explains everything. Al is ready to kill them, but he gets Lexi to admit that she wants to do it herself (or at least with him). She’s not ready to face her parents yet, so they remain alive but on borrowed time. The final idea I have for Lexi was supposed to be like, an au inside of this au because I didn’t think it would ever make sense. But then Alastor decided to be Vox’s prisoner and opened the door for it to actually make it into an actual full-length fanfic. So here goes nothing.

In the season 1 finale, we see that a lot of the hotel ends up on the news, so Lexi’s parents see that and realize she’s staying at the hotel. When Vox parades Alastor around, they see an opening. They check into the hotel. Once Lexi realizes that they’re there she asks Charlie to kick them out, but she refuses to explain why so they stay. Lexi’s very careful, she never lets herself be alone with them, she waits ‘til someone else goes to their room so she can walk with them, (usually Cherri, Angel or Husk) she’s tense and scanning for exits anytime her parents are in the room. And Husk takes notice. One night when they walk back to their rooms together, Husk asks her to help him with something in his room. When they’re alone he confronts her. She admits to everything. Husk comforts her, promises to protect her, and then subtly threatens her parents and gets them to leave.

“Vox Popili” translates to “voice of the people”. Just like he calls himself in the very same line of the song. “Vox Popili, the people’s voice!” And to take it a step further?

Like deity. I’m pretty sure that they never actually say “Vox Dei” in the song, but the tittle is enough. Vox already sees himself as a god, and now sinners are beginning to as well.