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[eggcats]

You won't be able to convince me Vox isn't introverted/socially anxious in some way. We don't see him leave Vee tower once during S1, he only talks to the paparazzi with a plan to control the narrative and then mind controls them into accepting it, and his preferred medium is something he can both control entirely and is usually scripted, meaning he knows exactly what topics will be discussed or what anyone else will be doing so he can prepare a reaponse in advance (Vox2Nite).

Plus, he has the "if all else fails hypnotize them" backdoor cheat to his powers.

There's a reason that, as soon as he went against a foe who wasn't following his very clear pre-prepared script and who he couldn't see to hypnotize into letting him control the narrative, he immediately fell apart.

Alastor and him are foils because Vox is very flashy and in your face, but he's using it to hide that he needs tight control over everything or else he'll fall apart. Alastor, however, relies on his personality being the draw, and he's excellent at rolling with the verbal punches.

Vox is an outgoing anxious introvert, and Alastor is a more subtle confident extrovert, and both of their mediums reflect this. Vox needs to distract you so you don't notice anything even slightly amiss, and Alastor needs to entertain you so you don't get bored without something to distract you.

[ghostcat96]

Idea: Vox makes his own shark documentaries.

They are just footage of his sharks with a voice over of him info dumping about sharks.

He doesn't edit it at all. He's talking a mile a minute and regularly interrupts himself in the middle of sentences to talk about something else.

He doesn't air it but he does make Valentino, Velvette, and some of his employees watch it every chance he gets.

[co-co-ocelot]

Random blast of head cannons:

Vox has shark features (he has gills and in my head cannon a shark tail too) because he was a loan shark and also has his electric zappy zappy emperor Palpetine (I really hope I'm referencing the right guy because if I'm not that is humiliating- but I deffo spelt that old crusty ass man's name wrong anyways so WOMP WOMP) because of that, since sharks hunt but sensing electric fields emitted by fish and other organisms in the water- because he was a loan shark. I feel like he was a relatively non-violent one since I feel like Vox was changed by hell and is in hell for being a bad person rather than some catastrophic sin, but he still wasn't friendly. During a pretty nasty encounter he got his head bashed in by one of the TVs in his shop and was also electrocuted in the process.

Yipeee

Zap zap! (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

[my-mind-mansion]

Wholesome headcanon: Alastor takes you to Mardi Gras and teaches you the history and traditions behind it. I would sit in awe, mouth agape as he rambled on about the music, food, and festivities of his culture. He’s proud of his upbringing in New Orleans and dresses up for the festival. He would catch beaded necklaces and put them on you. 🎭📿🎉

[vivziepoparchives]

Alastor and Rosie drawn after watching Poppins Returns. Posted to Viv's twitter January 2, 2019.

[source]

[hazbinheadcanon]

IM TELLING YALL ROSIE HAS BEEN SKETCHY SINCE THE BEGINNING!!!!!

LISTEN TO THE LYRICS!!!!!

adding this to my Rosie = Roo evidence checklist

[fandomfrenzy625]

Baxters goggles headcanon

So thinking about Baxters goggles I think they are a 3 in 1 use for the angler fish

1st being of course as Lab gear

2nd is to preserve sensitive angler fish eyes that aren't used to the harsh lighting of the rest of the world

3rd is to block any attempt at hypnotism. The theory of Sir pentious and baxter working together and their falling out could have led to this, Sir pentious shows he has hypnotism powers so maybe in the past baxter trusted Sir Pentious not to use them on him. It may have happened or the distrust after their falling out led to baxter creating a defence mechanism. Plus Vox is known for hypnotizing the masses as we saw in "Radio Killed the Video Star" where we could see some of the sinners being hypnotised, baxter was also shown and didn't seem affected. And with Baxter working so closely as another theory is that he's working for Vox, he'd want to stay sharp due to his work, especially with a boss like Vox.

Those are just on the top of my head, please tell me if you guys have any thoughts or theories to add :)

[voxtekhnician]

Figured I'd share some of my HC backstory for Vox when he was still alive.  Well, I have multiple but this is the one I usually circle back to when it comes to characterization.

This is more about the major events of his life rather than what got him into Hell.  

I am high on painkillers while I write this so feel free to ask me to elaborate on anything, lol.

TWs: illness, child death

•  He was the son of a Polish father and Filipino mother, both first generation immigrants.

• Vox was born on June 6, 1922 and would occasionally listen to Alastor's radio show while growing up until Alastor's death in 1935. 

• Vox's mother did push for him to be a child star, seeing it as a opportunity for Vox to have a better life, taking him to various auditions over the years but Vox didn't get a major role until he graduated high school and started gaining some mild popularity in the industry 

• It was when he was 25 that Vox got engaged to, and married his lesbian co-star, Maria that he had been close friends with to quell rumors about his sexuality that kept popping up.    They spun the story as a whirlwind romance that was kept secret from the public to try to protect their privacy.   

• They had a child shortly after that, a daughter named Alina.  They were actually fairly happy family even when not in front of the cameras. 

• However, Alina got sick with polio at age 4.   Vox and Maria spared no expense for her care; the best doctors that money could buy but the illness progressed fast, and she passed  within a couple months of her fifth birthday.     

• Vox and Maria's relationship went downhill from there.  Constant arguing about who's fault it was that Alina died, the thought it was neither's fault never entering each other's mind.    

• They essentially lived apart, only coming together to keep up appearances until Vox's death in 1956.          

[thegreatpapaya666]

Vox Headcanons

(I was working on these with a friend :3)

- Vox is a transgender man. - He has 11 sharks named Victor, Veronica, Vivian, Vincent, Viera, Victoria, Vance, Veer, Valkyrie, Vanessa, and Vark. - He is dating Valentino, though it is an explicitly stated "open relationship." Valentino often gets jealous of Vox flirting with other people, though, and the "open" status is subject to change on a dime. - Vox forgets to eat and sleep until either Valentino and Velvette remind him, or he passes out from exhaustion. - He puts his work before everyone else in his life, even himself. - He was friends with Alastor for a long time and gained most of his current power from working with Alastor. But after confessing his love to Alastor and his feelings not being returned, Vox didn't take the rejection well and fought him. He almost lost the fight, but Alastor chose to spare him and Valentino found him hours later. - The fallout was also caused by Vox changing as a person, being corrupted by the technological advances he was making with VoxTek. After partnering with Valentino, changing his own head from a CRT TV to a flat screen TV, using mind control to manipulate his viewers, and neglecting the quality of his products, Alastor felt like Vox was a different person. - Vox still has a crush on Alastor, though he hides it behind a facade of hatred and disgust. - Vox is an ENTJ. - He's touch starved. - Vox is horrible with kids, but connects with children on the autism spectrum. - Vox can open internet tabs in his brain, as well as view security footage and send messages. Everything he sees is recorded with high-quality video and audio. - Every interaction he's had with Alastor is saved in a folder buried deep in his files that he only opens during "alone time." - When Vox dreams, they're projected on his screen for anyone to see. He doesn't know about this. - Vox's screen gets a pink tint when he blushes. - His antennae twitch when he's overwhelmed or flustered. - Vox can show pictures and videos on his screen. - He can play piano and guitar. - When asked the question, "ass, tits, or thighs," he always picks ass. - He's somewhere on the aromantic spectrum. - Vox is always up by 5 AM and never sleeps in. - He can turn his pain, auditory, olfactory, and taste receptors on and off. - Vox had a traumatic childhood with a verbally abusive mother and a physically abusive father. - He had a brother who also went to Hell, but he hasn't been able to locate him. - Vox is a switch but prefers to top because of how much he likes being in control. - He's autistic. - When he was alive, he had a wife who he would frequently cheat on, and two children named Alice and James. - The first time Vox had sex with a man was drunk with Valentino, who was his bisexual awakening. - Vox was popular in school. - When he spawned in Hell, he changed his name from Mary to Vox as a fresh start. - He sleeps in shark themed boxers. - During game night with the rest of the Vees, when it's his turn to pick the game, he always picks Monopoly. Valentino and Velvette have yet to beat him, but they have an evil plan to cheat and make Vox cry and are going to enact it next game night. - He wears rainbow striped socks. - Vox sometimes listens to musical soundtracks while he's working. - His favorite drink is bourbon. - His favorite color is red, but he always lies and says it's blue. - Vox's favorite food is Alastor's jambalaya, but he'll never tell anyone. - He's from New Jersey. - He owns a shark onesie he wears for sleepovers. - You know those Terms of Service nobody reads when you make an account on a new website or agree to a new setting? Well Vox manipulates the fine print to be used as a soul contract if you own your soul. That's how he rose to power so quickly, because millions of unsuspecting sinners were unknowingly giving Vox their souls by signing up for Sinstagram and other apps.

[plasticbag3207]

Vox: Flatscreen vs. Box (CRT)

One thing has been mildly bothering me when it comes to people’s interpretation of Vox, specifically when showing him off in older settings: his portrayal (or lack thereof) as a box TV.

Obviously we all know he was a CRT (cathode ray tube; this is the more technical name for “Box TV” or “old-style tv”). We see him with this style of TV head in the picture of him and Val on the desk in Val’s room. (S1 E2 at about 7:27)

Not the highest quality photo, my bad, but it still gets the point across. We can also assume that this picture was probably taken in the 70s, since that’s when Valentino died. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say late 70s, maybe early 80s.

CRT tvs have really only gone out of fashion recently, and flatscreens have only been common for the last 15-20 years. Although unlikely, it’s not impossible for Velvette to have been in Hell before Vox transferred to a flatscreen TV. Despite this, I still see a lot of people drawing Vox with a flatscreen way before they existed—or in general acting like he’s been a flatscreen way longer than he has.

I want to be clear and say that this doesn’t bother me a ton, and I still love all the art regardless. It’s just the little history nerd in me trying to point these things out and being mildly bothered by it.

I have a feeling it’s probably caused by a lot of younger people in the fandom that maybe weren’t old enough to remember their families having a CRT tv, or maybe they were born after their family had upgraded to a flatscreen? I don’t know. Maybe I’m all wrong with that idea, and the artists are purposely drawing him with a flatscreen because they prefer it?

Another headcanon of mine that I haven’t seen a ton of people talking about, that would support Vox not having a flatscreen until quite recently: new tech probably takes longer to get to hell.

When explaining this to my friend I used the analogy of how trends (fashion, architecture, lifestyle, internet, etc.) in the US tend to start on the coasts and work their way towards the center. By the time they even reach the Midwest, some of the shorter fads are already out of style on the coasts.

I sort of assumed this is how things work with hell and earth. Tech is invented/innovated on earth first, and generally takes a little longer for it to become common in Hell. Also, as far as we know (unless I’m mistaken) the main way hell finds out about the goings on on Earth is via sinners dying and relaying their expanded knowledge on to the rest of hell.

If this headcanon proves to be true, then that would push back the date when Vox upgraded to a flatscreen even more.

Idk, this is all just me rambling and just some food for thought. No hate to any artists or writers that have been portraying Vox as a flatscreen before it would make sense for him to have one.

Also rest in peace to all of the hazbin fans who were too young to have the life experience of almost being crushed by one of those old CRT TVs. Really missed out on that character building moment.

[prince-liest]

Do you think Vox still has any sort of soft spot for the 1950s?

I like to think so! It's a fun idea to me that he presents himself as the face of modern media and technological advancement, but his general themes and aesthetic are much more 50s than they are 2020s. If anything, Velvette strikes me as the modern social media innovator, or the TikTok kid to Vox's news channel talk show host. Which is very in-theme with her original pre-canon role as his protege!

Also, I think it's funny if Alastor vs Vox is presented by Vox as the old vs the new and meanwhile Velvette and Valentino both consider Vox the old man of the group. Like, sure, his face is a flatscreen now instead of a CRT, but who even watches landscape videos anymore?

Give me a Vox who is genuinely offended (and startled at his own offense) when he realizes that the movies he considers to be great art are the same thing that Velvette refuses to watch because who the fuck has time for a video that isn't under 90 seconds? (Cue Alastor laughing his ass off in the background.)

(I suspect his reaction would be to throw himself into the newer stuff anyway because he's a sellout at heart, but it'd be fun to watch the transition from this genuinely bringing him joy in his success to being something he has to grit his teeth through. In the end, everyone has a norm that they find comfortable.)

[platonically-loving-alastor]

Vox's Antenna Theory/Headcanon Idea

I thought of something that I haven't really heard anyone else talk about before- We all know by now about Vox's broken/bent antenna, and that there was a point where it wasn't like that (as shown in the background photo of him and Valentino). The thing is, Vox is fully capable of replacing his head. We know this, again from the photo in episode 2 of him with a CRT television head. He can and has replaced his head to fit with more modern times. If he can replace his entire head presumably whenever he wants, he can certainly replace the antenna as well. So, if something happened to one of his antenna, even if it doesn't affect his working performance, he'd surely want to swap it out for a working one. His public image is obviously important to him, after all, especially in the physical sense.

So why wouldn't Vox, entertainer and manipulator of the public through visual means, do exactly that? Why go through the trouble of replacing his head but not the little things on top of it? Well, a popular idea of what happened to his antenna in the first place is that it got bent in his fight with Alastor (and that may be the same reason for Val's broken antenna as well). While Valentino is incapable of fixing his problem, Vox was apparently just uninterested in fixing his own. This was Alastor's doing and, sure, he hated that. He hated that he was shown up by his rival. He hated that his old friend, someone who he still admired, could do that to him without a second thought. But on the other hand, it's a reminder of a time Alastor would give him any sort of attention, even if it was in a negative context, compared to how Alastor now will hardly give him the time of day and treats his feud with Vox as a minor inconvenience more than a legitimate threat (based on what we've seen so far, how much of it is genuine is another question). TLDR: Alastor: *breaks Vox's antenna in the fight*

Vox, lovestruck: I'm never replacing this antenna again

[cupidsncheerios]

i absolutely adore vox fics where he has computer functions, like errors popping up when he overheats or different harddrives he can sort memory files into but i also must question. the crt didn't have that right

so did he just replace his head one day and see 'Welcome! Please log in with your Password and Username!"

and then he spends the next 3 days without full brain function as he tries to figure out the password to his own mind. alastor's the only one who notices the difference

[cringefailvox]

I love how Vox"a slogan is Trust Us!

Because I bet Alastor trusted him once. And how that trust is gone, so the best Vox can do is force people to do so.

I want to know if vox will try to hypnotize Alastor next season. Because ironically doing so will shatter any reminants of trust and goodwill Al might have left for him.

the way i'm actually so desperate for alastor to get hypnotized in s2 like it's on my wishlist i need it so so so bad. make each other WORSE

[cringefailvox]

I headcannon that vox and vel have HORRIBLE health and val, despite being a smoker is surprisingly healthy.

like i hc that velvet has an eating disorder and that vox goes literal weeks without sleeping.

So the both of them have just fucking fainted in places they really shouldn't be passingout.

Like imagine vox "subtly" shoving food twoards velvet before going out to some event and when vel notices and calls him out he's just like

"well SORRY i dont want you to pass out in the middle of the fucking red carpet"

"FUCK U THAT HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO. Remember when you fell asleep at the overlord meeting???"

"YOU KNOW HOW BORING THOSE ARE"

meanwhile val is in the corner after eating a nutritious meal, 10 hours of sleep, and a couple lines of coke in his healthy girl era

cosigned, you're so right. valentino is one of those infuriating people who can eat whatever they want and still look rail thin and it makes velvette so fucking mad. also part of my hc that val is sober most of the time aside from his smoking bc it helps him feel more powerful than / stay in control of his studio full of drugged up sex workers, but velvette clearly knows her way around the biochemical affects of drugs considering she collaborated w/val on love potion and i don't doubt she's into literal heroin chic + vox is this close to injecting caffeine straight into his veins to power through 10 hrs of meetings on 30 mins of sleep. val is living his best life

[prodepresanti]

Headcanon that Vox first manifested in Hell simply as a shark demon. The tv head is an add on. He did that to himself. Whether he got his electricity powers due to being the media Overlord or he had those powers from the get go due to the way he died, doesn't matter. In any case, he put that tv head himself, for the sake of branding.

What supports that idea? Absolutely fucking nothing, but I love me some self mutilation and body horror

[roselemari]

Lucilith Headcanons

- Lucifer and Lilith are both unapologetic flirts, much to the horror of the hotel residents, who can barely tolerate their antics. Yet, despite their usual confidence, they still have a way of catching each other off guard and leaving one another flustered

- They love performing as a duo—Lucifer plays an instrument while Lilith enchants the room with her voice.

- It’s an unspoken rule that neither of them can leave the room without giving the other a quick kiss on the cheek or forehead.

- They have affectionate pet names for each other—Lucifer calls Lilith his “Dark Rose,” while Lilith lovingly refers to Lucifer as her “Fallen Star.

- Rather than using their full names, they stick to Luci, Lulu, Lily, or Lil when talking to each other. However, they’re very particular about who gets to use these nicknames—only the Sins have that privilege.

- They are fiercely protective of one another and won’t hesitate to threaten any demon who so much as looks at their partner the wrong way.

- they both can’t sleep without the other, they both suffered through insomnia for the seven year separation, when they reunited they finally had a good night sleep.

- They write love letters to each other, and will hide them around the hotel or palace for the other person to find

- They’ll carry each other to bed if one of them falls asleep on the couch

- Lucifer had a favorite blanket adorned with yellow ducks that he loved sleeping with. Strangely enough, it disappeared on the very same day Lilith left for Heaven

- They hardly ever fight; at most, they have minor disagreements, but they never let them spiral into full-blown arguments.

- Both of them can be incredibly clingy—Lilith often carries Lucifer around like a cherished teddy bear, while Lucifer latches onto her like a koala, refusing to let go

[angelplayzgames-deactivated2025]

A headcanon i have about vox is that he was colourblind when he fell down to hell. y’know, black-and-white television.

however, i believe he was able to see colours when alive, so, it was a punch to the face, he went insane

he had no idea how red hell was

then as television progressed, he got his colours back, he was so happy

though, the colours were off, but they normalised as he progressed