In the 2025 Pride standee, Vox has interesting shoes that donāt match his outfit. I noticed this when we were looking them over and didnāt see anyone else mention it. So we went and bought it (EXPENSIVE), to get a better look. I think his shoes are the Aroace flag.
More than just this standee, though, I think we have had good reason to believe he might be just as ace as Alastor, and that the show has been hinting at it for a while.
Firstly, Alastor had a nun outfit, then Vox appeared in a catholic bishop outfit in Stayed Gone. Both celibate roles.
Later we see Vox recoil with an Ew, No from Katie Killjoyās offer to sleep with him, this is almost exactly the same way Alastor consistently recoils from Angel Dust when he offers to sleep with him.
In universe, we see Vox depicted on Love Potion posters, but completely baffled as to what Valās love potion is meant to do. On the site it is subtitled with āWhat do you mean by that, Vox?ā
I think it means heās aroace lol.
Vox also reacts very oddly to Valentino when he thinks he might have implied they were romantic partners rather than business partners, immediately correcting himself to stress this is the case.
Again, this would make sense if he doesnāt feel romantic attraction the same way.
Note the poster in this scene
In Brighter, we never see Vincent show any inclination towards anyone throughout his human life, when he could manipulate or seduce individuals he instead pushes them aside. Despite leading a cult and having an ardent following before that, we never see him with anyone or any reason to think he ever was.
During the final battle, Vox declares āThis is better than sex!ā which seems to upset Valentino a bit. This would make sense if he wasnāt all that into sex to begin with and the battle fulfilled some other more substantial need.
Beyond these factors, my thoughts are simply headcanons, I think Vox does have some complication to his situation, which is why heās shown as both Bisexual AND Aroace. His psychology is around control, murder and power but not in a conventional sexual or romantic sense.
Vox gets told āyou are obsessed with meā twice, once by Al and once by Valentino and he reacts as if they told him he was in love with them. He outright blushes with Valentino.
He clearly is engaged when he and Val sing together in the finale, but Iād argue this is more complex than just attraction; he is singing about Alastorās defeat. He sticks his tongue out right on the beat about āfleeing with his tail between his legsā
Vox also utilises sex as a tool of manipulation, clearly embarrassed when people catch him doing it to get what he wants from Val (as Alastor does, twice). If there was an ace element, he might not even realise HOW shitty this is to do.
Iād say heās quite clearly a manipulative sadist, who enjoys people suffering to a degree, along with having little empathy to begin with. I think this complex element entwined his psychology means it is dangerous to lump him directly in with traditional aroace or ace individuals as he is not a typical example of this group in any sense.
As a villain he exhibits violent and controlling jealousy with Valentinoās partners, from the fish woman who he brings to the meeting to Voxās persistent physical and emotional abuse and clear disdain for Angel Dust, who he KNOWS is important to Valentino, heās one of the main things Val talks about with him. He dragged out Angelās sin for really no reason.
I hadnāt seen anyone mention this and thought it would be interesting to point out, because if this was the case it means that Alastor and Vox MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGHT FOR EACH OTHER and are closer foils than I expected.
It is something I have found rings true writing Vox myself. I think thereās fun to be had with this.
(apologies if the images are a little low quality I couldn't post otherwise lol!)
