charlie re-imagining
where tf is that flaming gif that says I DONT SUPPORT VIVZIEPOP i cant find it anywhere. w/e.... buncha writing below the cut! design philosophy, rewritten lore, what fun! ^_^
Charlie Lightbringer (she/they)
or flamebearer? wobbly hand gesture. not entirely sold on her surname quite yet!
meant to resemble a porcelain doll combined with ungulate (sheep, goat, etc) features with some demonic influences. i wanted to try designing hazbin characters canon-adjacent with my own influence; these designs are very experimental!
gave her she/they pronouns because it just spoke to me. in world, people probably default to calling her "she", but she also finds being called "they" agreeable!
more mature in character despite her cutesy appearance. shes also more calculating than she lets on; being ~200 years old, she's had centuries to learn and grow. i find canon ignoring that a massive disservice... i get she was raised sheltered but cmon now.
speaking of sheltered! for the first years of their life (which.. by our standards would be ~20 years, hell time is wonky), they spent much of it in the security of the royal family's estate and social circles. they only really began to branch out following an event with their ex-betrothed, seviathan. (following in stead of lucifer and lilith, powerful demons betroth themselves and their young)
as for their family, i imagine lilith was more authoritative than lucifer, who was more permissive with them. charlie was given all the delights a young demon heir could want, but lucifer's negligent rule and lilith being forced to pick up her husband's slack no doubt led to unrest within the royal house. much like her mother, i can see charlie trying to maintain the family's image.
before her "happy hotel" project, i like to think charlie was respected a bit more by hell's hellborn- especially the noble caste and the embodiments of the sins. among the sinners though, she was VERY unpopular.
im still trying to figure out the logistics, but charlie's "happy hotel" project is less of a redemption project, and more her trying to experiment with bringing paradise to hell. tales of her father's attempt to usurp god led her to discover stories of the garden of eden. she was enchanted by it, and now seeks to bring it to hell. most of hell brush the project off as just a passing fascination.
charlie recruits both sinners AND hellborn (because if she wants to help hell youd think she'd care about both LOL) into her project. most just take it as a means to mooch off of them, granted its very easy room and board, and charlie doesnt appear to have much of a problem with it. (she does. but, like always, they simply grin and bear it.)
also adding on here that charlie and vaggie ARE NOT!!! dating in my rewrite. maybe they could in future installments, but they dont start off romantically involved. charlie is very focused on her project at the moment, and vaggie is.. vaggie. (i promise i'll give her a new name i just gotta search for one....)
also some minor miscellaneous notes:
betrothals in hell are considered an antiquated but useful practice. lilith and lucifer didn't form their union out of complete love; they care about each other sure, but their unholy matrimony was mostly used to have a united front (and to bastardize the sanctity of marriage in heaven). other noble demons saw this as a means of gaining influence and strength, so betrothals became commonplace enough to still be employed in hell. marriage is more uncommon; betrothals are recognized as like.. more "legally" binding (hell in my rewrite focuses a lot of suffering through bureaucracy, so law and justice exists, albeit.. very flawed), marriage is seen more as amusement, but the vows within mean a lot to some demons
seviathan is charlie's ex-betrothed: their parents wanted to marry them more-so because seviathan's family thought itd be a massive benefit to marry into hell's royal family. their relationship was short-lived and very awkward, with a mutual break-up ensuing. charlie's parents don't hold this against her at all, lilith because.. shes lilith LOL. and lucifer because he never really saw seviathan's family as equal to his... he was just willing to entertain the idea, tbh
EDIT:
oh man completely forgot but!! i also made her pink because a) i associate pink with compassion, love, and joy and b) because i liked the idea of her being a pink lady apple in terms of like. apple imagery LOL. the lightbringers love their apples ... #myforbiddenfruit
EDIT 2:
also! when i said "vaggie is... vaggie" i mean it in the sense that in my rewrite she has... Issues. lots of issues. i want the characters in this rewrite to be able to work through their traumas and vices before pairing them up. i may let them be romantically intertwined beeefore all that, but like. idk. hopefully its clear what im tryna say /lh