Strixxlie

Strixxlie is the poly ship between Striker, Moxxie, and Millie from the Helluva Boss fandom.

Moxxie and Millie first meet Striker when the two of them - along with Blitzo and Loona - go to the Wrath Ring for the annual Harvest Moon Festival. Striker, whose working as a new farmhand for Millie's family, almost immediately tries to cozy up to Millie. He then takes an interest in Moxxie when the imp claims to be tough after Millie's father insults his apparent weakness and desire to join the Pain Games, to the point of issuing a challenge of killing a hellboar for dinner. Both Millie and Striker watch alongside the others as Moxxie tries and fails miserably at trying to kill the hog, prompting the latter to jump in and effortlessly kill it - while claiming Moxxie had no chance. As Striker walks away with the fresh kill, Millie tries to comfort Moxxie about being humiliated like that, but Moxxie is now more determined than ever to prove his toughness. Millie soon watches Striker and Moxxie compete in the Pain Games. Unfortunately, Moxxie's performance is nowhere close to that of Striker's. As Moxxie and Millie watch the awards ceremony from the stands - where Striker and Blitzo (who was also competing) both get the gold medal - Moxxie admits to his wife that Striker is better physically, but claims he isn't better at stuff like singing. As if on cue, however, Striker begins singing a song about his victory in the Games that the audience loves. Seeing Moxxie is clearly defeated, made only worse when Blitzo starts praising Striker, Millie takes her husband back to the cottage I.M.P. is staying at. Later that day, Moxxie stumbles upon Striker's room, where he discovers the cowboy has an angelic rifle that could kill powerful demons - like Stolas, whose officiating the Festival. Striker immediately confronts him about the discovery and confirms what Moxxie suspects. The cowboy effortlessly subdues Moxxie, and then Millie when she arrives to help her husband, before trapping them both into a cellar. The two manage to break out of the cellar and inform Blitzo about Striker. With Millie being injured from when she fought Striker, Moxxie joins Blitzo in confronting the cowboy just before he manages to snipe Stolas. Although the two manage to subdue Striker, unforeseen events - namely Loona coming in at the wrong time - gives the cowboy the chance to escape.

While sitting in the back of I.M.P.'s van on their way to the Sloth Ring, Moxxie and Millie overhear a call between Blitzo and Stolas - one that reveals the noble is being kidnapped. After hearing Stolas describe the kidnapper as a "sexy cowboy", Moxxie deduces that Striker is the one doing the kidnapping. When Blitzo expresses regret at being unable to help (since the appointment he's taking Loona to took years to secure), Millie suggests she and Moxxie handle it as they're a lethal combo and, as Moxxie points out, they have unfinished business with him. Blitzo agrees to let them handle it, pointing out to them that Striker's aesthetic means he's likely in the Wrath Ring. The two soon drive off to Wrath once Blitzo and Loona exit and head for the hospital. After Millie gets a lead from a local mariachi band, she and Moxxie crash into Striker's hideout just before he takes one of Stolas' eyes. The M's immediately begin attacking Striker, starting a two-on-one fight. This fight reaches its climax when Striker manages to pin Moxxie to the ground with a stalagmite while Millie is trapped on a rock. But with some innuendo, Moxxie manages to free himself and get Striker on the defensive - which Millie takes advantage of by bringing the large statue of himself down on him. As the dust settles, however, the M's find Striker has disappeared but aren't able to chase him as they see Stolas' critical state.

Fanon
Strixxlie is a rare ship for the Helluva Boss fandom. With Striker being a rival character to both Moxxie and Millie, and how he interacted with them both in his debut episode, it makes sense to fans of the ship to try and see if the three could be together under the right circumstances. Overall, however, fans prefer two of the three component ships while the third is only slightly more popular. There are only 11 works tagged with this ship on AO3.

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