I was always so confused as to why Lucifer was thrown off by Alastor's design. You'd think as the King of Hell he'd be more receptive to grotesque imagery, but a video essay summed it up perfectly.
"He's the King of Hell with a mind of an angel."
You can take Lucifer out of Heaven, but you can't take the Heaven out of Lucifer. He's still an angel, albeit a fallen angel. He probably adheres, to some extent, to Heaven's aesthetics.
His outfit is primarily white with red trimming, a sharp contrast to Charlie's primarily red outfit with some white.
I could be reaching too deeply, but it could be symbolic about how they perceive Hell at this point in the story. The dude sees Hell as a mistake, as the sum of his failures and a punishment.
Charlie sees Hell as her responsibility. She serves Hell because Hell is her kingdom. She exists to help her people. Even by the end of the first season, Lucifer drops his coat. He doesn't wear it in the finale.
I wonder if this is a symbolic gesture that Lucifer is finally embracing himself as the King of Hell and all of its responsibilities. He's begun the process of shedding his identity as an angel of Heaven.
I’ll say it’s easier to do construction work without the jacket. Charlie took off hers too but wears hers later in the finale number. He never wears his again.
His coat is similar (not identical but pretty close) to the robes he wore in Charlie's introduction.
I wonder if he'll update his wardrobe as the story continues. It's impressive how loud yet subtle the animation designs are. They can tell their own stories sometimes.
But I’m probably overthinking it.
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