tw for (parental abuse, transphobia, alcoholism)
the middle child of the bettelheim family, roxianne is the black sheep of her family and has been branded as such for as long as she can remember. Growing up, roxie knew she was different from her older brother christian. her parents disapproved of roxie's more feminine side. her father would end forcing her to go hunting with him, as he wanted his “sons” to be masculine. roxie got along much better with her younger sister browynn and became almost inseparable. they would spend hours together dressing up and doing each other's makeup in secret, as if they were caught they would be severely punished. after a particularly bad altercation with her father, which left her with a black eye roxie did her best to hide who she truly was. roxie would stifle her true passion, her only respite being watching movie or journaling.
when roxie was 16 she came home at night from a friend, and father was in the living room drunk yelling at bronwynn, and ended up hitting her. this set off roxie as this was the first time he struck browynn, roxie and her father ended up getting into a fight. roxie would leave for the night with bronwynn, to stay at her friend's house. browynn would end going back home the next day, but roxie wouldn’t, and wouldn’t come back. she ended up moving in with her friend and her mom at the age of 16. free from the terror of her father, roxie started to express herself, finding her true hobbies and coming out as trans, and start hormones.
with her new surroundings roxie would start her youtube channel “roxies life,” before later rebranding it as “roxanne powers.” she would upload everyday makeup looks and talk about her life. unknowingly creating a public diary of her transition, and daily doings. 17 is really the year when roxie hit her stride. her video of doing her makeup blindfolded went viral, this paired with being shouted out by a bigger makeup artist launched her channel into new heights.
roxie moved from connecticut at the age of 18, to la to put more distance from her family and as well as further her career. this would prove to be the right move, with complete creative freedom roxie, quickly became one of the most subscribed beauty gurus. even getting a streamy with in her first year of moving, and three the next two years. At 20 roxie would be offered a spot in the team 10 project, she jumped at the opportunity as she knew what this could open for her. However she might have been to eager.