“Nothing makes me happier than a shiny bald Stina.”
Dex and Stina, or Dexina, is the romantic/friendship pairing of Dexter Dizznee and Stina Heks. Stina is constantly mean to Sophie in the earlier books and becomes nicer in the later books. This could be because she is jealous of Dex's crush on Sophie but becomes nicer after Sophie and Dex decide that they aren't right for one another. Stina and Dex play many pranks on one another, showing that they are very comfortable with one another. They have very strong emotions for one another (hate is just the flip-side of love). And who knows, maybe what appears to be hate could actually be love.
Ship Names
Stinex (Stina/Dex)
Dexina (Dex/Stina)
Dina (Dex/Stina)
Team Dizznee-Heks (Based off of their last names)
Heks-Dizznee (because Heks rhymes with Dex and Dex's last name is Diznee)
Similarities
- Both have families with bad reputations (Dex's father is Talentless and his parents were a bad match and Stina's parents should have been a bad match and her father faked having an ability).
- Both are elves.
- Both attend Foxfire.
- Both are the same age.
- Both enjoy playing pranks on one another, showing that they are comfortable with one another.
- Both attend Foxfire.
- Both have manifested an ability (Stina as an empath and Dex as a Technopath).
Differences
- Dex is a Technopath and Stina is an Empath.
- Dex is Sophie's friend but Stina is not.
- Stina is mean, but Dex is nice (opposites attract!).
Moments
Keeper of the Lost Cities
- Stina strongly dislikes Sophie. This could be because she is jealous that Dex likes Sophie. This is support ed by the fact that Stina becomes less hostile to Sophie after the Dexphie ship sinks.
- Dex and Stina are comfortable enough with each other to play pranks on one another
- Dex creates an extra special and fast-working elixir to grow back Stina's hair so that she doesn't have to attend Foxfire bald (admittedly, Dex was the reason she lost her hair and. he was forced to create the elixir, which also gave Stina a beard.)
- Stina goes to the trouble of finding a muskog to put in Dex's locker (maybe it was meant as a kind gesture and Stina is just really bad at picking out presents. After all, Dex seems like the type of person who would love a pet muskog.
- Stina is nicer to Sophie in the later books, possibly because Dex is now far less likely to become Sophie's boyfriend.