Reign Lopez

Reign Lopez

### Relatives

Santana Lopez (grandmother), Brittany S. Pierce (adoptive grandmother), Blaine Anderson (biological grandfather), Theo Anderson-Lopez (father), Samuel Smythe-Clarington (father), Ivy Lopez (sister), Jazz Lopez (sister), Alfie Lopez (brother), Asher Lopez (brother)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Hailee Miller (girlfriend, loves), Marcus Miller (ex-boyfriend), Michael Evans (kissed, complicated history)

## Appearances

### Appears in

The McKinley Next Next Generation Role Play

### Debut

Pilot (TBA)

Reign Alfie Lopez is a main character in the McKinley Next Next Generation Roleplay. He is the son of Theo Anderson-Lopez and Harry S, part of the Unholy Foursome with two of his best friends Alecia Evans and Ivy McCarthy, as well as his girlfriend, Hailee Miller and a main member of the New Directions Glee Club. He starts the show struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, which eventually leads to a love triangle with him, Hailee and her brother, Marcus Miller, and eventually, he engages in a relationship with Michael Evans.

## Biography

### Audition

Reign is first seen in the Hallway of McKinley High School with his best friends Alecia and Ivy, as well as his girlfriend Hailee. In the episode, his storyline mainly centres around choosing his audition song - which he later decides to be "Hold Me While You Wait" by Lewis Capaldi - struggling with his sexuality and mediating the budding romance between Ivy and Alecia. He also sings a duet with his best friend Alecia of "Be Okay" and "Somebody To Love" at the episodes climax with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie with the rest of the Glee club as the first official number of the newly formed New Directions.

### Broadway Baby

This episode sees the beginning of Reign's journey to accepting his sexuality; this is first brought to the light when Reign, after making out with Hailee and telling her that he thinks they are ready to have sex, goes to the toilet, but instead ends up in her brother, Marcus's, room, where the two of them make out before Reign leaves. After this, Reign leaves straight away and avoids Hailee for the rest of the week. For the Broadway duets competition, Reign is paired with Michael, with whom he forms a close bond with over the course of the episode. After an interaction in the Lima Bean where Michael buys him a coffee, they heat black to Reign's place to work on their duet of "Suddenly Seymour", but after the performance, they kiss and Reign tells Michael he should leave. before he reaches the door however, he tells him to wait, and instead of leaving, they sit on Reign's bed for hours and have a deep conversation about their sexualities. The next day in Glee, the two perform the duet and are awarded first place by Beth and Matthew. Reign, feeling bad about the entire situation, reconciles with Hailee and they agree to never go this long without speaking to one another again.

### The Power of Madonna

When Batt announces that the Glee Club assignment for the week is Madonna hits, Reign and Hailee take the opportunity to give a rehearsed performance of a mash up of "Borderline" and "Open Your Heart". after the performance, Michael sees Reign in the hallway and asks him if he's going to Homecoming, to which Reign replies that he is and needs to find the perfect way to ask Hailee, upsetting Michael. This is then continued into his homecoming proposal where he gathered all of their friends into the halls of McKinley where he sung an extravagant rendition of "Burning Up" in an attempt to make her say yes. Later, at Homecoming, the two of them dance for a while and then leave when Hailee says she's ready. They sing "Like a Virgin", along with Janelle, Alec, Ivy and Alecia and have sex. Reign is then seen telling Alecia about his hook up with Marcus and Ivy about his hook up with Michael, both of whom express concerns for Hailee (which are shared by Reign as he reveals that he never meant to hurt her). The last scene sees him talk to Michael about their chemistry and attraction to one another and Michael taking him by the hand and leading him to the auditorium where he performs Like a Prayer with the rest of the New Directions to finish off Madonna week.

### Don’t Stop Believin’

In this episode, Reign is first scene with the rest of the NDs in the choir room for Drizzle’s return, where he receives a gift of a pair of handcuffs and a whip from her. After this, he is next scene in the hallway with Alecia and Nathalie asking about the whereabouts of Hailee and wondering why she was avoiding him. The next time Reign is seen, he is with Ivy and Alecia as they talk to Jazz about her upcoming solo and how they don’t have faith in her ability; Jazz’s voice cracks in the middle of the song and the three of them, with Michael, are seen giving each other a glance across the stage as though to say that they were screwed. In the next scene, Reign confronts Hailee about her weird behaviour and tells her that she can tell him anything no matter what, reminding her that he will always love her. Immediately following this conversation, he takes the stage with the rest of the New Directions as they perform Last Name, and then into his duet with Alecia of Don’t Stop Believin’, both of which were praised by the judges. The next scene ensues as Hailee and Reign sit in the Lima Bean with the former confessing to hun thats he thinks she may be pregnant. Reign grabs her hand, then stands up and puts his cot on. Hailee thinks he’s leaving, but he tells her that he loves her and they’re going to do a pregnancy test. the end of the episode sees the two of them staring at the test in shock, but the result is not revealed.

### You Are The Reason

Reign walks into Glee at the beginning of the episode with Hailee, they are late and sit at the back of the class (in opposition to their usual front row seats). When everyone turns to stare at them, wondering why they’re acting strangely, he tells them to back off. The next time we see Reign, he is sat alone in the choir room, pondering what to do next with Hailee when Ivy and Alecia walk in and ask him why he’s there, to which Reign asks if they can keep a secret, to which they reply that they can. Just as he is about to reveal the truth to them, he panics and instead declared that he and Hailee are going to get married. Ivy walks into the coffee shop later in the episode and sits with Reign, where they talk about his and Hailee’s upcoming surprise in glee club - the next scene sees them unveil the aforementioned surprise and the pregnancy is announced to the club, first with Hailee singing A Mother’s Prayer, and then with Reign’s rendition of You Are the Reason, which he sings to the baby and to the sonogram. When his dads see him singing to the sonogram, they are initially shocked but quickly come to terms with it and support his decision. Later, Michael storms up to Reign to confront him about the situation, to which Reign replies that it’s none of his business and that their hook ups meant nothing to him. Michael reminds him that he is still in love with him and it hurts to see him happy with someone else, eventually telling him that they’re done and he wants nothing more to do with it. Michael performs Rose’s Turn whilst Reign watches in shock.

### Fire and Rain

In this episode, Reign is seen a few times with Ivy - once at cheerio’s practise, and again at the Lima Bean, but the main storyline begins when the boys and the girls are split up to perform a mash-up each and see who’s is better - things go awry however when Reign and the other boys take Vitamin D performance enhancing pills and are energised during the performance. Along with the rest of the ND boys, he performs a mash up of Adele’s ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ and Bruno Mars’s ‘It Will Rain’. After this, tensions rise when Marcus accidentally lets slip to Hailee (and the rest of the glee club) that he shared a kiss with Reign. As Hailee cries and questions how he could do this to her, he begs her to forgive him and take him back, but unfortunately, she decides they need to take a break, so Reign accepts her decision but remains crying on the floor of the choir room. After this, he is seen with Marcus as he apologises for rupturing the relationship between him and his sister, and then is scarcely seen for the rest of the episode, only in Glee at the end when Beth and Matt announce the ‘winners’ of the duet competition, but instead decide that everyone was disqualified due to cheating through the use of performance enhancers.

### Keep Holding On

Throughout the ep, Reign is seen in a funk, sat in his bedroom and refusing to attend school (or glee club) due to the previous episode’s events (ie. his breakup with hailee). When everyone decided enough is enough, Marcus, Ivy, Michael and Alecia all turn up at his house in an attempt to get him back to school. Although he refuses at first, he is soon reminded that he has an identity without Hailee and decides to go back to running the school.

### Ears

Reign is first seen in the hallway asking Alecia and Ivy whether they think taking Marcus to Breadstix would be a step too far in light of his recent break up with Hailee. Instead, they settle on a coffee at the Lima Bean, where all that is seen is Reign giving Marcus his coffee order and Marcus saying he will pay him back “somehow”. After this, Reign attends a small gathering with some of his closets friends, but when he sees Hailee and Ezra together, he gets drunk and causes chaos by throwing himself on Michael. In a game of truth or dare, it is revealed that Reign and Marcus made out earlier that day at the Lima Bean and Reign admits it for the specific purpose of annoying Hailee. At the end of the night, the kids’s parents come to bust them and Reign is seen vomiting all over the choir room floor, so Beth and Matt take him home as his father refuses to deal with sick. He is put in Michael’s bed, and just as Michael is about to leave to sleep on the couch, he tells him to stay and they lay together, eventually making out and confessing that they wish that they could have done this sooner. The next day, Reign comes to glee late, where he rants at Jazz before she leaves and then sings a duet of Defying Gravity with Michael to lift Asher’s spirit after his accident. The last time we see Reign, he is performing Proud Mary with the rest of the Glee Club, soloing with Nathalie, Michael and Asher.

### Imagine

Reign asks Michael to go to Breadstix with him so that he can tell him something, but Michael suggests they go to a random restaurant instead, so they do. When there, Reign confessed that he wants to be with Michael, but he says that they can’t because of the Hailee carrying his baby situation Reign, visibly upset and disappointed, leaves, but decided to let it go and stay good friends with Michael. As the episode progresses, Reign is seen performing with the rest of the New Directions in “Hair”, and then in “Imagine”, soloing with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie.

### Smile

Reign is first seen in this episode at the mall with Michael. He then disappeared for the rest of the episode without explanation, popping back in to sing Jump and Smile.

### Rolling in the Deep

Reign returns from his vacation and arrives back in the choir room where he learns that the week’s lesson is Adele songs. After leaving the choir room, he has a small encounter with Michael beside his locker. His next appearance is at Cheerios practice with Ivy where he watches her fail to do a flip, laughs at her and then helps her get up. After practise, Hailee confronts Reign about him cheating on her with Michael, throws a rock through the window of his car and performs Bust Your Windows, after which he is left speechless. The next day, Reign is there for Alecia when she opens up to him about her struggles with Jazz’s messages, reminding her that he will always be there for her. In the next scene, he spitefully asks hailee if she’s seen marcus, which she ignored, but then marcus appears and reign impulsively asks him on a date to Breadstix, to which he agrees, seeming excited, and then leaves. The next scene he is a part of, Ivy and Alecia are with him in his bedroom and they talk about him liking marcus and his plan to win hailee over by opening up to her completely. Then, Reign says a final goodbye to Michael, saying that he knows it’s not the end for them, but merely a pause until they’re both ready, singing an emotional rendition of Turning Tables, after which, Michael cries and then walks out silently. After this, Reign texts Hailee, telling her to come to the choir room so they can talk. Reign opens up to her and they have a heart-to-heart, where Reign apologises and accepts his flaws. Things look good for their relationship until he tell her about his date with her brother, Marcus, to which she responds negatively, saying that she’s happy he is finding himself but sometimes, he makes her sick, and then leaves. Disappointed, Reign buries his head in his hands and then leaves the choir room, ready for his date with Marcus. Reign is seen picking Marcus up, where Drizzle thinks he is there for Hailee, after which, none of the date is shown.

### Sectionals

Reign watches and cries at Michael’s rendition of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going. The next time he is seen, he enters the green room at sectionals and tells the rest of the New Directions that the Jane Addams academy is on in 5 minutes. Everyone takes their seats and Reign finds himself awkwardly sat between Michael and Marcus, his two love interests. He watches on in disbelief and shock as the ND’s set list is stolen and then gives the team a pep talk in the green room, telling them that they can do this. After Alecia’s performance of Carry On, Reign, Michael, Nathalie and Alecia perform the show’s second rendition of Don’t Stop Believin’, and it is revealed afterwards that they won, despite having their set list stolen. Reign and Marcus then finally go on the date that they had been waiting for and everything goes well. Reign compliments Marcus’s dancing talents and predicts that he will end up on TV one day. After this, they head to The Basement where Hailee and the other New Directions are. After an awkward entrance, Reign proposes they play spin the bottle where he ends up making out with Michael.

### Dude, We’re Getting the Band Back Together

In this episode, Reign’s friendships are further developed - we see multiple scenes of him and Alecia as they talk about their insecurities, share secrets and insult other people. He also shared friendship scenes with Ivy and Nathalie and a dangerous game of truth or strip in The Basement leaves him half naked and drunk. One of the first signs of his impending alcoholism.

### Courage

Reign is first seen taking Alecia and Ivy into the auditorium and singing Ashes by Celine Dion as he played the piano ready for his date with Marcus later that day. He asks for their feedback, to which Ivy tells him to put more emotion into the song and create a romantic “vibe”.

### Hell-O

Reign’s plot in this episode revolves around helping Alecia come to terms with her body image struggles - at the start of the episode, they sing The Climb as she finally opens up to him about what she has been feeling in a very touching moment. Later in the episode, Reign sings a duet of Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love with Marcus.

### Castle on the Hill

Reign and the rest of the New Directions get high at his, Alecia and Michael’s birthday party - where he and the rest of the unholy foursome sing Let’s have a Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time - but things go awry when Marcus, Reign’s current boyfriend, kisses and continues to sleep with Chloe.

### Bad Reputation

Reign’s dad books a role in a play on Broadways so wants him to transfer schools so that he can go with the rest of his family. However, Reign doesn’t want this, and after arguing back and forth, Theo allows Reign to stay with Beth and Matt until he gets back home. In this episode, Reign also forgives Marcus for what happened in the previous episode and he is ranked second on the “Glist” - a list ranking the New Directions members by hotness and popularity - and struggles to find out the identity of the maker of the Glist.

### Journey to Regionals

Reign and Ivy sing I Feel Pretty/Unpretty in an attempt to cheer up Alecia. Reign joins the rest of the New Directions as they battle Vocal Adrenaline for the number 1 spot at regionals. Before going on stage to perform Love of My Life with Hailee, he tells her he loves her. By the end of the episode, Reign and Hailee are back together with a child

## Personality

Much like his father Theo, Reign is bitchy, sassy, high maintenance and sharp-tongued, but he also inherited his deeply caring nature and his ability to value family above all else. In the first few episodes, Reign is often seen to be angry and spiteful, which eventually turns out to be a product of his internalised homophobia and reluctance to accept himself, but as the series progresses and he becomes more comfortable in his own skin, he warms up to the glee club members.

As season one progresses, he exposes himself and opens up to people about his vulnerabilities and there is a different side to him, but he retains his snark and sass.

In season 2, Reign’s bitch-factor seemed to have amped up and his popularity has any rocketed. Described as the school’s “top bitch”, he takes somewhat of a HBIC role along with Ivy. He regularly uses Alfie as the target of his annoyance, but also has a soft spot for him when anyone else tries to do the same.

## Songs

### Season One

1. **Hold Me While You Wait** by Lewis Capaldi (Audition)
2. Be Okay by Oh Honey (with Alecia) (Audition)
3. Somebody to Love by Queen (with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie) (Audition)
4. Suddenly Seymour by the cast of Little Shop of Horrors (with Michael) (Broadway Baby)
5. Borderline/Open Your Heart by Madonna/Madonna (with Hailee) (The Power of Madonna)
6. **Burning Up** by Madonna (The Power of Madonna)
7. Like a Virgin by Madonna (with Hailee, Ivy, Alecia, Janelle and Alec) (The Power of Madonna)
8. Like a Prayer by Madonna (with Alecia, Michael, Hailee, Ivy, Nathalie and Lila)
9. Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey (with Alecia) (Don’t Stop Believin’)
10. **You Are the Reason** by Calum Scott (You Are the Reason)
11. Set Fire to the Rain/It Will Rain by Adele/Bruno Mars (with Michael and Grayson) (Fire and Rain)
12. Defying Gravity from Wicked (with Michael) (Ears)
13. Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival (with Michael, Asher and Nathalie) (Ears)
14. Imagine by John Lennon (with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie) (Imagine)
15. Jump by Van Halen (with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie) (Mattress)
16. Smile by Charlie Chaplin (with Michael, Alecia And Ivy) (Mattress)
17. **Turning Tables** by Adele (Rolling in the Deep)
18. Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey (with Michael, Alecia and Nathalie) (Sectionals)
19. **Ashes** by Celine Dion (Courage)
20. The Climb by Miley Cyrus (with Alecia) (Hello-O)
21. Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love from A Chorus Line (with Marcus) (Hell-O)
22. Let’s Have a Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time by Scissor Sisters/cast of Promises, Promises (with Ivy, Alecia and Hailee) (Castle On the Hill)
23. Delicate by Taylor Swift (with Alecia) (Bad Reputaion)
24. The Boy is Mine by Brandy and Monica (with Chloe) (Laryngitis)
25. **Falling** by Harry Styles (Laryngitis)
26. Come What May from Moulin Rouge (with Hailee) (Lean On Me)
27. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga (with Alecia, Hailee and Ivy) (Theatricality)
28. **Million Reasons** by Lady Gaga (Theatricality)
29. I Feel Pretty/Unpretty by the the cast of West Side Story/TLC (with Ivy) (To Sir, With Love)
30. Love of My Life by Queen (with Hailee) (To Sir, With Love)
31. Somebody to Love by Queen (with the New Directions) (To Sir, With Love)
32. To Sir, With Love by Lulu (with Alecia, Michael, Ivy and Hailee)

### Season Two

1. Say My Name by Destiny’s Child (with Alecia, Hailee and Ivy) (Listen)
2. **I Don’t Believe You** by P!nk (Alecia/Alecia)
3. **Papa, Can You Hear Me?** from Yentl (One of Us)
4. One of Us by Joan Osborne (with Michael and Alecia) (One of Us)
5. With You I’m Born Again by Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright (with Hailee) (Duets)
6. River Deep, Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner (with Tia) (Duets)
7. Love Song by Sara Bareilles (with Ivy and Hailee) (Duets)
8. Beautiful from Heathers (with the New Directions) (Seventeen)

## Trivia

* By episode 2, he had already kissed three characters: Hailee, Marcus, and Michael.
* Reign’s favourite songs are: Name (by Justin Bieber ft. Tori Kelly), good 4 U (by Olivia Rodrigo) and Ocean Eyes (by Billie Eilish)