Vaggie

: "You've already done so much. So many lives you've changed, so many souls you've touched. And in the end, if it's only me you've saved."
: ―Vaggie, during the reprise of "More Than Anything"
Vagatha Hernandez, more commonly known as Vaggie, is an angel and former Exorcist. She is one of the main protagonists of Hazbin Hotel and serves as the manager of the Hazbin Hotel.
Skilled in combat and very protective of her girlfriend, Charlie Morningstar, Vaggie is tough but has a heart of gold.
== Appearance ==
Vaggie is a slim-figured angel who sports a moth-themed design with gray-lavender skin. Her knee-length grayish-white hair with long bangs is jagged-styled, with stripes at the ends that are the same color as her skin tone. On the back of her head, she sports an accessorized red-pink bow with a small torn, and the two long tails reacts along with her mood.
Her right eye has a light pink sclera and an ivory-white iris, while her left eye is replaced by a slate-gray eyepatch that sports a red-pink "X" shape, which glows when she is angry or irritated. Her mouth has small fangs and black lips.
Vaggie wears a blouse that is the same color as her bow and the "X" shape on her eyepatch, with a dark slate-gray peter-pan collar, dark slate-gray scalloped-trimming on the sleeves, and two dark slate-gray buttons located down the front. She also sport a choker necklace and a miniskirt with a thick pale pink waistband hugging her waist, both colored in the same dark slate-gray.
Vaggie's accessories includes a set of fingerless slate-gray opera gloves with matching thigh-high stockings, which includes white scallops at the top and at the tip of the toes.
As an angel, Vaggie used to have shorter hair, both of her eyes, and a pair of wings, but she lost her left eye and wings to Lute after being caught showing mercy to a targeted Sinner. After training with Carmilla Carmine, Vaggie gets her wings back.
== Personality ==
Vaggie is a pragmatic and cautious angel who devotes a great deal of her time towards attempting to support Charlie with her vision for the hotel, as well as guide her away from as much trouble or humiliation as possible.
She is tough but she has a heart of gold. Loyal and kind to those she cares for, but short on patience and trust, Vaggie tends to be very reactive and often takes an immediate defensive stance (with an offense at the ready) when it comes to dealing with potential threats, towards either herself or to Charlie.
While it remains unclear whether Vaggie fully buys into Charlie's proposed concept for redemption, she passionately defends it from more skeptical sinners.
Vaggie appears to be fairly prudent in business, trying her hardest to fill her designated role as hotel management, even with an initial lack of resources and a very run-down property to operate out of.
She is also relatively easy to bait past the point of irritation and into more rash explosiveness, as others are quick to discover. Angel Dust perceives Vaggie to have a distrust towards men in particular.
Back when she used to be an Exorcist, she was a ruthless killing machine. However, she had a change of heart when she encountered a defenseless Sinner in an alley; unable to bring herself to kill them, she lets them go. Lute watched as this happened in disgust, causing her to take one of Vaggie's eyes and tear off her wings, leaving her mutilated. Shortly after that, she met Charlie, who looked after her, the two eventually fell in love, thus causing Vaggie to be loyal and protective of her.
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Natural Powers ===
* Immortality ― As she had already experienced death, Vaggie lived eternally as an undead soul.
* Flight ― When she was an Exorcist angel, she originally had wings in the past to fly until she was stripped of them by Lute along with her status. She later regains them in "Hello Rosie!" after training with Carmilla Carmine.
=== Unique Powers ===
* Enhanced Speed ― During combat situations, Vaggie could move at blinding speeds, reacting to attacks far faster than any human could be capable of.
* Hair Gliding ― As a moth angel, Vaggie could hover and glide using her moth wing-like hair, which allowed her to slowly descend to the ground as a way to soften her landings or glide herself or others safely across ledges.
* Summoning ― One of the few unnatural powers Vaggie possessed was the ability to summon her spears out of thin air when needing to fight.
* Supernatural Strength ― Vaggie had demonstrated a considerable amount of physical strength that belied her lean frame. During Charlie's interview on the 666 News, she shoved a nearby cameraman off his chair and several feet away in retaliation for him calling Charlie a "stupid bitch". Later, while defending the hotel from the Vees' forces, she easily snapped a thug's neck and skewered three goons in a row with one of her spears, and managed to shove a said spear through solid concrete in the process.
=== Abilities ===
* Hand-to-Hand Combat ― Vaggie demonstrates a considerable physical strength that belies her slight frame when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. She is able to swiftly punch a male demon off his chair in one bare-knuckle hit.
* Weapon Proficiency ― Vaggie projects proficiency when handling weapons, and seems to favor blades. Although she has yet to actually make use of her larger weapons, she does not lack confidence when it comes to brandishing them for self-defense, and she is able to throw a dagger into the electric window button of a car with pin-point precision. As noted by Carmilla, initially Vaggie’s fighting style still resembled that of the other Exorcists, sloppy, vicious and straightforward where she focused everything on offense, but she eventually began to overcome these flaw in her fighting style as she sparred with her.
* Bilingualism ― Vaggie can fluently speak Spanish, as well as English.
* High Intelligence ― Vaggie appears to have quite a comprehensive knowledge regarding the hierarchies and folklaw of hell, particularly those pertaining to her area of residence, the Pride Ring, and the machinations of the power-jostling sinners located there. She understands the looming dangers of the Overlords, their politics, as well as the tale of how Alastor became the first mortal soul to harness enough power to "begin to topple overlords who had been dominant for centuries".
* Artistic Intuition ― Vaggie possesses ample drawing skills and has shades of being an above-average artist. While enlisting Angel into the Happy Hotel program, she drew a detailed visualization of the redemption process to present Angel with what he was getting into. It was frequently shown that Vaggie kept a notebook of drawings that showed her discontent towards Angel Dust, and her love for Charlie. She also has several paintings and canvases in her room that revealed her to be moderately skilled at art.
* Dancing ― Vaggie possesses exceptional expertise in dance, which demonstrate impressive athleticism and elegance in her movements. She effortlessly synchronized with her dance partners and executed acrobatic dance maneuvers flawlessly. Her preferred dance styles, ballet and cha-cha, were both mastered to a high degree of proficiency.
* Intimidation ― Vaggie exudes an authoritative and commanding presence, which can make others feel uneasy around her.
=== Weapons ===
* Throwing Daggers ― Vaggie has throwing daggers in her possession, although whether she has the power to summon them or she just keeps them on her is unclear.
* Angelic Spear ― Vaggie possesses a spear for self-defense and was seen carrying it around with her. She had this spear since her past days as an Exorcist.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Anger ― Much to her detriment, Vaggie is relatively easy to push to the point of irritation and rash explosiveness, which her opponents can exploit to lure her into a trap or cause her to make rash decisions. Her anger was previously exploited by Velvette during her fight with Vaggie in the Circus of Hell's Hall of Mirrors, where the doll used taunts to enrage Vaggie into chasing her, leading the moth into a coliseum-like room where she sicced her violent fans on Vaggie, which overwhelmed the sinner and resulted in her being injured. Helsa also enraged Vaggie by mocking her poor background, to the point that Vaggie drew her angelic spear on the Princess of Envy, which could have gotten her in severe trouble for harming a royal.
* Memory Loss ― Due to the mental effects of the mind control LED masks used by the Exterminators, Vaggie suffered from mild amnesia and problems remembering things from her past. For example, she remembered aspects of her life on Earth but did not know her own true name or the names of her family.
* Misandry (Formerly) ― As a direct result of her father's abuse, former job as a prostitute, and time being coerced into serving Adam, Vaggie was initially an extreme misandrist who claims that, after meeting Charlie, she could not stand being around men without vomiting and refused to trust them, given how many men had betrayed or harassed her in the past. However, through her experiences with Angel Dust and Husk, she had progressively regained her faith in men.
=== Other Characteristics ===
* Mental Illness and Disorder ― Vaggie obviously suffered from deep, psychological problems which stemmed from being sexually and physically abused by her father, even before her psyche was damaged from killing her father in self-defense.
** Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ― Vaggie has Autism Spectrum Disorder, which causes her to experience many symptoms, such as not understanding social cues, having intense, long-spanning interests, and sensory issues.
** Schizophrenia ― Vaggie tended to suffer hallucinations in the form of floating eyeballs and disembodied voices whenever she was put in a humiliating situation or making difficult decisions, which rarely lead to her having panic attacks.
** Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) ― As a result of their experiences, Vaggie has developed C-PTSD, which causes her to have overwhelming anxiety, flashbacks, and lapses in her memory regarding those traumatic events.
== Songs ==
=== Season 1 ===
* Happy Day in Hell ― Background Lines (with Charlie, Angel, and Background Demons); Season 1, Episode 1 - "Overture"
* Whatever It Takes ― Duet with Carmilla Carmine; Season 1, Episode 3 - "Scrambled Eggs"
* More Than Anything (Reprise) ― Duet with Charlie; Season 1, Episode 9 - "The Show Must Go On"
* Finale ― Group Song with Charlie, Lucifer, Angel, Husk, Ara, Kahlani, Niffty, Valentino, Vox, and Alastor; Season 1, Episode 9 - "The Show Must Go On"
== Trivia ==
* Vaggie's Hogwarts House is Gryffindor.
* Vaggie's Godly Parent is Artemis. However, she would actually be a daughter of the Titaness Dione and a mortal man.
* Her real name, Vagatha, is a play on the name "Agatha", which means "good woman" in Greek. This is rather fitting, as Vaggie is one of the few good-hearted souls in Hell.
* Her theme song would be "Cry Baby" by Melanie Martinez, and "Burn With You" by Lea Michele.
* Vaggie was born on August 17th, 1990.
** This makes her 24 at the time of her death, making her the youngest hotel member chronologically.
** This also makes her zodiac sign a Leo and makes her Chinese zodiac sign a Horse.
*Vaggie tends to vent her frustrations in Spanish.
*Vaggie has lost her left eye twice; in life to her father when she was alive and in afterlife to Lute.
*Vaggie's relationship with Charlie is a visual gag on moths being attached to bright lights, as Vaggie, a moth demon, was very attracted to Charlie, who is the brightest demon in Hell.
*Vaggie is a very skilled dancer, and wanted to be a dancer when she was alive.
*Her favorite genres of music are Latino, Punk, and 80s Era.
*Whenever Vaggie becomes emotionally overwhelmed or anxious, she hallucinates by seeing giant, disembodied eyes surrounding and staring at her, along with disembodied voices making judgmental and disparaging remarks.
*Vaggie has a habit of playing with the hair of the people she snuggles with.
*Vaggie suffered from anorexia when she was alive.
*While every other occupant in the Hazbin Hotel has a demonic star embroidered on the doors of their personal room, Charlie and Vaggie's door sports a proper (protection) pentagram on the latter's side, foreshadowing her nature as a former saint.
*The bow in Vaggie's hair was a gift from Charlie. It was one of the first gifts she had ever received from somebody else, and she was driven to tears when Charlie presented it.
**The bow also reacts to her emotions, similar to Sir Pentious' hat.
*Vaggie has a hatred of alcohol due to her own father's alcoholism.
*According to Vivziepop, Vaggie is the "most human" character, in terms of her emotional state and her problems, which are more real-world adjacent, involving issues around mental health and inner darkness. This is reflected in her more humanoid design.
*Vaggie is described as an overly protective person, and someone who desires to be in control of situations. Her overprotectiveness is a strong part of her personality that is referred to as both "justified and not so much" depending on certain situations.
*Vivziepop considers Vaggie a "neat freak", who is made uncomfortable and stressed out by mess.
*Vaggie has anger issues.
*Vivziepop referenced Vaggie's preference for bladed weapons, mentioning that if any character were to meet the "giant sword" trope, it would be her. Described as the fighter of the group, that element of her character apparently played a role in a magical girl adjacent element to her theming.
*Throughout the first season there were hints of Vaggie's past as an angel exorcist such as when she gave militaristic orders, telling everyone how she learned to trust people in combat and her unwillingness to visit heaven even when Charlie wanted her to travel with her.
*In "Welcome to Heaven", Vaggie admits she's a terrible liar or at the very least can't seem to lie to Charlie.
*In "Welcome to Heaven" Vaggie was seen visibly upset that Emily was holding Charlie's hands showing some jealousy and she was even more distraught when Charlie learned about her past as an exorcist.
**The episode "Hello Rosie!" seems to suggest that Vaggie didn't tell Charlie about her time as an Exorcist for fear of losing her.
**In the same episode, Charlie revealed that she and Vaggie had been together for three years and that she tells her everything, showing a level of trust and love between them.
*Vaggie is bad at handling children.
*Vaggie shares her pilot voice actor with the Hellhound Adoption Center Lady ("Seeing Stars") and Counselor Jimmy from Helluva Boss.
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