Draqua's pad

Charlie and Vaggie = affectionate

Charlie and Vox = affectionate

Vox and Vaggie = words cannot describe their hatred for each other

Or is Vaggie just cut from the picture?

Ah, very interesting question!

My answer is: yes, I tend to prefer the option of Charlie in a sort of triangle shaped dynamic with them - her relationship with Vaggi preserved mostly as is. AND ALSO Vox is with Charlie in whatever capacity suits the shipping premise. All the while, Vox and Vaggi are engaged in either highly comical, or deadly serious, warfare.

After-all, we have a DECENT amount of canon to semi-canon (see below image) interactions between the two, and all evidence points towards mutual animosity. We had Vaggi threatening Vox and Velvette with a deadly weapon and attempting to (unsuccessfully) coordinate lethal violence against Vox by way of Lucifer.

And, of course we have:

"Where do I sit?"

"Who the fuck cares?"

👏 Having 👏 said 👏 that, I also think Vaggi + Vox's dynamic is fertile ground for exploring and developing a pragmatic alliance, or even friendship. My rationale being there's a lot of fascinating differences and similarities between these two characters, how they respond to adversity, questions of morality, and how they might approach their relationship to Charlie.

(As just one hypothetical for a starting point: they are both killers.

And between the pair, Vaggi has likely extinguished far more souls.)

Also, bluntly, I wouldn't want Charlie to be permanently caught in the middle of her two partners sniping at each other forever. Has she not suffered enough?

The answer is: no, and she will continue to suffer. But I can give her a bit of a break, goddamn.

A big pillar of my argument is the fact that Vaggi has demonstrated an ability to shift from hostility, distance, and aggression to kindness, empathy, and care. Her whole character journey is leaving behind a life enmeshed in military and murder. She begins S1 unsympathetic to Angel Dust and Pentious; by the end of the season she loves them as family.

There's also her dynamic with Alastor, where she often meets his catty belligerence with unfiltered exasperation. But, she appears to have a sort of respect and almost rapport with him at times as well ("Al be nice" + "Don't worry about Al.").

Note also how Vaggi is one of few characters to refer to Alastor as "Al", the other being Vox himself.

With Vox, it's a bit more complicated. One the one hand, he DOES demonstrate an ability to have a deeply emotionally close (inasmuch as the Vees are capable) non-sexual relationship with Velvette.

But then again, he absolutely despises Angel Dust, Val's favourite toy.

Now, this is where I get a little bit hand-wavy, but I'd to propose the following:

Vox IS absolutely jealous of Angel Dust, but it is a hatred far more layered and complex than "he's also with my partner", and this is a conversation worthy of its own essay disconnected from StaticBelle and/or StaticChaggi

Just because we haven't SEEN Vox be capable of forming a positive connection with the partner of his partner, doesn't mean it's not possible. The exploration of how this could work should be part of the intrigue and appeal; see above points

Not sure if this has been pointed out already, but wanted to highlight; in the grand traditional of Vox's projection issues, this loser (intentionally or not) re-created the blocking of the bar scene at his own damn party, putting Charlie in Box!Vox's position. Because, of course, this whole thing has been a caustic exercise in failing to move on from that moment and foisting his insecurities/fear of failure onto Charlie so Vox gets to be the one in control and laughing.

But, yet again...

"Oh fuck!"

For example, maybe Vox does something to get his massive form back, but it all goes wrong, and Charlie's called into help out of pure desperation.

Me: aw, pet name ❤️

Real talk: love the detail of Vox calling Charlie "princess" up to this moment:

He uses "Charlie" when he *thinks* he's won. A parody of intimacy born from violence and domination. Moments later, Charlie will see Vox metaphorically rip himself open and ready to die. It's just all so tasty!

If we understand the complexities of Vox and Alastor's relationship as being supported by the interplay between intimacy and violence, we perhaps should apply similar framing to Vox and Charlie's relationship.

For that matter, many character dynamics in Hazbin Hotel follow this logic. Keeping in mind this isn't just about physical violence.

Charlie: W-whoa! What are you doing?!?

Vox: ... Showing fealty?