ughhhhh vaggie in charlie's jacket feels....
now im imagining Freshly Kicked To The Curb Vaggie and painfully already-in-love Charlie
imagining Charlie wrapping this bleeding dumpster lady in her JACKET (for comfort) (and protection) (Vaggie doesn't figure out the second part until the Oh Shit You're Literally The Princess Of Hell reveal) and Vaggie's just lost a set of limbs / suddenly can't FLY which is a little terrifying so she keeps her back to the nearest wall and is always crossing her arms to hide how she's hugging herself
and Charlie's like Hmmm (wraps Vaggie in jacket) (Vaggie gives it back at the end of the day) (wraps Vaggie in jacket again) (Vaggie gives it back while saying goodnight) (Charlie finds Vaggie curled up in a corner somewhere fitully asleep-> Vaggie wakes up snuggled in The Jacket)
until Vaggie FINALLY accepts the offer to stay with Charlie for a bit while she's healing (Charlie squees) and this is represented with Vaggie NOT giving the jacket back before heading off to bed (Charlie literally whoops and combusts the moment Vaggie's (mostly) out of earshot-)
it's the start of a very sweet friendship BUT
Vaggie secretly planning to try contacting the angels during the next extermination and prove she deserves to come back
holding Charlie at arm's length during this bc
which is scarier???
A.) pretty demon lady is after her SOUL
or!
B.) Charlie having an actual crush on her????? with feelings?
feelings that Vaggie now has to worry about not hurting while trying not to be too flattered by the whole excruciating thing
(the irony of a demon saving her and tending to her and falling for her)
as she's trying not to think about all this Vaggi's getting a little panicked over how her wings still aren't growing back (sign she really isn’t worthy of heaven???)
and Charlie's trying so hard to help her with this!
(even not knowing what all of THIS really is)
she knows Vaggie
1.) had wings
(moth instead of angel as per cover story)
2.) is freaking out at them being gone, even more than over her lost eye, feeling like she’s not good enough without them
(pause and imagine Vaggie constantly being found by Charlie on high up places, silently staring up at the shiny star of heaven, and Charlie’s like oh yes this is VERY moth-like behavior i can totally see why you became a moth demon! and Vaggie’s like hahaha yeah sure right definitely…)
(her being shit at lying isn't such a problem when Charlie is so so so ready to assume the best of people) (GUILT)
oooghghghhghgh
Charlie spending the year healing Vaggie's physical injuries
slowly discovering the other ones she can't see
trying to let Vaggie know she's perfect even without wings
or her missing eye
trying NOT to come on too hard or fast even through she's on the outs with her dad and her mom hasn't answered a call or been seen in years and
and Vaggie can make her LAUGH with just a dry word or roll of the eye
she just seems to like hanging out with Charlie?
not trying to get anything from her or get her kicks out of making fun of her
sure she's skeptical about the whole "redeeming sinners" thing but
she Listens
and she's skeptical because she's Taking The Idea SERIOUSLY
seriously enough to talk like it's a thing worth trying and if Charlie's gonna try it then she needs to think about this and this and this other problem first-
it's encouragement
it's friendship
it's almost like having someone to rely on
Now it’s extermination eve
And Vaggie is cleaning up the spare room she's been staying in. like she won't be coming back tonight
Vaggie's as healed (physically) as she can be, she's twirling an angelic spear around like it's part of her, crediting her dancing talent for this natural skill, clearly fine keeping herself safe on hell's streets-
Vaggie claims she found the spear behind a dumpster
(doesn't mention she's the one who stashed it there)
Charlie trying weakly to lightening the mood by joking how you can find the best things next to dumpsters sometimes
(she's not joking)
(she's looking at Vaggie when she says it)
(Vaggie just barely pretends not to notice)
Vaggie despairing she isn’t worthy (of heaven or of-?)
she might as well just wander out and let an exorcist judge her wingless back and finish the job in some ironic justice because that would be better than telling Charlie the truth,
(she's done terrible things... and has spent all this time wanting to go back to that)
(there are KIDS in hell!)
(Charlie's in hell)
(it's not all terrible or evil
and Charlie thinks sinners can be redeemed-)
(would she say the same thing about Vaggie if she knew?)
GUILT
(is all of this doubt just Vaggie being a terrible angel like Lute said...)
she has to go, but she, can’t outright lie to Charlie either (If Charlie asks if they'll see each other around-)
So Vaggie, takes off Charlie's jacket and, hands it back
And Charlie finally accepts Vaggie might not want to stick around.
Thinking Vaggie wants to go do her own thing in hell
(people leaving in one way or another is something Charlie knows about)
but maybe Vaggie also feels indebted to her, to Charlie, for the help
and might be being held back by that
It's not much- being given the chance to tell someone she's loves it's okay to go- it hurts like hell, but it's something. It's something that Vaggie didn't just vanish, and Charlie will hold onto that small thing for dear life
Smiling through her tears Charlie tries hyping her new friend up
(via song of course)
telling her ANYONE should be glad to share even a few seconds of forever with her, they
(hypothetical they totally not Charlie speaking here)
should be grateful to spend all of eternity even with just a memory of her
(CHARLIE FELL FAST AND OBVIOUS AND CANNOT EFFFING HIDE IT)
so she
says Vaggie should go spread her metaphorical wings
because she doesn't need real ones to be amazing
And that’s when Vaggie realizes-her wings- she doesn't want to leave Charlie
(is that why her wings won't grow back..?)
She doesn’t go out during the extermination. Or try talking to the angels.
She turns right around and is there to give Charlie a hug
holds her through the worst of it
goes with her afterwards to help how they can
watches Charlie reaching out to the surviving sinners even as she gets nothing but fear and insults for her trouble
sees how much Charlie CARES about the people of hell
she finally understands, finally starts to catch a glimpse, of how just much she cares for Charlie herself
And that when she falls harder
Ka-thwump
when Charlie sees Vaggie totally not hugging herself again she offers the jacket
(offers, instead of just putting it on her)
and Vaggie smiles a little but says nah, she likes how it looks on Charlie better
(charlie VERY glad she has a natural permanent blush)
(not that her little hair twirl doesn't give her away)
Charlie leads her to a roof top later because even with everything else going on she’s noticed Vaggie’s been quieter than usual, and it is the anniversary of her losing her eye and wings, and Charlie knows staring up at heaven is something Vaggie likes doing, so-
But when she glances shyly over, Vaggie isn’t looking up at the sky.
Vaggie’s looking back at HER.
Vaggie smiling and saying something along the lines of
"lending a hand to the souls of the damned is pretty fulfilling work. A girl could get used to this"
Charlie (usually a living firework of emotion) very softly and hesitantly asking,
"yeah..?"
Vaggie promising her-
"next year, we'll prep better ahead of time"
Charlie smiling with tears again (happy ones) as they look out across pentagram city together, leaning into each other
"Yeah.
we will"
Uguugugugugughhh
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La Mode nationale, no. 10, 9 mars 1895, Paris. No. 25. — Groupe de manteaux et toilettes de demi-saison. Bibliothèque nationale de France
(1) Jaquette polonaise en drap couleur muraille, attachée devant par des brandebourgs. Manches ballon, surmontées par des jockeys plissés, garnis de franges.
Chapeau de feutre muraille, garni d'une touffe de coques de ruban muraille et rouge.
(1) Polonaise jacket in wall-colored cloth, attached in front with frogs. Balloon sleeves, topped by pleated jockeys, trimmed with fringes.
Wall felt hat, trimmed with a tuft of wall and red ribbon shells.
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(2) Corsage de passementerie noire et blanche, à basques coupées par une ceinture semblable. Col montant. Manches ballon, à hauts poignets unis. Jupe de velours noir, coupée par des bandes de passementerie, avec bande semblable en ourlet. Grand chapeau rond, en velours noir, orné de coques de passementerie, de choux de ruban et d'une aigrette colonel.
(2) Bodice of black and white trimmings, with peplums cut by a similar belt. Collar. Balloon sleeves, with high plain cuffs. Black velvet skirt, cut with bands of trimmings, with similar band at the hem. Large round hat, in black velvet, decorated with trimmings, ribbon bows and a colonel egret.
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(3) Manteau de drap gris, à col Médicis, doublé de velours. Chapeau rond, orné en dessus par un papillon de dentelle avec chou de ruban.
(3) Gray cloth coat, with Medici collar, lined with velvet. Round hat, decorated on top with a lace butterfly with ribbon trim.
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(4) Grand manteau de drap gris ombré, à col montant, avec bretelles de velours noir, croisées sur la poitrine et revenant, en ceinture, s'attacher sur le devant en grand nœud, avec longs pans et coques. Sur les épaules, grande pèlerine en velours, coupée par des entre-deux de dentelle, avec revers de dentelle à l'encolure. Jupe unie, tombant jusqu'aux pieds. Chapeau de feutre gris, garni de choux de ruban et de deux ailes droites.
(4) Large coat of shaded gray cloth, with a stand-up collar, with black velvet straps, crossed over the chest and returning, as a belt, to tie on the front in a large bow, with long tails and shells. On the shoulders, large velvet cape, cut with lace inserts, with lace cuffs at the neckline. Plain skirt, falling to the feet. Gray felt hat, trimmed with ribbon puffs and two straight wings.
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(5) Grande redingote croisée et boutonnée sur le côté, recouvert du haut par une pèlerine plissée. Manches gigot.
Chapeau de feutre, orné par un groupe d'ailes.
(5) Large frock coat crossed and buttoned on the side, covered at the top by a pleated cape. Lamb sleeves.
Felt hat, decorated with a group of wings.
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(6) Grande jaquette de drap quadrillé, boutonnée avec revers encadrant un plastron brodé et brodés eux-mêmes de palmes de soie. Grand chapeau de feutre gris, orné sur le devant par un nœud alsacien, doublé en ruban rouge, avec fleur fantaisie au milieu.
(6) Large jacket of squared cloth, buttoned with lapels framing an embroidered bib and themselves embroidered with silk palm leaves. Large gray felt hat, decorated on the front with an Alsatian bow, lined with red ribbon, with fancy flower in the middle.
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(7) Grande redingote de drap, ajustée derrière et flottante sur le devant, avec boutons semblables. Manches flottantes, avec jockeys ornés de broderie; poches et devant de la jupe brodés. Chapeau de feutre rond, orné d'un groupe de coques entremêlées à des choux.
(7) Large cloth frock coat, fitted at the back and floating at the front, with similar buttons. Floating sleeves, with jockeys decorated with embroidery; embroidered pockets and front of the skirt. Round felt hat, decorated with a group of shells interspersed with cabbages.
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(8) Grand manteau de drap vert-bouteille, recouvert du haut par une pèlerine formée par trois collets ornés de piqûres. Étole de drap, ornée de boutons, encadrant un plastron de dentelle. Col semblable, froncé sur les épaules.
Jupe unie, ornée de broderies dans le bas, tombant jusqu'au bas de la robe. Chapeau Midas orné sur le devant par deux oreilles d'âne, formées par une draperie, et derrière par un groupe de pensées.
(8) Large bottle-green cloth coat, covered at the top by a cape formed by three collars decorated with stitching. Cloth stole, decorated with buttons, framing a lace bib. Similar collar, gathered on the shoulders.
Plain skirt, decorated with embroidery at the bottom, falling to the bottom of the dress. Midas hat decorated on the front with two donkey ears, formed by a drapery, and behind with a group of pansies.
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