"You could remove Vaggi from S2 and the plot wouldn't change at all."
Some of y'all really need to learn to say, "I don't like this character" or, "I don't find them interesting." Vaggi is a load-bearing character in S2, and cannot be removed without bringing the entire plot down.
Here is a legitimate example of "Vaggi could be removed and the plot wouldn't change": Baxter is a key player in the hotel crew's plan, and he decides to help them because his sheets were folded to his liking. You could very easily replace that with his newfound friendship with Niffty and continue with the plot as usual.
Here is an example of removing her that wouldn't technically change the plot, but would absolutely weaken it: Lucifer tries to crash Vox's rally because Vaggi asked him to do something. This leads to Charlie getting mad at both of them and Lucifer leaving the hotel, which then leaves him in a position where he can be captured later. And you could achieve that same plot beat with something like Charlie venting to him and him going after Vox on his own, only to find out it didn't help after all. Except we would lose the exposition about his inability to harm sinners. Which is kind of incredibly plot-relevant.
Also, Charlie's personal arc this season was about getting so caught up in her own head that she was pushing her friends away, both by accident and on purpose. Removing one of the people closest to her, and one of the only ones she pushes away on purpose, weakens her arc.
And now, an example of removing Vaggi that would bring the entire plot down: she's running the hotel. She is the one keeping things going while Charlie is having assorted personal crises, and there is no other character who could fill that role. Husk is already doing extra work by taking over the therapy sessions, so he can't run things. Niffty isn't suited to that kind of work. Lucifer is depressed and withdrawn and doesn't like sinners anyway. Alastor is the only one I could see being capable of taking over, but the plot needs him somewhere else, and he's exhausted and in constant pain throughout this season. To the point where, by the time he tries to quit the hotel, he can't even hide how much it's affecting him. He couldn't take over if he wanted to.
Vaggi is the literal only reason Charlie's dreams do not, in fact, die. No other character with the skills to take over has the energy or the emotional bandwidth to deal with running a business on top of their personal issues. Without her, the hotel would have died, Charlie probably would have given up, and the plot would have changed dramatically.
One of the most important characters in S2 and you want to remove her because adulting is boring. Yeah, okay.
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