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That's kind of the point I was trying to make with Velvette. These are not little fun facts or random quirks; they're just labels to describe who Velvette is and her role, and not descriptors that would expand on her character to make her feel like she's an actual person living in this world. I didn't mention anything about her personality, motives, bactstory, ect., because there really is none. Look back on the finale when the Vees each have a fight with a part of the main cast. Vox VS Alastor - absolutely makes sense with the entire narrative of the season; Val VS Cherri and Husk - all of them have a connection with Angel so fighting in regards to him works here; Vel VS Nifty and Baxter - She shot Nifty with one of her phone powers back in the background of episode 3...and that's really it.To be fair, a character having traits that's not relevant to the plot makes them more rounded. There's no real story significance (yet) behind Blitzø's horse obsession or Stolas owning plants. That's why Vaggie's infuriating, because majority of her likes/dislikes listed on the wiki are about Charlie, and the few things that don't relate to Charlie aren't really shown, as opposed to say, Angel having a liking for blob fish. All the more reason casting an Asian woman to play Niffty is undermining, because it's implied that Niffty knowing a foreign language is due to her being of a foreign ethnicity and not a side interest she has.
But regarding Velvette specifically, yeah this circles back around to how her character was clearly not thought out compared to Vox and Val. Viv claims that Velvette was intended to represent social media in the early drafts of Hazbin, yet I recall Vox was said to have been that, hence Hell's Instagram was originally called Voxtagram. I doubt her being a fashion designer was planned because Viv expressed desire to have Vaggie wear a different outfit in every episode, so that aspect of Velvette wouldn't stand out if Vaggie was doing that too. And the whole "backbone of the Vees" doesn't hold up given the whole parallel between Alastor and Vox is that Alastor rejects companionship despite he only got as far as he did because of Rosie, and Vox craves it even though he was able to build his success on his own. Velvette just comes off as the token female member of the villain group, and it's evident by the fact that she's going to be the last Vee to be focused on, which we won't see until a few years from now.
Also, the other two Vees do get those little quirks that aren't tied to their roles/jobs of the story. Vox likes sharks, and Val likes to draw. Velvette...again seemingly has nothing.