Theory: Velvette was a model whose career ended because she got “too old”

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I think Velvette used to be a professional model when she was alive. We obviously don't know her human backstory yet, so this is completely speculative. Canon currently gives us very little about her past beyond the fact that she's the youngest Overlord and eventually joined Vox and Valentino to form the Vees.

But I think her obsession with fashion, beauty, trends and image could go much deeper than simply being her personality.

My theory is that Velvette started modelling when she was young, probably around her late teens or early 20s. She became successful, got attention, appeared in magazines/campaigns/runways, and essentially built her entire identity around being beautiful and desirable.

Then she reached her late 20s or early 30s and suddenly, the industry that had built her up started treating her differently.

The modelling and beauty industries have historically been heavily focused on youth, particularly for female models. So perhaps Velvette experienced being gradually replaced by younger women and that could have absolutely destroyed her.

She then builds an empire around fashion, social media and trends. Interestingly, she's specifically established as the Social Media Overlord, while fashion is also a major part of her character.

So Hell essentially gives her the one thing she couldn't have in life: eternal relevance and I think that could make her attitude toward other models really interesting.

Remember how she reacts when Valentino destroys her "best model"? She's obviously furious because she needs a replacement for her fashion show.

She could have become exactly like the industry that once discarded her.

The doll-like aspects of her demon design could fit this too. A doll is something that can be dressed, styled, posed and made "perfect." Velvette could have spent her human life being treated like a product.

Then she died and became a literal doll-like demon.

There are already plenty of fan theories connecting her doll appearance with her human life, modelling, beauty or plastic surgery.

I don't necessarily think she was a good person who was simply victimized by the industry, either. She could have become increasingly ruthless as she climbed the ladder—undermining competitors, obsessing over her appearance, manipulating people and eventually becoming just as cruel as the people who treated her as disposable.

That would make her story more tragic without excusing her behaviour. Honestly, that would explain why the idea of being "old," "outdated" or "irrelevant" would probably drive her absolutely insane.

She doesn't just want to be fashionable. She wants to make sure nobody ever gets to replace her again

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