Virgil

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"Virgil has a notable pessimistic personality. His tendency is always to adopt the most negative interpretation, or to imagine the worst outcome of any situation. In many cases, this appears to be a confidence issue, and he is simply trying to avoid setting Thomas up for disappointment. Sometimes, the other Sides (especially Roman) find his attitude a bit annoying, while others (like Patton) take the opportunity to offer him encouragement. His negative outlook is also often employed for comedic purposes ('You tried, you failed, let's go to sleep').

He finds that he does not fit within a specific Hogwarts House, unlike the other sides and Thomas. This was specified in the video Fitting Inwhere in they all went through the different facet's personality traits and what they do, due to Virgil being uncomfortable with his place in the group.

He represents Thomas' anxiety, and also caution, vigilance and his fight-or-flight reflex.

Virgil represents Thomas's anxiety and caution. He is also the voice of reason, much like Logan, but does not attempt to solve the problems he sees in the same ways Logan does. He represents all of Thomas's fear, edginess, and overall dark nature. Virgil is a self-deprecating emo (implied by Roman and Virgil himself), and has gone through the most development from being an antagonist in the early episodes he appeared in to a normal side that regularly appears as a main character to represent Thomas gradually becoming comfortable with his anxiety. Virgil himself has stated that he puts on his dark persona as the “best way to get anyone’s guard up”. Although after Accepting Anxiety, Virgil has shown his more sensitive side, cooperates more with the other sides and has started to shed his dark persona as a result of being accepted by the other sides and Thomas."