"Velvette was reduced to wrangling two men and gets no credit for her contributions!"
If you can look at Velvette, list off all her contributions to the story, and then claim the story reduced her to just wrangling two men, I am afraid you are the problem here.
Let's just take a moment to go over how much "wrangling" Velvette does in this season. And a moment to discuss how much of it actually qualifies.
Calling Vox out after he turned the rally into a one-person show and then acted like nothing happened: this is not "ugh, a man is being stupid and now I have to step in". This is, "Hey, we're a team and you're not acting like it."
Valentino is in the same boat and making the same callout. This is not a woman wrangling a man, this is two friends telling their other friend that he hurt them.
Calling Vox out for not giving her advance notice about blowing the gates off of Heaven so she could make a social media stunt out of it: this is not "ugh, a man botched a big moment that I could have handled better". This is "WTF is wrong with you, you're usually on top of this."
Vox relied heavily on Velvette during the hotel smear campaign, and she was more than okay with that. Hell, they were having fun with it. But now Vox is shutting her out, and she's not angry. We see Velvette when she's mad at Vox, and that's not what this is. At most she's annoyed, and when she points out that they still need more support, she sounds closer to worried. This is not a woman wrangling a man, this is a friend who sees another friend acting out of sorts and is trying to address it (and also a business partner saying, "Yeah, so that was a stupid move").
(The rest of this conversation is some more "We're a team and you're not acting like it," with a side of "By the way, our third friend is still mad at you.")
Telling Valentino they'll deal with Vox once they rule Heaven: this is not "ugh, a man is being stupid and now I have to step in". This is "Our friend is being stupid, and we will have to step in."
This is a very sweet moment in which Valentino is doubting his right to be upset, making excuses for Vox, and blaming himself ("Think about the future, Val, don't let success break up the band"). And Velvette says no actually, Vox is the one in the wrong and you are allowed to be mad at him. This is not a woman wrangling a man, or a woman being the emotionally mature one while the two men are being stupid. This is a friend validating and comforting another friend who has romantic feelings for their third friend, who is traumatized about feelings. Velvette is the emotionally mature one because it's not her romance and not her trauma, not because she's a woman.
Going after Valentino when he storms out because Vox is acting like they aren't even there: this is not "ugh, a man is throwing a fit and now I have to deal with it". This is "You are not leaving me alone to deal with this."
Velvette is angry too, and she literally says she doesn't want to be there either ("You're not leaving until the press is done! Then we can fuck off"). But at this point she's also the only one who's at least trying to put on a united front for the public. Not because she's a woman, but because she's the only one whose emotions aren't being directly fucked with.
Cutting Valentino down after he gets tangled in cables: this is not "ugh, a man did something stupid and now I have to save him." This is "my friend is in a situation he didn't ask for and I'm helping him."
Telling Valentino not to simp over Vox while he's destroying the city: This one counts. Get your head in the game, Val.
Taking Vox down because he's about to kill himself and everyone around him over Alastor: this is not "ugh, a man is being stupid and now I have to step in". This is "shit, our friend who's been acting weird for days/weeks is having an actual mental breakdown."
And reminder, Velvette isn't the only one stepping in! She's the first to step in, but Valentino is there too, and he's the one who actually removes Vox as a threat. This is not a woman wrangling a man, this is two friends staging an intervention because their third friend is having a literal psychotic episode.
"Velvette was reduced to wrangling two men." Congratulations, with that one single sentence you have managed to be misogynistic by acting like Velvette isn't allowed to be responsible or emotionally mature around men; misandrist by acting like men can't have feelings or problems if it will impact women; and ableist by acting like Vox is "a stupid man" who needs to be "wrangled" and not someone dealing with something incredibly painful and damaging.
And just why is it that, in order to "get credit for her contributions", Velvette has to be the new leader of the Vees? I thought you don't want her to have to wrangle the men in her life, so why do you want to put her in a position where that would literally be one of her main jobs? Did you pay any attention to how much "wrangling" Vox has to do prior to his breakdown? Or were you too busy seething because how dare a man tell a woman what to do?
And let's not forget, Velvette would fucking hate being the CEO of a business. Valentino is probably going to hate being the CEO. Because it's not all power and glory, it's mostly paperwork and negotiations. The day-to-day of running a business is boring and tedious and away from the public eye, which is where Velvette wants to be. And where she is strongest because so many of her powers come directly from being an influencer.
Charlie, Vaggi, Rosie, Sera, and Carmilla are all leaders and/or business owners who also happen to be women. We have plenty of room for women who are perfectly capable of taking charge but don't want the responsibilities of leadership.
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