By the way, I really like one detail, and I didn't notice it myself until other people in the fandom noticed it, but... Damn, how differently Vees and Alastor react to Vox's childishness.

Vees are unhappy/annoyed, etc., in moments of Vox's absolutely sincere childish behavior. Alastor, on the contrary, laughs, is relaxed, he likes it when Vox behaves like that, I would even say that he encourages it. Like, damn, at times like this, I even begin to involuntarily doubt whether Vees has as close and strong a friendship as I used to think.They're obviously friends, but I don't think they're as close as I thought.

If Valentino and Velvet don't understand this part of Vox, I think it's the most vulnerable part. And if Vox is just not completely sincere and does not fully trust them, then their friendship can hardly be called close on his part? And as far as we know, his "I'm a big, strong man" behavior is largely a mask, and it was in the flashback with Alastor that he behaved sincerely. And if he's just not easily accepted in his most "real" behavior, then I need to rethink the friendship of Vees for myself, in my head.

In fact, this is probably one of the reasons why he allowed himself to be treated like this in the second season, if he just internally did not consider them someone he could fully trust even if they were friends, whom he simply did not consider close enough to FORCE himself to respect them regardless of his condition (and he respects Alastor outside no matter how angry he is, for example, even if he gets him into a fight, it's clear how much he respects and WANTS Alastor's opinion and approval for his actions and achievements) and honestly, it's sad for me

Don't get me wrong, Vox is an asshole, and Valentino and Velvet didn't deserve this kind of treatment from him specifically, they didn't actually do ANYTHING wrong to him. But it's just that it's a strong reinterpretation of the closeness of their relationship for me anyway.. Because before that, I thought it wasn't even friendship, but QPR (?)