#vettie

when Lilli Cooper (Velvette's VA) is asked about Velvette's fashion, she often mentions how much she loves her afro in the season 1 finale and now her boxbraids in the season 2 finale, and while she's absolutely right, they're both amazing looks, it's always a slightly sad reminder that despite Velvette's Thing being that she switches outfits every time she appears, and despite the numerous gorgeous hairstyles Black women have been wearing for centuries and inventing daily, the amount of times Velvette wears her hair in a distinctively Black style is, in fact, twice.

i love the concept that carmilla and velvette have their own kinda one sided rivalry where carmilla generally thinks the vees are annoying and disagrees with their way of doing things but isn't actually invested in antagonizing them, but after like two meetings where she disagrees with velvette on anything velvette is like 'this bitch HATES me LOL she wants me DEAD' because a) she takes any offense very personally b) she's got an inflated sense of her own importance on other ppls lives c) she's the biggest holder of grudges on the planet d) she has this innate sense that other women hate her and want to tear her down e) gay reasons

velvette has the barbie movie thing of feet permanently arched to fit high heels but in this narrative its treated in a body horror, commodifying, unwilling and unnatural imposed body modification to always fit beauty standards without rest type of way

i haaatee that most searches for velvette yuri leads to redemption narratives. NO. NO redemption. you dont know her. you dont know her. if she's not torturing women i don't want it