"No Lappland did nothing wrong it's all a misunderstanding"
You're both wrong. Lappland's relationship with Texas is Black Doom's parasocial villain monologue from Snapcube's Shadow the Hedgehog Real-Time Fandub
“Riggs barely gave lgbtq+ representation” CLEARLY you were not there when caul went on a rant about being into men. Take one good look at it and tell me that thing is hetero.
"Stray" is another example of mainstream culture appropriating trans women's experiences while cleaving it all from its political context. In this game you are a cute little cat and you meow meow purrr meow
We don't talk enough about how well ALL of the Vees know and care about each other so much, like--
We first see them when Velvette is calling Vox about Val being upset in ep 2, but there's no way he would have asked for the help himself. Like he's not gonna be like "hey get Vox for me I need him" because that seems too vulnerable, BUT he was expecting Vox to come.
He literally says "Fuckin' finally!"
Which would either mean that Velvette told him Vox is on his way, OR Val knew Velvette would tell Vox to come. (It is possible he expected it because of the cameras, but Vox didn't seem to know Val was throwing a tantrum until Velvette called him, and Vox's plan for the day seemed to involve multiple meetings, so I don't think he watches the cameras often enough for that.)
Also Velvette knew how to calm Valentino down. She was busy with a fashion show and needed to focus on that, and she was mad that Val was wrecking her shit, but even after he was out of her hair and not a problem to her, she repeated to Vox that he needs to go take care of Val.
"Take care of the piss baby!"
I 100% believe she could have done it herself (she probably did partly?? considering he stopped the tantrum and was in his room before Vox got there-- unless her telling Val that Vox was on his way was what did it, but that would still be something she knew to do), but she had a show to run. Still, she wasn't going to leave Val alone to be moping around.
Also the fact Valentino seems to have some level of control over his smoke implies he wanted to be dramatic as fuck or wanted to hide himself and sat in a cloud of smoke on purpose.
Vox obviously knows how to talk Val out of shit, and canon makes it more clear that he understands Val well.
But overall there's obvious intimacy between all three of the Vees in that they care for each other and know exactly what's needed and/or what will happen in situations like that.
and "all the heartaches and the smiles never faded / i know you'll be by my side when we make it" and "here's to all the mistakes i never made" and "if it ain't for your misguided taste / i'd turn out so ordinary" and