tbh TVL put a bad taste in my mouth when they made the joke about misgendering the nonbinary vampire. Like the gender fuck of all the chracters is just one big joke to these show runners.
I'm seeing a lot of interview "answers/explanations" for TVL. So just a reminder a body of work can/should be interpreted/recieved in your own way. You do not need the author dictate the story to form your own opinions.