People are way too harsh on Tori Vega for not instantly knowing theater culture
Something that has always bothered me about the Victorious fandom is how harsh people are toward Tori Vega whenever she doesn’t know something related to theater or performing arts.
People make fun of her for:
not knowing who Sofia Michelle was,
not understanding what an understudy is,
not immediately understanding certain theater rules or traditions, etc.
But… why WOULD she automatically know those things?
Tori literally came from a regular school before Hollywood Arts. She had never attended a performing arts school before. Hollywood Arts was a completely new environment for her.
A lot of the other students:
grew up around theater,
had years of performing experience,
already knew the culture,
already understood how auditions and productions worked.
Tori was learning in real time.
Not knowing something when you’re brand new to an environment does NOT make you stupid. It makes you inexperienced.
And honestly, Jade’s reactions sometimes made the situation worse. I understand Jade was passionate and competitive, but getting angry at someone for asking questions or not understanding theater terminology immediately always felt unfair to me.
Sometimes fandoms forget what it’s like to be new at something.