Post by SpydancerLovesVincat on Sept 24, 2014 10:09:59 GMT -5
I agree that Tori was emotionally vulnerable. However, we don't know if she was abused beyond the time we saw her father beast out and choking her. Also, I did not get the impression that Tori was 18 or even 20. I think she was older than that, but seemed younger because she'd been over protected. I also didn't look at Vincent as being Yoda to Tori's Luke; so I'm not putting all of the heaviness you see into the "relationship" between them. Perhaps the V/T kiss wasn't necessary, but neither was the G/C kiss in Operation Fake Date. Honestly, I think some of this stuff is done just to provoke us; like the suggestion of a one time shove (under extraordinary circumstances) being made out to be the equal of REAL domestic abuse irked the crap out me. IMO, Tori was meant to be the dark side of beastliness...that her influence was meant to seduce and bring out the worst in Vincent. I think the arc would have played a zillion times better if they'd selected another actress (one who could have pulled off seduction and danger), and if they had given the story line the time it deserved (instead of giving us silly scenes of Tess beating us over the head with how much Gabe liked Catherine and Bob running around giving orders for meaningless beast kills). Yes, you have explained why you were bothered, but for me, this isn't real life and I can't let myself get bogged down in overwhelming detail to the point where I can't relate to what is going on in a fantasy world with my peeps.
You know, to be honest, on this show, I would not EVER have been okay with the third party relationships, period, particularly not the way they were presented, but I agree completely that this arc could have played a "zillion times better" had they made different casting selections, and given the plot time to develop. Everything felt tremendously rushed and out of character. They never established Tori's character in the proper way, for us to actually care about her, and then without so much as a backward glance, they forged ahead with their agenda to have her antagonize Vincent and Catherine. It was terribly done plain and simple.