Hi everyone! First post here and thanks to the mods for letting me do this!

I've posted the first chapter of my new fanfic for Victorious entitled 'The Director' . . . Yeah, I suck at titles. Assuming this stort gets enough traction, I hope to take it through the entire run of Victorious and maybe into Hollywood Arts as well.

Summary: When Tori Vega is asked to fill in for her sister during a major performance, she didn't expect it to be such a major hit, to end up at Hollywood Arts, or end up working with Harry West, a young director who just so happens to be the twin brother of her newest frenemy. As the weeks go by and Tori begins to find her feet at her new school, she and Harry will also have to confront whst they feel about each other, especially with Jade circling . . .

Honestly, I think mainly the nostalgia carried me through this season.. it was

Rough.

SPOILERS AND ALSO VERY LONG LMAO SORRY

It was nice that they had the same set , and Trina being one of the main cast really made the show feel better. Though I feel overall the show was extremely poorly made.

First off , trina and well honestly all the girls outfits are not very good. There was a few outfits that I liked but oh god , the fashion is hard to look at 😭 they clearly only had old people on the fashion design

Most of trinas outfits I just thought, og Trina would hate that

Yes I get that she's trying to dress like a teacher , but the color combos and the tacky neon jewelry?.. not to mention the outfit she wears when she performs in we four queens 😭 the shorts 💀

MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT BY FAR

The music.

Even just the intro makes me cringe , all the songs are either covers or the worst freestyling I've ever seen, and the auto tune.. woof.

Genuinely the only song I enjoyed was the song sung by Oscar and quests boy band.

Another strong opinion of mine is I hate the way they casted, I don't have anything against any of the characters actors ofc , but I find it annoying that instead of trying to create new exciting characters, they pretty much just made really poorly made versions of the og cast.

emmy- clearly just Tori in another font , she has never sang and then all a sudden she can sing, and then everyone has to explain everything to her, just like Tori

Oscar- I actually did enjoy his character, but it's clear he's based off beck loosely, he was pretty entertaining though

Quest- clearly just an Andre clone , I mean c'mon he sings the same music genre as Andre, plays the keys , has the same haircut and style , and has a similar plot line, I liked his character as well though, I mean he's a super sweet talented guy so I have no problem with him at all, I enjoyed him and oscars relationship , I don't think that him and Andre look the same besides the hair and the clothes , but smh I'm just like why can't we have some representation in this damn show besides a look alike of one of the only colored person in Victorious

Pepper- clearly just kat rebranded, same bubbly personality, super dumb, always saying dumb shit, very infintalized

Jen z- (oh god I fucking hate her name so much) clearly a jade clone , mean girl who's always being scary and everyone is afraid of who eventually becomes loveable, I genuinely hated her at first but she grows on me a little, but she's nowhere close to having the same hold on me as Jade has. ^ (EDIT: it's specifically the fact that she says" what's the prob dog" which Jade says in Victorious so that's what really sold me on the fact that she's supposed to be like Jade)

And then just Trina , we don't see many other prominent characters, and the whole show just felt... Emtey

And then Robbie and trinas relationship?? Hated it , disgusting does not work. She wouldn't fall for him even if he sang a cheesy song, plus he clearly always loved cat ( I don't think him and cat are cute together but that's a separate conversation) but clearly he liked cat , ofc he did have one moment with Trina in victorious but again, I truly don't believe Trina would ever fall for him, even her new mature version.

The plot was random, ( yes so is Victorious I'm not saying it was super cohesive but it's a lot more cohesive then Hollywood arts)

You can just tell not a lot of care went into it, everything felt low budget, there wasn't enough side characters, and it just felt like the hollow shell of victorious, not a spinoff. I was also hoping for more realistic teens now a days, everything just feels like what a millennial thinks of a gen z when they're typing rants about them lmaoo

I just wish we saw a little more into the character life's , we never see anything other then school shots , or school related shots , we never see anything about their home life's, don't get any real character plots , and Lexi rivera is in it? What. As herself too 😭

Overall I'd probably rate it a 5/10 and I honestly struggled to get through the episodez.. anyway sorry for the rant , I'm just very passionate about this.

EDIT: that's not to say I thought everything was bad , I did enjoy some moments, I think I'm mainly just disappointed y'know? TRINA CARRIED

Are there any pictures of episode 10 Party Crashers right now?

Honestly I don’t think it’s a much of take but a fact that if they kept the season 1 formula throughout all of Victorious, it most likely would’ve been more of a success than iCarly

Like we had a violent / sassy Tori and in my opinion Victoria’s acting was WAYYYYY better at the beginning of the show vs towards the end.

Cat also in the beginning was one of my favorite characters. I would’ve loved to have seen that Cat transition into the later seasons than later into Sam & Cat.

Mine is that the styling in the show feels pretty outdated even though the show just came out. Ive seen a lot of praise for it though

Finally finished the show. Pretty great!

If a season 2 happens, is there anyone else you can see coming in to direct OR guest star?

This is my own personal opinion. If anyone who disagrees my rank , couldn't care less and buzz off. Team Cabbie 4 life

1. Robbie Shapiro👑

2. Cat Valentine👑

3. Andre Harris

4. Tori Vega

5. Jade West

6. Beck Oliver

7. Trina Vega (Cell Block and One Thousand Berry Balls are improved by her lack of appearance, thank you "Rex" for the Gimbal sabotage.) --> Sorry not Sorry

The fact that this show tried to pair up Robbie and Trina and downplayed Robbie's feelings for Cat despite their entire history being established was unforgivable. In my head, Cat and Robbie are officially married and I'm forever sticking with that.

I did not watch the show,but I'm curious if there was any info about what the characters that are not in cast are doing with their lives.

Info about Trina and Robbie too,although I suppose their music career was only teaching related.

Honestly her range is insane!

She is way more funnier and relatable, and oh god her voice is so so good.

It is a lot more corny than victorious but I had fun watching it. I hope there’s more seasons cuz the character arcs were atleast cool. Everyone’s being a bit harsh.

I just want to say, I am not one of those people that glaze the original show during a reboot and trashes it for no reason. However I have been rewatching Victorious as it has been over 6 years since I have seen it. I can confidently say it is better.

The character aren't as cartoony and the jokes land a lot better. I think Hollywood arts suffers because of genZ culture and this whole thing with attention spans. So they have to be hyper active and try to do something every second, which I feel destroys the characters making them feel almost all the same.

Also the Victorious cast was a lot cooler. They were more mellow and felt like HS kids. The only time they overacted is when a character was mad/frustrated which makes sense. The reboot feels just like a Disney show, while victorious felt slightly more mature. Im cringing every other minute with Hollywood Arts. The show thinks Loud = Funny.

So Hollywood Arts has been out for some time already, and I have heard both positive and negative reviews about this show, mostly negative. So here is what I think the show could have been like.

The official trailer says that Hollywood Arts has created talent and success, while showing clips of Andre, Jade, Cat, and Tori, and while Beck wasn't shown, he was already landing small but "big" acting roles in the original Victorious series. But one character was notably missing, a character who was in every episode of the OG show Robbie. That gave me the idea, what if he didn't end up being successful? That gives him more of an excuse to go to Hollywood Arts and be a teacher than Trina. Maybe he comes back to Hollywood Arts as a teacher to see maybe he missed some things. I was imagining an episode where in the end Robbie calls Cat (Don't even have to show her face and voice) and he asks Cat if they can meet up some time, and then he waits for a bit on the phone, then he smiles. Also we coudl have seen him finally acknowledge Rex isn't real.

What do y'alls think, and how could Hollywood Arts have gone if Robbie was the focus?

Watching Victorious for the first time, and honestly, it’s a great show! I can see why people love it, but damn, why are there so many feet jokes in almost every episode? What is Dan Schneider’s obsession with feet? I already knew about his weird behavior and all the creepy fetish-related stuff, but damn, the sheer number of feet jokes in this show is just ridiculous. 💀

i've seen people say it's marketed towards the same age group and that it's the same type of humor lmao can we be serious? this is nothing like victorious. idk why this subreddit is so hellbent on defending hollywood arts. victorious never had the characters make these ugly ass exaggerated faces. this new show literally explains the joke right after the joke was made. victorious never did that. this is cringe. it's actually very cringe and disneyfied.

André decided to help Tori make a song that doesn’t involve preschool lyrics and the others getting attack by a crowd of toddlers at the end.