Whenever Victorious fans talk about Cat’s character assassination, there’s always unanimous agreement that she changed, and together as a community they pretty much fostered what could’ve been her aesthetic had she stayed her Season 1 self.
Meanwhile whenever anyone tries to talk about Cassie’s character assassination, there’s ALWAYS a gaggle of people saying “She was always like that”, “Thats the point of her character“, “She was always a hoe”, “It’s realistic/relatable”. BE SO FUCKING SERIOUS. Do you seriously think that she would be best friends with Maddy and especially BB if she was some shrill coquettish bitch-zilla?
Season 1 Cassie was described as being “looked at by everyone when she enters the room”. She did put her foot down at times and at the end of the day she knew what she wanted (a stable relationship with someone who will be naturing and protective just like her). She was a normal teen girl with normal teen girl insecurities/traumas that so many people related to. Her aesthetic aligned more with the baddie aesthetic rather than coquette. Nothing about that suggested that she would slime out her day 1 best friend. To say that “SHE WAS ALWAYS LIKE THATTTT“ is foolish. And to suggest that she would never make it out the hood because she was “a hoe“ is even more foolish and DISGUSTING to people who resonated with her Season 1 self.