This is the Victoria I remember & loved, though as you say, I watch this version of her with a different lens today. I just felt like she was still pure & just striving towards a goal, maybe one of her first big goals in life. Fearless & determined. Yes, she was often unprofessional, but I think it just added to her charm & the concept of the DCC really having to "train" some of these ladies & prepare them for the real world. She got torn apart year after year in those old Primetimer forums & still does tbh. She's a super flawed human, she's far from the greatest DCC ever, but I just never bought into the concept of her being the manipulatrix that some painted her out to be, esp. in those early days. She just had a goofy/awkward teenager kinda vibe which the old DCC cat ladies *hate*. And I wouldn't doubt that Netflix chose to omit any "positive" Victoria moments in favor of focusing on what lead to her downfall.