Okay I'm sure a lot of people want to know why I love being a performer I enjoy making people
happy and I was born with that gift the ability to make other people happy just by putting myself
in front of them and so I almost feel obligated to provide myself to others
Trina Vega is the older and less mature sister of Tori Vega through the show's run Trina is always
trying to be the center of attention whether it's her throwing herself at directors in the
hopes that they'll put her in movies singing very loudly in front of music producers hoping
that they'll give her a record deal or boasting about how great she is at everything despite her
obvious lack of training in certain areas but why does Trina want to be the center of
attention so badly what trials and tribulations trick Trina into a trivial chase for clout
truthfully tracking Trina's triggers is a lot more troublesome than one might think so let's take a
look hi Dale I heard you're directing the new Johnny Depp movie and guess what I'd be perfect
on the surface she may seem like a spoiled brat but upon closer inspection it's easy to see where
this attitude comes from brat or not Trina works hard at what she does and is extremely dedicated
to creating her own art even if the end result is a bit eccentric remember that practice doesn't
make perfect practice makes permanent if someone practices something the wrong way repeatedly it's
still wrong no matter how good they are at doing it wrong whether or not people want to acknowledge
it the truth is Trina has talent just not in the areas she thinks in How Trina Got In* we
discovered that she initially got into Hollywood arts because Sikowitz was high on coconut milk
during her less than stellar singing audition when she asked to Re-audition for their new
principle in Helen Back Again Trina decides to sing and it goes horribly ultimately the
only reason Trina ends up staying at Hollywood arts is because she quote/unquote saves Helen
from a mugger with her martial arts skills which raises a few questions if Hollywood arts is an art
school could Trina have auditioned with martial arts what if someone's talent was something like
cooking would they have to cook right in front of Helen or would they just not even be a student at
Hollywood Arts at all do they only accept actors, singers, dancers, and musicians anyway the point
is had Trina focused less on what she thinks she's great at and instead focused more on what
she is great at maybe she wouldn't be considered talentless by so many people Trina is shown to
be quite proficient in acting when she's not chewing the scenery dancing depending on the
episode and martial arts more specifically the Vietnamese martial art known as Vovinam we know
this because of the Gi she wears which by the way includes a yellow belt which is the equivalent of
a black belt in other martial arts meaning Trina isn't just a novice at fighting despite this Trina
doesn't want to be known for it but why a lot of people wanna know why I love being a performer I
enjoy making people happy and I was born with that gift the ability to make other people happy just
by putting myself in front of them though her reasoning may seem quite egotistic suppose for
a moment that Trina is being genuine in her desire to make people happy it would make some sense once
you consider how unhappy people make her Trina's thirst for the spotlight could be more than just a
cry for attention deep down Trina may just want the validation she never receives humility and
discipline are integral to martial arts so she probably wouldn't get the attention she wants
by boasting about how great she is at it so what better way to finally get some recognition than
by singing, dancing, and acting I mean after all that's what her school is all about right
you wanna sit with us no what's up A-listers
unlike the rest of the main cast of Victorious Trina is a senior at Hollywood Arts despite
this she hangs out with her little sister's group of friends mostly because a lot of the
people at the school don't really like Trina and boy do they love telling her
that we'll borrow my Uncle's pickup hook it up to my RV we could all hit the beach the beach
I am so in no one likes you I don't know why they didn't ask me to sing the national anthem I do me
too oh shut up why did you invite me here no one likes you when you pair this with a few videos on
the slap this is an open letter to a guy named Kevin Richards I typed this myself see I was
set up on a blind date with Kevin last weekend and since then he hasn't responded to any of my
attempts to contact him so here we go dear Kevin it's me Trina first off thank you for meeting me
at the Olive Grove for dinner last Saturday night however I do not understand what happened as
you'll remember we were seated at our table and I began telling you about myself three minutes
later you excused yourself claiming that you had to visit the restroom for the next half hour I
waited patiently for you to return which you did not do concerned I asked a waiter to take me to
the men's room and you were not in there but oddly the window in the men's room had been left open or
so last week I posted a video of me singing a song that I wrote myself and at the end of the video I
encourage people to leave comments so now this is an open letter to all the people who left comments
about the song that I wrote and sang the song that came from my heart the first one says gross you're
the worst dude my dog sings better than you and he's been dead for three years how'd you learn
to sing like that did a monster truck run over your throat just listened to your song now my
ears are bleeding thanks for making my ears bleed and then it says something really really very very
rude thanks for the vicious cruelty and to the one person who wrote the sort of nice comment
about me which had nothing to do with my singing thank you but no I won't it's easy to see that
people openly bully her and no one stops them it's amazing that Trina isn't depressed or maybe she is
and her behavior is her way of kicking back at all the negative comments it's fun to ask the question
is Trina bratty because no one likes her or does no one like her because she's bratty regardless
at least Trina can count on her little sister to stand up for her right okay did you talk to your
friends about Yerba yeah I think we're all going good you're taking Trina no yes you are taking
Trina not happening we'll buy you a car any car you want you don't even have to bring her back
Trina's home life sucks I mean seriously early on in the show
her parents demonstrate that they do love her but as the show progresses they become pretty
vocal about how they really feel about her you'd think that having negligent
parents would help her and her sister create a helpful and loving bond but
what are you doing
speaking of which let's talk about Tori for a second we all know that she got into Hollywood
arts by performing for her sister why and how Tori already knew all of Trina's choreography
and the song lyrics is anyone's guess Trina is happy for her sister getting into the school
cool then Tori starts to become more popular than her even being able to make friends that Trina
never could that's fine after all they are two different people Trina then tries to join Tori's
friend group everyone insults her and what does Tori do nothing this happens a lot throughout
the show Tori's kind of a jerk towards Trina and I know a lot of people will say that Trina deserves
it for how she treats Tori an episode that's commonly brought up when criticizing Trina is
the episode called The Birthweek Song so I'm going to do the unthinkable I'm going to defend Trina
for those of you who've never seen the episode or don't remember the episode it's the one where
Trina is having her birth week she thinks having a birthday is not enough time to celebrate so
she has a birth week look I never said she was perfect after having a hard time thinking of
what gift to get Trina Tori ends up buying her Fazzini boots only to later discover that Trina
already bought a pair I can see how some would see that as Trina being impulsive or impatient
but suppose the reason Trina bought them for herself was because she genuinely didn't think
anyone else would anyway Andre comes up with the idea to write a song for Trina Tori agrees and
Andre does most of the writing Tori performs the song and a well choreographed live show for Trina
Trina's response happy birthweek Trina thanks where's my present are you kidding me no where's
my birthweek present the song was your present how much did it cost it didn't cost money then
it's not a present you are unbelievable I'm not the one who didn't get her sister a present for
her birth week I wrote a song for you I rehearsed it the people I performed it for you yes yes yes
I know her definition of a present is incredibly shallow but hear me out ever since Tori started
attending Hollywood Arts she has always been one upping Trina Tori's a better dancer, singer,
and she's even better at making friends so why on earth would Trina want a gift that once again
shows how much better her little sister is at everything Trina wants to be good at along with
this I'd like to add that Andre wrote most of the song not Tori I'm not saying that writing a song
for someone is a bad gift I'm just saying that in Trina's case it probably would have been easier to
just buy her a hat like she does after selling the song which is also a pretty low blow from
Trina maybe I shouldn't be defending her what do you think let me know in the comments below even
though Trina can at times be a pretty bad sister she clearly does love and care about her sister
Tori two big examples of this being in Beggin' On Your Knees* where she warns Tori about Ryder
Daniels and then Locked Up where she is genuinely concerned about Tori going to prison and how does
Tori show her love to Trina you were off-key I wasn't yeah you were totally off-key was I oh yeah
during which part all of it well then you can't post that on your profile on the slap no I think
I'm gonna no yeah yeah I think I'm gonna Tori you can't embarrass me like that I'm kidding promise
yes I won't post this video on the slap you swear you won't no one will ever see this video okay
Trina Vega isn't a terrible person I think the way she acts is because of all the negativity
and criticism she receives especially when that criticism isn't really constructive and
more like insults she probably wants to be a performer to make others happy because she
herself isn't her constant desire for attention likely comes from a lack of love at home and at
school alright this video ended up being longer than I expected it to be but I'm sure some of
you will appreciate the deeper analysis this was originally going to be a joint video discussing
both Tori and Trina but after writing just Trina's part I realized I had a lot to say
about her which means I'll have to talk about Tori next my goodness the amount of hate Tori
gets is pretty crazy but is it all justified we'll see until then I'll leave you with this
Trina's Locker is covered in spoons at first glance it may seem like something that she
lazily threw together at the last minute but no they were all put together in a specific way
spoons are used to eat and feed maybe her locker represents her hunger for the spotlight some of
the spoons look dirty so maybe it's addressing how being vulgar and obscene seems to be what
sells best or maybe the balance of dark spoons and light spoons mean that she's willing to do
bad things in order to get what she wants doing dark things to get a chance at the
spotlight Trina wants to feed the world with her talent no matter how many eggs she has to crack