meant to be

she was born in new york city but her parents relocated to san diego when she was four.

her parents were vvvv practical, always, and while vienna had good behavior in school, she was kind of a dreamer (unlike her older brother, griffin,  who clearly fit the mold of practical thinker in the gatlin home)

vienna fell in love with theater in the fifth grade, but she was initially shy, taking some time to get used to her surroundings

really, vienna lives by the philosophy ‘do what makes you happy.  if you’re not happy, something’s wrong.’

after extensive research (she had been a dreamer, after all) , vienna decided she wanted to move to los angeles and give acting a shot. at such a young age, vienna was holding out a metaphorical pin to her parent’s carefully crafted plan.  unintentionally, of course, because vienna wasn’t a huge fan of conflict.  

thus causing a rift between her and especially her father, which sucked because growing up she’d always been a daddy’s girl

you’d think griffin would be smug as hell, right? ‘here’s my chance to be the favored sibling *evil laugh*’

nope! no siree.

as he was home from college by then (there’s an eight year gap between the two of them), he heard that argument, and took vienna out to ice cream (mainly to get away from their parents)

it was there, in the little booth of the ice cream shoppe, that they really had the heart to heart vienna had been secretly yearning for after years of being the ‘less successful sibling’.  griffin was struggling to uphold the family image, and he didn’t want his sister to be unhappy like he was. (#welovegriffin)

so, because he was the favored sibling griffin came up with this elaborate scheme to make it look like he was going to be off the grid for an extended period of time–but in reality, he would help vienna move to los angeles and get her a place to live, find an agent and all that (#connections, am i right)

it can be assumed that vienna’s parents weren’t the biggest fans of such an unconventional career path, and therefore, their support for their little girl’s dream was basically...not there. 

[ telenovela voice over] now, here’s where the plot thickens

griffin essentially had a hidden agenda for his sister, because he’d been planning to make his own moves.  vienna’s dreams were the push that he needed.  their parents signed their rights over to griffin and vienna’s aunt joanne–by this time, though griffin was twenty, he still wasn’t fully able to provide financial support.  joanne agreed to help both of them out–because not only did she believe in her niece and nephew–she thought, frankly, that her brother and sister in law were stupid for not supporting their own daughter and would jump at the chance to show them up.

griffin is a writer in addition to being an accountant–after all, he had his own dreams that needed to come to fruition, and with the gatlin parents out of the picture? cue the juggling act.  while taking classes, griffin also submitted many scripts to zenith studios–and that’s how the opportunity for life: by leah came about–he passed the script along to vienna, and the rest was history.

vienna was freshly twelve when she booked the role of elizabeth diaz, and for her adolescent life, she lived with joanne and griffin.  when she turned eighteen, she was thrust into living on her own–it was quite the adjustment, but the family environment on set eased her worries, if anything,

she’s never forgotten the acts of selflessness, and sends her brother and her aunt  as much money as she possibly can.  it should be noted that she’s tried to apologize to her father, but he’s very hardheaded and still causes her stress, even sending her paychecks right back to her.

vienna learned selflessness from her brother, believe it or not, and she’ll never say it aloud (unless you’re parker or dylan or casey) but her brother became her actual hero, and he was there when she got the call that she’d booked life: by leah after countless audition fails.

vienna is nothing like her dad, tbh–she’s selfless and compassionate and will cry with you if your pet gets injured and will also celebrate if you accomplish your biggest dream.

guilty pleasure is lifetime movies. she cries at any movie ending tbh

she has a dog named dylan, given to her last year on her birthday!

honestly still need all the plots for her

including a roomie and a #drinkingbuddy

why am i using hashtags this isn’t twitter

oh oh also !!!!! she’s low key about it but she’s good at the whole gift giving thing and christmas is her favorite holiday

at the moment, she hasn’t talked to griffin since february, when he left her with a hefty check and bounced off to bali (but they talk semi regularly)

still no contact w her parents.  don’t mention her parents to her unless ur ready for that teary eyed sad puppy face. (and i’m not talking about dylan the puppy)

i know! straight out of a telenovela! (anthony mendez does it better)