#one could make an argument that involving vicky with griz kind of muddies her own arc but theres just something about vicky doing it

[millenari]

i think Jemima and Victoria's respective roles in the show are fine as is but I do think there's something to having Jemima touch Griz instead of Victoria. The whole thing with Victoria reaching for Griz is that no one stops her, signaling that the whole tribe now accepts Grizabella, so there's no real need for it to be Victoria specifically.

But notably Victoria does specifically go through a coming-of-age arc in the show; I doubt anyone in the history of Cats has ever really thought this but it's a perfectly valid interpretation of that moment to say 'Victoria can reach for Griz without being stopped because she's now considered an adult'. 98 in particular addresses this problem before it can arise by having Vicky get pulled away from Griz by Jelly right before Memory starts, but I cant remember off of the top of my head if all productions do that.

Tho if it can be anyone, you could argue that it'd be best having one of the kittens who isn't ambiguously considered an adult now to reach for Griz. Jemima, Electra, Etcetera. Hell, have Pounce/Tumble do it as a turnaround from when he scratches her earlier in the show.