I hope that were I to find myself in that position, I'd have the sense to say, "Oh, deary me, I don't know what happened, and I don't understand it at all! Please, Miss Abigail, burn those clothes and PRAY with me! Oh, Reverend Trask, please PRAY for me!"
Agreed. If she'd shown some foresight and been seen to enter church and spout the Lord's Prayer on occasion, especially when she could be sure that Abigail was watching or even go with her, that might have solved some problems...
It still irks me a little though. Angelique is the
only person in all this that benefits from the "witch" Vicky's actions. I mean, did the snooty Collinses perhaps think that a servant girl marrying into the family was part and parcel of the witch's goal of destroying the family or something?
The clothes part always gets me. "I'll need those clothes!" She knew that she had other clothes to wear in 1967, and she could reasonably assume that if she ever got back to her own time, her friends would not reject her for temporarily wearing strange clothes - so why couldn't she let that one outfit go?
I still maintain, however (until the next time I watch 1795), that Vicky thought she was in a nightmare - literally - so she though it was OK to say all the stupid things that she said.
I do seem to recall that she did think she was in some kind of a nightmare for a time so some of her reactions at first were natural. She had no past experience at all to fall back on, so yes "nightmare" seemed the most logical "default setting."
However.....teaching Sarah and Daniel about airplanes, and describing the ram's head on her zodiac charm bracelet (!!!) as a "devil" to them (done IIRC off screen and mentioned as evidence against her at the trial) well, gosh, Vicky, if that was true them may as well start tying the noose now.
Regarding the clothes, well, you know how fashion conscious Collinsport girls are!
But you have a point. After all, she does still have that happenin' red long sleeved sack dress with the blue trim waiting for her at home....
I liked the way the revival series handled the clothes issue. I haven't seen it since is originally aired, but IIRC, Abigal is examining Vicky's dress and finds the cleaning instructions tag, with reference to using a "cool iron" and the washing symbols that she thinks are witch's sigils or somesuch. Very amusing.