their friendship was really built on support. they met auditioning for riverdale and exchanged numbers at the audition, but didn't hang out until madelaine got the role of cheryl and vanessa insisted on taking her out to celebrate even though she didn't get the role of josie
when riverdale introduced toni topaz at the beginning of s2, vanessa auditioned again with madelaine’s advice and (debatable) feedback. madelaine also advocated for vanessa and pestered the showrunner and casting director to hire her
madelaine started a yt channel to help fans separate her from cheryl after getting hate during s1 and had vanessa in one of her first video to introduce her to the fans. when vanessa still got hate for things toni did, madelaine told the fans to cut it out
super cute video of vanessa and madelaine talking about how much they support, trust and appreciate each other during the casts' glamour friendship test video at comic con
"i assumed after i booked [riverdale] and [vanessa] didn't, we were just gonna never talk again. maybe follow each other on instagram for three more years and, like, not talk or something. do a little 'like' every once in a while..."
probably the cutest era. madelaine hyping vanessa up and being in awe of her during her pregnancy since the father wasn't around to do it, acting like a proud wife the whole time. she even went to one of her ultrasounds with her 🥺
madelaine being so excited and supportive of vanessa when she announced her pregnancy and defending her in the comments of the post against troll fans of her loser ex when the news of her divorce shortly followed
vanessa supporting madelaine’s youtube channel by appearing in so many of the videos over the years it was active, more than any other cast member by a large margin
vanessa showing support for madelaine’s movie, the strangers. she can’t make the premiere since she’s living in canada, but she makes sure to see it opening night
vanessa and madelaine talking about all the nice things they’re always doing for each other and some of those random cute things like surprise presents and dogsitting and also being reliable to call in the middle of the night
and the hype continued after she had her son, river, shouting her out as someone she admires in an interview and celebrating her on her first mother's day
vanessa supporting both of madelaine’s fabletic collections when they came out, and even wearing one of the sweaters from it regularly and not just for a pomo post
had to add madelaine making the ultimate sacrifice for vanessa: leaving her house to go on a girls ski trip to celebrate vanessa's last riverdale era birthday and it was adorable
vanessa filmed a movie that was written by the same guy that was working as an ad on a movie madelaine was filming, and madelaine would join him on facetime every day to check in on filming of vanessa’s movie