She also tries to take shorter strides, emulating a little girl - like the walking version of the lisping and baby talk. She is very heavy footed and it’s not a natural gait so it makes the stomp more obvious. She’s not relaxed and is trying to look more demure but it has the opposite effect.
Sorry, I’m obsessed with reading body language, verbal and facial cues and whenever I see Lydia, they all just scream out at me!!
This is why she gets so much ‘hate’ and is so divisive. When people aren’t authentic, trying to be someone they’re not or just outright lying, they give off soooo many micro indications that people subconsciously pick up on. We actually pick up more of these indicators subconsciously than consciously which is why we often can’t put a finger on what it is about someone we don’t like.
It’s why most of us liked her to start with but then something feels off. We pick up on her language, cadence, facial expressions, mannerisms, body language, and the more and more Lydia lies about her life, products she’s shilling or pretending to be the lady of the manor, the more noticeable it all is.
Then because she tries to overcompensate at being the sweet, humble, happy persona, all of her body language doesn’t match up. It’s incredibly hard when you’re faking it to match your words, tone of voice, hand movements, body language because the brain can’t consciously process it in one go. When you’re just being natural, the brain isn’t having to process all of these things. Yet OUR brains when we’re watching her, are subconsciously noticing the whole picture and telling us something doesn’t add up.
Trouble us, Lydia thinks she’s too smart for anyone to notice and too arrogant to quit it!
definitely horror filled.
