language wrote:I think why she went from mysterious to matchy matchy is because if you're mysterious, people want to dig at the enigma. It seems the last person who was interested enough by that to look beneath the surface was Johnathan, and if that wasn't enough to put her off mysterious allure, I don't know what would be.
I think it's also that she's aware if she looks too stand out or mysterious, people want to know what's beneath the intriguing surface. I can't think that she's not aware she's not that interesting in conversation or lifestyle outside of discussing TV shows she's watched and she can't really discuss the more "interesting" parts of her life because it's abusive troll fodder.
So rather than making it so she can discuss her dogs or child without lying about how cared for they are, or reading a book or newspaper and trying to understand the world about her so she develops a personality to match the mystery of her outer appearance.... she just changed her outer appearance to one which would match up with the bimbo she's comfortable being.
I think Emma pulls off mysterious a lot better, not just in clothes, but in that she has a depth of personality Anna really hasn't cultivated.
And while we're doing the How we found Anna: through her blog and then her videos. Found out about the vlog channel and I just figured she was having an awkward early romance. Once it got to the wedding I was still convinced maybe it was just a matter of taste and something I wasn't seeing on camera that got these two together. It was a little through the pregnancy I discovered GG on a google search for Anna's channel, around about when I was running out of excuses for how she was living life. I think it took me a while longer to click that it wasn't just a dip in what could have been her career, but rather her career itself, which I had misgivings about because I don't really read comment sections that often... How was I supposed to know that there were far more interesting and with added common sense comments residing on the internet right under Anna's videos? Their comment section probably pulls off mysterious (if psychotic) and fully developed adult personalities better than A does now.
It makes me feel really bad for her to remember how I figured her career was going to go before I found out about Johnathan and their rapidly growing sets of lies- it's probably close to where she thought her career was going, and I don't think she can see where that plan went wrong or muster the energy to fix it either.
I'm not sure Dofus actually ever bothered to go be too far beneath Anna's surface, lol. He doesn't seem capable of delving into complex psyche territory. Besides he was, and still is, elated that he got a "hot" girl, never mind the rest. I also think that by looking so bland and conventional she is trying to get attention off herself. It could be a reaction to the increased online criticism. A large portion of her life is on line, in her own little niche of minion popularity, etc. Blending in, in the real world, would alleviate that weight, let her get away from her "busy" online existence. Since the beginning she was criticized for her boring style and it gradually got more and more dull. She's become more and more socially awkward, so her look may also be designed to deter anyone from finding her interesting and approachable. Oh, and let's not forget Dofus. Having such a troll tag along with you would make anyone try to blend in and stick her head in the sand.
She's exposed too much of herself over the last years, esp in the vlogs, to be mysterious in any shape, way or form. Well, only one, she never talks about how she feels about being exploited for views, same for Emilia, Dofus's wardrobe, behaviour, etc. well, all such things about which we wonder on this forum, lol.
I think I found her though HollywoodMakeupNoir's pay-it-forward vid. She said a whole lot of sweet things about her, as odd as that seems. I saw A's vid and though she came off sort of condescending and wondered at her unflatteringly pulled back hair (she was a stylist after all, lol) so I didn't watch right away. I don't remember how I rediscovered her but something clicked because I didn't watch her for tips, lol. She had some decent vids back then but I knew all that stuff already. I didn't watch the vlogs regularly as I don't generally like the daily type. I watched about 3-4 months worth when I was bored due to different circumstances and the fact that I couldn't get over the fact that she was actually planning on marrying that thing.
P.S. Concise is not my strong point either, lol.
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