AliceInWanderLost
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in the past, that's the kind of footage that Louise would have demanded they refilm, insisting that Pearl perform for the camera and get it "right", but i think she's learnt from experience that Pearl gives zero fucks and if she isn't in the mood, she isn't going to smile and pose and engage in the way Louise expects of Darcy. understandble after a busy day that Pearl doesn't want to perform for the camera and with an update on everything she did that day - "played games" seems a pretty sufficient response from a tired five year old, and far better than the "nothing" that parents often get from their kids of a similar age when they ask what they did at school that day!In the weekly video it made me laugh when Louise is filming in the car after the bath segment and Darcy is ready for Louise to pan the camera to her stage smile, while Pearl sits in her car seat looking so disinterested and gives Louise side eye as if to say “wtf are you going on about now”
Darcy has certainly been moulded into acting as the main child star of Louise’s channel while Pearl looks like she couldn’t give two shits about Lady Louise
note how Darcy was camera-ready, with the huge faux stage smile, quick to leap in and reply in Pearl's behalf when she realised that her sister wasn't going to give the response Louise wanted - and also probably because she didn't want to be forced to refilm the entire scene for the sake of content. it's actually sad to see how Darcy has been moulded to constantly be ready to perform at any moment, with the forced smile and the cheerful responses to questions, when most of the time she likely doesn't want to engage either - it's just that it has been expected of her from such a young age to live her life as though she is on a stage, aware that she may have. a camera sprung on her at any moment, and she has been moulded into such a people pleaser that she complies with Louise and performs to keep her happy, whereas Pearl has the confidence to just be her own little person - and while Louise is often very visibly frustrated when Pearl goes off script or refuses to smile and engage etc, i think she is aware that there is no point trying to force it, because Pearl isn't going to comply with her ridiculous expectations unless SHE wants to. even at the age of five she is already rebelling against Louise's camera-ready expectations, which Louise describes as "wild" when in reality she is fuming that her second daughter isn't as maleable as her first, and refuses to be Louise's little doll to dress up and pose as she wants.