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Near the end of thepenultimate episodeofLove Is Blindseason five, Izzy and Stacy have a tense argument about finances.
Izzy has bad credit, and Stacy thinks he was hiding it from her.
Izzys jaw trembles as he explains that he just wanted to find the right time to discuss it.
A capital-H, capital-PHot Person is separate from the extremely subjective metric of attractiveness.
Its about how one presents oneself to the world.
Lydia revealed herself as a Hot Person when she insisted on wearing matching swimsuits with Milton.
(Milton is not a Hot Person; hes a Tall Guy an important difference.)
Hot People insist theyre funny even if, like Izzy, their best jokes are just sexual innuendo.
ButLove Is Blindhas reached for loftier heights.
For five seasons, the show has opened with Vanessa Lachey posing the question, Is love really blind?
But theres a major problem: a wall cannot block Hot Person vibes.
A Hot Person doesnt have to sell themself; theyre operating under an assumption that they are desired.
Its bombastic, its slightly suggestive, its confident youll find a boring story interesting.
The subliminal messaging to how a Hot Person communicates is, You are obviously attracted to me.
For proof of the power of Hot Person vibes, look no further than the series many love triangles.
Viewers were baffled, but we had the benefit of seeing what everyone looked like.
To put it bluntly, Irina has Hot Person vibes so Zach (perhaps subconsciously!)
assumed shed be hotter.
Its an essential problem with going off Hot Person vibes in theLove Is Blindexperiment they can override actual chemistry.
But like Zach and Irina, they broke up before the honeymoon ended.
But the conflict is indicative of a fundamental disconnect between Hot People and regular people.
What feels natural to a Hot Person seems fake to someone unfamiliar with the Hot Person lifestyle.
Its a far cry from Camerons origins as a dorky data scientist with a bad haircut.
(He jokes about that dichotomy in his Instagram bio, which reads Still a scientist.)
Season-three couple Brennan and Alexa seem to be attempting tofollow that blueprint.
But Im tired ofLove Is Blindcontinuing to insist that Is love really blind?
is the most interesting question the show poses.
We know the answer to that.
Its an obvious no.
How do Hot People vibes shape a relationship that was built on a reality show?
Now, thats a juicy one.
