My mom named me after this character, and I just happened to develop a similar fashion sense. I don't think you can be named Lydia and not be somewhat weird, haha. But it also led to this being one of my favorite moviees ever. :)
Lydia is real. Before all those common wannabe "goths" and "emo" people spawned. If I met a girl who was a true person like Lydia, I would marry her ^^
For goddess' sake, this was more than a decade before emo even existed. Her aesthetics aren't just gothic but totally 80s style. Also, gothic in its origins was a reaction against society which went even further than punk, rejecting not just the future (no future!) but even the present, therefore the interest in the victorian, romantic, etc.
@gapreg Yeah, there have always been dark minded individuals with interests or tastes outside of the "norm". Emo or gothic is just a recent, modern word to describe these people. Same way "faggot" started being used to describe homosexuals in the 19th century. It used to mean a bundle of wood, or a cranky old woman.
@TempleOfInanna2 The etymology of that word is particularly disturbing... the bundles of wood to which it originally referred were used to get a fire going, and they started applying the term to us during a time when we were routinely burned without fanfare just before people accused of witchery... they were essentially calling us kindling.
I cant help but feel a little bad for her when she says "I myself am strange and unusual" and looks down...in a way she's saying she's ignored, like the ghosts are. :"(
@AlwaysRandomGirl247L: Hence why she befriends them, Beetlejuice included (especially given the scrapped sequel that might make its final arrival or the cartoon series released a year following the film).
@Kristhor no no no no NO! this movie was made in 1988, there was no emo. she is goth. not fricken emo. just because someone wears all black dosnt not make them emo!
@kawaiiableSushi It's a great name what are you talking about. I don't have or want children but if i were to have a girl I'd probably call her Lydia. One of few names I actually like.
does anybody else notice that as the movie progresses, lydia becomes more comfortable in her own skin and stops professing and bemoaning her differeneces from those around her? we go from the girl who hates everyone and wants to be dead to the girl who seems pretty happy and loves the people around her.
and personally, im very happy for her, despite knowing shes a fictional character.
@LunarSorceress thats the point of the movie...its symbolic for her meeting the so called dead ppl who had more life than her parents...in addition she felt cmfortable n related to them...basically the good ppl go from being punished by the cruel careless ppl to the good ppl prevailing lol =)
She is Winona ♥♥♥
krumov001 2 weeks ago
God shes so cute and also shes Goth !!! im in love with lydia lol
BarrioPunkRock 1 month ago
My mom named me after this character, and I just happened to develop a similar fashion sense. I don't think you can be named Lydia and not be somewhat weird, haha. But it also led to this being one of my favorite moviees ever. :)
tokyopanda13 3 months ago
Lydia is such an awesome character!
and Winona Ryder was sooo cuuute in the movie...
Peacelover1212 4 months ago 4
I love her!
MechanicalDoom 5 months ago
i had such a crush on her when i was little and now ive grown up i know why she is too cute :D <3
DjB8709 5 months ago
soo cute 0:03
mamalugi12 6 months ago
Lmaooo. My dad says im like Lydia, after i talked about how annoying my life is xDDD
polkadotttlover 8 months ago
♥Winona Laura Ryder♥
BanditHamlin11 10 months ago 3
WINONA RYDER IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
BinaChanel 10 months ago 7
The mom might have a benzo addiction. Shocking right?
Moms love that shit.
JenkemBOMBS 10 months ago
Lydia is real. Before all those common wannabe "goths" and "emo" people spawned. If I met a girl who was a true person like Lydia, I would marry her ^^
SirRiehl 10 months ago 5
For goddess' sake, this was more than a decade before emo even existed. Her aesthetics aren't just gothic but totally 80s style. Also, gothic in its origins was a reaction against society which went even further than punk, rejecting not just the future (no future!) but even the present, therefore the interest in the victorian, romantic, etc.
gapreg 11 months ago 2
@gapreg Yeah, there have always been dark minded individuals with interests or tastes outside of the "norm". Emo or gothic is just a recent, modern word to describe these people. Same way "faggot" started being used to describe homosexuals in the 19th century. It used to mean a bundle of wood, or a cranky old woman.
TempleOfInanna2 5 months ago
@TempleOfInanna2 The etymology of that word is particularly disturbing... the bundles of wood to which it originally referred were used to get a fire going, and they started applying the term to us during a time when we were routinely burned without fanfare just before people accused of witchery... they were essentially calling us kindling.
LeviticusRex 4 months ago
I love her :)
lunaacidfeed 11 months ago
hahah prince valium
knifeofspaghetti 1 year ago
Oh look, a goth/emo turf war. what a suprise.
On a more relevent note, Lydia's awesome XD
RandomObsessiveGirl 1 year ago
I cant help but feel a little bad for her when she says "I myself am strange and unusual" and looks down...in a way she's saying she's ignored, like the ghosts are. :"(
AlwaysRandomGirl247 1 year ago
@AlwaysRandomGirl247L: Hence why she befriends them, Beetlejuice included (especially given the scrapped sequel that might make its final arrival or the cartoon series released a year following the film).
TherealRNO 3 weeks ago
she is cute, but emo
Kristhor 1 year ago
@Kristhor
She's not emo.
Retard.
Skeletonwitharaygun 1 year ago
@Kristhor no no no no NO! this movie was made in 1988, there was no emo. she is goth. not fricken emo. just because someone wears all black dosnt not make them emo!
MizzArtiztic 1 year ago
@MizzArtiztic not just cos, also she behaves like a emo
Kristhor 1 year ago
@Kristhor no sweetie, i know goth, i am gothic. she is not emo.
MizzArtiztic 1 year ago
@MizzArtiztic well in my mind goths aren't desperate, that's just stereotype....
Kristhor 1 year ago
@Kristhor goths are darker than emos. and being "emo" is just a cheap knock of of being goth.
MizzArtiztic 1 year ago
@MizzArtiztic by darker you mean more desperate and sad?
Kristhor 1 year ago
Great delivery, I love her :)
kelseyanne08 1 year ago
I have a crush on Winona Ryder : /
StealthMode90 1 year ago
ugh my dad named me lydia because of beetlejuice lmao but knowing its a tim burton movie im ok with it :P
kawaiiableSushi 1 year ago
@kawaiiableSushi La! How old are you?
marsrendezvous 1 year ago
@marsrendezvous 17
kawaiiableSushi 1 year ago
@kawaiiableSushi It's a great name what are you talking about. I don't have or want children but if i were to have a girl I'd probably call her Lydia. One of few names I actually like.
flakelorenz02 1 year ago
I was just like that in high school except for the whole girl part of course.
Beerlejuice 1 year ago 2
LOL when I was a kid I thought Lydia said "She's sleeping with Prince *VALIANT* tonight," not prince Valium.
I thought she meant she was having some good dream lmao!
WDM08002 1 year ago 7
OMG I love that character....
Biodroid85 2 years ago 9
i love the way she looks down after strange and unusual.
muppetnut 2 years ago 10
@muppetnut And I love the way she looks up and raises her eyebrows when Barbara says "You look like a normal girl to me." :)
BaddGirl420 1 year ago 6
You're exactly right; besides being strange and unusual.
modelleg 2 years ago 6
:).
xdarkdaysx 2 years ago 3
does anybody else notice that as the movie progresses, lydia becomes more comfortable in her own skin and stops professing and bemoaning her differeneces from those around her? we go from the girl who hates everyone and wants to be dead to the girl who seems pretty happy and loves the people around her.
and personally, im very happy for her, despite knowing shes a fictional character.
LunarSorceress 2 years ago 73
@LunarSorceress thats the point of the movie...its symbolic for her meeting the so called dead ppl who had more life than her parents...in addition she felt cmfortable n related to them...basically the good ppl go from being punished by the cruel careless ppl to the good ppl prevailing lol =)
zombiemaz 1 year ago
hehehe I love Lydia!! she is so cute ^^
saiyajinheartless 2 years ago 45
@saiyajinheartless i think she is more pretty then cute,
dy30n 1 year ago