LIAM PAYNE LOOKING AWAY IN ONE DIRECTION PROMO PICS: A HISTORY 

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The One Direction fandom notice EVERYTHING - so its hardly surprising that they\'ve picked up on a shocking truth regarding Liam James Payne. 

Namely, his habit of NEVER looking a camera face on in official 1D promo pics. Dun dun daaaaaaa. 

Yes its all very dramatic, and there\'s probably a few hundred conspiracy theories as to why this is knocking about on Tumblr if that\'s something you\'re in to - but before you check them out, here\'s a history of the LIAM LOOKING AWAY IN PHOTOS phenomenon​. 

It all started with the Take Me Home album cover. OK, so admittedly El Payno was busy trying to... well we\'re not quite sure what - but it looks fairly important. So yes - no time for smouldering glances into the camera, thank you. 

Still, it could have been worse, he could have been shoved into the phone box like Niall. 

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It was the same story with the Midnight Memories album cover too - and this time he appears to have coaxed his bandmates into following his looking away lead (aside from Louis Tomlinson, natch - nobody tells the sasquatch what to do). Oh Payno, you deviant. 

We\'ll just leave this one here, too. 

And then there was the Fabulous magazine cover, where Liam abandoned even the slightest pretence of looking in the right direction. Edgy. Strong profile. 

Oh, but what about his solo mag cover for the same issue? Surely he turned his delightful gaze to the camera for tha- oh, nope. 

Liam\'s brain: I know all the others are looking up there but you can\'t. You must look at the floor. Don\'t even think about risking a glance up

Made in the A.M may be 1D\'s last album for a while, but he\'ll be damned if it merits a full frontal gaze. 

What\'s over there, Liam? What you looking at, pal? 

WHEN YOU SMILE AT THE GROUND IT AIN\'T HARD TO TELL... 

(Sorry for all the caps lock we\'re getting a bit too in to this).  

Well this one\'s just a blatant refusal to stick to the \'moody-broody intense gaze\' memo really isn\'t it. He\'s lost all chill. All of it. 

And here\'s the most recent exhibit, seen on the boys\' new Fabulous cover. 

It\'s a thing. This is definitely a thing. Whaddya reckon - got any theories slash more examples? Give us a tweet over @Sugarscape. 

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