Hold the pose a beat longer. In animation and in life, people need a second to catch the moment.

Comprehension takes time, and makers consistently underestimate how much. You know what is coming, so everything feels slow to you while an audience is still catching up. A held pose, a pause before a punchline, a beat of silence after a hard sentence: all of that is room for someone else to arrive. Rushing is usually nervousness rather than pace.

Add a beat somewhere this week and see whether it improves. Hold the shot one second longer, wait before delivering the last line, let a question sit unanswered. Ask someone whether it dragged, and most of the time they will say it finally landed.