Pose as
Pose as verb - To pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior.
React
React verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).
Both terms in one sentence
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Doctor Who also has the Twelfth Doctor react in an un-hug manner when Clara hugs him for the first time (in fact he takes the exact same pose as the man in the top photograph here).
Source: The Un-Hug
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