Character description
- Basic life stat
Name: Lance
Breed: Crested porcupine
Age: 32
Date of birth: June 6th, 1990
Current residence: Calatonia
Job: Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, author
Style: Comedy, comedy drama, tragicomedy
- Outward appearance
Size:
Color: Brown
Eye color: green
- Mannerisms
Lance was once cold-hearted, rude, arrogant, and self-centered and nowadays he's more compassionate and wiser.
- Hometown
Lance was born and raised in a small town in North Carolina. He has lived there for 19 years. At age 19, Lance left home to go to Salinger University located in Calatonia to study literature and art. He spent most of his time involved in student theatre and became a "genuine movie addict". Although he didn't graduate.
- Childhood
Lance was the son of Lucy - a sweet, gentle, sensible, kind, and motherly to her son. He became a child actor from ages 6 to 12. After she passed away when he was 12, he gave up on movie acting and studied stage acting. He had a very compassionate relationship with his grandfather, a Vietnam War veteran, and poet. He used to tell him stories about his time during the Vietnam War. Lance described him as his "number one favorite storyteller". On his 16th birthday, his grandfather gave him his old manual typewriter. He told him that "This is what real writers write. And you are going to be a real writer".
- Personal relationships
Lance has made his relationships with women very complex because of his arrogance. For example, he thinks Ash isn't going to be a songwriter because he thinks that being a songwriter is very hard for everyone. After being caught with his once new girlfriend Becky, he only lived with her for about two months. While working at the bakery, he met Meg, a single mother of two children: Zachary and Emily. She took him under her wing and taught him how to become a better person. Sometime afterward, he bumped into Ash and was very surprised to see her after a year. After being beaten up by Meg's ex-husband, Clint, Lance, and Ash became best friends.
- Psychological profile
Lance had suffered from clinical depression. Struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction. One night, after leaving the bar, he took a late-night drive through the street very drunk. He flipped the car over and his head was bleeding. As he was about to light a cigarette, he was stopped by Meg from igniting the lighter. Because without realizing it, gas was dripping inside the car. Meg saved his life. A day later, Lance wept in tears. Meg comforted him. Afterward, he was sent into rehab. Although, he sometimes occasionally smokes cigarettes and yet he describes himself as a heavy smoker.
- Story importance
Lance had finally gotten what he always wanted in his entire life: a loving family.