Lance Richmond headcanons because the show gave him nothing and I'm still thinking about this man in 2026
♔ 𐙚 ‧₊˚ ℍℂ𝕊 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝔸ℕℂ𝔼!!♕♙
LORE HCS:
☆ He dislikes Clay because of different approaches to to knighthood, Clay is bound by duty while Lance likes fame
☞ Lance's unwritten arc is about choosing between fame and duty (hero or celebu-knight), his need to be seen is a drive rather than a flaw
☆ He is gay/queer with that performative theater kid energy that many queers have
☞ Despite this, he would never date someone who doesn't shine, Lance needs someone who matches his energy
☆ He is a performative diva and his entire knight duty is just an elaborate act his parents trapped him in (canonically Lance's parents forced knighthood on him, and he resents them to the point he would rather let them die, and the others had to convince him to save them)
☞ Lance wants to be known as himself, and not the Richmond name, he wants to follow his dreams of being an actor and celebrity instead of the knight life his parents chose for him
☆ He doesn't know how to talk to people who aren't rich without being unintentionally patronizing
FUN HCS!!:
☞ Lance 100% calls Aaron "A-A-ron" and thinks it's clever
☆ Lance checks his face in every shiny surface and strikes a pose whenever he sees CCTV monitors
☞ Lance wears makeup at photo ops, such as concealer, gold glitter eyeshadow, and a touch of blush just to make him look innocent
☆ He wears shiny tinted pink flavored lip gloss, and would 100% reapply in public in a compact mirror while talking to Clay
☞ He has a skincare routine and definitely spends way too much time moisturizing
☆ He loves his natural cheekbones and curly hair, to him he has perfect bone structure, and he is anti-plastic surgery because it implies that his natural self isn't already perfect
☞ Lance would marry a gold bar if he could, he likes gold more than Clay (sorry shippers but I stand by what I said)
☞ Lance and Acronix (Ninjago, same VA, Ian Hanlin) would be besties drinking overpriced smoothies while complaining about Clay and Krux
☆ His music taste lets him pretend he's headlining his own Las Vegas residency, maximum main character energy with a chaser of existential dread
☞ Artists he listens to: Slayyyter, The Greatest Showman, Kim Petras, Charli XCX
