S1Ep1 The Book of Monsters Pt.1 4:02-27
Something about the way Lance's VA (Ian Hanlin) delivers the line, "I'll give you all the advice you need, just- swing your sword around, smile, and they'll all love you," is just so warm. Especially his delivery on "love;" it's adorable. I wanna know what happened to this Lance Richmond, because he really sounds like he's trying to reassure Clay that their graduation is going to go smoothly. Like- he sees through Clay wanting to micromanage the team (the scene starts with Clay trying to go over "battle moves to highlight") as Clay's performance anxiety acting up, and he's trying to help.
Granted, he follows that line up with, "Not as much as they love me, but we already knew that," but it doesn't sound- like- callous, y'know? I'm reading into it too much, but man I really like that scene, hehe.
I like to think that Lance does actually try to help his friends when he notices things - the problem is that he either doesn't notice, or his methods of helping don't work. Like here when Lance offers Clay HIS (Lance's) cup of sparkling water, and Clay walks away in a huff. Side note: Maybe Lance hadn't drank out of it yet, but I think it's very funny that the team (or at least Lance and Clay) is close enough to share cups like that.