i sure can! i wanna preface this by saying that i’m making this post with only the utmost love and affection for lance’s character. i don’t want anyone who hates lance to be like “oh hell yeah finally an anti lance post!” BYE miss me w that. i’d never make a lance hate post, you fools.
also, i’m in no way implying that lance is only selfish; he’s also proven to be compassionate, empathetic, and caring, but his flaws are so often overlooked it is really… starting to grind on my gears lol (oh yeah and i never said lance is manipulative, i said he can be manipulative, there’s a difference there!)
edit: also characters are free to be interpreted by others just stop treating headcanon as canon and shitting on ppl who respectfully and rightfully disagree ok thank u bye
ok, enough of me rambling, here’s some examples (under the cut because this got way longer than i thought it would lol):