Character Meme: Mad Men's Lane Pryce

[sunclouds33]

Originally posted by sunclouds33 at Character Meme: Mad Men's Lane Pryce
local_max asked me to do a character meme for Mad Men's Lane Pryce because apparently, local_max knows exactly what I'd like to ramble about before even I know. ;-) I miss Lane the most out of all of the characters that left Mad Men, even out-ranking Sal Romano, Francine Hanson, and Paul Kinsey. (Although

Comments

[wildcard_47]

Glad you posted this! Lane's still one of my favorite characters on MM. Wonderfully complex but underused. I'm hoping that since they drafted Jared to direct one of the 7B episodes we'll have one last flashback....

One of the things I love most about Lane as a character is his strange blend of optimism and melancholy. He has big dreams and is a romantic at heart (as seen in his interactions with Rebecca, Toni, and Joan) but he doesn't have the self-assurance or the glib demeanor which could get him over that next obstacle to better mobility/success. And the fact that his arc ended in suicide is just the worst. I'm still depressed about it, which is probably why I spend so much time writing AUs to counteract that storyline. :P

You make good points about Rebecca, too. I've never hated her, which is probably a testament to Embeth Davidtz more than anything else. My personal headcanon is that they got married out of necessity rather than love. He needed a foot in the door of upper middle class society, she needed to be married, etc.

Thanks

[sunclouds33]

Thank you! I'm glad madmen_tv posted my entry- but the mod didn't post this entry as a link to my LJ. This entry on my LJ is here: http://sunclouds33.livejournal.com/22962.html.

I've been having a good conversation with an LJ-er on Mad Men there in the comments if you're interested in it.

I'm also still depressed about Lane's suicide! I had no idea that Jared is going to direct one of the 7B episodes- I hope that also means flashback or Lane having a big role in a dream sequence. I think your point about Rebecca sounds right. It seems like a marriage of convenience.

[wildcard_47]

Awesome! Just posted in the LJ thread! :)