Lennon Morillo

Lennon Morillo was a traffic safety teacher who lived in Lower Duck Pond. She was a friendly, simple-minded young woman who enjoyed hiking, frogs, cars, making smoothies and hanging out with friends. She grew up relatively sheltered, and she was not the brightest. Regardless, she did her best, and tried to help people out as much as she could. Her favorite musician was Kate Bush, and her favorite candies were strawberry bootlaces.
She passed away on July 12th, 2021.
== History ==
Lennon was raised by her single father, Miguel Morillo. He blamed Lennon for her mother leaving, which was why he acted cold towards her. In reality, Lennon's mother left because she was still very young, and didn't feel ready to be a mother. Lennon's father tended not to take care of her very well because of this, for example feeding her nothing but plain toast for long periods of time. Because of this, she spent most of her time with her paternal grandfather Guillermo, who was a mechanic. He taught her the trade, and she inherited her love of cars from him.
During her first year of high school, Lennon's father passed away from a drug overdose and she moved into her grandfather's house full time. Around this same time she quit high school, working at her grandfather's mechanic business, which wasn't doing well. When Lennon was twenty years old, her grandfather passed away from old age, leaving her only his car (a red 1993 Buick Roadmaster) and a bit of pocket money. With nobody to turn to, she started driving from town to town, doing odd jobs whenever she was able to.
== Life in Lower Duck Pond ==
==== First appearance in Lower Duck Pond ====
Lennon started posting on Lower Duck Pond's forum in late 2019. She hung around town for a few days, sleeping in the park, but eventually chose to start sleeping in her car, as the cold park benches were making her back hurt. 
After a while, she decided to look for a job, and got hired by Moon Blossom as a part-timer at Hecate's Hearth. She spent her last leftover money on highlighters as a gift for Daniel Rose, and then subsequently had to accept free food from him, as she didn't have any money left to take care of herself. She spent her first paycheck on a pair of expensive snow boots, which she used to go hiking and sledding.
Lennon has shown interest in getting an education, but shied away from it when she realized she would probably get made fun of at a high school if she walked in as a 23-year old.
On February 26th 2020, Lennon got hired by the city council to give traffic safety lessons at several of Lower Duck Pond's elementary schools. The mascots she created, Aristotle and Todd, quickly became extremely popular in town, gaining Lennon the reputation of 'frog girl'.
==== The Lennon/Ezra storyline ====
Ezra Blackwoode's apparent death had a big impact on Lennon. Lennon and Ezra once kissed for a science experiment, after which Lennon developed feelings for him. Sadly, they were never able to enter a relationship, as Ezra seemingly passed away shortly after. After Ezra's supposed death, Lennon left Lower Duck Pond for a while, and when she returned, she had cut and bleached her own hair. Later, Lennon found out that Ezra was never as in love with her as she was with him, which caused her to get extremely upset, drowning her sorrows in liquor and puking all over Daniel Rose's bathroom. This was uncharacteristic for her, as she normally doesn't drink. 
After Ezra's reappearance, Lennon seemed upset, not wanting to meet up with him. When questioned by him, she finally revealed that she'd been in love with him. This came as a surprise to Ezra, who tried to comfort her by saying she could always date Norma instead. This made Lennon angry, and she said: 
"Relationships are not the only way someone can be happy, you know. I'm in no way empty or incomplete just because you've got someone else now. I'm my own person. I'm fine the way I am, thank you very much. (...) I don't care how much you think I could get into a relationship. I don't need to. My worth isn't based on how lovable I am. I wonder how I could ever have been that stupid."
With this, the Lennon/Ezra storyline was completed.this storyline largely took place over Discord, which isn't considered canon in most cases. However, I, the person who portrays Lennon, do consider it to have canonically happened.
==== Moving in with Julia Ainsworth ====
on August 2nd, 2020, Lennon's car was burned down by an unknown individual. Several people offered to let her stay with them, but she eventually chose to sleep on Gordy Flavin's couch for a night, after which she left to move into Julia Ainsworth's spare room.
After she got settled in, she was able to get the city council to commission two more frog puppets for her, so she could continue giving traffic safety classes for elementary school-aged children. This did mean she had to quit her job at Hecate's Hearth. On October 20th, 2020, Lennon had a day off, so she and Julia made soap together.On November 7th, Lennon officially nominated herself for the Lower Duck Pond mayoral elections. Her talking points were safer roads, less trash and a more environmentally friendly Lower Duck Pond. She didn't end up winning, but did place fifth out of all mayoral candidates.
On July 12th of 2021, Lennon passed away following a drug overdose. Her friend Noa posted the news to the subreddit.
== Trivia ==
* While alive, she claimed that she 'only [drank] hard liquor', but has never actually been spotted drinking any. In another post, she showed interest in alcohol-free moonshine, meaning she might have been lying about the hard liquor so she would sound tougher. She has since confirmed that she doesn't drink.
* Lennon seemed to be a bit of a prude, not wanting to go to work if she has to be naked, and only expressing interest in a car show if she's allowed to skip the orgy.
* Lennon and Obi Bisquane were in a Star Wars fanclub together. Lennon was also a part of Friends of João Goulart, which is a João Goulart fanclub.
* She was an adept baker, known for her marble cake. She was enthusiastic about baking, and believed that baking something is one of the best ways to show your appreciation for someone.
* Lennon didn't know her own birthday. She thought she was 23 years old, but in reality probably passed away at the age of 22.
* Lennon's middle name was Richmond. Apparently, at her birth, Lennon's father got confused and accidentally gave her two masculine first names instead of one feminine first name. She had this in common with Noa Sealing, whose middle name is also Richmond.
== References ==
Category:Citizens
Category:Deceased
Category:Citizens (Deceased)