Lawrence Oleander

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> "A soft spoken man who prefers to keep to himself. He rarely leaves his house during the day and likes to spend outdoors at night when he can. "—In-game Description
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## Lawrence Oleander

* BTD2
* TPOF
* CC

### Name

Lawrence Oleander (BTD2)
 The Lich (TPOF)

### Species

Human (BTD2)
 Lich (TPOF, CC)

### Family

Unnamed Parents
 Lily Oleander (Sister)
 Laurel Oleander (Sister)

### Status

Determinant (BTD2)
 Physically dead (TPOF, CC)

### Location

The Jackalope (BTD2)
 His Apartment (BTD2)
 The Swamp (TPOF)
 The Woods (CC)

### Role

Main Character (BTD2)
 Secret Character (TPOF)
 Background Character (CC)

### Official Headcanon Voice

 (Voice: @RaizerX7, official BtD 2 Reveal Trailer)

### Artist

Gatobob

**Lawrence Oleander** is one of the dateable characters in Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood.

## **Appearance**

### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

Lawrence is a tall, lean, fair-skinned man with blonde hair tied into a loose ponytail and cool blue eyes. He wears an open gray jacket over a red, plaid, buttoned-up shirt and a pair of grey sweatpants. A thick, black ring is tattooed around both of his biceps.

He is occasionally depicted with light blue, ghostly deer antlers, which are sometimes drawn backwards. These are, according to Gatobob, a way of showing a lack of lucidity, and to portray Lawrence as an unnatural, backwards occurrence.

## **Background**

### **Childhood**

From a very early age, Lawrence didn’t fit in with his peers - the fact that he drowned in a small lake and miraculously survived didn't help his case, at all. He was unpopular and, unsurprisingly, the subject of many rumors. Lawrence‘s parents - who are obsessively invested with appearances - eventually pulled him from the educational system and home-taught him for a year (Grades 4-5.) Afterwards, it’s unclear whether he reinstated or otherwise. Ironically, despite his family‘s neglect, treating him like a dirty secret, Lawrence craves isolation; he did, and does, anything get it (even sometimes resorting to violence.) Up during the night (i.e., eating and doing work) and sleeping during the day, his nocturnal habits wildly manifested; as he matured his behavior worsened. He never felt welcomed or wanted by his parents; he left as soon as he could, never looking back.

### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

Currently, Lawrence works a labor job at a warehouse covering the night shift from 11PM-7AM.

While most of Lawrence‘s concept art was scrapped under the decision it wasn’t necessary for the plot, and deviated game significance, it's confirmed canon for Lawrence's lore:

Often, Lawrence is depicted in eerie ritualistic settings constantly attached to strange, skeletal creatures (supernatural embodiments.) The general idea behind it was a sort of possession-dynamic where demons/monsters have strong elemental alignments towards humans‘ vulnerabilities. Susceptibility towards certain “elements” (e.g., fire, water, etc.) are prevalent for some people based on their psychic equilibrium: certain people are “balanced“ (i.e., in-tune with the mind and body), tying them wholly to one element, singularly one monster/demon, and others are “unbalanced” (i.e., not so much - inherently unstable), which ties them to multiple elements... and a plethora of *things*. Lawrence is shown to exude extreme levels of elemental-Decay - as if Decay, epitomized, haunts him.

## **Personality**

### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

Lawrence feels like an outsider to the human race and finds other people to generally be dangerous and untrustworthy. Either they’re a nuisance, or dangerous, or lying. At his best, he’s a loner who wants to be away from society whenever he can, but he’s also quick on lashing out at any person who interacts with him. He relates people to pretty flowers who lie to get what they want.

Lawrence is generally withdrawn. He's shown to be flustered and uncomfortable when the player character approaches him at the beginning of his or Ren's route. He's quick to anger, especially if he thinks the player character seeks to abandon him. Lawrence likes to read a lot and go for walks from time to time. However, he does that only very late at night. He likes to walk through the old parts of town under street lamps. Sometimes he collects things he finds, like string or interesting rocks. When he has days off, sometimes he drives off to spend the day out in the woods. He finds it very relaxing. He's oddly self-aware that his actions would be deemed wrong and immoral, maybe even sadistic. Gatobob has mentioned that he would probably agree that being locked up would be the best option.

From the author's description, if she had to describe a voice for him it be: a low voice, which is usually soft-spoken. His voice naturally carries further than others (due to the pitch) so he compensates by speaking as quietly as he can. However, he is really something to behold when he’s shouting. Lawrence has a bit of a stutter that comes up when he’s anxious. His laugh is awkward and stifled usually and he’ll automatically would try to cover his mouth when he does. If someone could make him truly unabashedly laugh, it would be booming, though something like that is very rare and unlikely.

Due to Lawrence’s apparent disregard of any other people he has not formed prior connections with, some fans speculate he may suffer from ASPD (antisocial personality disorder) or ASD (autism spectrum disorder.) Although his antisocial behaviors and lack of empathy may be due to his experience being isolated from others at a young age or a different factor entirely.

## **Relationships**

### ***Canon***

#### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

##### **Ren Hana**

Lawrence and Ren met online in a 'morbid curiosity' forum, where they talked for months before eventually deciding to meet up at The Jackalope. He was deeply upset by Ren's sudden departure, resulting in him attacking the player character.

### **Lily & Laurel Oleander**

#### **The Price Of Flesh**

##### **Mason Heiral**

Despite residing within the same woods. Mason does not know about The Lich in the pond. However, The Lich knows that Mason exists.

### ***Non-Canon***

#### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

##### **Vincent Metzger**

Within the game's canon, Vincent and Lawrence are co-workers at the same warehouse.

*Please note, that their interaction isn't canon anymore due later decisions from their respective creators. As this situation has been closed, it's **advised not to bother about it.** However, fans are still free to have their fun and headcanons etc. as the creators do not desire to ruin the experience. There just won't be any involvement of the creators in this content any more. Please stay respectful in regard to their wishes.*

##### **Strade**

As Strade is already dead in BTD 2 canon, they are both unaware of each other presences. But there are occasions where the creator would draw them fighting against each other. Perhaps a rivalry. The creator also answered a question if Strade and Law were to meet, Strade would be too outgoing for Lawrence and making him more overwhelmed by Strade's boastful personality.

## **Endings**

### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

**(Credit to TweakerWolf on Tumblr for her Guide)**

To obtain the ending 'You both know the truth' you must first complete the ending 'It was beautiful'.

### **The Price Of Flesh**

#### **Sacrifice Achievement**

 **How to complete the achievement**

 **How to delete data**

**Warning!** Clicking "Wipe all Game Data" will indeed delete your saves, collected bonuses, and progress for the other routes.

## **Creator's Policy**

Respecting an artist and the creator's policy is very important. It is a common occurrence that artists are always getting their designs stolen and being sold as merchandises by copycat companies. Gatobob has mentioned that:

* You may not use her game assets or rip off all of her sprites in her newer games. (TPOF onwards. This is because BTD 1 & 2 are free, and the sprites have been freely ripped off by fans and uploaded freely, so she may not be able to do much pre-TPOF)
* You can trace, draw, or copy her art to practice and use as reference.
* Do not claim her artwork to be yours or sell her artworks as a part of your profit.

## **Trivia**

* Oleander is a name of a flower. Its symbolic meaning is beauty and grace despite its being a poisonous plant.
* Lawrence is barren
* Lawrence's sisters, Lily and Laurel, were originally from a fanfic Gatobob read.
* Poppies are his favorite flowers. He likes the way they look as if they’ve died from the inside, surrounded by red. Of course, he’s also a fan of the seeds and ‘milk’.
* If Lawrence had a tumblr it would be "serpulalacrymans"
	+ Serpula lacrymans is the scientific name for dry rot.
* Giving the MC a floral name, such as Poppy, Ivy, Rose, etc, would give an affection boost with Lawrence. Lawrence would also silently compliment the player's name.
* Although fans speculate Lawrence is something like a wendigo, Gatobob has actually said he is closer to a revenant or a lich.
* Lawrence is a confirmed necrophile, commenting in-game (though he trails off) that he's "Never done it with someone who's still..." which is assumed to be ended with 'alive'.
* Lawrence might talk to any bugs among his plants.
* Lawrence has a tendency to cut up and destroy his plants and seems to enjoy it.
* Gatobob has mentioned that if there were a type of art Lawrence would make it would be "Contemporary natural sculpture".
* Though he's physically stronger than Strade and has more stamina, Lawrence could still lose, as he fights like a cornered animal.
* His diet consists of gas station sandwiches, fast food, and herbal tea.
* Lawrence got his tattoos to mentally separate his arms from his body because he 'couldn't accept the things his arms have done'.

## **Gallery**

### **Boyfriend to Death 2: Fresh Blood**

#### **CGs**

Lawrence made you quiet.Lawrence buried you alive.Lawrence buried you alive.You Became Art.You swallowed too many drugs.Lawrence shut you up.You killed Lawrence instead.You took Law's place.MC 'makes it quick'.Lawrence got closer.Lawrence took your arms.Lawrence stepped on you.You were too slow.You lost it.You both know the truth.Lawrence stopped holding back.Lawrence stopped holding back.You became art.Lawrence caught you.Lawrence kept you.Lawrence held you under.
#### **Art**

Lawrence (probably) being haunted by decayLawrence's Body Pillow DesignLawrence's Keychain Design

## **References**

**Please note that certain info may be outdated due to retcons / decisions made by the creators. Please be respectful of their wishes. Due to the 2017 Tumblr purge, much of Gato's older content may be unavailable to view.**

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181211002122/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/post/171729705790/answerdump
2. ↑ https://gatoanswers.tumblr.com/post/186924732656/i-hope-this-question-isnt-too-on-the-nose-but
3. ↑ https://gatoanswers.tumblr.com/post/180688012756/what-caused-lawrence-to-start-killing-others-was
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181211032527/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/post/161428759370/is-there-any-particular-reason-why-lawrence-likes
5. ↑ https://gatoanswers.tumblr.com/post/186870882316/if-your-btd-characters-were-artists-which-type
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20181211011758/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/post/170191455165/answer-dump

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211011749/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/post/169626110855/answer-dump
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211011733/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/tagged/lawrence-lore
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211051758/https://gurobob.tumblr.com/post/157735397845/someone-told-me-you-said-in-a-stream-that-lawrence
4. https://gatoanswers.tumblr.com/post/614849789712007168/hey-i-hope-youre-okay-during-these-times-i