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Lincoln Gardner (@AverageEverydayHero) [8]

Name: Lincoln Gardner

Age: 23

Physical Description:  Lincoln is generally average-looking, and doesn't really stand out much  in a crowd. He's got that typical american-look with his mousy brown  hair that's wavy but curly at the ends, and those cute dimples that are  admired by most of his peers. His eyes aren't any rarity as they're the  common, warm brown eyes that could be found mostly anywhere, along with  his skin tone of a light tan that can be found on anyone who's spent  some time outside. His build is also average, maybe even slightly above  at best, and the only thing that might stand out is his mild shortness  of 5'7.

Personality:  Moxie is definitely a word that comes to mind when thinking of Lincoln.  He's determined, persevering, and has this inner focus that keeps him a  motivated overachiever. Being an overachiever, he's hard-working, and  never slacks off when it comes to anything. However, his desire to  overachieve and go above what was originally asked isn't because he  wants to impress, but more of the fear of letting down/disappointing  people if it isn't up to their expectations. Along with this is his  belief that if he does disappoint a person (even a stranger) then  they'll think less of him, which he tries to avoid at all costs since he  genuinely cares about what others think of him, and has a heavy desire  to be liked by everyone, making him a people pleaser. His logic is that  if he goes above expectations, then there's no risk of disappointing  people, or having people think less of him, which he fears more than  anything else. While these traits are mostly a bad thing since he can't  keep everyone happy, or make everyone like him, it does make him a  friendly person, steers him clear of conflict, and keeps him listening  to what uninteresting things girls rant about. Not all bad things.

Brief Background:  Lincoln has been an overachiever and has had the fear of failing others  since the day he learned how to write. His parents were both high  school/ secondary school teachers, and in school there was always this  expectation that because both his parents were teachers, he had to be  intelligent, and a few years above his grade levels. Fearing  disappointment, he pushed himself hard to be one of the brightest kids  in school, and pushed himself to the maximum in order to be the top  student in his grade. By the time he was in his last years of  secondary/high school, he had earned several physics, and engineering  scholarships, and ended up getting a full ride to an Ivy League  University, which is above what his parents expected. It goes like this  to present time, as these expectations from others never really faded of  what a teacher's kid should be, and now he just continues what he  started.

Why they signed up: To be perfectly honest it was mainly to keep his parents and a few others happy.

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Audition Score: 19/24
Audition Ranking: 7th