User blog:CrystallicWolf108/Pure of Heart Proposal: Dylan Octarine

Alright. After a lot of self debating, I decided I had to try him out. Not 100% sure if he will be approved, but it’s better to try then not try at all. I present to you, Dylan Octarine.

What’s the Work?
The Inkopolis Chaos Trilogy is a collection of 3 splatoon fanfictions i wrote on wattpad. The first story is about Samuel, an inkling, meeting Natalie, an octoling who has been accused of a crime she didnt commit, and he had to prove her innocence, giving her a new life, while also having to stand clear of Scarlet trying to kill them and Ruby trying to drag them back to octo valley. The second story is about octolings dissapearing from inkopolis, and its found out that its due to a criminal organisation called the octobusters, led by Cyalux, a former friend. The third and final story is about taking down Lieutenant Obsidian to stop her from destroying all life on the surface, and saving the brainwashed octolings from her grasp.

Who’s the Candidate? What has he done?
Dylan Octarine is Natalie’s older brother. His role in the trilogy gets larger within each story. At first, he is a minor yet helpful character. Prior to the events of the first story, when Natalie was homeless, he was always sending her supplies and things to make sure she survived, and would offer her shelter whenever it was safe to do so, considering octo valley’s harsh oppressive regime. When we first see him in the story, he is letting Natalie vent to him, and he understands whats going on. He then warns her about the fact that a soldier is hunting her inkling friends down. When Samuel is captured, he gives Natalie possible prisons he might be at, and warns her to stay hidden so she isnt caught by a Lieutenant. After this, he doesnt reappear in the first story.

In between the events of the first and the second, Lieutenant Obsidian told Dylan to hunt down and kill Natalie. Dylan refused to harm his only family member left, and as a result, he finally deserted octo valley. He then settled in Inkopolis peacefully.

Now, onto the second story. We meet him again in his apartment, where Samuel and Natalie visit him. They ask him to help make Melissa trust octolings. He agrees to help, and thinks of putting together footage of good octolings, or other things. He doesnt need to use them in the end thanks to Ruby convincing Melissa, but the thought was nice. Later on, the heroes go to him for help, because they need to expose Cyalux and the rest of the octobusters. Now, this is where he becomes vital support. He hacks Cyalux’s phone, and gets onto work on exposing the octobusters. He is about to upload Cyalux’s phone, but then the octobusters come and attack his apartment, capture Ruby and flee. Most of the protagonists go after them, but Dylan is told to stay, because he will be needed for the vital role of hacking. Samuel and Natalie send him evidence, and eventually, they get files and the database, and send them to Dylan, who begins hacking into them.

Eventually, the database, photos, and everything else is all uploaded online. Not only that, but he also made sure that everyone knew that Magentark was responsible for a lot of the damage, and not some innocent murder victim. Thanks to Dylan, the octobusters were exposed, and they were taken down almost instantly. Heck, he even made sure to not paint Ruby negativley, considering how the octobusters painted her in the worst light possible.

He gets even more time to shine in the third story. He helps hack into Obsidians bases constantly, providing vital help a lot. Unfortunatley, he is captured by her and sent to a camp with Katelin, Sylvia and Melody. While in the camps, he continues to worry about Natalie. But he continues to support his friends who are in the camp with him, and promises they will get through it. Then right after, Lieutenant Obsidian shows up. After she tells Katelin that traitors deserve to suffer, Dylan calls her a monster, to which Obsidian tells him its just how octolings are, to which Dylan tells her that its not true, and that their all being brainwashed and tricked into beiliving things. Later on, he helps start a riot in the camps, beginning the liberation. Blakeson shows up and temporarily stops the riot, and ends up taking Sylvia to another room. Dylan then desperatley tries to break the door down to rescue Sylvia from Blakeson. By the time he breaks in, Blakeson is gone and Sylvia is left traumatised. Dylan carries her, promising that she will get out. Thankfully, the camp is liberated thanks to him, Katelin, Melody and Sylvia.

Later on, when Obsidian comes to talk to the agents, he actually manages to remain calm, despite just learning that Obsidian murdered his father. When Obsidian is explaining her backstory, he calls Obsidian out for lying in parts of it, calling her out that she murdered innocent people who did nothing wrong. In the next mission, he continues to be vital hacking support, as he hacks through a password locked door with ease, which allows everyone to enter the base, and rescue Cuttlefish, Callie, Marie and Bethany. After that, when he hears that Ruby died, he feels sad about it.

During the final battle, while he doesnt physically fight, he does provide hacking support as usual. He begins hacking the entrance of the bomb station, so that the agents can get in and enter the bomb station. He also manages to save Katelin from being crushed by an octo samurai, as he hacked CCTV and warned her right before she couldve been crushed. After a while, he hacks open the entrance, allowing the agents to disarm the bombs to save the world from Obsidian.

After all that battling against Obsidian is finally over, a day later, he is relieved that Samuel and Natalie are ok, and recovered from their injuries. Not only that, but he helps Melissa pay the hospital fee. In the newest oneshot, which takes place a few days later, he is with Melissa, and he notices shes quite down. He sympathises with his girlfriend, as he is also mourning Ruby. He also tells her that he wishes that Georgina got to live on the surface with him and Natalie. He respects Ruby strongly, as shown by him calling her a true hero. Infact, he made sure that the public respected her sacrifice, so he made a cover story about her death, which got the public to respect her more.

Corrupting Qualities?
Eh, I can only think of one, and that one quality is completely subverted. At first, he didn’t trust Samuel for some unknown reason. But, I’d say he was justified, considering all the hell his sister went through, of course he was going to be worried about a boyfriend. He was just being a typical older brother, looking out for his little sis. Besides, he never did anything to harm Samuel or separate him from Natalie. During the events of the third story, he begins to trust Samuel, and by the end, he gets his full trust and respect. So his only corrupting quality is now out of the window. As a result, he now lacks any corrupting qualities.

Admirable Standard? (PLEASE READ)
This is where it gets tricky… But I think he can stand out. NOW LET ME EXPLAIN!

Is he Katelin levels of admirable? No. He isn’t the most admirable in the story, being beaten by a few other heroes. But does he stand out? I say yes.

Firstly, his hacking skills were proven to be vital for the heroes to progress on multiple occasions, and him even exposing the octobusters counts him as having an organisation dissolved thanks to him. And secondly, the Falcon was approved as PG. The Falcon ain’t the most admirable, but he manages to stand out, considering he doesn’t really have the resources or powers of other MCU heroes. The same applies to Dylan. Dylan didn’t have the agent training that Jade, Summer and Katelin had. He doesn’t have much fighting experience, as he is a hacker. But, he does everything he can with the skills and resources he has. That’s what matters here.

Conclusion?
After months of self debate… Sure, I’ll give him a yes. Him exposing the octobusters, and vital help makes him admirable enough.