Writing Wednesday: Drowned Character Bio - Dylan
First of all, this. song. I listened to it on repeat while editing Drowned. Just the way Noah Kahan sings with so much passion, the imagery he conjures up in his lyrics, I could go on and on. I digress.
Dylan: sarcastic, charming, a mischievous smile to melt you into the same goo Capri Sun does. Tanned skin, piercing green eyes, a perfectly toned body from long days spent working on the ocean. But for all his boyish charm, he’s stubborn and emotionally stunted; crushed by the weight of his mother’s addictions.
Everyday is the same. Go out on the boat, catch just enough fish to survive, hope mom doesn’t find your money before you can pay the rent, have a pint or two at the bar, repeat. What’s the alternative? Find a bigger boat with more success so mom has more money for pills? Or, maybe, just maybe, leave the toxicity.
But how can you leave when you’re all she has? She wasn’t always like this. Her face wasn’t always sunken and gray. She was bright, she was loving. She held you when the lightning flashed outside the window. She fought for you when your third grade teacher dumped your messy desk all over the floor in front of your classmates. She loved you, endlessly. How could you forget all she did for you? How could you abandon her?
This was Dylan’s plague. To sacrifice his life for the memory of what his mother once was.
*TikTok is from my other profile, before I decided to split off and create one with less clutter.
