#dylan blake

The 'T' in T-Virus stands for Tsum

If you look carefully at the intro for the movie, Leon’s face is the only one on screen when “pawn” pops up on the computer, and while Dylan labels them all pawns, he seemingly knows that Leon is aware of his position. The marking for the movie repeatedly named Leon as “the government’s best weapon against bio-terrorism,” and note the phrasing there-- not best solider, not best agent, best weapon. An object. Leon is just an object, a pawn for them to send into battles left and right.  Furthermore, during the whole conversation where Dylan calls out the hypocrisy with the DSO and how the government is causing the problems they force Leon to solve, Leon doesn’t disagree. Instead, he snarks “Yeah, well, at least it makes a living.” Dylan also comments on how Leon’s “all burnt out” as a result and, again, Leon doesn’t disagree. That’s building on what we saw in Vendetta-- Leon’s seemingly no longer drinking on the job and is generally more up beat than he was, but the root of Leon’s issues are that he’s trapped in an endless cycle of bullshit with the government, and that hasn’t changed.

I’ve seen a lot of people theorize that Leon could’ve left the government a while ago since Sherry is well over 18 and both Simmons and Benford are dead, but Leon’s deal with the government was about more than just Sherry. Sherry was the main reason Leon agreed, but she wasn’t the only part of the deal. Leon is one of the few people who survived Raccoon City and thus knows the truth about what happened, specifically the government’s involvement, and the government needed to keep that quiet. In addition to protecting Sherry, Leon “knew too much” so it was very much a deal where if he didn’t agree to join them, they would kill him. And now that they know that Leon is useful, and he knows even more state secrets, I doubt they’d just let him walk away from that. If he’s their “best weapon,” I don’t see them letting him quit his “job”.

Dylan as a character, while having vaguely confusing motivations, was played with so much heart and rage and insanity and devastation that it's impossible not to love him. The final flashback, where he's whimpering whole holding the gun, trembling, finally working up the courage to pull the trigger on his best friend... Only for it to be empty. Only to realize, his best friend is diving for the loaded gun.

The same best friend whom he watched mow down their whole squad like it was nothing, is diving for the loaded gun. He's standing there, his friend is scrambling for the gun, and he completely breaks.

The gun turns to Dylan, and he decides that if he dies here, he won't be angry. He reaches out, his hands brush the cold plastic of something, and he swings it towards his best friend's head. Hears a wet crack. Swings again. It's like he can't hear, breathe, see, feel. There's blood, it's wet and hot and smells like metal. His best friend is choking.

He drops to the paper covered ground, Dylan follows. His knees hit the floor. He raises his arms, brings the box down. Hard. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again.

Until it's his cane against a metal floor. Until his lungs are his own again, his mind is his own again, his own tired eyes are focused on nothing. Breathing in the somewhat salty air of the prison.

Buddy: My wife, a bunch of kids and my friend are dead.

Glenn: My wife, family and friends are dead.

Dylan: My friend is dead.