a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: n/a
the position they sleep in: Dylan is a very light and restless sleeper so she moves around a lot!
a crossover au i’d love to see them in: You know how much I love Dylan & HN!!! I also think a glee crossover could be really fun, with Jenn being the new drama teacher, and Dylan getting involved in the ND? (maybe @the-witching-ash's Henry Schuester and they bond over their parents being Like That™?)
my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: either this (I'm obsessed with Dylan wearing a Hamlet shirt) or when she wears EJ's shorts with her cat ear hoodie!
[ PHOEBE TONKIN, CIS FEMALE, SHE/HER ] right, here are the files we have on THE GUARDIAN ——— ERIKSEN, DYLAN. 28 years old, CIVILIAN. current employment looks like a RECEPTIONIST AT PINE REST MEDICAL CENTER. current residence is an RV in MULTIPLE REGIONS for the past 10 YEARS. current views have been noted as OPENLY AGAINST THE COTC. current risk level has been listed as MEDIUM.
TW: death, kidnapping
About Dylan
Dylan can’t really remember much from her childhood beyond flashes of arguments between her parents, the lingering scent of vodka and the static buzz of a cheap tv that was broken more often than functional. She’s not sure that her parents were necessarily bad, but she certainly couldn’t remember them being good either. At eleven years old, Dylan was one of the children kidnapped as part of the Communion of the Innocent. While many of the children taken that night were returned to their families, Dylan’s parents never came looking for her. Her only assumption after all these years is that she had been a burden to them and that this was their easy escape.
Her most prominent memories over the next year were of trying to escape from the Children of the Chosen. If she wasn’t trying to escape, she was fighting back against the leaders or crying herself to sleep. They often had to use Bliss to calm her, which is what she assumed messed up her memories, but no matter what she never gave up. She never stopped trying. She would die before she ever let them break her.
It wasn’t until she met Verity that things started to change. Verity was one of the nannies at the cult and when she was asked to guide Dylan towards the light, something switched on within her. She had been loyal to the cult for many years, but seeing Dylan fight so hard for her freedom broke through the brainwashing Verity had endured. She wanted her freedom too.
Escaping with Dylan was far easier than it should have been, but the constant running was something neither of them were prepared for. They knew the cult wouldn’t like that they had left, but they never knew to what extent they would be hunted. Growing up on the run was hard, but it was better than the alternative. Both had changed their names multiple times, but someone always managed to find them. The years passed and Dylan’s face may have become unknown to the cult, but Verity’s face wasn’t so easy to hide.
Some time passed relatively uneventful with Dylan even being able to attend a public school. It took them a while, but eventually they settled down, living under the guise of mother and daughter. It was a foolish dream though... They shouldn’t have stopped so close to Wyoming. Somehow, members of the COTC got word that Verity was close and in an attempt to take her back to the compound, she was shot and killed; not by the Chosen, but by the Resistance. Dylan wasn’t sure if they had meant to kill her, knowing that she used to be one of them, or if she had just been caught in the crossfire as they hunted the Chosen, but Dylan saw it all from inside her wardrobe.
Foster care was good for a lot of kids- she knew that, she had watched countless children find new homes or have their biological family sort themselves out- but Dylan couldn’t handle it. With every new home came a new round of questions, new opinions she didn’t agree with, and new siblings to insensitively comment on her dead mom. Every time she was placed with a new family, she would run. She never really got far, but after two years in the system, they finally released her. She was legally an adult and there was nothing they could do to make her stay.
For a time, Dylan lived on the streets, begging for and often stealing money until eventually she had enough to buy herself an RV. She wasn’t entirely sure why she found herself back in Eden County- maybe on some level she wanted revenge- but as soon as she arrived she found herself helping people. Whether they were an injured resistance fighter or a runaway cultist, she couldn’t bring herself to turn away from them.
Dylan got herself a job as a receptionist at Pine Rest Medical Center where she lowkey steals medical supplies to help people back at her RV. She’s had a few run-ins with the Chosen, but so far no one has recognised her from her time there as a child. Having a different name and no longer being twelve years old probably helped with that, but she still tries to keep her distance.
Living on the streets for so long made Dylan more than capable of defending herself and she’s not one to back down from a fight. It’s that attitude that caught the attention of the Resistance who have been trying to get her to join them for years. No one in the Resistance knows that her adoptive mother was killed by one of them and she certainly isn’t willing to surround herself with people who may not be willing to help someone who has escaped the cult; someone like her.
Wanted Connections
Resistance Member - This person continuously tries to get her to join the Resistance. I imagine they constantly go to her for help with minor and major injuries, maybe even just to hide out for a while. They probably have a banterful relationship and she’s probably quite fond of them despite always turning down their recruitment attempts.
Ex-Chosen Member - Dylan helped this person when they left the cult, even hid them in her RV for some time and kept them safe. Was probably a few years ago and I imagine them being like family at this point. They help each other a lot and Dylan would probably drop everything for them. This person would be her longest friend in Eden County, so they probably met between 5-10 years ago.
I had a thought, namely 'What if HN & Dylan clothes shopping' or... idk, being cute family?
No but I love that so much 🥺 canonically most of Dylan's clothes are close to falling apart, except for her clothes-thievery with EJ, so I could totally see HN thinking that a trip to the mall would be a fun bonding activity, especially in the earlier days of her relationship with Jenn when she's still trying to get to know Dylan?
also you know HN would manage to find a cat eared hoodie or beanie or something for Dylan!
Did Dylan participate in the performance to get Miss Jenn her job back?
She does! She refuses to initially because honestly she thinks it’s about time that Miss Jenn actually get in trouble and face consequences for lying constantly, but EJ manages to persuade her to do it — not for Miss Jenn but for herself (and for the team)
Does Dylan Efron know her mom lied to get the job? Or does she not care either way?
oooh boy so yes she does know and it does bother her! She doesn’t care so much that she lied on the job application, but Dylan hates that her entire life is a lie — hell, even her last name is a lie that her mom chose for her when she was a kid. Miss Jenn loves her daughter very much, but she’s not exactly the best mother, and she’s never had any qualms about making Dylan lie about things (she just calls it ‘improving your improv skills’)
But what really bothers Dylan is that she has to lie to the cast! All she wants is to belong, to have real friends, to be a part of the team, but because of her mom lying about everything, she knows that she can’t, and it’s tearing her apart
Things... definitely get kind of messy when the others find out that she knew that her mom was lying though
