Joel Dawson

Joel Dawson is the main protagonist of Love and Monsters (2020).
He was portrayed by American actor Dylan O'Brien, who also portrays Stiles Stilinski in Teen Wolf, Thomas in the Maze Runner film series, Mitch Rapp in American Assassin, Sam Taylor in Amazing Stories, and voices Bumblebee in the 2018 film of the same name.
==Personality==
Joel freezes in dangerous situations, which is why his colony lets him stay in the bunker at all times cooking. However after receiving a radio message from his old girlfriend Amy, he set out to go search for her location and reunite. Along the way of his journey he was shown to be very kind, caring and loyal with others including when he took in Boy and made friends with Minnow, a young girl, and Clyde, an older man, who trains him to watch himself better out in the world. Since he completed his lessons, Dawson becomes a couragerous survior and a noble hero when he fights the monsters on his own and saves Amy's colony from the pirates.
==Appearance==
Dawson has pale skin, brown hair, and wears old clothing.
==Skills and Abilities==
*Vast Knowledge of the Mutated Monsters: During his downtimes, Joel sketches drawings in his notebook to capture essences of all the mutated monsters and writes information of their weaknesses and shares it to others. He then creates new notes after memorizing the previous ones when completed.
*Bravery/Courage: After losing his parents, Joel was so insecure that his own Colony didn’t consider him to help them fight the monsters worried his paranoia would endanger them. However after receiving a radio message from his old girlfriend Amy, he set out to go search for her location and reunite. Along the way of his journey he finds and adopts Boy and meets Minnow & Clyde who helped him become a survivor for fighting against each kinds of different creatures. Then when confronting the Centipede he conquered his fear and used it to save Boy, killed the Queen Sand Gobbler, and fought the Giant Crab to free it from the 3 pirates influence and have it kill them. Afterwards Joel was brave enough to make his way back to his Colony as a worthy fighter.
* Expert Marksmanship & Weapon Proficiency: In his time of adventuring with both Minnow & Clyde, they began to train Joel for days by using his crossbow & arrows to shoot at plants and trees which improved to the point of him becoming experienced enough against the creatures. As he saw Boy endangered by the Centipede he aims and fires his arrows at its neck which then provokes it to lunge towards him only to be shot in the face killing it. When attracting the attention of the Queen Gobbler, Joel throws a grenade into its mouth lethality blowing it apart and was able to shoot the chain off the Giant Crab with a hand cannon saving his girlfriend's colony and defeating the pirates.
**Melee Weapon Proficiency: Joel was even proficient at using weapons for close combat as shown when going up against the Giant Crab, he flips it over using a spear with ease.
==Equipment== 
*Crossbow: Dawson's primary carried this weapon for fighting against monsters.
*Hand Grenade: After separating from Clyde, he gets a bomb for in case Joel went against the Queen Gobbler.
*Hand Cannon Gauntlet: Joel managed to obtain one of the pirates weapon to fight the Giant Crab on the beach.
*Spear: When the captain and his pirates corrupted the Giant Crab, Dawson picks up a this item to defend from it.
==Navigation==
Category:Monster Slayers
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Science Fantasy Heroes
Category:Rescuers
Category:Protectors of Innocence
Category:Protectors
Category:Animal Kindness
Category:Insecure
Category:Tragic
Category:In Love
Category:Cowards
Category:Adventurers
Category:Strong-Willed
Category:Orphans
Category:Fighters
Category:Sympathetic
Category:Rogues
Category:Determinators
Category:Deal Makers