Malik (Malik's Dreams and Nightmares)

Attempting to save his ex-girlfriend and his TMRA character Malora Vines from fighting each other.
Saving his High School Campus from a Robotic Zombie apocalypse despite the differences he once had against the campus.
Trying to atone from his villainy

### Type of Hero

Mentally Ill Protagonist

**Malik** is the titular protagonist in *Malik's Dreams and Nightmares*. He's also a cameo character within other people's Dreams and Nightmares.

This is a different version of Malik that doesn't exactly focus on the chronological events of the Magistralverse nor The TMRA Universe, despite the strong explicitly stated implications by the creator stating that the dreams and his work are intended to crossover so he could think about furthering his work and improving it later on.

### Debated Validations

* It is debatable if Malik fails the in-story standards to Princess Bubblegum and Marceline. However, Malik could literally just posess the mind of a combination with Finn Mertens and Jeremy (Scout from Team Fortress 2) having a sword and a bat at best and not magical abilities like Princess Bubblegum and Mareceline.

### What makes him at least admirable?

* Despite his nihilistic self-loathing nature that consists of him being a villain through some of this dreams. He has shown to be rather caring as he saves some of his friends, families, and anyone else.
* He retreated his brother's wallet from Olaf.
* Tried to save his girlfriends who were fighting to the death over him.
* He fought Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on a shootout when they showed up at his home terrorizing him and possibly his family. This shows a more courageous and brave side to Malik.
* When possessing Finn-Scout, he had fought Team Fortress 2 Robot Zombies to save his High School Campus despite the trouble the campus has put him to.
* Despite his heinous act on New York the dream also explicitly states his care he has truly had for Olaf and how much he means to him enough for him to always keep Olaf by his side.
* Despite the highest admirable standards with the majority of the characters and their universe he would happen to crossover with. He stands out due to having fewer resources like having a complicated life, a limited ability to think due to being somewhat psychotic yet still having the courage to want to do any good he can when he gets the chance to facing just about anything no matter how scared he feels.

### What makes his admirability insufficient?

* He is On & Off as he has shown numerous corrupting qualities being a villain on several occasions in his dream which has earned him a status on Insufficiently Heinous.
* He displays a xenophobic side when he takes out his whole rage out on New York due to their aggressive variants of The Other Dogs taking Olaf's life which prompts Malik into inconclusively murdering them all, and after he does his most admirable act (as "Finn-Scout") saving his School Campus from a zombie apocalypse he asked Marceline the Vampire Queen if she has "gone soft" as a joke deliberately poking fun at Marceline and Princess Bubblegum's sexuality showing he is homophobic and misogynistic.
* Malik has moral agency issues due to his deteriorating mental state that results in him having the worse nightmares to think about that he is unable to control.