Oliver Buenavista

### Allies

Léa Navarro, Red Ordonia, Hiro Hamada, Tadashi Hamada, Honey Lemon, Baymax, Gogo Tomago, Fred, Wasabi

## Production Information

### (Voice) Actor or Base

Shawn Koumi

**Danilo Vermont Buenavista**, or better known as his nickname **Oliver**, is a minor character in Beyond Worlds. He's the 7-year-old half-brother of Léa Navarro as they share the same father. He first met his older half-sister when she saved him in the fire that broke out in Red Ordonia's neighborhood, and Hiro Hamada was there to help.

Oliver's base is most likely Shawn Koumi, who's aged down.

## **Early Life**

Oliver was born on March 17, 2014, making him fall under the star sign Pisces. Not knowing it at the time, he was conceived out of wedlock; his mother and father likely had a one night stand and as a result, his mother got pregnant with him.

## **3 Years Prior**

With the information both Léa and Julian laid out at some point in the story, it was safe to assume that on 2018, Oliver's father also abandoned him and his mother alone, like what he did to Léa (who's still known as Mayari at the time) and Lianne Akamine.

## **Personality**

He's quite a soft-spoken and polite boy, and is also quick-witted and dynamic, which he showed when he saved Mudpie from the middle-aged man in the park, also making him unfazed of animals, if not an animal lover. At such a young age, Oliver displayed a lot of understanding his peers; like knowing where Léa is coming from because she was upset at their father's actions. He also knows he wasn't the reason why Léa is mad at him- she was mad at their father. Despite being an introvert, he befriends everyone and goes along with them well.

## **Physical Appearance**

Oliver is described to look kind of like his half-sister; straight dark brown hair with sideswept bangs falling over his forehead, although unlike Léa he has darker blue eyes. Due to him being only 7 years of age, he's measured to have a petite body structure and is standing at 4'1".

The writers like to imagine him wearing an orange rain jacket over a gray shirt, black pants, and his shoes are also gray in color. Oliver wears a black rope bracelet around his right wrist, probably given to him by his mother.

## **Relationships**

* **Léa Navarro-** Oliver was grateful that Léa saved him from the house fire just in time, and considers her immediately as a hero and a friend. He returns the favor by saving Léa's puppy, Mudpie, from a man in the park. A week later though, both of them found out they're half-siblings. Oliver was stoked, but Léa was upset, although she wasn't really mad at him, and instead blames their father. Oliver thankfully understands this and forgives her when she apologized for being harsh.
* **Julian Navarro-** Julian and Oliver aren't relatives, but Oliver also considers him as his step-brother one way or another for helping his sister cope with her family issues. In return, Julian is happy for Léa to have a sweet and kind half-brother to take care of her when he's not there.
* **Hiro Hamada-** Hiro was there to help Léa save Oliver, and for that he's also grateful to have his back. Oliver supports Hiro's affection for his half-sister all the way, and also wants them to be together in the future. It's canon that Oliver considers Julian and Hiro as both his "tito kuyas".

## **Trivias**

* Oliver is initially just in the story to show that Léa is just as capable of saving others like Hiro even though she's just a "civilian". It was never originally planned that he's supposed to be her half-brother, let alone having a bigger role in the series.
	+ It wasn't until Pauline Sui was editing chapter 8 (Orthoepy) when writers realized that Oliver could be a relative of Léa as a plot twist.
* It was confirmed by Stefen Sanchez that Oliver (and Julian Navarro) is named after Stephanie and Matthew Patrick's son, Oliver Julian Patrick.
* He was supposed to be the boy from Léa's planetarium show who tells her, "They do tasks and vote to throw impostors out of the spaceship!" when she asked if someone knows what astronauts do in the International Space Station. This idea was scrapped, however, as it would be too much of a coincidence.
	+ After all, Léa and Oliver would recognize each other when she saved him from the fire. Also, remember that Oliver was just supposed to be a "random" character just for Léa's character development arc.
* Unlike Léa and Red, he didn't drop his father's surname (in Léa's case, changed, because she took her step-father's surname), and instead his mother's was never revealed.