I always liked that about Dylan, that he was endlessly hopeful. But I think, at least for me, it worked because you could understand how he got to be that way, why he was that way, and he had the whole crew who weren't that way (Except maybe Rev & Trance- they could both be pretty darn hopeful). Part of him HAD to cling to hope, because he saw himself as the last of the civilization that fell during his time out of time. He was a lightbringer, bent on returning civilization to the wild west of space. And I think there was part of him that knew, if he left doubt creep in and he let himself think -even for a minute- that they couldn't do whatever insane thing they had set out to do, that it would overwhelm him completely. The hope was so vital to who and what he was, as well as his mission and even his crew.
And it was always fun to see them poking at him. Like how Tyr figured at the end of all things, there would be himself, the cockroaches, and Dylan trying to rescue the cockroaches or how Rommie would sometimes give him those looks like, "Really, Dylan - again?". He wasn't just there being chipper for the sake of being chipper. There was a purpose and a rational for his hope, and there was the constant bickering/whathaveyou about his eternal optimism.
"There is still hope." - Arwen
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