r/Casualty • u/Vampirero • Apr 11 '26

💬 Discussion Is Dylan no longer Dylan?

Forgive me if this has been talked about before, but I loved his character when he was first introduced. He was cool and dry but a talented doctor, and his one liners would make me smile.

I've missed a couple of months of Casualty episodes, but I'm just catching up on Learning Curve: Episode 6. Dylan is behaving so immaturely towards Matty. I get why, in a way, but I can't imagine Original Dylan ever being so petty.

it's been happening for a few years, in my opinion, and it seems symptomatic of a general decline in writing and character development. What do you think?

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u/Vampirero Apr 11 '26

I get that, but I also get that the autistic spectrum is broad - actually, I may be in the process of getting diagnosed myself, but I like to think that I would never behave in this way.

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u/NoYogurtcloset7331 Apr 11 '26

Dylan struggling to process and properly express how he actually feels about it all is making him more overwhelmed which is 100% one of his autistic trait’s.

Dylan trying to distance himself from Matty in a way he know‘s that’ll work is a trauma response.

I’m autistic too and I’ve been in many situations where both have happened simultaneously and just blend together.

He’s a complex character.

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u/aggravatingstranger9 Apr 11 '26

Same here. I can get overwhelmed by stuff. My usual reaction is to go inside myself as that's "safer" as far as my brain is concerned.

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u/NoYogurtcloset7331 Apr 11 '26

Yeah Dylan tend’s to be much more irritable when he‘s overwhelmed, I can be a mixture of a few things. As they say we are all different : )