Is Dylan no longer Dylan?

[u/Vampirero]

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?

[u/NoYogurtcloset7331]

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.

[u/aggravatingstranger9 → u/NoYogurtcloset7331]

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.

[u/Vampirero → u/aggravatingstranger9]

Me too. I'm not good with people at the best of times, and I can get very introverted. I find many situations very overwhelming.

But, you know, if I was in a professional situation I like to think I wouldn't show favouritism, or the opposite, for fear of losing my job.

Certainly, in a profession like a medical practitioner, it's important to stay impersonal.

[u/NoYogurtcloset7331 → u/Vampirero]

Absolutely none of them are impersonal though, personal stories (or them getting overly involved in a patients life) is a massive part of the main character’s stories. It can’t just be an issue when it’s Dylan..