#dilly harcourt

[doyelikehaggis]

I'd only watched post-2015 hollyoaks so I had no idea who dodger was when he was re-introduced, but I liked his character so I went back and watched his old storylines and holy fuck this man's life is insane. Why are his siblings so obsessed with him, why is his entire family evil, why does he keep getting locked up??

Oh my god, I know, it’s wild. Admittedly, before Dodger returned, I’d only watched his scenes in 2012 and part of 2013, so I’m now watching 2011 and will pick up where I left off in 2013 to see the rest of his storylines, but reading up on all of it is actually crazy. This man has lived too many lives. His siblings are SO obsessed with him, Liberty might be the only one with a normal relationship with him (don’t quote me on that, I don’t know if shes done anything weird towards Dodger yet) 😭 His entire bio family being evil while he’s just there trying to hold it together is so funny, he really is the peacekeeper. I mean:

Jez (bio dad): Mental serial killer

Patrick (bio uncle/assumed father): Abusive piece of shit

Sienna (twin sister): unhealthy incestuous obsession with him (plus all the scheming, hostage taking, stabbing, attempted murders)

Will (brother): resents him, killed the love of Dodger’s life after pretending she’d put him in a wheelchair (and all the other crazy shit)

Nico (daughter — with his twin sister, might I add): crazy serial killer who once stabbed her mum (and some other crimes)

And then the lesser crimes, but still kind of fucked up:

Martha (gran): covered up Jez’s murders

Liberty (sister): slept with Jez

Anna (mum): tried to kill him and Sienna as babies but there were other factors involved in that

Dilly (cousin): sort of accidentally killed her husband while trying to ruin Sienna’s life??

And I think Dirk is genuinely innocent, which is hilarious and makes perfect sense because he doesn’t have any of the Blake genes.

AND THAT DOESN’T EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE BLAKE-SAVAGES! THERE ARE A TON MORE CRIMES! Now I’m just waiting for Tori to turn out to be a Mini Nico 👀

But also yeah, can we stop taking Dodger hostage?? I know it’s a family tradition and all, but give the man some freedom, please!

[cowboyhudsons]

[cowboyhudsons]

[doyelikehaggis]

I love the gentle contrast between January 2025 and the current episodes.

Dilly finds out Sienna killed Ethan, so Jez kills her to stop her turning Sienna in because he couldn’t bear to lose her and didn’t want the twins to either.

Cleo finds out Sienna killed Ethan and Clare, and Dodger turns Sienna in.

It’s just fun to have the reminder of how normal Dodger is compared to the rest of his family 😭 (Obviously there are a bunch of factors here, with Dodger’s feelings for Cleo and wanting to protect her vs Jez’s resentment for Dilly being a walking reminder of Patrick, etc, but still)

[doyelikehaggis]

I forgot Jez killed Dilly right as Dodger came back to the village 😭

[hollyoaksmusings]

Feel like I’m the only one not caring about Dilly. I was surprised when she made the time jump so all these people being sad that she’s left has me floored. Nothing against the actress but I just thought the character was rubbish

I think a lot of people didn’t care for her - I just have a tender spot for any time Sienna finds herself grounded with family, so I enjoyed the dynamic between her, Dilly, and Libby.

[hollyoaksmusings]

oh cordelia you deserved so much better than whatever the fuck this is 😭

[hollyoaksmusings]

dilly with the blake behavior relapse lol