#Darren Osborne

[adoribullpavus]

rip men who should've been bisexual you would've loved pride month

[robertsugden]

You are the victim in all this, don't you ever forget that.

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[hollyoaksmusings]

frankie tells darren about jj’s abuse

[saltyskeletonkidpasta]

I just wont ever feel sorry for jj I dont care. He can play his poor little me act all he wants it doesnt change all the things he did and the fact he still wont admit it or take responsibility. He ruined Frankie's life that poor girl deserves some happiness she doesnt even feel like she has Darren's support anymore.

I get that legally jj needs an adult to be there while he's having treatment but why cant they have jack do it? He already was the one to reach out to him even if it was to try and convince him to confess but frankie needs darren and she deserves him. When frankie first told him what jj was doing to her he didnt hesitate to be on her side and straight up told jj to never call him dad again but now he's all "jj is still my son" make up your mind darren! I was just starting to like him aswell. He's such an air head it drives me mad frankie deserves better.

[byersbuckley]

@ Darren Osborne

[emmarigbysource]

[meljwrites]

Can call Darren a lot of things but a bad father is definitely not one of things people could call him

truly came out of left field with him becoming the best dad on the show. I love how gentle he is with frankie and how he is trying so hard to make her feel safe. I couldn't imagine all of the things that he would be feeling tbh.

[jcforsapphics]

I choose my comfort characters based on how good of fathers they make but I don't think that says anything about me as a person

[sageandred]

A Hollyoaks Debrief

some thoughts I have on Lucas/Dillon/Frankie

-re:the episode where Dillon breaks up w/Lucas, he's definitely guilty and avoiding owning up, but it's like he's punishing himself before Lucas even has the option to leave and break his heart back

-These hayray plots are silly and classic, predictable soap ideas, but if I'm treating this plot like it's good + looking at their relationship from an analytical standpoint, it makes sense for the underlying issues in their relationship. could've gotten there a different way, but... Before the jump, the stuff coming back up now seemed pushed under the rug, though they'd grown simultaneously. I always expected a breakup: Lucas has always been less experienced than Dillon; he's literally his first relationship. The aftermath w/him crying on Ste's shoulder, and the recounting of memories, that very much determine his own wellbeing confirms that he puts way too much of his happiness in Dillon and he treated him as the rock during his sexuality journey so soon after so much personal trauma.

-Lucas violent tendencies being brought back up 🙃😾😮‍💨😒; I guess it makes sense, again, from the standpoint of he never really dealt with it. I think when that horrible folly moment happened, it woke him up in a way that was quicker than if he would've kept going down that path, but Lucas has always had anger issues; going back to new Lucas' show entrance, he's never handled his emotions well and he never had any kind of remedy/help to cope that would be effective down the line (again, replacing Dillon as a remedy/relying on Dillon to determine his happiness...not good).

-The biggest thing I'm angry about with Dillon is that the joint storyline's with him and Lucas always put him in a villian arc...even though Lucas literally had a violent streak, but you could empathize with him due to everything they'd hinted with him. This is the second time they've done this where Lucas will be hurt...after Freya, with no exploration into how he's feeling/felt and what led him to soap shenanigans; there is no real reason why the Leah story arc is needed. (I need this guy to have a backstory on his dad or something where he's crashing a car for the plot, getting into situations but not enough for unreasoned troublemaking for once). like, if we look at his character trajectory, Dillon's always been a little ignored and replacing that for being other people's listening ear or support (his family/his friends..). Actually, the more I think about it, they're both codependent, not just Lucas relying on Dillon and him feeling the need to care for him; but especially when they got together Dillon didn't have Misbah (as much)/Dillon lost friends/relationships over time. again, hate this plotline, but can't say I'm surprised that this is the route they took. (Dillon saying he was lonely and they both found comfort in one another was actually the least shocking thing this show's delivered me all year that I knew before that baby was even confirmed to be his)

-I think Frankie will end up blurting it out about the baby to Lucas when she's drunk

-unpopular but the only thing I wish with Frankie is Darren acted more supportive/solely on her side w/the JJ illness plot (sadly, it's realistic everything she's feeling now and JJ being a pos, but written with this illness). idk, depending on how they handle it, I don't think it necessarily justifies his actions unless they decide to use a narrative that does so, but I get how certain audiences may view him in a better light regardless of the show's narrative and how frustrating this plot is. god give Frankie a break. (I so so hope whatever decision her character makes, she gets to have a huge power moment/speech or something at the end that grants her revenge in some way).

[shanna254]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[jackbatchelor3]

Kinda funny to think how Ethan kidnapped Darren when he first arrived when you look at the two of them now.

🤭🤭🤭

[robertsugden]

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"Now let's take it one dream at a time, alright?"

[hollyoaksmusings]

i am so excited she’s back but she’s immediately getting sent to the hospital 😭