#Burt and Irving

[magiclamd]

Just rip my bloody heart out with middle-aged queer romance why don’t you, popular entertainment

[sporkazoid]

4got to post this here, hi severance nation

[alegitsalvage]

[the-collector-blog]

The Severed Employee List (annotated and typed out versions) everyone! Also, update: now available on the Severance wiki.

1) Some annotations I could not make out in good confidence, so they are not on there. 2) Irving made some typing errors. I included them to make it as accurate to the show as possible. I also tried to mimic his handwriting which is not always the best. 3) I updated the names on the plain text pages, but not yet on the annotated pages.

[theniftycat]

I need to reiterate: I’m not okay.

I need them to be enjoying life together.

Let them share favourite music with each other.

Or else

[maiamoo]

why am I always drawn to shows that end up having two older men falling in love and why do I cry every time?

[bellamer]

Watching Severance and I'm confused, so are the office people clones with no control of their actions or are they the real people, but it's kinda just like blacking out to them for when they leave and go home and it's kind of like amnesiac roleplaying so that they just have something to 'distract' them but it goes wrong when their worksonas actually start to feel like they're their own people but they can't be their own people so therefore, they're trapped.

Idk. I'm slow when it comes to these types of shows. I'm kinda enjoying it though.

[nothing-an-iratze-cant-fix]

A counter argument:

These idiots

love relationships between fictional ppl over 50. you skip all that teenage hormonal shit and go straight to what counts: war crimes and making each other worse

[jackietaylorsghost]

Irving Bailiff and Burt Goodman SEVERANCE: 106. Hide and Seek

[sherlocks-freebitch]

[bestoldmanyaoi]

Old Man Yaoi Tournament Round 2

[theogem]

SCREAMING

SEVERANCE - 1x06 - Hide and Seek

[glouldie]

[cripple-punk-dad]

I am shocked that they invented something *worse* than bury your gays. Create a second version of yourself that is still gay and falls in love with another second version of somebody. But you still have your outside life where you are alone except for your dog and the man you fell in love with is happily married to another man. He's not straight, you weren't his awakening but he was yours and he's happy with another man but you're still lonely and the version of him who loves you and whom you love is dead now and you can never see him again holy shit I'm crying about Irving from severance again please I'm broken

[homely-lunatic]

me: so a lot of people theorized that burt and irving were actually a married couple on the outside and thats why their innies were so immediately drawn to each other, and everyone was a little disappointed this wasnt the case, but I actually think the opportunity for the opposite to happen in season 2 — burt and irving's outies falling in love as a result of their innies' love transcending severance — is infinitely more interesting and thematically relevant. throughout the first season we're shown and even outright told that innies aren't seen as real people, when its evident that they are real people with real experiences and personalities that are separate from their outies. a storyline where two innies fall in love as a mere byproduct of their outies already being in love almost reinforces the idea that innies aren't people, in a sense pushing the idea they're unable to form genuine connections without those connections preexisting for their "real" self. but having two outies fall in love as the result of their innies only goes to show that the experiences these people have while in lumon are just as real and valid and capable of transcending severance and having an impact on their lives outside. its not just a case of "outies are the real people and their innie's experiences are simply a byproduct of theirs" its "outies and innies are both real people sharing a body and their respective experiences have the potential to bleed through in both directions and impact both of their lives" and I think thats just going to be a way better way to take the story in the long run

wendy's cashier: ma'am are you going to order

[thingsaday]

Sketches/ color concepts for a ✨✨ Severance Animation ✨✨

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