#helena's self perception. like she's spent her whole life being told that she's descended from a god-like figure and inherently superior to

[bitchthefuck1]

I love how the conversation between Harmony and Helena shows the tension that Helena becoming severed creates in the power dynamics, because even as a temporary PR stunt under a different name to clearly delineate them, Helly's existence is still a huge crack in the Eagan mythology. Cobell, Milchick, and Graner could be drinking the kool-aid by the bucketful, but watching a descendant of Kier allow themselves to be severed and then being placed in a position of authority over them would still have a massive subconscious impact on the way they view Helena, and by extension their perception of the Eagan's as a whole. It's a direct threat to their illusion of divinity, and you can really feel how that colors their interactions.

[andthentheywilleatthestars]

#i rly hope we get to dig into this this season bc even setting aside the power aspect being severed would probably have a huge impact on#helena's self perception. like she's spent her whole life being told that she's descended from a god-like figure and inherently superior to#other people and that innies aren't real people and exist to serve and then she becomes one of them. that has to be wildly#destabilizing and it would take a lot to soothe the cognitive dissonance before you even get into how it would shape the way other#people look at her. of course she'd be so insistent that helly isn't a real person--she doesn't just need to believe that to justify#their treatment of severed people she needs to believe it because the alternative would undermine the beliefs she's built her reality on

I love how the conversation between Harmony and Helena shows the tension that Helena becoming severed creates in the power dynamics, because even as a temporary PR stunt under a different name to clearly delineate them, Helly's existence is still a huge crack in the Eagan mythology. Cobell, Milchick, and Graner could be drinking the kool-aid by the bucketful, but watching a descendant of Kier allow themselves to be severed and then being placed in a position of authority over them would still have a massive subconscious impact on the way they view Helena, and by extension their perception of the Eagan's as a whole. It's a direct threat to their illusion of divinity, and you can really feel how that colors their interactions.