#mark x helena

[sleazyjanet]

a lot of people point out how little the innies actually work, particularly in mdr, and i have to say that apart from the fact that it solidifies that this is practically an experiment, i THINK it's because this is all the life they get.

if your life were just eight hours in a brightly lit job, you'd stop working as much as you can, because humans are not meant to work 24/7. but that's what the innies are supposed to be doing, according to the outies. they imagine them as their worker bees, their slaves, as they get to do none of the actual working. but of course, the worker bees have such a limited lifespan, that they grasp for freedom wherever and whenever they can. this is all they have.

it's why i think they love so intensely too, if they can. yes, it's all new to them, so there's also that, but it's more than that: they feel more quickly because life passes by more quickly. they could be "asleep" for five months without even knowing. lose friends (like petey) and not know how or why, if they're even alive or not. their lives are so little, and they need to live them to the fullest

it's like something ms casey said about how her life had been so short, and how valuable those hours shadowing helly had been. this is all they have. the human connections matter so much

[lissa]

markhelly || death & romance (x)

[fckyoulumon]

Helena keeping the dolls for herself to play with when nobody looking

[josephinekhawaja]

Tagging this for OTP as I thought it interesting the constant juxtapositioning and interchanging of Gemma and Helena that even I did not pick up on myself. And the idea of both women being the Persephone. We are really going there with this show. Though the true love triangle of the series so far is of course Burt, his husband, and Irving (do you think we could interest Burt’s hot husband in a lease in Grand Rapids, because I still think we should hook him up with that sassy geezer Mark W — Mr “Fuck you, Lumon!” has endeared himself to me completely, sad to see him go). And to me Helena is the Persephone -- with her Hades being her family legacy. While of course Gemma is the Eurydice to Mark’s Orpheus. With I expect the similarity of that not working out in the end.

[rocktheholygrail]

The Good Place (2016-2020) Severance (2022-)

[marzimar]

I think it's a very complicated moment for her because she sees innies as subhuman. Yet, Helly is appreciated and respected and loved in a way that Helena never has been. And realizing that this character that you saw as, like a servant, might actually be living a richer life than you, I think that that really affects her. - Dan Erickson (S2, E2 : Goodbye , Mrs. Selvig, Behind the Scenes)

[sorrydetka]

[warningsine]

[notcharlysblog]

THIS IS REAL. TRUST ME.

NOT EVERYTHING HERE IS A LIE.

Images from TouchTheGarlic on youtube.

[sobbing2sapphic]

i think the severance fandom is the first fandom I’ve ever seen that leans more towards thoughtful analyses of episodes, theories, and cute or morbid fanart, over fanfics and shipping. but also I’ve not seen ONE post saying something nasty like “helly r come spit in my mouth” or even something basic like “i need mark s carnally”

[myblognameisadam]

[ghostfacerseffect]

Thinking about the twisted version of orpheus-AND-eurydice-ing Helly might have done to herself, by Turning Back to kiss Mark and by Helena seeing that, potentially the catalyst for her to stay down there and never bring Helly back.....essentially killing herself by making that choice...

[lissa]

markhelly || do you feel alone? (x)

[fckyoulumon]

caught in the supply closet🫢

[josephinekhawaja]

'More Romance!'

So promised a Non-Spoiler Review of Season 2 from a critic I follow on YouTube who got screeners for I think the first half of the season. And I could have lived with Mark x Helly being one-and-done even if they are my Severance OTP -- but I do feel heartened by all my fellow shippers popping up lately since the season premiere. As somebody who compulsively joined the one Severance Discord to mind-if-I-scream after the Season 1 finale, like…it is a pretty solid community from what I remember of it, but I would be a dead woman if ever I talked about OTP in there🤣🤣🤣🤣. We may never be a sizeable department, but I am just glad our ship has a growing team. Thank Kier for our Macrodata Uprising.

[fiveroundliner]

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Helly/Helena x Mark edit