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the way that TWO of gemma’s innies followed mark even as he was covered in blood!!!!!

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thinking about how mark scout talked to gemma's cold harbor innie... he was so gentle with her, so different from the mark scout we've known for the past two seasons. he let gemma's innie make the choice to trust him and step out of the room. the implication that anyone else would've grabbed her hand and made a run for it. and they would've failed. the implication that only mark could successfully get her out because he loves her. and she loves him. the "she was wonderful, she made you wonderful" of it all.

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SEVERANCE 2.10 - Cold Harbor

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Not me cheering and screaming when Mark got drenched in blood like a slash horror final girl

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ADAM SCOTT as Mark Scout in SEVERANCE (2022-)

S02E10 - Cold Harbor

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ADAM SCOTT as Mark Scout in SEVERANCE (2022-)

S02E10 - Cold Harbor

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i felt like this when i watched the finale live and i don't think i've shifted my perspective much since then but i think innie mark saving ms casey/gemma was viewed as heroic or self-sacrificial when it was really just... the right thing to do? the humane thing to do? like if we want to talk about one of the themes of the show being about humanity i think it's crazy that after finding out that you were complicit in building torture chambers for someone, you wouldn't do everything in your power to stop it? or feel somewhat awful about it? in s1 imark asks devon why omark put him there and he's kind of resentful about it... and when he learns that he created 25 innies for gemma he is horrified but then 10 seconds later he tells devon that he better see the severed floor or outie mark will never see gemma again. then before completing cold harbor he literally says "or i could just not complete it and not save her". idk i just feel like saving gemma was less of his responsibility to outie mark, it's not even about innie solidarity, it's like... you helped torture this woman and you should do everything you can to save her. you should feel terrible about it saving her shouldn't even be a question.

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tearing up thinking about the fact that Mark was only able to save Gemma because of innie solidarity. Because Helly stole Milchick's walkie talkie and trapped him, giving Mark the opportunity to escape. Because Dylan got back to the severed floor and saw some shit going down and without question threw his body on the line too. Because Lorne was exhausted watching her beloved goats sacrificed to the corporate machine and wasn't willing to stand by and watch Drummond kill one of their own. Because the entire Choreography and Merriment department responded to Helly pleading for help in a scene straight out of Norma Rae

Not a single one of them had ever met Gemma Scout, but they knew Ms. Casey was one of them. An injury to one is an injury to all

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GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE as Lorne in SEVERANCE, 2.10: Cold Harbor.

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i always cry reading your tags!! your commentary on gemma and mark is always wonderful <3

AWWWYES thank you so much!

To be completely honest it's not unusual for me to end up writing essays about my blorbos in the most unexpected places, but especially with mark and gemma I can't help myself (the love! The ghosts! The grief! The yearning! The horrors! The tragedy!). I'm living my truth and pushing my agenda and you will be there to see it. Enjoy

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SEVERANCE 2.10 - Cold Harbor

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photo of all time wow (creds: mcwexlered)

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what a beautiful man but☝️he could be beautifuller... guards! cover that man in blood

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look at these two characters…wouldn’t it be a shame if they…tenderly rested their foreheads together…

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i’m still here

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i’m still here

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for the first time in two years you're allowed to wear your own clothes. you get led to your own death and black out. you suddenly wake up to see your husband you haven't seen in two years. he's absolutely SOAKED in blood. you two embrace and kiss and then run down hallways and shove a dead guy out of an elevator. you black out again wake up to him ignoring your screams for him and going back to hell and walking away holding hands with another woman. happened to my good friend gemma scout