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oh you treat me like a stray dog

trying to find his way home

oh you treat me like an animal too wounded

to eat on its own

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Around the time I made my mermay post, I was getting into improv drawing, and so right after I finished it I began an improv drawing that started with a doodle very similar to the petsmart cup one featured in that post. From there it very very quickly spiraled completely out of control. I can't believe I'm finally done with it, oh my fucking god.

Oh yeah, and if you were wondering about the plants: floriography reasons. It's a longstanding hyperfixation of mine and I have a whole notes doc of severance characters plant associations and these are mostly just the ones I felt like drawing lmao. I'm more than okay with going into detail about my reasoning behind the ones included in this post, so if anyone wants me to just ask.

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my husband has this image saved for whenever i grow distant

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Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream

Severance prints are on my Etsy!! AxolotlsOddities

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FINALLY WE HAVE MARK SCOUT SHOVELS RICE INTO HIS MOUTH GIF.

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I uh mark!

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is he crying about the dead wife or about having Ricken as a brother in law

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idk man

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Mark S.

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I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on mark being a history professor! :)

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as an applied history MA drop out who currently works in university admin thank you for this ask lmao

Mainly I think about how much passion he used to have in his life! Writing your dissertation means you’ve picked one specific moment/issue in history to hyper focus on for YEARS. Lots of programs require proficiency in at least one foreign language to ensure you can read primary source materials as needed for your research! If Mark’s interest was early 20th century Europe he must have been able to read German or French or Italian. And the phrasing of “I mostly taught” like no dude that was your SPECIALITY. You were hired to fill that gap in the college’s curriculum! Other than mandatory courses that teach students how to research & write, you’re IN that time period!

And like, Jesus, ww1 history? What does that MEAN? Does that mean military history? Social history? Labor history? Medical history? Cultural history??? All of the above but what’s his FAVORITE?

And to be an instructor means you like people! You like young adults! You want to help guide them into their future, whatever that looks like! You are invested in them (or you should be) as much as they annoy the shit out of you! And you’re doin it for the love of the game, not because it pays well!

And how did that intersect with Slavic literature? Did Gemma teach him some Russian to help him with his own research? Did his area of study expand with HER speciality? How did those intersect?

I had SO much more to say than I thought I did thank you for giving me the place & space to rant ���

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They should make mark fatter next season......s2 mark got so gaunt 💔

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he was pregnant here

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Happy Wet Beast Wednesday to those who celebrate!

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you felt like you were choking on her ghost.