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My dad was raised buddhist and when I watched bill and Ted with him he was like “these guys are unironically the most enlightened people on the planet. They are leaving Samsara for sure” and that man has never been more right about anything ever

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"Grow up."

A young Helena Eagan portrait.

The pose in this one was based on Mark Pugh's painting named "Girl Fixated on the Black Spot of an Apple". He's an artist I've always admired so it's a bit of a tribute to his work :))

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do it seth!!! (ORTBO study pt. 2)

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I love when we get to see Mark S scared or angry, like I just love seeing more of what he would’ve been like when he started at Lumon. I think he kindof has had to settle into this state of pseudo-acceptance of the way he’s treated, because he’s done the rebelling and threatening to kill people and trying to quit and it’s been 2 years and he’s still here and there’s no getting out. He’s very resigned and beaten down, he tells himself everything is fine and he tries not to be scared when he’s led to the breakroom and he follows the rules because “Mr Milchick cant always be nice like that.”

But he is scared of what Lumon does to him, of what they might do next, and I love when we get to see those carefully constructed walls come down even a little. His desperation when Helly is trying to break all the same rules he did, how he runs and screams that she doesn’t understand. Him asking Ms Cobel if she’s mad at him, and the look on his face when she’s waiting for him in the break room. The way he’s shaking wide eyed and tries to bolt when he’s woken up in the cabin especially, he’s taught himself to be okay with a lot of things but when presented with something new he is immediately terrified, that initial fear comes rushing back.

And I think it’s very interesting that for his anger it really only comes out when other people are wronged. And I think it’s because a large part of his rationalization is dependent on it somehow being his fault. But when Helly shows up he just, can’t apply that logic to her. He knows she doesn’t deserve the pain, he can’t rationalize it when it’s not him because he does know they shouldn’t be treated like this. And at first he just tries to just take as many punishments as possible, makes it make sense by coming up with reasons it’s his fault. But then he just gets pissed. There’s no way he can rationalize them taking all his friends away, there’s no way that’s fair, so he’s planting notes and calling the board and almost entirely drops the perfectly poised Mark S. attitude he’s been holding this whole time.

And idk that’s just my favorite thing, the acknowledgement that the way Mark S. behaves is because he’s been beaten into submission, and the very realistic way that submission cracks under pressure.

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watched severance. I Understand Now.

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Cory Booker has been talking in the senate for over 20 hours now

He’s not filibustering. He’s protesting the current administration.

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seth milchick (thinking about the 65 orchestra members he’s been rehearsing with every tuesday and thursday for the past 8 weeks): so… i have your word you’ll report to work tomorrow?

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I still haven't watched Severance but congratulations to the fandom for getting a Blorbo who did end up crying, soaking wet in a suit and tie, and covered in blood at the end of the show. This is like getting a superbowl ring but for fandom I think.

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He should be at the Adventurer's Guild.

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"Milchick"

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Gemma Scout, on the phone with her bank: Yes I’m just trying to reopen my account. ‘Marked as deceased’ yes I know, but I’m not dead. Yes I know my husband sent you my death certificate. My death was faked in a really elaborate scheme so—no, not by me. Look just turn on CNN. I’m all over the news. It’ll—'can I come in with my husband?' No, I can’t. He’s dead now. Well maybe not dead. But he’s probably never coming back alive. They can’t get his innie in the elevator. Yes they tried that. But he sticks his arms and legs out real wide like a cat so they can’t get him in the elevator.”

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It's actually crazy how Kill la Kill shouts at the top of its lungs how it's ABOUT FASCISM right from the get-go and this is like the least discussed aspect of the series, because people are much more interested in arguing about all the nudity. Honnouji Academy is a microcosm of a fascist state. Those who pledge loyalty to the regime and spread its influence are given rewards and a better standard of living, and all the while a lower class is maintained so the upper classes have someone to look down on, distracting them from the system's oppression. The show is not subtle at all about its intermingling of school systems and the military, or how the students take pride in being part of a greater whole. The very first scene of the first episode literally opens on a history lesson about Hitler. It's soooo not subtle.

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Next season on Severance

Lumon to the free Gemma: do NOT go public do NOT tell anyone. We DO have your husband and you will NEVER see him again if you talk.

Lumon to themselves: where the fuck did he go. the system says he's still severed he HAS to be here

Mark and Helly: *scurrying around in crevices of the severed floor like feral raccoons*

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she looked SO GOOD this episode

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How does it feel? I don't know, I...

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SEVERANCE 2.10 Dear Innie, I've read your request and organized my response into three points. Point one: fuck you.

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there’s something in the way mark tells milchick he just needs a break. work is just work, isn’t it? and the way he refuses to give details, because he shouldn’t have to. it’s the work boundary setting that so many people struggle so much with. your boss doesn’t need to have access to you every second of every day. they don’t need to know exactly what you’re doing and why or your exact illness if you’re missing work. mark is finally taking some charge back and it’s so fucking freeing and it works.