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Severance 1x5 [EARLY ACCESS]
Added 2025-05-01 09:29:57 +0000 UTC
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I'm sorry you've been having a hard time with the show, but I'm glad to hear you're doing better. I will say, there is no pressure at all to keep up with it or watch it if the effects you feel from it are adverse to a high degree, I'll be through the show in the next couple months so you wouldn't have to wait too long. Be safe ππΌ I think you're right in that Rickon would be a great friend though, as much as my words in the first episode might not have translated that way π I was rough on him. Have a great weekend! And thank you for the kind words ππΌ
Tyler Alexander
2025-05-03 19:21:41 +0000 UTCHaha, the Expanse has been put on my list. With the Wednesday slot coming every week I should get through stuff quicker than in the past π
Tyler Alexander
2025-05-03 19:17:00 +0000 UTCThis is the episode where this show stopped triggering me. That beginning man. I was bawling my eyes out, saying I really shouldn't be watching this show at all and the way this episode unfolded was like a balm. We need Rickon. We need that love developing between Irv and Bert. We need those adorable goats. The goats kind of remind me of how we kind of turn to cat and dog shorts/memes/gifs to remind us that the natural world is still there beyond the cages we are in. And the hallways seem like a metaphor to me. I see Helly and Mark walking through those dark corridors as a metaphor for doing shadow work. Walking through the pain. Trying to figure things out. Each dark hallway lights up as we get there, much like the illumination of learning something new in doing shadow work. Then we come to the unexpected. The sound of baby goats. And it's shocking. But it's calming despite the fact that we don't know what is happening to the goats. We can guess it's not something good, but it's in this moment that we reach one root of our trauma in the machine that disconnects us from nature. I had to get friends to watch this with me at first. And then I started binging a little. (Work has been too crazy for me to have enough free time to actually binge like I normally would.) The goats. (Smile.) I love your commentary on Rickon. My perception on Rickon was a bit different from the start of the show. I think he is a little bit different than the pompous self-righteous people that put me off in life. I think from that first episode you can tell he is highly sensitive (based on the different beds for the baby) and he means well, but he is very socially awkward. I don't think he's the type that places harsh judgements and indictments on people like some do. He is just socially awkward and that is the part of Rickon I can highly relate to. But I admire him because he allows himself to be vulnerable to others. He's someone I wouldn't mind being friends with. Honest. Unashamed. A bit over the top but he has such a big heart. And his character does make me smile. Can't help but love him. And though some of the things he says in his book are something that a lot of people would view as simple and known, it's soothing to hear Rickon's thoughts as innie-Mark is reading his book. For me, it's these moments that take this show from the chaotic pain and the fear it inspires and grounds it in simplicity and beauty. Nature. Community. Self-discovery. Self-love. All things that systems of power try to rip away from us. So many layers! So, so, so, so, many layers in this show. But the lessons are golden...so far. I can't wait to have the time to finish the first season. I know this is a long response (sorry). Another thing. I want to take a moment to thank you for covering this show. I think I've said this before, but the majority of content creators I follow are geared towards music. You're the only one I follow that breaks down TV shows and movies and of course I gravitated to that through Buffy. I wouldn't have gotten an Apple subscription to watch this show if you weren't covering it. And despite the first punches to my brain this show has given me, I think it serves as a strong form of art that is causing me to do my own form of shadow work with relation to my own cubicle existence. And that's a positive. And from my experience it also seems to be a strange code. I take back to back calls about people's cable and internet and streaming services they get through my company. Most people are awful. But it's common for people to want to talk about what shows you are watching. When I tell someone I'm watching Severance, I either get people who are still clueless and assholes spilling their hateful Maga commentary bullshit. But for some of these clients, there is this immediate connection and understanding. And they start talking to me like I'm human. What a fcking show. Thank you, Tyler. Have a great weekend. Looking forward to your next analysis.
Hekate_TanyaTMS
2025-05-01 19:25:23 +0000 UTCI love what you said about Ricken. A lot of his lines are really cheesy but for severed people who don't know anything about literature but the handbook, can his words be the spark they need to begin some kind of resistance? On another topic, the work they are doing in the severed floor seems to be so random. But the persons in charge consider it to be extremely valuable even if it has to stay a secret. The corridors designed as a labyrinth, the measures taken to avoid any socialization between the different departments. It seems to me that Lumon (or the mysterious "board") is very afraid that employees may figure out what they are really doing. For now, I hesitate between two options: the work is indeed very important and top secret or the company only wants its employees to think so (for what reason? To motivate them to accomplish something that doesn't appear to be worth doing in the first place? To strengthen their loyalty to Kier?). Another possibility that you mentioned in an earlier video would be that they are not working at all but unknowingly participate in a social experiment. I must admit that I am very curious to discover what is really happening in the severed floor. Great video as always Tyler. Take care of yourself. P.S. I voted for Dark on youtube to be the next show you should watch after Severance. I am sure you will love to analyze every detail and theorize about it. I will continue to advise you to watch The Expanse though, as it is one of the best show I have ever seen^^
Aurelius 19
2025-05-01 17:48:27 +0000 UTC
