LUMONST

[lumonst]

MULTIMUSE WRITING BLOG FOR CHARACTERS OF SEVERANCE.

— Dylan George — Devon Scout-Hale — Irving Bailiff — more soon (:

GUIDELINES wip.

EVERYTHING IS wip.

Aggressively headcanon based.

Show is still airing so I can't be wrong yet!

sidenote: Vince is here. For a week. For Britt. <33 Don't mind him.

[dr-whitaker]

"I think there’s something about Irving and Helly R. They formed an alliance in Season 1, really, at the Perpetuity Wing ... There’s a real familial bond that they have ... For Helena, her relationship with her father is so challenging that the kind of dynamic she has with Irving, I think, is triggering for her because it kind of rhymes a little bit with a father figure, but it’s a way more nurturing one than she’s ever experienced." (x)

[beetleandfox]

obsessed with the Helena and Irving parallel and what it says about the aspects of our identity we think are fundamental (but aren't)...

Like Outie Irving assumes his Innie is just as radically anti-Lumon as he is. He assumes his hatred of Lumon is something ingrained in his personality! That's why he stays up at night drinking coffee and making paintings, because he hopes that when his innie dreams about the testing floor, he'll say "okay bet" and start exploring. That's what Outie Irving would do, after all. But he miscalculated! His hatred of Lumon isn't inherent--- his desire for meaning and art and spirituality is inherent. That's what his hatred for Lumon is built on. But in a world where there's no meaning outside of Lumon propaganda, of COURSE his innie would become ridiculously devoted to the company.

And Helena!! She is the corporation, that's her whole identity. She presumably assumed that Helly would be just as pro-Lumon as she is. But she miscalculated too! Her devotion to the company isn't inherent, her headstrong and entitled nature is what's inherent! And in a world where she's denied any agency whatsoever, that manifests as rebellion.

It's the same dynamic flipped on its head. They both sent their innies in there with opposite intentions--- one to take down the company, one feed the company's expansion--- only to realize that rebellion and devotion aren't inherent characteristics. Their innies have become the exact opposite of their outie selves, while still being exactly the same!! Because even though your personality is inherent, the values you hold are determined circumstantially. OUGH IT'S SO GOOD.

[guirr01-blog-deactivated2025031]

I'd like to add to this.

In Woe's Hollow (s2e4) all of MDR is at a point where they're aware of the differences between them and their outies. Helly and Helena are fundamentally at odds, the hyper-competent Dylan has an outie who is "kind of a fuck up", and kind-hearted Mark is, on the outside, a sad drunk - and even then, knowing that his outie's wife is alive, he still has sex with Helly. That is to say, all of them are not just severed, but downright in conflict with who they are outside.

But not Irving. Not anymore.

Losing Burt has made him anti-Lumon just like his outie, and it's at this point that we see them becoming alike. It's at this point that we see that they're the same person. There's the drive, the determination, the disdain towards Lumon, but also other aspects of outie Irving that survive in innie Irving.

Innie Irving is a good artist. Of course. His outie paints all the time.

Innie Irving is fit enough to keep up with the "Helly" and Mark during the hike, then sleep outside, and then overpower "Helly" without much effort, all despite his age. Of course. His outie has served in the military.

Innie Irving is able to pick up the inconsistencies in "Helly"'s behaviour. Of course. His outie has been doing detective work with excellent results.

Out of all people, the meek old man that is innie Irving turned against his whole world, first in pain, and then in the pursuit of something greater - freedom, even if he may never experience it. And when he went out, he did so on his own feet, basking in a sunlight previously unknown to him, with a smile on his face. Whole, happy, contented.

[conclaveyaoi]

he's gay. he's a rebel. he's a spy. he likes opera. he's into metal. he paints. he's into stoicism. he drives. he wears a leather jacket. he's addicted to caffeine. he's an atheist. he's a dog person. he's waterboard-skilled. he's a bachelor. he's a hermit. he's severed. he's unemployed.

[melodramas]

SEVERANCE 2.04 | Woe's Hollow

[literatureandfilms]

I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.

Death, The Book Thief (via meggannn)