Helly and Helena being different facets of one character makes everything more interesting. It adds depth and texture to every scene, interaction, relationship, and choice. It complicates motives and heightens emotions. If Helly and Helena are one person, then when Helly runs out of the elevator and kisses Mark at the end of s1, it isn't just something Helly wants to do, deep down it is something Helena wants to do, too. When Helena flirts with Mark and looks at him like she's in love at the ORTBO, it's because part of her genuinely is in love with him. When she tries to escape Lumon, tells Jame he's weird, says she is ashamed of who she is on the outside, makes Irv a snow seal, helps Mark look for his wife, mocks the book of Kier, tells her(self) that she is not a person, rejects authority, tries to take her own life, all of this ALL OF THIS comes from within one person. And that person is Helena "Helly" Eagan. Helly and Helena cannot exist without each other, they are each other, and their forced separation is unnatural and unsustainable. No, Helly should not get control of the body. No, Helena should not sacrifice herself. No, Helly is not kind. No, Helena is not cruel. It's not that simple. People contain multitudes. They have multiple faces and desires which they sometimes hide from the world, or even hide from their own conscious awareness. This is not and never was a battle between two people; Helena is one woman, and she is at war with herself.
