you know I really DID like the final ep of severance, it was exciting and well paced and soooo funny actually and smart enough. but yeah I hated the last scene, I'm sorry, it just literally overwhelmed me with disappointment. I wasn't prepared for that ending, didn't even consider it, didn't see it coming (but I could have actually I realize now). it's just that for me, you have all those themes about identity, about forming relationships, about clinging to life even if it treats you unkindly, about finding yourself and also about sacrifice, and again - idenity and self worth and you could have framed that ending in regards to CHOICE - and all those things I mentioned before - in a myriad of ways considering the other story elements of this show. and what happend was, OH HERE'S A LOVE TRIANGLE AND OH WHICH GIRL WILL HE CHOOSE and it's all about romance!! and look a man and a woman, who will he choose to be with hehehe !! and sorry it's just. I'm not saying that's the truth of it or that it was a bad episode, I'm saying that for my taste, for me personally, that last scene encapsulated something that I am deeply, deeply tired of. that I didn't see coming in this case because I honestly thought this story offered more that the same old trite bullshit of heterosexual romance and love triangles. that this last scene, they could have made their point in many different ways that would actually have honored a bit more complexity. that would be a bit more subtle. a bit less trite.
and again I'm not saying that's the truth of it. that was MY experience of it, and that experience reflects on my tastes and that I get very defensive and non-apologetic when confronted with this kind of "romance theme" or whatever because - well, ever since I've watched movies I've just been so, so very bored of this flavor of romance. of this overpowering, omnipresent romance focused narrative style. and yerah especially the heterosexual kind. there's other types of relationships surely you can use in narrative to tell the kind of story, or make the kind of point they've done here. friendship. family. the relationship with yourself.
and again, sorry, I've seen some posts now on this scene that reflect enjoyment of it and I realize some people do get something out of it and I'm happy for everyone. not saying it's bad just that in me personally it triggered this reaction because ugh. see above. ugh ugh ugh.
otherwise, really cool episode! this season was so and so, but I really liked this ep otherwise. just the last scene kind of spoiled it for me. anyway I'll browse some more posts now and see other people's reactions and I'm sure it'll make me be more understanding and less grumpy about it. but uuuuugh. life is so complex. if you're telling a story about clinging to life, small and hard though it may be, I'm sure there's more you can think of than JUST romantic love. I'm actually a huge fan of romantic love, do enjoy reading about it and participating in it if I get the chance. but it's like. just a little part of life, yeah? it's NOT THE MAIN THEME OF LIFE. not every single experience in life that you can have as a human being boils down to being in love. christ, if they'd framed it in away honoring the friendship between those two characters I'd be less bitter about it. but then again they also made having children or not like 100% of the personality/motivation of one of the female main characters so. hm. yeah no I'm discontent.
edit: maybe I just watched it wrong. maybe it was a romance show all along and I just didnt realize. I just thought it was like, an arc yeah. a major theme. but not THE theme. you'd ask me to decide on something I'd say identity would be THE major theme of the show, and romance one of the tools to explore it. but not like, the point of the show. lol, silly me