It 100% is rape because Mark S didn’t consent to having sex with Helena; he consented to having sex with Helly R. Speaking of Helly R., she definitely was also taken advantage of by Helena by using her body to take over her life down on the severed floor. I’m worried that the show is going to try and have a redemption arc for Helena given what we’ve seen with her relationship with her father and her comments about not liking who she was above the severed floor, but I think it’s clear that she doesn’t care who she uses and abuses as long as it suits her needs.
Severance
Yeah that’s going to be a hard pass for me on redeeming her.
Yeah, my wife is still on the Severance subreddit and it has been brought up there. I completely agree, I would even add that Helly is also a victim of Helena as well. People on Reddit are splitting hairs about the legal definition of rape/SA, but whether it rises to that level or not it is seriously unethical and messed up.
According to my wife some people on there still think Helena can be ‘redeemed’ or feel sorry for her. Like, no, she’s been a monster since her first appearance in the tape and she hasn’t done anything to change that.
Glad to hear that somebody else is having that conversation. Too bad spez is a greedy little pig boy or I’d be part of it.
On the one hand, Helena very clearly agrees that the innies and outies are different people, so there’s that. But she doesn’t believe that they actually matter at all, and calls them “fucking animals.” Well, Helena, you raped one of those animals. That’s pretty fucked up.
Exactly! So it was bestiality then? She is so messed up.
Lol, right?! Freak.