Loki & Severance Both Nail Gen Z's Worst Nightmare

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Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Severance.

While they are completely different shows, both Loki and Severance offer a similar look at a growing Gen Z concern about work-life balance. The newest Apple TV+ series follows the story of Mark Scout, an employee of a large but mysterious company in which personal and professional life cannot intersect, and has been produced and mostly directed by Hubie Halloween andHappy Gilmore actor Ben Stiller. Although Severance still has many questions left to be answered, it is already possible to draw a parallel between the shows and elements present both in real life and in other works of fiction.

Released in June 2021 as one of Disney+ Marvel shows, Loki saw the sometimes-villain, sometimes-antihero Loki taken from its original MCU timeline and placed in a very different context than what audiences associated with the character. The stories about Asgard as well as the combats against demigods and superheroes gave way to an intimate sci-fi journey that led to an in-depth study of Loki’s character. By adapting whimsical concepts from comics such as the Multiverse and different timelines into a more restrained and rule-filled entity known as the TVA, Loki flirted with horror elements and created one of the most distinct productions in the MCU.

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This distinctive tone of Loki's TVA, however, can be compared to the recently-released Severance. Both the Disney+ and Apple TV+ series portray a bucolic, almost claustrophobic work environment that is connected to an even bigger problem. The contemporary fear of being swallowed up by a dull work routine that robs a person of their true personality is an