Sense8

Sense8 is an American science fiction drama TV series on Netflix. It was created, written, and directed by Lana and Lily Wachowski — known as The Wachowskis. The show was cancelled less than a month after the release of season 2, but was brought back for a two hour long finale episode due to the large fan outcry.
== Canon ==
=== Characters ===
* Sun Bak: A Korean businesswoman and martial artist living in Seoul, South Korea.
* Riley Blue: An Icelandic DJ living in London, England.
* Wolfgang Bogdanow: A Russian-German locksmith involved in organized crime living in Berlin, Germany.
* Kala Dandekar: An Indian Hindu pharmacist.
* Will Gorski: An American cop.
* Nomi Marks: An American trans woman, activist, and hacktivist.
* Capheus Onyango: A Kenyan van driver, later politician living in Nairobi, Kenya.
*Lito Rodriguez: A closeted gay Mexican actor.
=== Plot ===
In Sense8, there are two different species of humans, one being homo sapiens sapiens, and the other being referred to as homo sensorium — or sensate. Sensate are different to other humans in that they have psychic abilities, especially to those who are a part of their cluster, although their psychic abilities are dormant until they are birthed by another sensate.
In the first episode, the August 8 cluster — Sun, Riley, Wolfgang, Kala, Will, Nomi, and Capheus — are birthed by Angelica Turing, who then kills herself.
==Fandom==
=== Cancellation ===
When the series was canceled by Netflix on June 1, 2017, less than one month after the release of its second season on May 5, 2017, due to the cost of how much the series takes to produce—an estimated $9 million per episode—the fans immediately fought back against it by signing petitions such as this one and posting videos and discussions on how to save the series. In response, Netflix eventually agreed to give the series a two-hour finale to tie up the loose ends that Season 2 ended with. A heartfelt letter from Lana Wachowski was released on the Sense8 Twitter and other official social media accounts on June 29, 2017 to let fans know the good news.
Lana Wachowski announced in a Facebook Live video with a few Sense8 cast members on August 5, 2017 that she believed fans would produce more fans, and therefore would be writing a third season of the show.
=== Mural ===
In 2018, fans successfully crowdfunded for a Sense8 mural in San Francisco, California, home to character Nomi and her girlfriend, Amanita. An idea that originated from fans, actress Maximilienne Ewalt, who plays as Amanita’s mother, Grace, in the show, took on the challenge to make the mural a reality with the help of her muralist friend Diedre Weinberg.http://archive.today/2022.03.11-233427/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/sense8-fans-just-crowdfunded-the-worlds-first-sense8-mural/ Unfortunately, the mural was canceled. However, it was mentioned in a Facebook post that they were working on getting things set up for murals in Portugal and Spain.http://archive.today/2022.03.11-233413/https://www.facebook.com/SFsense8Mural/posts/1654237008020607
=== Shipping ===
While F/M is the most common category on Archive of Our Own, there is a good amount of M/M, F/F, and Multi ships. The most popular ship on AO3 is Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar, which is a canonical ship. Popular canonical ships also include Amanita Caplan/Nomi Marks, Riley Blue/Will Gorski, Hernando Fuentes/Lito Rodriguez, Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal, and Sun Bak/Riley Blue/Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Will Gorski/Nomi Marks/Capheus Onyango/Lito Rodriguez.
=== Criticism ===
Sense8 received criticism from viewers due to the desexualisation of characters of color, inclusion of copaganda and white savior narratives, and perpetuation of racist stereotypes. Additionally, they were criticized for lacking tact when it came to the sexuality of characters and how that interacted with the sex scenes. 
Capheus' season 1 actor, Aml Ameen, was reportedly fired after transphobia towards Jamie Clayton, the actor for Nomi and a trans woman.
====Fan Comments====
The show received several criticisms from collectives for the perpetuation of racist stereotypes, whitewashing, White Savior narratives, demonization and desexualization of people of color and the terrible treatment of characters of color and copaganda. 
	 
The Wachowskis sisters were also criticized for his lack of tact in addressing issues such as gender and sexuality. Sources cite that "transforming gay canonical characters into heterosexual or bi/pansexuals for OT8 orgy scenes would hurt their sexual orientations and those of viewers. In addition, we have the hypersexualization of Lito and Hernando. While we have Daniela who doesn't care in the least about the privacy of gay couples, whom she shoots and photographs without permission for pure fetishism.
 
While the actor Aml Ameen (Capheus – season 1) was fired after transphobic episodes against the also actress Jamie Clayton (Nomi – season 1-2). It is said that he was not satisfied with the scenes where his character interacted with the actress who is a trans woman, as well as the character she plays.
	 
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===Fanworks===
====Fanfiction====
* The Courage of Our Hearts by Poetry, Explicit, Daniela/Hernando/Lito, Daniela has no idea how to love someone, much less two people. Joaquin wasn’t exactly a model for a good relationship. But for Lito and Hernando, she’s going to try. And if she makes some mistakes along the way, well, she’ll just to have to learn from them. Hernando and Lito are worth it – even if Lito’s been acting a little strange lately.
* i love you i love you (and all of your pieces) by spiekiel, Mature, Hernando/Lito, "Hernando," he says, “this is going to sound crazy. But I am eight people.”
* A Beautiful Herd by allapplesfall, Gen, Capheus's mother finds out just how few of the cluster have mothers of their own, so she adopts them.
* Fight For What You Want by boazpriestly, Gen, In the end, Wolfgang is the first of them to have a child, and no one really knows what to make of the situation, especially not Wolfgang who leans against his kitchen counter and just stares at the blond little boy who watches him with watery eyes.
* More Vivid Than Sunsets, Brighter Than Stars by wordslinging, Explicit, Kala/Wolfgang, "I won't go away just because you pretend I'm not here," Kala says after a moment when he doesn't turn around. "Trust me, I know."
* watching stars collide by republica, Gen, Sun, they seem to decide unanimously, needs to be kept company.
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====Fanvids====
* sending out flares by eleventhourx
* Human by RosieB1408
* Bad Moon Rising by LadyMagiccc
* Arsonist's Lullabye by eemersonm
* Iron by Undead Ban
* Hypnotic by Jules D.
* 20% Cooler by LadyMagiccc
* I See You Villian by XxRagnarxX
* A Thousand Years by Fassy Massy
* I don't need no hero by tvfreakshow91
* In my space by Asiandramafan043 
* (Crazy In Love) by Sense8 Shipper
* FADE INTO YOU by WeJustPlayOurPart
* part of my entity by LonelySpeaker
* Can't Pretend by Débora Monteiro
* Touch, Daughter by Juliana Pimentel
* (All of Me) by Sense8 Shipper
* True Colors by Sense8 Shipper
* (Love me Like you Do) by Sense8 Shipper
* I'll be good by Undead Ban
* Radio by CowboyHobo
====Meta====
*Asking the Wrong Questions: "I Thought I Was Alone": Thoughts on Sense8 by Abigail Nussbaum (July 2015)
==Archives, Communities & Resources==
* Sense8 tag at AO3
* Sense8 tag at FFN
* Sense8 Wiki
* Sense8 Reddit
* netflixsense8gifs a gifset Tumblr
* Sense8 tag at Tumblr
==References==
Category:Sense8