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walker-extended-universe · 9 months ago

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Stella Walker Fanfiction Masterlist

This is a list of fanfiction I've written that features Stella as a main/major character

Walkercest of the Stellaugust variety Series- What it says on the tin. NSFW. Mostly follows canon.

Secrets Secrets are No Fun- Stella's been having nightmares about the crash. Cordell tries to comfort her and apologises, which prompts her to tell the truth of what happened that day. He is not exactly happy to hear this.

What Could Go Wrong?- Stella and August find a spellbook and things go wrong. Part 5 of Walkernatural

Dead Weight- Alternative version of Walker s01e11: Freedom and Prodigal Son s02e11: You Can Run. Martin Whitly made it out of the state with Hector but the plan only had enough fuel to get them to Texas. After their forced landing, they come across a couple of teenagers in a summer cabin with a duffle bag full of money. One of these teenagers is Stella Walker, daughter of a Texas Ranger. Martin would be stupid not to take advantage of this opportunity.

It's The Little Things You Do- In which the Walker family comes into contact with a hunter's daughter. Part one of The Little Things

Through The Looking Glass- Stella and August experiment with a spell Rowena left for them. This opens a rift into another universe where they meet some freakily familiar characters. Eventually, they find their way back home. Part 9 of Walkernatural. Part 7 of Henry Winchester 'Verse

Romeo and Juliet: Walker Edition- A more fleshed out, slowburn version of Stella and Colton's love story

Home- Cordell Walker doesn't handle the death of his wife very well. When her case is left cold, he tries to take things into his own hands and finds a world of danger he never expected to fall into but feels drawn to nonetheless. His family is concerned about him and they start makign moves to ensure his children, barely toddlers, are cared for if something happens to him. Upon learning about this, he does the perfectly same thing of running away with them in the middle fo the night. 14 years later, Stella and August Walker have been raised in the hunting lifestyle. Though Cordell tried to keep their lives as normal as possible, there was no keeping them away from the danger of the monster world. When he goes missing on a job, Stella and August do everything in their power to find him. After hitting one dead end too many, they decide to take a long shot and go somewhere they haven't been since that fateful night: Home

The Wayward Boy Returns- Stella and August haven't spoken since he proposed to his gold-digging girlfriend five years ago. Now, he shows up on her doorstep after a divorce

A Son's Duty- An exploration on what might have happened if Trevor had pulled the trigger when he had "Duke" right in front of him in 1x07

No Means No, 2nd Edition- This is another version of a previously written story in which Ruby raped August in 1x17. This was actually the version I'd started writing first but I ended up going a different direction. I kept the skeleton of this version around though and now I present it to you here. Enjoy.

Self Therapy- Stella was left in a cell to think about what she's done. But has she really done anything?

"Are you an angel?"- Colton is in the hospital recovering from surgery. He has a good nurse.

Life is Full of Surprises- Stella and Sadie share a drunk kiss at a party. They both try to move on from it but can't get it out of their head. They start a secret sexual relationship behind their boyfriends' backs. All is well- until they're found out.

(Not) Just a Graze- in which Stella caught the bullet instead of the man who broke into Geri's house

Worst Case Scenario- In which the kids were taken by Grey Flag too and the consequences are devastating for the whole family.

It Started In The Cabin- What if Stella got pregnant from her and Trevor's tryst at the cabin?

#walker #walker fanfic #walker fanfiction #masterlist #stella walker #stella walker day

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spockvarietyhour · 5 years ago

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Myron Stark, Gangster Terminator

#T-888 #Myron Stark #Terminator #Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles #GIF #my gifs #Self Made Man #S02E11 Self Made Man #Danny watches The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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holden-norgorov · 6 years ago

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A definite analysis of why I think Rajalagang ruined an entire storyline of the show.

I’m sorry, but if you really think the Rajalagang polyamory is IC you seriously need to rewatch the show. I’m not saying it’s not a morally beautiful choice, and I agree that it suits with the themes of the episode and I may even eventually come to accept it because I understand that in the finale they wanted to have a happy ending for everyone and that’s wonderful. What I’m actually saying, though, is that it’s not coherent with that we’ve been shown for two seasons, and lack of narrative continuity is an objective problem, regardless of what kind of message you want to send. And I know that the show was supposed to have three more seasons but, as proved by JMS’s statements, the Kalagang storyline would have canonically taken a different direction (had the show been renewed), and that was made clear in season two and strongly hinted also in season one by so many factors; so this polyamorous relationship was not originally planned or conceived, but it was added only for Rajan to actually do something in this episode and not turning out to be the only one without a happy ending. But by doing so, they decided to portray a trash, OOC version of Kalagang that doesn’t fit at all with the previous seasons. So, here I’ll try my best to explain my thoughts and provide an analysis of Kala’s relationship with both Rajan and Wolfgang throughout the show, in order to highlight why in my opinion the finale episode ruined their character arcs.

In S01E01 “Limbic Resonance”, the very first thing we learn about Kala’s character is that she thinks Rajan is what her society may depict as a perfect husband for her but she doesn’t love him. She is already torn by what she feels pressured to do by duty and what she really wants by heart, and this is exactly what her character is all about throughout the show: an internal struggle. For both seasons Rajan always embodies the symbol of what Kala needs to overcome in order to find true happiness, despite him being known for being a good and kind man.

In S01E02 “I Am Also A We”, during the short conversation Kala and Rajan have on the balcony, it’s made it clear that Rajan already knows that Kala doesn’t feel for him the same way he feels for her. But despite acknowledging this, he still decides to go on with the wedding, taking advantage of her internal struggle and focusing only on his desire to have her. Here we already have a small sign of Rajan’s selfish nature, because he consciously prioritizes his marriage ambition to the psychological fragility of the woman he says he loves.

In S01E11 “Just Turn The Wheel And The Future Changes”, we learn that the very first reason why Rajan took an interest in Kala, of all the women so desperate to marry him, is that his father didn’t approve their relationship due to religious differences. He basically said that at first his attraction towards her was caused by the idea of linking the image of Kala to a prize to win.

Rajan never once in all the show actually asks Kala about her opinions, her way of thinking, her reasoning behind things; he always focuses only on her beauty and physical appearance. This is because he doesn’t actually know Kala. He only knows the construct image that she shows to the society she lives in, and he fell in love with that image. He’s not even interested in getting to know the real Kala, and she obviously doesn’t want him to because she doesn’t love him. So, the result is that in two seasons we don’t get to even see one time when the two of them have a really loving and meaningful conversation. They basically have no relationship despite being married, and this lack of understanding between the two of them is confirmed in S02E04 “Polyphony”, when Kala tells Wolfgang that he is the only person she can talk about anything and be really herself with.

In many occasions it’s also shown that not only Kala is not in love with Rajan, but she is also deeply ill at ease and uncomfortable around him and, thanks to her unresolved internal struggle and the fact that he likes playing the victim, she also feels obliged to hide her true self. In S02E01 “Happy F*cking New Year” she is shown trying to distract her mind from this unwanted marriage and to avoid her husband by constantly shopping, and she feels forced to build a fake image to please Rajan shortly before their sexual encounter (which she feels dutiful to have because of the necklace he bought her). And the thing is that Rajan notices that Kala displays this uncomfortable attitude but he doesn’t even try to understand her or actually help her: he just keeps pressuring her psychologically in order to assure that their wedding remains intact. He is shown to care not about her as a person, but only about the preservation of their social roles as husband and wife.

In S02E01 “Happy F*cking New Year” Rajan also reveals having basically negotiated Kala’s body with her mother and, despite acting regretful once Kala shows her anger, this doesn’t erase the fact that he totally disrespected her as a person and objectified her without even realizing that she would have been pissed off about it and therefore that he should have apologized to her (a clear sign, as I previously said, that he actually doesn’t know her and that despite being married they have no relationship at all because they keep avoiding each other).

In S02E07 “I Have No Room In My Heart For Hate” is the only time in both seasons when we can actually see Kala explaining her opinions to her husband about the expired drugs that his company uses. As a result, he completely shuts the conversation off because he doesn’t care what she has to say; instead, he tries to calm her down by complimenting her beauty, which is kind of a sexist, disrespectful attitude. Nevertheless, he later sincerely apologizes to her, showing that he is starting to acknowledge the real Kala. This is the moment when Rajan really shows a newfound interest in discovering the hidden side of his wife. But the problem is that in this scene she mostly feels guilty for this because she realizes that this is not what she actually wants and that she is unable to give Rajan the love he deserves (something she ultimately came to realize after the sexual encounter with Wolfgang in the previous episode).

In S02E11 “You Want A War?” Rajan admits having lied to Kala for an entire season to prevent their marriage from being torn apart, and this was made possible for him exactly because they don’t have a real relationship and don’t know each other properly. It’s also fair to point out that Kala herself constantly keeps secrets from him for two seasons, so there is absolutely no trust at the base of this marriage. Unlike Rajan, Wolfgang specifically states that he has never lied to her.

This entire mess that is Kala’s relationship with Rajan for twenty-three episodes fades in front of the deep connection full of symbolism that she has with Wolfgang since the very first moment they meet. I’m not going to analyze every Kalagang moment and how each one perfectly fits with the other and helps empowering their connection, because it would make this post eternal. So, I’m going to sum up their bond especially relating to Rajan’s role.

During the first two seasons of the show, Wolfgang and Kala’s relationship is clearly thought to be based on a mutual level of understanding, connection and purity that overcomes reason, logical everyday life rules, cultures and boundaries. They are depicted as perfect for each other because each of them metaphorically embodies those traits that the other needs to embrace in order to evolve and grow. There’s a reason why they first connect after being asked “what are you looking for?”. Kala is looking for Courage: according to her character arc and storyline, she needs the courage to gain control and power over her own life, to finally make choices for herself, following what she really wants and not having to be subdued by societal rules and conventions. She finds this new, undiscovered side of herself in Wolfgang. On the other hand, Wolfgang is looking for Faith: according to his character arc and storyline, he needs to find faith in himself, he needs someone who actually reminds him that he is worthy of love, someone who can overcome his internalized childhood’s traumas and help him discovering a new self-awareness and meaning. He finds this hope in Kala, and he is also able to spontaneously open up and talk about his psychological wounds with her alone. They are symbolically conceived to complete each other in a profound level: there’s no room for Rajan in this kind of interdipendent connection and never will.

Especially through the first season is shown that Wolfgang has naturally access to a level of Kala’s intimacy that Rajan could never reach. We know that in many moments there’s proof that they share a strong connection with water (since their first birth, actually), and they spontaneously keep visiting in bathrooms, which are the most intimate and water-y filled places in homes. Also, by showing himself naked during her wedding and later in her bedroom, Wolfgang becomes fundamental in Kala’s sexual awakening process. They frequently are shown to develop a fluid (water-y) and sexual connection also through sweat. There are many scenes when we can clearly see that their bond is based on this deeply intimate and personal sharing moments that completely clash with Kala’s physical uncertainty and unease with Rajan’s presence. But the moment that in my opinion metaphorically testifies this in the best way possible is the beautiful scene in S01E07 “W.W.N. Double D?” at the Ganesha temple. We know that Kala is a faithful believer and, since Rajan is the son of the man who is basically trying to destroy Kala’s praying place, she and her husband share deep religious differences. So, Kala is led to use the temple as a way of escaping him and therefore it becomes her most private, intimate place, the only one where she can truly be herself. And who does she find in here, where she is unreachable by Rajan? Wolfgang. This is meant to show us that their connection flows and grows spontaneously in a deep and intimate way that could never be paralleled by the forced nature of Kala’s relationship with Rajan, who is always conceived as a stranger and invader in their lives.

In S02E04 “Polyphony”, Kala visits Wolfgang and states that he’s the only person she ever felt she could say anything to. This is because, as I pointed out before, she doesn’t have a real relationship with Rajan since he doesn’t actually care about what she thinks as a person (while Wolfgang is shown to be astonished by her opinions and private thoughts) and they rarely talk at all. Wolfgang replies that he tried to avoid her because she deserves to be happy. Despite being a really closed and introverted man (mainly thanks to his traumas), Wolfgang shows a selfless nature towards Kala, because he really loves her and wants for her the best life possible (aka: Rajan’s wealth). This behavior contrasts with Rajan’s recurrent selfish attitude: by playing the victim, he is shown to care purely about their marriage status and never actually take an interest in knowing Kala’s nature hidden under her superficial image and learning what she actually wants. After that, for the first time, thanks to Wolfgang’s presence, Kala finds herself comfortable enough to openly admit that her real happiness (what she really wants by heart) isn’t the same “happiness” that society wants for her to pursue (staying married to Rajan). Despite being obviously clear since the beginning of the show, here there is an out loud statement that Kala feels forced to stay with Rajan solely out of duty and obligation.

About the marvelous Kalagang sex scene, I expressed my thoughts in this post, so I’m not going to repeat myself uselessly.

In S02E10 “If All The World Is A Stage, Identity Is Nothing But A Costume”, Kala is finally showing the Courage (Wolfgang) to listen to her feelings and avoid pleasing others, while Wolfgang is finally reaching the Faith (Kala) that he is worthy of her and he doesn’t need to push her away and feeling like he doesn’t deserve her. This scene is so intimate and pure because of their mutual new understanding and acceptance both of themselves and of each other. Their entire arcs in both seasons culminate in this scene, and in the one in the next episode. What we can gain from this moment is that: Kala finally choses herself over others, which means that she finally agrees to follow her desires (be with Wolfgang) and move on from her duties as an Indian woman (be with Rajan). There is no indecision. Kala clarifies that she doesn’t want to hurt Rajan, because she deeply cares about him as a person (but I mostly think that this is due not to sincere affection but to the fact that she has lied to him for a lot of time and she feels guilty about it). In fact, she states that she “owes him the truth”, because by neglecting her duties as wife she feels like she has been using him. But she also states that she doesn’t want for Wolfgang to come to her city, which is a clear sign that she never absolutely felt the desire to share him with her world, Rajan included. It’s also fair to point out that in many moments of both seasons Kala and Wolfgang have been shown to be jealous of each other and morbidly attached to the unique connection that they have, never showing the will to share it with anybody else: for instance, think about the sex scene in the Christmas Special, when Wolfgang uncomfortably says “I’m not going to watch this” referring to Kala and Rajan having an intercourse. And then think about Kala not being able to go through with it because of Wolfgang’s presence (just to be clear: both these moments alone are actual proof that the last scene of the finale episode is completely out of character). They are the first one true love of each other and both of them crave an almost dominant and possessive role in each other’s life because of that. The last thing they would do is sharing their unprecedented bond with someone like Rajan who has always been, for two entire seasons, respectively an obstacle through Kala’s eyes and an invader through Wolfgang’s.

In S02E11 “You Want A War?”, Kala is ready to go through with her choice (which has already been made in the previous episode) to go “somewhere else, where no one knows” them. The importance of this scene is that Kala’s presence and role in Wolfgang’s development proves to be fundamental for his recovery from his childhood’s traumas: thanks to her, he has started to have Faith in himself again and now, for the very first time, he is ready to open up and share out loud his feelings towards her. He finds himself capable of loving and being loved and, while he confesses his emotions, he feels really scared and frightened both by the power that Kala has over him and by this unknown side of himself. At the same time, Wolfgang’s love declaration is what ultimately gives the Courage to Kala to confess her feelings thus making her decision permanent. This scene is meant to represent not only the explicit affirmation of their love for each other, but also for the part of themselves that had developed and grown thanks to their bond. This is why “love inside a Cluster is the worst kind of narcissism”: they complete each other and make each other a better version of themselves. This narcissism is precisely what makes it definitely out of character for Kala and Wolfgang to ignore their connection and even consider Rajan in the last episode. Paris was meant to be “just for them”, as stated by Kala herself. The finale special completely destroys all of this by giving us an unnecessary, weak polyamory based on the wrong assumption completely invented in this episode that there ever was a love indecision and that a choice has never been made. Also, according to the first two seasons, Kala and Wolfgang as a couple were absolutely the least likely to come up and accept such a situation, because they were presented and developed as star-crossed lovers made for each other, and each other’s one and only true love (it’s made clear several times that neither of them ever loved anyone else).

I hope I made myself clear on why in my opinion the Special features an OOC, regressive version of Kalagang and a totally out-of-place relationship based on nothing. At last, I want to share with you what I think would have been a worthy conclusion of their arcs: Kala finally embracing the newfound Courage in herself to ask Rajan for a divorce after having properly explained to him not only her sensate nature, but also her strong connection with Wolfgang; Rajan finally coming to love Kala for who she is (person) and not just for being his “wife” (property), and by doing so accepting to let her go in order for her to be finally happy; Wolfgang and Rajan reaching a friendship based on mutual respect but nothing more. In this way, I feel every character would have been given proper justice without being ruined or compromised.

Instead, by forcing Rajan into a relationship that isn’t fair to anyone of the three characters involved, the writers actually damaged and drastically weakened the epic bond between Kala and Wolfgang, and the quality of their writing decreased exponentially.

#sense8 #sense8 spoilers #special #finale #amor vincit omnia #kalagang #wolfgang bogdanow #kala dandekar #rajan rasal #analysis #thoughts #anti rajalagang #not anti polyamory itself #just anti this polyamory

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timelesstimesgoneby · 2 years ago

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Hart to hart is about Jonathan Hart (Robert Wagner) was a self-made millionaire, the C.E.O. of Hart Industries, a global conglomerate. His gorgeous wife Jennifer (Stefanie Powers) was a freelance journalist. They were both amateur sleuths, and in every episode found themselves up to their eyeballs in murder, smuggling, theft, and international espionage. They also managed to find time to snuggle together, as they loved each other very much. Max (Lionel Stander) was their loyal, gravelly-voiced butler, cook, and chauffeur, and Freeway their pet canine.

Disc 1

S01e0 Hart To Hart/pilot

S01e01 Hit Jennifer Hart

S01e02 Passport To Murder

Disc 2

S01e03 Jonathan Hart Jr.

S01e04 Death In The Slow Lane

S01e05 You Made Me Kill You

S01e06 Murder Between Friend

Disc 3

S01e07 Cop Out

S01e08 Max In Love

S01e09 A New Kind Of High .

S01e10 With This Gun, I Thee Wed

Disc 4

S01e11 The Man With The Jade Eyes

S01e12 Color Jennifer Dead

S01e13 A Question Of Innocence

S01e14 Night Horrors .

Disc 5

S01e15 Which Way, Freeway?

S01e16 Downhill To Death

S01e17 The Raid .

S01e18 Sixth Sense

Disc 6

S0 Does She, Or Doesn't She?

S01e20 Cruise At Your Own Risk

S01e21 Too Many Cooks Are Murder

S01e22 Death Set

Season 2

Disc 1

S02e01 Murder, Murder Be The Wall

S02e02 What Murder?

S02e03 This Lady Is Murder

S02e04 Murder Is A Man's Best Friend

Disc 2

"S02e05 ""tis The Season To Be Murdered"

S02e06 Murder Wrap

S02e07 Murder In Paradise

S02e08 Ex-wives Can Be Murder

Disc 3

S02e09 Murder Is A Drag 02/03/

S02e10 The Hart Shaped Mürders

S02e11 Slow Boat To Murder

S02e12 Murder In The Saddle

Disc 4

S02e13 Homemade Murder

S02e14 Solid Gold Murder

S02e15 Getting Aweigh With Murder

S02e16 The Murder Of Jonathan Hart

Disc 5

S02e17 The Latest Fashion In Murder

S02e18 Operation Murder .

S02e19 Murder Takes A Bow

S02e20 Blue Chip Murder

Season 3

Disc 1

S03e01 Harts And Flowers

S03e02 A Couple Of Harts

S03e03 Hartland Express

S03e04 What Becomes A Murder Most?

Disc 2

S03e05 Murder Up Their Sleeve

S03e06 Harts Under Glass

S03e07 Rhinestone Harts

S03e08 Hart Of Darkness

Disc 3

S03e09 Hartbreak Kid

S03e10 From The Depths Of My Hart

S03e11 Hartless Hobby

S03e12 My Hart Belongs To Daddy

Disc 4

S03e13 Hart Of Diamonds

S03e14 Harts And Palms

S03e15 The Hart Of The Matter

S03e16 Blue And Broken-harted

Disc 5

S03e17 Harts On Their Toes

S03e18 Deep In The Hart Of Dixieland

S0 Vintage Harts

S03e20 Hart, Line And Sinker

Disc 6

S03e21 Hart And Sole

S03e22 The Harts Strike Out

S03e23 Coin A Hart

S03e24 Harts And Fraud

Season 4

Disc I

S04e01 On A Bed Of Harts

S04e02 With This Hart, I Thee Wed

S04e03 Million Dollar Harts

S04e04 Marts On Campus

Disc 2

S04e05 Harts At High Noon.

S04e06 Harts' Desire

S04e07 Rich And Hartless

Disc 3

S04e08 In The Hart Of The Night

S04e09 One Hart Too Many

S04e10 A Christmas Hart

S04e11 Hunted Harts

S04e12 Emily By Hart

Disc 4

S04e13 Pounding Harts .

S04e14 Chamber Of Lost Harts

S04e15 Harts On The Scent

S04e16 Bahama Bound Harts

Disc 5

S04e17 As The Hart Turns

S04e18 The Wayward Hart

S04e19 A Change Of Hart

Disc 6

S04e20 Hartstruck

S04e21 To Close To Hart

S04e22 A Lighter Hart

Season 5

Disc 1

S05e01 Two Harts Are Better Than One

S05e02 Straight Through The Hart

S05e03 Hostage Harts

S05e04 Pandora Has Wings

Disc 2

S05e05 Harts And Hounds

S05e06 Love Game

S05e07 Passing Chance

S05e08 Long Lost Love

Disc 3

S05e09 Highland Fling

S05e10 Year Of The Dog

S05e11 Trust Your Hart

S05e12 Harts On The Run

Disc.4

S05e13 Whispers In The Wings

S05e14 Max's Waltz

S05e15 The Dog Who Knew Too Much

S05e16 Silent Dance

Disc 5

S05e17 Death Dig

S05e18 The Shooting

S05e19 Slam Dunk

S05e20 Larsen's Last Jump

S05e21 Always, Elizabeth

S05e22 Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch

Movies

Hart To Hart Returns

Home Is Where The Hart Is

Crimes Of The Hart

Old Friends Never Die

Secrets Of The Hart

Two Harts In Three-quarter Time

Harts In High Season

Till Death Do Us Hart

#hart to hart #tv series episode #episode #episode guide #classic

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spockvarietyhour · 5 years ago

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the problem with TSCC i think is that it introduces and discard elements at random, and the more the show progresses the less its interested at coherent storytelling and just....here’s Cameron at the library, she’s been going here for weeks! She brought donuts to this guy who’s been helping her with rando research, now let’s talk about a 1920s terminator!

(previous eps killed the supposedly important shrink before the ep started)

#Danny watches The Sarah Connor Chronicles #S02E11 Self Made Man

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holden-norgorov · 6 years ago

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The Kalagang irl meeting.

Let’s talk about this mess of a scene, because it fails on so many levels that I really find it barely watchable, and I’m vividly sure I will never watch it again. Probably the worst scene in all the show, and the only one I can’t forgive at all.

For starters, it’s completely decontextualized from the narrative coherence of the previous events. We were left with Rajan and Wolfgang physically together and Kala with Lito, Hernando and Dani leaving the club. Why is Kala arriving at the shelter in a car with Bug? It’s not necessarily a continuity error, because this moment happens likely the day (or even days) after the exchange. Still, though, this doesn’t explain why this scene is shown to us in this way: are we supposed to buy the idea of Kala never meeting with the two of them for a couple of days or, if she did, never properly talking to them until now? What really happened between these two scenes? It really isn’t clear at all. So, the writing is little too obvious and orchestrated for it to be believable, but really this may be the least problematic aspect.

Then we are shown Wolfgang rightfully thanking Rajan for saving him and showing him some deserved gratitude, since Rajan actually prevented Lila from killing him. So, this is a totally acceptable and understandable behavior for him. The problem steams from the fact that the writers clearly intended for this moment to hint at something bigger and different between the two and expected us to accept it even though it came from nowhere at all. And this is mostly disappointing knowing how carefully and worthily Lana represented and explained the complex realm of human sexualities for the past two seasons. For each character there has always been a detailed attention in the exploration of their identities, especially regarding their approach to sex and their sexual preferences. Knowing this, it’s quite a downer witnessing such a great work lose its power and value in this scene, where some bubbling from Rajan is supposed to suggest us something never mentioned or addressed before. It’s a totally superficial and cheap choice that weakens the depth and the heaviness of the importance that the show itself has always given to sexual orientation and self-awareness. For twenty-three episodes we have never been given the slightest hint of Rajan being anything but a hetero-sexual man, and if he wasn’t from the very start, Lana would surely have found a way to let us understand quite instantly (since thankfully she cares a lot about these themes and would never fail to portray them properly ― at least I believed it, until now). For this very reason I find it inappropriate and very inadequate for the writers to imply superficially (and without providing a needed foundation) the existence of an instant, unmotivated attraction between two characters who have never been shown to struggle with their sexual orientations. Sense8 has always treated its characters way better than this misleading and trivial stare-action between Wolfgang and Rajan suggests. It really looks like a joke.

Kala arrives in the car and shows again second thoughts. Objectively, this is not an incomprehensible thing. I think it’s true to her character showing hesitance right now, knowing that Rajan helped them and saved Wolfgang personally. What many people fail to understand, though, is that these second thoughts don’t correspond to a sudden newborn love indecision. Kala is once again showing uncertainty regarding “which rules to follow”, not “which man to choose” (she has clear ideas about her feelings, she is just afraid and hesitant of turning her back from her duties ― which now are more oppressive than ever, because her husband has proved to be a good and worthy man). Since Kala is conscious that Rajan has proved to be fundamental in Wolfgang’s salvation and providing a shelter, I don’t feel like blaming her for a newfound indecisiveness. She was ready to be with Wolfgang and tell Rajan the truth because during all S2 he acted quite badly towards her, instead now the writers presented him (in a totally cheap way, but still) as redeemable, therefore she develops a new sense of guilt and discomfort to hurt him. So, overall, I can consider this moment acceptable. But this hesitance doesn’t translate in a romantic awakening from her towards her husband. She simply finds herself not ready to hurt him anymore, so she goes back to “talk in circles”.

What I actually really consider outrageous here is Bug’s suggestion that a choice shouldn’t be made and, worst, Kala’s immediate acceptance of this. This moment not only destroys Kala’s character evolution in the past seasons, but it also sends a horrible message. First of all, I don’t clearly see why there shouldn’t be ethical rules if she was able to be in two different places at the same time. I know the visiting element is complex, but, in my opinion, it still doesn’t allow a person to cheat on another, and staying with two people at the same time is cheating (especially if a “sapiens” is involved, because he is unfairly cut out from part of it because of natural limitations). On a strictly conceptual point of view, I could see the appeal of this idea: by being naturally able to “multiply” yourself, you could be able to naturally “multiply” your feelings too. But being able to be in two places at the same time doesn’t mean that you become two different people. And the fact is always that: Kala is not suffering from a love indecision. She isn’t romantically conflicted, she is torn between obligation and herself. By stating “there are no rules” the show basically implies that it’s okay for Kala to keep avoiding her right and duty to choose for herself and keep maintaining her uncertainties unresolved. And if this is really the case, then the question is: what was the point of Kala’s character at all? Why showing us two seasons of internal struggle only for it to end up being completely ignored? It doesn’t make sense. If the purpose of the show had really been for her to not come to a choice at all, I think at least all S2 would have been written very differently than it actually was. By rejecting the very fundament of Kala’s character, her constant worries now seem to have always been pointless, because what Bug suggests is actually a stupid way out that she already knew and that definitely couldn’t be anything but a temporary solution. She was already conscious that she could be in two places at the same time, and she actually used this at her advantage by visiting Wolfgang for the entire second season and being with the only man she loved and was comfortable with. But this “visiting” skill accessible only to Sensoriums shouldn’t erase the moral laws and conventions that are applied equally to both species. Kala shouldn’t be excused by anyone, especially Rajan, for taking advantage of this “privilege” in order to reject her responsibilities. Choosing by herself and for herself was her ultimate responsibility as a character and an Indian woman, and here the writers just decided to nullify all of it. In my opinion, it’s okay for Kala to show a newfound unease towards the difficult and life-defining choice that she has to make, but it’s not okay for her to decide to avoid it at all and expect Wolfgang and Rajan to accept it. The moment where Kala acts all mind-blown in front of Bug’s completely wrong advice, I could feel her character slowly disintegrating. Why would she even consider this as a solution? If this had really been a solution for her, if she really felt like she could “have both”, she wouldn’t have had any problem at all since the beginning of the show. But she had, because truth is that there are rules, and a choice was supposed to be made to give a meaning to her self-worth discovery. We as human beings are defined firstly by our choices: to have Kala degenerate as a character and suddenly avoid any responsibility that she had to deal with for two seasons is just an insulting and unacceptable message (apart from being incoherent with how her character was built and totally nonsensical).

Then we see Kala exiting the car and approaching Rajan, playing the wife role. Regardless of anything, this moment is just out of character. During the end of S2, we have been made promises and raised expectations regarding Wolfgang and Kala’s real meeting both by a conversation between Kala and Riley in S02E10 and a heart-felt monologue by Kala herself in S02E11. In that same episode, Kala was literally unable to keep her breath steady just thinking about the emotions of this moment. We have been fed for two seasons of the unprecedented intensity and depth of their connection. Also, Wolfgang has been captured, tortured multiple times, nearly killed and finally rescued. There is just no way that Kala, once she finally has the opportunity of touching him in real life for the first time, consciously goes first to her husband and kisses him in front of the love of her life. It’s laughable even thinking about it, no matter how badly she may feel about hurting him. But I sincerely hope think that almost every human with a brain agrees that this choice was OOC and very questionable. Also, about the line “Rajan, you are much more than the man I thought I married”, I feel that it’s totally understandable for Kala to have this new opinion of him. I personally just think that the writers made her say it in a completely out-of-place situation. It just feels wrong in this particular moment, when you are ignoring the man you were willing to die for who is standing right there behind you husband.

What’s the point of showing us all the touching and the kissing in the sun and everything between Wolfgang and a visiting Kala? Bad editing, maybe for time constraints, but according to how they realized the scene, it seems to me that physical Kala is the one who hugs Wolfgang at the end, once all of that is already finished, and I can tell this because Rajan is actually observing the hug with a worried, even hurt expression (which he has every right to have, since his wife has just decided to play him and has previously failed to tell him about her connection with Wolfgang). Such an unfair mess we have here, in every aspect.

I have also problems with the direction of the kiss. It’s just realized weirdly and from a not-so-optimal position. It was kind of odd to watch, and it wasn’t even in person.

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