#you're always welcome to chat about kalagang here

[gear65]

Hi! I hope you don't mind me asking a couple of questions about Sense8. English isn't my first language, so please forgive me if I make any mistakes or if anything I say is unclear.I kind of wiped this show from my memory because of that awful ending of Kala, but recently I remembered and now I'm sad again. I would like to know what you think about the ending after all these years, have you changed your mind or maybe looked at it from a different perspective? Do you think Lana was aware that the Kalang were the most popular couple in the series? Did she know her ending wouldn't please fans? Did she realize this after the episode was released? I'm still wondering how people at the premiere reacted to the finale. Did they seem disappointed? Did the cast notice? Is it possible that Lana made the finale in retaliation to Stra*zynski? Maybe there was a rift between them because of those spoilers he revealed on Twitter. I don't really believe it myself. She doesn't seem like a bad person, and she really loved all the characters, this show was very important to her. I wish I could ask these questions to all Kala and Kalagang fans, but unfortunately there are only a few active blogs left, which is both sad and understandable given that the show ended a hundred years ago(yeah, the party ended an hour ago and im still here)

You can sit by me in the corner bc I haven't left the party either😜

It's been a long while, so of course no, I'm not as viscerally disappointed in Kala and Wolfgang's ending as I was when I watched the finale. (And I would have to say I was probably in the minority at the premier, not just bc of Kalagang, but I didn't like how cartoonish Capheus seemed and the overall storytelling which felt very uneven. But I have nothing but love for the cast, and so everyone at the premier I attended -whether or not they liked the finale - just showered the cast with that affection. ) But yeah, when I think about it, it still bothers me bc I was so vested in Kala's character. It's been pointed out before in other people's posts, but the most disappointed fans tend to be the ones that identified with her, and I admit I'm one of them. Do I think Lana did that deliberately? No, I don't. I think after the massive fan campaign to get closure, she did what she did bc she wanted everyone except the bad guys to have a happy ending, and so we got what we got. Unfortunately, the finale kind of tore apart the Kalagang fandom, which is why you don't see many of us on here anymore. (I think I have PTSD from the fandom war that ensued since it was my first lol.)

ANYWAY, I wrote a Kalagang fix-it for myself and others who felt the same. (And if you're interested, I'm linking it here.) JMS later posted something on Twitter saying Kala and Wolfgang would have had a much different and more satisfactory ending, so I feel a little vindicated 😝.

Thanks for the Ask!