Binged watched on Sense 8 Season 1 on Netflix and the show has been nothing short of mind blowing. The overtly graphic images (nudity of course is nothing new), complexity and struggles of each sensate, cultural backgrounds, majestic geographical backdrops, dramatic twist of stories, surprises from pockets of violence and bonds developed between inadvertently street strangers to family.... are simply mind f*********** blowing. Call me noob as I've got nothing close to gay affection material on mainstream media. (Except for those Instagram posts for Pink Dot hashtags). I have seen nothing/anything close to this sort of openness and connection. Kudos kudos kudos to Netflix, I'm ashamed to have been ignorant of Pride for so long now.
This sudden shock of openness is quite liberating I must say. It forces itself and breaks free of all barriers of societal perceptions I previously had of the gay community. I'm not sure about the local gay community, but the one I seen on Sense 8, they are connected on such a deep sense of knowing/understanding that I felt like I could understand their feelings for each other. Because as cliché as it may sound, love is love and love supposedly transcends gender (that which I didn't realise can happen). I felt like I can fully understand the romance, the deep bond they share, because it is the same as for any relationship (:
I am a romantic. I like romance and I like seeing love happen. Just like how things happened between Kala & Wolfgang. I am definitely rooting for them. Now, I'm just waiting for WL to start on the second season together(:
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