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while my computer was broken. (Hi, my computer was broken. Um. Still is, but I've fixed the problems even if I haven't fixed the actual computer. Mostly by transferring all my data elsewhere.)
Of course, the way my brain works at the moment, my reaction to an ensemble-cast show is to want to Sort the characters into Hogwarts houses, which is a thing that is perhaps encouraged by encountering a recent Sorting of the Hamilton main characters done by sortinghatchats of Tumblr. Which has an interesting system - they do primary House as a core nature and motivations thing, and secondary House to indicate what toolset is the default in use for achieving those motivations. I think there's a third, sort of - the "what do you get mistaken for in dim light" thing - but that's a superficial sort of thing. Just one I find interesting. (My character Misha is a Slyth primary, Huff secondary, and mistaken for a Ravenclaw, so, y'know.)
So anyway, my thoughts about Sense8, mostly in terms of character sorting, with a few other bits besides. Spoilers minimised, because polite, but there will be allusions to things and a couple of dialogue quotes. Also a little commentary on some of my critiques of the thing (some of which are about where I feel it falls down on race issues).
( That being said. )
Of course, the way my brain works at the moment, my reaction to an ensemble-cast show is to want to Sort the characters into Hogwarts houses, which is a thing that is perhaps encouraged by encountering a recent Sorting of the Hamilton main characters done by sortinghatchats of Tumblr. Which has an interesting system - they do primary House as a core nature and motivations thing, and secondary House to indicate what toolset is the default in use for achieving those motivations. I think there's a third, sort of - the "what do you get mistaken for in dim light" thing - but that's a superficial sort of thing. Just one I find interesting. (My character Misha is a Slyth primary, Huff secondary, and mistaken for a Ravenclaw, so, y'know.)
So anyway, my thoughts about Sense8, mostly in terms of character sorting, with a few other bits besides. Spoilers minimised, because polite, but there will be allusions to things and a couple of dialogue quotes. Also a little commentary on some of my critiques of the thing (some of which are about where I feel it falls down on race issues).
( That being said. )
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