To mark this momentous occasion, we’ll be having our second edition of Sense8 Week! An annual event to celebrate our beloved show.
This event will run from June 8th to June 14th. To be featured in the blog just make sure to use the tag #sense8week. We also have an AO3 collection for fic and podfic.
Prompts
The following prompts were chosen so people can create in different mediums. Feel free to pick one or to mix and match. Get creative!
June 8th — Midnight | Angelica | “You started it.”
June 9th — Noon | Bug | “As a treat.”
June 10th — Dusk | Dani | “I didn’t say no.”
June 11th — Dawn | Amanita | “I know what I’m doing.”
June 12th — Morning | Rajan | “Tell me the truth.”
June 13th — Afternoon | Felix | “Let me show you.”
June 14th — Free Space
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FAQ under the cut
Q: What can I make for #sense8week?
A: Anything! Fics, gifsets, art, video edits, meta, any form of fanwork is allowed and encouraged.
Q: Is NSFW allowed?
A: Pal, we’ve all seen the show, of course it is (just add somewhere on your post that your work is NSFW and we’ll share it)
Q: Is there a minimum or maximum?
A: Nope! You can create without limitations.
Q: Do I have to submit something everyday?
A: No, you can submit as many or as few works as you like.
Q: Do I have to focus on a ship?
A: No, this event is open to all types of work Gen or otherwise.
Q: Is this event poly friendly?
A: Yes, all ships are allowed.
Q: I have a question that’s not listed here.
A: Send us a message and we’ll try to reply as soon as possible.
Thank you everyone for your participation in #sense8week. You can browse our archive for this year's event on tumblr to find new works as well as go to our AO3 collection to read more Sense8 stories.
I want to take a moment to thank everyone who participated this year because we more than doubled the written contributions this year! Over 20 new Sense8 works on AO3 for you to enjoy!
If you have a WIP you want to finish or you want to continue the celebration with more Sense8 works, feel free to use the tag #sense8week and your works will be reblogged, no matter if you finish them this week or in a month.
It has been a blast to celebrate this Sense8 anniversary with you. See you next year!
It's the final day of @sense8week and now I'm sad. This has been so much fun and I hope we can keep some momentum going. The fandom is ridiculously small for such a great show but I for one am thrilled that we had so many contributions this year. I had an Angelica-based fic started before I filled a different prompt for day one, so here it is as a little send off until next time. Thank you sense8week mod for putting this together again <3
Saying Goodbye
On the anniversary of Angelica's suicide, the cluster revisits where it all began
1009 words
Rated teen
Day six of @sense8week: FELIX
Felix is THE best friend FOREVER and I absolutely love writing him. Here he is getting into some chaos with Dani, Capheus, Bug, and bonus Jela via video call.
Auto Body Experience
Felix spends some time unsupervised with a few members of the rescue party in this missing scene from Amor Vincit Omnia
2292 words
Rated teen
Day five of @sense8week: Rajan!
I went with another missing scene fic from the finale for Rajan's theme, giving Kala a chance to tell him what else is going on with her.
What's Going On
Rajan gets the slightly less abridged story from his wife in this missing scene from Amor Vincit Omnia
2294 words
Rated teen
Kala/Wolfgang/Rajan | Canon Divergent AU | 1,536 words | For the @sense8week week prompts morning + Rajan + Tell me the truth.
What if Kala had decided to tell Rajan about the cluster earlier?
"So can you visit Kala, just like she can visit you?" Rajan asks, curiosity evident in his tone.
"Yes. What do you want me to do to prove it?"
"Touch me or something," Rajan says, cavalier, as if he thinks there's no way Wolfgang can do it.
Wolfgang & Will & Riley/implied Wolfgang/Will | 840 words | for the @sense8week prompt "I know what I'm doing" but inverted
Summary: Wolfgang can't feel Will while he's on blockers, so he visits Riley and asks her how she copes.
Wolfgang had always been protective of those he loved. He owed Felix a debt he felt he could never repay, and because of that, Wolfgang was always going to be there for him, no matter what. But he'd never felt attached to anyone else, and that had given him a certain amount of freedom that he occasionally missed.
Now he was intimately attached to seven other people, some of whom he'd never even met in person. That didn't matter, because of the bond they shared. His cluster had already proven their loyalty to each other ten times over. They'd do anything for them.
Wolfgang loved them, plain and simple. But that made his life infinitely harder, because he felt responsible for their well being. He wanted to be the one who was always ready, wherever and whenever they needed him. It was hard to keep track of seven other people, though. At least with their connection, he was getting pretty good at tapping into their consciousness and finding them wherever they were.
Will on blockers was a completely different story. Wolfgang couldn't feel him at all. Over the first few days, he forgot about the blockers and tried to reach out. It felt like there was a huge concrete wall in his mind, and he ran straight into it. The sensation was jarring, after feeling Will in his head regularly. Apparently Wolfgang had gotten used to him being constantly available.
He could account for everyone else. With a single thought, he could feel each of his cluster and knew in an instant that they were okay. But that wasn't true for Will anymore. It made his skin crawl, not knowing how Will was feeling. It was wrong. He knew why the blockers were important, but he hated them anyway. He wished there was another way to stop whispers. He would have ripped whispers apart with his bare hands if he knew where he was.
The only way to check in on Will was through Riley. When Wolfgang started this particular visit, she was sitting in a rickety old chair, staring out the window at the cityscape spread out around the building they were squatting in.
"Wolfgang?" She said when she noticed him. "Is everything alright?"
Wolfgang nodded and smiled as reassuringly as he could. He had always loved the way Riley said his name. Her voice sometimes reminded him of his mother.
"I just wanted to know how Will was doing?"
"Oh, he's fine. Just asleep right now." Riley nodded towards the mattress on the floor, and Wolfgang could see Will's head laying on a pillow. There was a quilt covering most of the rest of him.
Riley must have seen the look on his face, or felt his relief, because she asked, "It's weird when he's on blockers, right? It's like a void."
Wolfgang nodded. He should have realized the blockers would bother Riley too.
"How do you stand it?" He asked. He was trying to be sympathetic, but he was also curious. Maybe he could learn something from her about resilience in the face of such dread.
Riley sighed. "It's silly but physical touch. When I can feel him breathing, feel how alive he is, it relaxes me."
Then Riley walked up to Wolfgang and took his hand.
"You want to see?"
Wolfgang didn't need to answer. Surely Riley could feel his acquiescence or his curiosity. She tugged him towards the bed. She sank to her knees on the mattress, and Wolfgang did the same.
The mattress movement caused Will to stir and roll over so that he was on his back. His eyes were still closed but Wolfgang worried that they were waking him. Riley reached out and put her hand on Will's chest anyway. She tilted her head and raised her eyebrows, urging Wolfgang to do the same.
So Wolfgang did. Will's chest felt warm under his palm, and his heart beat was slow and steady. Wolfgang exhaled a breath he hadn't realized he was holding.
Just then, Will cracked an eye open and looked at Riley with a soft smile on his face. He couldn't see Wolfgang, which shouldn't have bothered Wolfgang as much as it did.
Riley said, "Wolfgang is here."
"Oh? What's he doing?" Will asked, his voice rough from sleep.
"I don't know what I'm doing," Wolfgang admitted. He pulled his hand back from Will's chest, feeling vaguely guilty.
Riley shrugged a shoulder and shot Wolfgang a look that said she was less than impressed with his answer. "Just checking on you."
"Oh. Thanks," Will said as he pushed up onto his elbows. The quilt fell down to reveal his bare chest and toned stomach. "I'm fine, really. See?"
He gestured down at his body, which made Wolfgang laugh. "Yeah, yeah, we get it, you still work out."
Riley barked a laugh, which only made Will raise an eyebrow. "What did he say?"
Sense8 | Amanita/Nomi | 400 words | Written for @sense8week
Summary:
The morning after her wedding finds Amanita Caplan smoking in the balcony.
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The Eiffel tower was visible from the window. Amanita sat in the balcony of her luxuriously decorated hotel suite watching as the sky lightened slightly, shades of gray in the horizon that ushered the new day as the city of lights still shimmered below.
She couldn't stop thinking of the woman currently sleeping in the room behind her. The love of her life. Her wife. The last year surely made her think that perhaps she would never get to have this.
Amanita took another hit of her blunt, courtesy of fairy friends, and held the smoke inside for some time before releasing the smoke in a long exhale. She thought back to the day she met Nomi, not knowing where the road would take them. She certainly never thought it would bring her to a wedding in Paris at the top of the Eiffel tower with friends from all over the world sitting in the audience while she said her vows.
The sky lightened faster as the last remnants of dawn gave way to the day.
"Neets?" Nomi called from the bedroom, her voice still hoarse with sleep.
"Over here," she replied, taking another hit of her blunt.
Amanita watched the city below as it slowly woke up. In the distance, a car honked twice. She blew the smoke out slowly, then she turned her head to the side when Nomi's arms wrapped around her, kissing her cheek.
"Good morning, my wife," Nomi said.
"Hmm, yes, good morning, my wife," Amanita said in return.
"Can I have some?" Nomi asked, nodding her head in the direction of Amanita's blunt. Amanita, who wanted to give Nomi the entire world, put the blunt directly to her wife's — her wife's— lips. Nomi took a hit, then she touched her lips to Amanita's and blew the smoke into her mouth.
Amanita ended up smiling too much to take all of the smoke, just as Nomi started laughing as well. "I'm not really good at shotgunning," she admitted.
Amanita gave Nomi a peck on the cheek. "It's alright, you've got all the time in the world to learn now."
She passed Nomi the blunt and watched her take a hit as she sat down next to Amanita. They smoked in silence as the sun rose in the East. As sunlight bathed them in golden light, Amanita knew that forever was off to a great start.
My girl Amanita was the number one sapien sidekick from the very beginning, and I loved seeing her relationship with not only the cluster but also the other sapiens in the show. Here's a little missing scene fic about their ill-fated trip to buy croissants
A Crisis Worthy of Croissants
Amanita gives her fellow sapiens a pep talk
907 words
Rated teen
neets wasn't always a biker, you know. | for @sense8week and the prompts amanita + "i know what i'm doing." | motorcycles, impressing your new girlfriend, being brave. double drabble.
Estella Rodriguez is something of an intimidating woman. She makes Daniela another espresso while the men get ready for the day.
OR: Dani reflects a bit on how she got here.
breakfast with the fake (?) boyfriend's mother. | for @sense8week and the prompts dani + "i didn't say no." | 445 words.
Day three of @sense8week and I went with the prompt: Dani
One of the things I love most about the finale is how every character really got to shine, and Dani is no exception. So I wanted to give her another kickass moment in this missing scene fic.
Great Talents
Dani uses a particular set of skills to save the group from suspicion
716 words
Rated teen
a rumor, a premiere, and an instagram post (or what dating Mexico's most famous gay movie star is like)
sense8 | Dani/Lito/Hernando | written for @sense8week
Summary:
Photos of Dani and Hernando at a wrap party leak. The internet loses its mind trying to figure out if Lito broke up with his boyfriend for cheating or if his boyfriend dumped him for a hot actress the minute Lito became inconvenient, or if Dani was the homewrecker in the midst of it all.
Sense8week day two, baby: "As a Treat"
I know Sun's cellmates were all lifers for killing their respective abusers, but what is fanfic for if not bending a few laws? After our cluster saved the world, the least the new BPO could do is pull some strings and free Sun's cellmates.
Born Free
Sun calls in a favor with the new BPO
1132 words
Rated teen
