The Wire

[itsnotmymind]

 I have decided to share that I have been obsessively watching and re-watching The Wire. I've heard about it for years, but I'm glad I held off watching it until recently. If I'd watched it when I was younger I might have had an attitude, "Oh, is this really so good?" I'm old enough now that I can appreciate it for what it is - and what it is is excellent. It lives up to the hype. I actually love it more than I expected to - I expected to watch it and think, "Oh, this is a great show". I wasn't expecting it to inspire such fannish passion and obsessive re-watching.

Anyway - that's what I'm up to fannishly these days. I may share analysis at some point, but right now I'm too impressed by it to even want to share analysis.

ETA: If you know any good articles/posts/fanfiction etc related to The Wire, let me know!

Comments

[selenak]

It is a fascinating show. I marathoned it a couple of years ago:

Season 1 review

Season 2 review

Season 3 review

Season 4 review

Season 5 review

As for fanfiction, Yuletide in the last decade always reliably had two or three excellent Wire stories in it!

[itsnotmymind]

Thanks!