#gailly

[fratboykate]

You tend to rip every show with wlw ships a new one. In your honest opinion, what is a positive example for an lgbt ship on past or current TV?

This is a tricky question to answer because before The 1OO there really had never been a show (that wasn’t on cable and/or targeted to a niche audience like The L Word) that put a wlw relationship at the forefront. It opened the door for the floodgates of other shows and networks trying to capitalize on what they saw as a big market. What’s come after is trash in terms of quality. Before the 1OO, there’s a few shows that come to mind but don’t expect anything to be CL level of epicness. Quite a few of these could have had that level of really incredible rep but that went sideways at some point. I loved what I got out of them anyway. 

BBC True Love (Episode 3: Holly & Karen) - By FAR my favorite on the list. True Love was basically an anthology of five 30 minute episodes released in 2012 that followed the love life of a group of people that somehow end up being vaguely connected. It had incredible names attached so I’m still holding on to hope that even though it’s been 5 years they will still release a season 2 because they’ve never officially said it was cancelled. Each episode is pretty self contained so you don’t necessarily have to watch any of the others to enjoy each individual story, you’ll just be missing the way people are connected to each other which is really fine if you’re only going to be watching this one episode. I managed to track the full thing down on YouTube. Quality isn’t the best, but it looks like it may be the entire episode. I’ve watched Billie Piper in a lot of things, but this will always be one of my favorite performances of hers because you don’t know the true measure of an actor until they are able to hold their own on a mostly-improvised drama. Kaya Scodelario was impressively there matching Billie play for play and those two together…so very great to watch. 

Rookie Blue (Seasons 4 and 5: Gail & Holly)  - One of my favorite shows in general and when they decided to give Gail (my favorite character and not because one of my buds plays her) a queer arc and introduced Holly as her love interest I was beyond ecstatic. For however long it lasted, it was very well written and the performances by Charlotte and Aliyah are on point. It was also an interracial wlw ship so it was good rep on more than one front. You really can’t go wrong with the “I hate everything and everyone” snarky cop and the “I’m going to roll my eyes at everything rude you say because I know inside you’re just a soft puppy” forensic pathologist. I won’t spoil too much, but even though no one dies there isn’t particularly a happy ending for them. There isn’t much of an ending at all tbh…bit of cop out at the end. They did give Gail a great arc overall and that included further developing her sexuality, but I’m sad that after two seasons of build-up they wasted all the potential that Gailly had as a couple. But honestly, even if you don’t just watch it for the two of them, this show deserves your time anyway. I will forever be bitter of who Andy ended up with, but that won’t take away the fact that beyond that, the show is really great. I’ll give you their first kiss. 

You Me Her (Season 1) - I will admit, I haven’t watched the entirety of the first season yet, but the couple episodes I’ve watched I’ve really enjoyed. It’s about a married couple who need to spice up their sex life and hire an escort…then everyone starts falling in love with each other. So basically I found my perfect TV show with bisexual, poly, and wlw rep in one. It stars Priscilla Faia who also starred in Rookie Blue. She’s such a great actress and plays the “escort falling for the married woman” role pretty perfectly. Here’s the trailer for Season 1.

Dark Angel (Seasons 1 and 2: Original Cindy) - For me, this will always go down as the show that never got enough time. Back in the year 2000 it was doing things and pushing boundaries that were so out there that it constantly got them in trouble. In my opinion it’s the only good thing James Cameron has ever done besides Titanic. 17 years ago having a black character on one of the Big Five networks who was unapologetically lesbian and kissed girls was pretty much unheard of, yet DA went there. I had to sneak around to watch this show because my dad forbade me from tuning in after he walked in on a scene of Cindy kissing her girlfriend. The acting on the show is less than stellar, but it really had a lot to do with the way TV was directed twenty years ago than with anything else. Even with Jessica Alba butchering some scenes, you really can’t help but enjoy the show because of the sheer brilliance of the premise. The ensemble cast is strong despite the obvious weak links and they all get stronger between Season 1 and 2. Unfortunately the network pulled the plug after Season 2 because of 9/11. The timing of what had just happened on the show and what the fallout we were supposed to see on Season 3 was going to be was basically deemed “Too Soon” after the attacks. If you want to watch a brilliant dystopian, action, sci-fi lead by a KICKASS latino woman and don’t mind being left with a cliffhanger that still eats me inside 17 years later, then please watch this show. 

Doctor Who (Series 6-Present: Madame Vastra & Jenny Flint; Clara Oswald Series 6-9) - In Vastra’s own words: “She’s a lizard woman from the dawn of time and Jenny is her wife”. The Paternoster Gang are one of my favorite recurring characters and it goes beyond the fact that two of them are married ladies. They’re so well written and well acted. There really isn’t much more I can say. They aren’t nearly in enough episodes as they should be, but every time they make an appearance it ends up being hella memorable. 

While Clara was never given an onscreen wlw romance it is pretty much canon that she is bi and had an on-and-off relationship with Jane Austen. She talks about how good a kisser Jane is. Poor thing is so smitten. In other episodes (Into The Dalek) Clara so blatantly checks out/flirts with girls that you are tempted to scream at the screen “tone it down you big gay” :)

Have Matt introducing the Gang with hilarious commentary.

Sense8 (Season 1: Nomi & Amanita) - Freema’s painfully atrocious acting aside, Nomi and Amanita’s story is very well written so it would be silly to not include it in this list. 

OITNB & POI - Y’all can hate on these shows all you want because of the shallow and oversimplified interpretation some people have of BYG, but since the beginning they had and continue to have some of the best wlw rep out there. Yes, that includes the latest seasons which was one of the most brilliant ones both shows ever produced.

Orphan Black (Seasons 1-3: Cosima & Delphine) - I will never watch this show again because of the ignorant crap that came out of Tatiana and the showrunner’s mouths after the reaction people had to Delphine’s apparent faux death, but that doesn’t erase that before that cheap cliffhanger Cophine was one of the best wlw couples out there. 

Honorable Mention: UnReal - I haven’t gotten around to watching it yet, but everyone I trust talks wonders about it so it’s on my list. I’ve heard the leads are wlw…or something like that???

[boojangs]

*horrific screaming*

[wild-ginger-ruadh]

#DWELL #Gailly #ViolinSolo #Fellowshipdallas (full video on periscope @Laird_Ruadh) (at Fellowship Bible Church Dallas)

[wlwleo]

My cover of Dark Doo Wop! Enjoy! :) #rookieblue #golly #gailly #officerlunchbox

this is my favorite vine of all vines this is also how i feel 24/7

[morethanjust-surviving]

ok gail and holly in the bathtub is hands down one of the best kissing scenes ever

[momentary-ecstasy]

It had been a long day. A long, long day. A long, long day of riding in a squad car with Chloe. Gail was ready to relax. She was ready to fall on the couch and watch TV and eat cheese puffs.

She went to the kitchen, grabbed a beer and the air tight container off of the counter that Holly always put the cheese puffs in so that Gail wouldn’t root around in the pantry destroying the perfect order that Holly had curated their food in. She plopped onto the couch and started the latest episode of her favorite fantasy drama tv show.

After the opening credits Gail opened her beer and popped open the container of cheese puffs. She mumbled, “What a wuss. He only stabbed you once,” before her first sip of beer.

Then she grabbed a cheese puff and popped it into her mouth. After she swallowed the first one, she frowned. Her eyes moved to the container of cheese puffs. She shook it around and took another look. They looked like her cheese puffs. Then she picked up one of the treats and sniffed it. It smelled different. Then she took a bite of it.

She closed the container and put it on the coffee table. She marched right into the kitchen and flung open the pantry. It only took her a few seconds to find the clipped bag in the back of the pantry. Gail snatched it up and looked at the front of the bag. These weren’t her cheese puffs. They were the cheese puffs from the health food section. They were organic with all natural ingredients.

Gail narrowed her eyes as she stared at the bag. Holly was trying to trick her into eating healthier.

She rolled up the bag and clipped it, carefully replacing the bag. She was going to make Holly regret trying to get her to eat better.

=+==+

Holly finished up the autopsy of the day just in time to take a really late lunch. The doctor moved to her desk and picked up her lunch bag. She was starving.

She unpacked everything on the clean surface of her desk and opened up her emails. She opened the clear plastic container holding her hummus and the small bag of chips. There was another opaque container that her fruit was in. She dipped a chip into the hummus put it in her mouth as she started replying to an email.

When she had replied to most of the emails and finished her hummus, Holly opened her fruit. She kept looking at the screen when she put her hand into the box. Instead of meeting strawberries, Holly’s hand dove into a mixture of small hard objects.

She quickly retracted her hand and looked down. Her fruit container was filled with small hard candies that were shaped like fruit.

She looked at it for a moment before smiling and shaking her head, “Gail.”

=+==+=+

“Night cap?” Gail asked Holly a few days later.

Holly barely looked up from the book she was reading on the couch, “Yeah. Amaretto sour?”

Gail shuffled from the couch to the kitchen and opened the liquor cabinet. She pulled out the liquor and mixed Holly’s drink. Then she made her own whiskey and walked to the couch.

“Thanks, babe,” Holly accepted the drink and closed her book.

Gail took a sip of her drink and then almost coughed it out. She put her drink down, “What the hell is that?”

Holly grinned and took a sip of her drink, “Is it not good?”

“It’s apple juice,” Gail looked at it, “What the-” Gail stopped talking and then slowly turned her head to look at Holly, “You did this.”

“You put candy fruit where my strawberries should have been!” Holly defended herself.

Gail’s eyes widened, “You tried to trick me with your healthy cheese puffs.”

“Oh yeah punish me for trying to keep you healthy,” Holly quipped.

Gail narrowed her eyes, “This isn’t over.” She picked up her drink and went to the kitchen.

Holly leaned over and kissed Gail, essentially diffusing her for the moment. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

=++==+

A week later, Holly came home and found that everything in their refrigerator had been replaced with chocolate milk. A few days later, Gail opened the pantry to find there were only super-sized boxes of granola bars and the only thing in the refrigerator was kombucha.

Holly wasn’t sure how, but when she went to the vending machine at work, the only thing inside of it were donuts.

The next time Gail went to the Penny the bartender refused to make her a drink without fruit juice in it.

After spending a week fearing what healthy surprises Holly had in store, Gail wanted to call a truce. She got off of shift early and went by the store on the way to Holly’s office.

She knocked on the door of the lab and found Holly running a DNA comparison. She smiled hopefully, “Busy?”

“Not really,” Holly looked up with a smile, “What’s up?”

Gail offered the plastic container in her hand to Holly, “I want a truce.”

Holly grinned and looked at the container of carrots in her hand, “So you bought me carrots?”

The blonde nodded. “Maybe I should probably start eating better.” She kicked at the ground and then looked at Holly.

Holly hooked her fingers through Gail’s belt loops and pull her down onto her lap. She kissed Gail, “You can eat what I want. I just want you to be around for a long, long time.”

Gail put her arms around Holly’s shoulders and kissed her again. Then she picked up a carrot out of the container. She chomped off the end and nodded. “I’ll be around for a long time. Who else is going to beat the pants off of you at video games?”

Holly smiled and looked up at Gail, “Who else is going to get my pants off?”

“No one else,” Gail answered, “Just me.” She kissed Holly, “Forever and ever.”

[good-evening-lesbians]

Gail and Holly :All of me

[good-evening-lesbians]

Gail and Holly All of me: