#rise of the pink ladies

[nottawriter]

Being a fan of wlw representation is exhausting.

[smalltownw1tch]

We finally got them all :’)

[remusfinglupin]

LET’S GO LESBIANSSSSS

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Episode 5

[unsociable-and-taciturn]

Barbenheimer (2018)

[edge-of-the-end]

possibly my favourite thing about the rotpl finale is getting confirmation that lydia already knew she was gay. cynthia was going through such a time, and we finally know that lydia was actively protecting herself and in control of the whole situation. the rehearsal kisses? she instigated that with the knowledge that it wasn’t two straight girls, because she clocked cynthia from the get-go and still offered to kiss her for the play, because it was no commitment. she couldn’t be abandoned because the play already had a strict deadline. when cynthia ran away after the pre-play kiss, and avoided her at the dance, she knew she’d gone too far, and that she’d have to pull away and not talk to cynthia so that she could maintain the boundaries that would protect her from heartbreak again. the whole situation gains a whole extra layer because while cynthia might not have had the words to express who she was, lydia did, and the words were deviant and invert and sick, so of course the poor girl, this seventeen (maybe sixteen?) year old girl knew that the world wasn’t safe for her. despite all this, cynthia pulled it back. everywhere lydia hid behind behind femininity and long hair and theatricality, cynthia stuck out like a sore thumb, short haired and feisty and so butch without even knowing what it was, that overtness represented that hope, that the bit of lydia that was hiding could be a little freer. the glances that we see when the teacher suggests more rehearsals can turn into the active looking for each other that we see in the finale because that’s where the balance is, and it shows lydia that cynthia will never deny her. she will see her in public, around her friends, and will say she loves her to nancy, and that is what lydia needs. she spends so much time acting as these characters that she is virtually never herself, and in the hall of mirrors, surrounded by her own reflection, she gets to see that being who she is, a young lesbian in love, might be worth it. that the girl in the mirror, kissing cynthia, can exist and be happy.

[143-rememberthosedays]

i’ve been waiting for this moment and it was glorious

[sapphosclown]

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

Nancy and Cynthia 1x06 -> 1x10

[greasegifs]

"The Pink Ladies pledge: to act cool. To look cool and to be cool. 'Til death do us part, Think Pink!" - Grease 2

NOW THAT IS A JACKET #1 (aka the Jackets series)

Grease // Grease 2 // Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies The Pink Ladies

[tending-the-hearth]

i love when an actor ends up playing two different characters within the same time period who would canonically absolutely loathe each other with their entire being

[completeimbecile]

Lesbians flirt so weirdly like what do you mean “I’ve studied your gait, you walk like a neurotic pigeon” just say you’re in love with her and go

[okaybut-merelyplayers]

I both hate and love small fandoms. I feel so close to y'all but also what do you MEAN I've read all the fics under this tag??

[littlelesbianintern]

[cribbagesmooch]

[chlora-boii]

[edge-of-the-end]

something so personal about two non-binary actors playing nineteen fifties lesbians

[emeraldcitynerdfighter]

10 years ago, TV shows that were cancelled after 2, 12-to-23-episode seasons due to poor writing/production/audience reception.

Now they're cancelled despite raking in awards (from multiple organizations) for writing/production/acting/representation, have large & devoted fanbases (that are doing most of the promotion of the show), are the highest-viewed show on a network/streaming platform, only air for 6 or 8 episodes per season. And they're cancelled more than once, if not also wiped from the face of the earth.

Make it make sense.