Tag: edits

lj-writes:

lj-writes:

“Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be an anarchist, be a religious fanatic, be a suffragette, be anything you like, but for pity’s sake be it to the top of your bent–Live–live fully, live passionately, live disastrously if necessary. Live the gamut of human experiences, build, destroy, build up again! Live, let’s live, you and I–let’s live as none ever lived before, let’s explore and investigate, let’s tread fearlessly where even the most intrepid have faltered and held back!”

–Violet Trefusis in a letter to her lover Vita Sackville-West, October 1918

So I have a hankering to do some edits based on this quote, specifically the parts “Live fully” “Live passionately” “Live disastrously” “Let’s live, you and I” “as none ever lived before.” I hope to feature a different wlw character/couple for each gif. Here’s the ones I’m thinking:

Live fully: Anissa and Grace from Black Lightning dancing together

Live passionately: A love scene between Carol and Therese from Carol

Live disastrously: Rosa from Brooklin 99 in jail

Let’s live, you and I: A scene between Louise and Henriette from Mystére á la Tour Eiffel. Kissing, walking arm in arm?

As none ever lived before: Drawing a blank on this one. Is there a live-action movie or TV show with relatively high-definition sources where there are canon wlw (especially woc) and no dead lesbians?

I’ve decided to split “Let’s live” and “you and I” into different gifs, so Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (from the third season) and Her Story (Allie and Vi) should fill up the two remaining slots nicely. I canNOT believe I had forgotten Her Story with its awesome and sadly rare trans lesbian representation, played by trans actress @smartassjen at that. On the other hand, I’m a little sad I only squeaked to six total in the criteria of “live-action show with canon wlw and no dead lesbians.”

Now I’ve gotta find the sources I don’t have (Carol and Tour Eiffel) and learn the editing skills to make these gifs shine like they deserve to. I feel sorry for this awesome idea that fell into my incompetent hands, though.

Also it turns out a movie of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf’s romance is coming out this year, but idk how much of Violet there is in it and I’d have to wait for a HD source anyway. Later on I might do another gifset from the movie with the people actually involved in this quote, which would be awesome.