Synopsis
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
a show about how if you power-walk fast enough you can have everything you want
Anne claiming to be able to walk anywhere in 25 mins is the gay representation I never thought I needed
no lines in the history of television will ever hit me harder than “I understand... Why you can’t commit to me. It’s impossible, I know. How could anyone? What am I? Every day... Every day, I rise above it, the things people say. I walk into a room or down a street, and I see the way people look at me, and the things they say, and I rise above it, because...I’ve trained myself to, not to see it and hear it, until it’s become second nature to me, and I forget...Just how impossible it is for someone else to accept that. But you came so close.” this show Gets It
Yes, I'm a bit odd! I like to have my thermometer with me on holiday. It's not illegal!
I just watched the finale and I can honestly say that Gentleman Jack is the most beautiful show I have ever seen. My heart is so full and I just feel so respected. I’ve never been so completely satisfied with lesbian representation like this on TV. Powerful, absolutely powerful.
the fact that i will never be topped by anne lister is so homophobic
*edit: stop liking this i changed my mind i don’t wanna shag a tory*
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a single soul in Halifax, 1834:
Miss Anne Lister: MOVE I'M GAY
i have fallen so much in love with this show. the way they conveyed the love between two women as something so passionate, so authentic, so vulnerable yet so deeply luminous.
i felt it when anne lister said:
nature played a challenging trick on me, didn't she? putting a bold spirit like mine in this vessel in which i'm obliged to wear frills and petticoats while i refuse to be cowed by it.
and when she said:
because i love and only love the fairer sex. my heart revolts from any other love than theirs. these feelings have not wavered or deviated since childhood. i was born like this.
and the love confession scene? the proposal? the wedding? everything! wow.
the hill top reunion, the declaration of love, the proposal, the emotional vulnerability, the music swelling when they finally kiss and the push in of the landscape behind them while they're kissing. that's really something that lesbians got. I'm losing my goddamn mind.
i hate all landlords even lesbian ones
The best tv series about a capitalist lesbian I've ever seen.
first three episodes slapped so hard; this is such an important representation of a strong female lead in a period piece, who is unabashedly herself. this is an amazing look at a true story, and since most period pieces don't show LGBTQ+ women, this is a super meaningful piece of work. loving it!!!