I need to rein it in about now cause I’ve just been sobbing about them and everything

tlw season 5 has some of the best scene + music pairings

[5x04] : “Dream” by Alice Smith as Bette and Tina kiss drunkenly and desperately at Shebar

[5x05] : “White Laughter” by The Heart Throbs as Bette watches Jodi tuck a sleeping Tina in on their once-shared sofa in their once-shared house, her face constricted with pain (!!!!)

[5x06] : “Honey Honey” by Feist during Bette and Tina’s incredibly tender love scene after Bette says her relationship with Jodi “doesn’t really compare” to what she had/s with Tina. 

so i’ve finally reached the kiss. the thing about Jennifer crying is that even though we know Bette is slightly jealous about Tina’s affairs and has moments of discontent/tension in her relationship with Jodi, nothing in the episode  actually suggests the depth of feeling that Bette still has for Tina that comes out here. the tears in this scene are dredged up from a secret place that Bette doesn’t show to her friends, to Jodi, to anyone, and most incredibly, that Jennifer doesn’t even show to the camera. it suggests that Bette exists outside of all the existing clips we have seen (which is a fucking achievement of acting). and let’s talk about Laurel. Tina finally touches Bette’s body after the most prolonged kiss in which Bette proves her passion for her. and the fact that when Bette reacts to that by crying and shaking in her arms, Laurel doesn’t even (NEED TO) open her eyes - she knows what is happening and is there to comfort her, she uses a little bump of her nose against Jennifer’s forehead to say hey, look up, before kissing her again. these two are so fucking in sync, their love scenes say more than their dialogue. they understand and live in their characters so well. “the truth of those characters” really comes out in this scene unlike ever before.

it seems to me you’ll never find another lover / cause I still give you all that you need

4x10-11

Bette needs to work on herself before hoping to get Jodi back or be in a relationship with anyone else. Her argument with Jodi was so telling -- she is a control freak, she isn’t willing to really listen to her partner and change her ways accordingly, and her pride and personal sense of righteousness are the most important things to her even they cause her to injure others. I’m glad both Jodi and Tina honestly called her out on it and I just hope to see Bette earn the respect and love of these women properly.

“so what are you doing for sex” (Bette to Tina, The L Word) & “how often are you and Miss Walker connected?” (Mariana to Anne, Gentleman Jack) perfectly illustrate that ASKING ABOUT YOUR EX’S NEW SEX LIFE IS LESBIAN CULTURE.