Pride (2014) + moving to music

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L and I are both out of practice when it comes to, uh, sailing the high seas, so when we wanted to watch Pride we walked over to the local library and borrowed the DVD. (The library has two entire #BookTok shelves btw.) Which turned out to be a great choice because we really enjoyed the DVD extra about the actual history. Finding out that there were actual LGSM members walking in the march at the end made it even better.

Such a good movie. Even before I watched it, a gif set of the ending (which of course I can't find again rn) was one of the few things on Tumblr to reliably get me teary-eyed. (The other one being the story of the RMS Carpathia.) Learning about the characters that were based on real people, and their fates, and then of course of the waves resulting from their actions, was a very good finish. (I was slightly embarrassed that I didn't remember where I knew Gethin's actor from until I read Andrew Scott in the end credits.)


I agreed to house&pet-sit a couple of times for friends that are leaving for a three week vacation next week, so on Monday I got the introduction to the house. I expected that I would most look forward to spending time in the garden and/or pool, and also take advantage of the fancy kitchen, maybe the Xbox Gamepass or Switch, but that's before I got the introduction to the VR glasses. Now I suspect I will spend a significant amount of time playing Beat Saber. You have lightsabers! And move to the music! Idk maybe the shine will wear off quick but I'm really looking forward to playing.

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[dhampyresa]

there were actual LGSM members walking in the march at the end
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Have fun at The House!

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Fingers crossed :) For a couple of days it'll be L and me both and I really look forward to that too.

[vriddy]

I really enjoyed Pride (2014) as well! I got a copy of the DVD at the library a couple of years ago after someone used a reaction gif in a Discord and I loved it so much, even though I can't remember what it was... I think it was the dialogue between two of the older ladies, toward the end? Maybe that's the gif you're thinking of XD Really awesome and moving story.

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I don't even have a possibility to play DVDs at home anymore - fortunately L does! I should probably change that, because DVDs can be very convenient.
The gif set I'm thinking of is the writing overlaid over the march at the end, about the miners' union voting to enshrine LGBTQ support in the Labour party. Mutual support <3

[dolorosa_12]

Pride is such an amazing film, and always reliably makes me cry in multiple places. The first time I watched it was as part of an LGBT History Month event organised by the university, with a Q&A afterwards with some of the activists whose stories were fictionalised. You'll be unsurprised to know that they were as politically active as ever, still with the same uncompromising fire.

(Apologies if you get a notification saying I granted you access to my journal — I accidentally clicked 'revoke access' when I was trying to click the 'reply' button and had to restore access again after that error.)

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Oh, that sounds very cool! Indeed unsurprising. I read that the film was criticized for not mentioning Mark's involvement with the communists and that was also very unsurprising to find out about.

(No worries, I didn't even get any notification.)