i might not hate it

[skygiants]

oneechan19 and rymenhild did a meme: Pick 15 of your ships and write down a quote for each of them. Let your flist guess. Looking them up on IMDb or Google is cheating.

I like this meme! But I have decided to alter it a little. Instead of picking 15 romantic pairings, I have decided to pick 10 awesome Bechdel-test-passing ladyfriendships. (Which is not to say that some of them could not necessarily be romantic pairings, but anyway.) Go go go, guys!

ETA: Man, guys, you are all so awesome! I love how fast you are to pick up on the ladyfriendship quotes. :DDDD 10 is the only one left unguessed! All guessed now!

1. "We three [Lastnames]," she said in a church voice, "vow to try and put our name in history books because it's our very own and nobody can say it's because of our grandfathers."
She made a face at [X], who hurriedly held up her right arm, and grabbed [Y]'s and held it up too.
"We vow." She said this so low down deep in her inside that it sounded terribly impressive, then she whispered to [Y], "Go on, say 'we vow.'"
"We vow." [Y] tried to say it in the same deep voice as [X], but she did it wrong, and it sounded rather like a cat meowing.
- guessed by rowanberries, kattahj, genarti, lacewood, and rymenhild

2. X: It's strange . . .
Y: No way! Where? What?
X: Talking like this with another girl . . . I've never done it before.
Y: Oh . . . do you hate this kind of thing?
X: I might not hate it.
- guessed by genarti and rymenhild

3. "You'd better assign us a password," said [X]. She caught [Z]'s eye, trying to gauge her reaction. [Z] shrugged; [X] recognized it already, her you-guys-are-weird-but-I-guess-this-is-harmless gesture.
"I'm serious," said [Y].
"So am I. Something we won't forget in two years."
"The Snark is a Boojum."
They smiled at each other. [X] said reluctantly, "That doesn't mean anything to [Z]. It should be something we'll all remember."
[Z], delving around in her sewing basket, gurgled suddenly and said, "Pink curtains."
- guessed by ceitfianna, genarti and rymenhild

4. X: They're not wads . . . they're more like bundles . . . bunches . . .
Y: Clumps?
X: [delighted] CLUMPS! They're clumps! [*HUG*]
- guessed by rowanberries and genarti

5. "You're far too clever and nice to be stuck in that shop for the rest of your life. We talked about it, but we couldn't decide what to do."
"I'm all right," [X] protested. "Just a bit dull."
"All right?" [Y] exclaimed. "Yes, you prove you're all right by not coming near here for months, and then turning up in a frightful gray dress and shawl, looking as if even I scare you!"
- guessed by parcae, rowanberries, ceitfianna, genarti, lacewood, oneechan19 and rymenhhild

6. X: Are those really for me?
Y [holding vase of flowers]: Uh, no. They were sort of to smash [third party] over the head for luring you into a soulless life of fur-wearing because that's totally not who you are in any way.
X: You would do that for me?
Y: I am your best friend.
- guessed by kattahj, foreverdirt, and genarti

7. I pull up in front of her and dismount and bow. "Miss [X]?" I say, making my voice low and trying to keep a straight face.
"Y-yes," she says, all confused. "But who are you and where is . . ."
Then I give her my best grin and salute.
"Oh, [Y], no!"
"Do you like it?" I say, spinning around. "Ain't it a good fit?"
"[Y], we cannot!" she wails. "After the events of yesterday, I thought you would be somewhat chastened, but no . . . this is scandalous! You will be arrested and you will be taken and . . . someone will see you! Those are your . . . your limbs there!"
- guessed by genarti

8. X: At our age, we're adult in all kinds of ways. Wouldn't you agree, [Y]?
Y: R-really?
X: Yes. ^_^
- guessed by genarti and gramarye1971

9. X: I'll kick your ass!
Y: Go ahead.
X: I'll kill you!
Y: Why not?
X: . . . . you may be in a frilly dress, but you have guts.
Y: You're not gonna kill me?
X: No, because I still owe you.
Y: Debts, debts, debts . . . what a fool!
- guessed by copinggoggles (also by genarti, but her guess was cheating)

10. "You needn't fret," she said. "They didn't do anything much. But thanks, anyway."
"I ain't worried about you, [X]," snapped [Y]. "I only come along 'cos [Z] was fretting. What I say is, if a [blank] can't look after herself, she ain't got no business callin' herself a [blank]."
- guessed by slutbamwalla

Comments

[skygiants]

You're right on 1 and 5! Sadly 10 is not, although I was actually considering doing one from Dido and Prudence. But then rejected it because I did not have the book in question to hand and quotes were harder to find.

[lacewood]

Ironically, I probably have read the Pratchett book that's really 10 - though in my defense I think it's been almost 10 years since I read the Witch books XD;

I thought 2 sounded familiar - HOW DID I MISS PRINCESS TUTU. Ahiru! Rue! <333