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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
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 rymenhild2. 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 rymenhild3. "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 rymenhild4. X: They're not wads . . . they're more like bundles . . . bunches . . .
Y: Clumps?
X: [delighted] CLUMPS! They're clumps! [*HUG*]
- guessed by
rowanberries and genarti5. "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 rymenhhild6. 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
genarti8. 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 gramarye19719. 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
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:08 pm (UTC)4. Mai and Ty Lee, ATLA!
5. Sophie and... rats, one of her sisters, from Howl's Moving Castle?
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:11 pm (UTC)I'm planning on doing this with the regular romantic couples, I just have to figure which ones.
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:19 pm (UTC)Oh, of course it is! D'oh!
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:21 pm (UTC)5 is Martha and Sophie though it was already said.
I'm a little worried by how many of these I know
Date: 2010-04-23 04:27 pm (UTC)2: Rue and Duck from Princess Tutu.
3: Janet and... her two roommates whose names I forget. In Pamela Dean's Tam Lin.
4: Ty Lee and Mai, Avatar: The Last Airbender.
5: Sophie and her sister, in Howl's Moving Castle. Lettie? Or Martha. I think Martha.
6: Wendy Watson and Lacey Thornfield in The Middleman.
7: Jacky Faber and Amy in Bloody Jack -- well, the second book, and I'm blanking on the title.
Aaaand I can't think of the last three. Although the last at least sounds familiar.
Edit: I am guessing that 9 might be Kamikaze Girls! But that's cheating, because I've never actually seen or read canon; I'm going from the frilly dress + sheer density of insanity. (+ sounding translated from something.)
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:30 pm (UTC)5. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
... Is 10 one of Joan Aiken's? I feel vaguely convinced that Y is Penny Twite but I could be wrong XD
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:30 pm (UTC)(I sumbit that if 2. is not Kamikaze Girls, then 9. must be.)
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:31 pm (UTC)4. Ty Lee and Azula!
5. Sophie and Martha!
(Also: I'm totally surprised you didn't guess one of mine. I know you know number 15. If you don't, I might have to cry.)
Edit: Okay, I know I'm wrong about 2 and 4, which makes me feel really really silly because I should have known. But at least I'm sure about 5!
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:39 pm (UTC)So, in other words, you have no need to feel silly!
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:45 pm (UTC)Re: I'm a little worried by how many of these I know
Date: 2010-04-23 04:54 pm (UTC)Also, the fact that you guessed 9 is making me laugh, given that 9 is the only one I figured for sure you wouldn't know. 8 I definitely know you should, and 10 I am pretty positive you should as well!
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 04:58 pm (UTC)Also, all your guesses are correct except 3. - I don't know Poisoned Apples, but it sounds as if maybe I ought!
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Date: 2010-04-23 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 05:00 pm (UTC)Re: I'm a little worried by how many of these I know
Date: 2010-04-23 05:03 pm (UTC)10... I am vaguely thinking Twites? I can't remember which? But this is a) kind of cheating because I saw somebody else's similar guess, and b) weak because I don't remember exactly who.
8 -- oh duh! Anthy and Utena?
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Date: 2010-04-23 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 05:07 pm (UTC)Re: I'm a little worried by how many of these I know
Date: 2010-04-23 05:08 pm (UTC)Twites is a good guess, but nope. I am going to be so amused if that's the only one that goes unguessed, because it's the one I'm pretty sure the most people have read.
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Date: 2010-04-23 05:09 pm (UTC)Re: I'm a little worried by how many of these I know
Date: 2010-04-23 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 05:52 pm (UTC)Why don't I know 10? The dialects tell me one speaker's Cockney, one's higher-class, and it's probably Regency or Victorian. I want Y to be Kim from the Mairelon books, but then I can't place X, and if X is Kim instead there aren't any women Y could be.
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Date: 2010-04-23 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-23 06:13 pm (UTC)Then I lent it to my mom, and I got it back without a front or a back cover and with evidence of soaking. *laughing* So . . . I may need a new copy.
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Date: 2010-04-24 01:35 pm (UTC)I thought 2 sounded familiar - HOW DID I MISS PRINCESS TUTU. Ahiru! Rue! <333