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[vr_trakowski]

trialia  was doing it, and I had so much fun I had to do it myself.  *grin* 

Pick 15 of your ships and write down a quote for each of them. Have your f-list guess the ships without using Google/IMDB.  Mind you, some of these are severely obscure.  Some are books, others are TV/movies.  One is fanfic, because it is my OTP in that fandom. 

1.  [X]: What am I fit for here?  I know how to carry a rider in battle.  I can dance the Greek dance, a little.  That is all.  Unless you count my mastery of tavern-crawling. 
[Y]: You’re worth a little more than that.  I trained you once.  I could train you again if I had to.
[X]: You wouldn’t need to.  I remember everything.
[Y]: Not as a horse, idiot.  As a man. 
Khamsin/Hasan and Zamaniyah, A Wind in Cairo, guessed by jeanniemac 

2.  [X]: [Y], it’s the safest thing for all of us. You gotta believe me. Promise me you’ll go!
[Y]: If you’ll promise me...you’ll come back. 

3. [X]: [Y], must you believe you are about to die in order to bring yourself to kiss a lady?
[Y]: My deepest apologies, [X].  It won’t happen again. 
[X]: I’m very sorry to hear that, Castillar.
Cazaril and Betriz, The Curse of Chalion, guessed by trialia

4. [X]: [Y], I don't know what will happen now.
[Y]: You must promise me one thing; that you'll share it with me. Whatever happens, whatever comes.
[X]: Whatever happens, whatever comes...know that I love you. 
Vincent and Catherine, Beauty and the Beast TV show, guessed by snowydragon1776 

5. [X]: [Y].  I would love to marry you.  Don’t say anything.  I am sixteen years old and I have a brain full of turnips.  I don’t know when people marry in this country, but in mine they do it at twenty, or later. 
[Y]: I’m fond of turnips. 
Ruth and Randolph, The Whim of the Dragon, guessed by jeanniemac

6. [X]: I swear that kid gets more and more like you every day.
[Y]: You mean more attractive, sweet and devilishly charming?
[X]: No. He's driving me crazy. 
Rick and Evy, The Mummy Returns, guessed by snowydragon1776

7. [X]: But the only crime this bunch committed was to fall in love with you.  Death seemed too cruel a penalty for that. 
[Y]: Beguiled.  I don’t think mice have brains enough to fall in love. 
[X]: I never noticed as it took brains.

8. [X]: Oh, I love it when you dress up.
[Y]: Well, you know, whatever it takes to get some time with you. 
Grissom and Sara, CSI, guessed by mingsmommy 

9. [X]: I told him…that you poured out honor like a fountain, all around you. 
[Y]: That’s weird.  I don’t feel full of honor, or anything else, except maybe confusion.
[X]: Naturally not.  Fountains keep nothing for themselves. 
Aral and Cordelia, Shards of Honor, guessed by trialia

10. [X]: Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off. 
[Y]: Work, work, work... 
Zoe and Wash, Firefly, guessed by mingsmommy 

11.  [X]: Still moving in?
[Y]: You could say that. I want to set it up as a studio, but I haven't had much of a chance to move the furniture around and get things put away. I want to get it just right, and because I'm worried I won't, I . . . haven't started.
[X]: You know what? We—you and I-- have to stop hesitating and take a few chances. We just do. 
Nathan and Jones, Along Came Jones, guessed by cincoflex 

12. [X]: Well, we’re not adults, but we’re not children, either.  Far from it.  But what difference does it make?  We’re here, in this moment.  And in this moment I love you , and you love me but you won’t say it. 
[Y]: Then I’ll say it, because it’s what I feel.  I love you, [X].  I do.  And I’ll write you all summer, just the way Greg and Leslie have been writing all this time, for nine months and three still to go.  Yes, I do love you-- 

13. [X]: And you're not afraid?
[Y]: Fear is based on ignorance. I'd rather try to understand. Understand who you are...what you are.
[X]: You're a unique woman.
[Y]: No. I'm a scientist.
Nick and Natalie, Forever Knight, guessed by celtae 

14. [X]: Do you like this step?
[Y]: I like them all.
[X]: Do you always dance like this? Do you always make your partner feel as if he had danced with you all his life?
[Y]: It is--because we played together in the garden.

15: [X]: And so it’s done. 
[Y]: Is it really?  What about all the things you wanted to see changed, all the things in the Seelie Court?
[X]: I’d intended to plant a seed or two, and wait to see what grew there.  Things grow slowly in Faerie, my beloved.
[Y]: So you’re just going to see what happens? 
[X]: I don’t know.  I’d thought in terms of seeds, you see, and never dreamed that what I had loosed on the Court was a madwoman with a crowbar. 
[Y]: What, me?  I’m flattered. 
The Phouka and Eddi, War for the Oaks, guessed by aspidites 

Comments

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I think Bone Dance is my favorite. I totally missed the secret until it was revealed. I wish Ms. Bull would write more in that universe; I have a certain fondness for the lesser-known post-apocalyptics.

You know she's on LJ, right?

[aspidites.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! Thanks, I'll look her up!

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

She's coffeeem.

[aspidites.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Of her more recent books, I can recommend Territory, if you like Western flavor to your fantasy... It's built around Doc Holliday and the Earps.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I read it and wasn't thrilled...I guess I like her earlier stuff better for some reason. I should try it again, though.

[aspidites.livejournal.com]

Well,

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Well, <iTerritory</i> is a bit darker in tone and way more subtle than her earlier works... I think I may have read it originally at one sitting, but haven't had a chance to reread it, and that may be exactly because of its tone. God knows I make time to reread my favorite comfort books (Bujold features heavily in that lineup :-).

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, and Bujold's on mine too. :P I read the one Ms. Bull co-authored with Steven Brust, and while it's really well done, again it didn't catch me. But then I have trouble with Brust.