me, myself and I. Logged in based on which C2 I need to add stories to, but this is my main account.

Favorite Fics: No Pairing HP stories, Harry x Luna, Harry x Fleur, Harry x anyone but Ginny, Luna x everyone but Ron, Hermione x anyone but Ron, Harry x Harry (female or male), Harry with a backbone, Slytherin/Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw!Harry, Ron x Unfortunate Accidents. Crossovers.

Generally, anything interesting and unique. You can use cliché after cliché but I'd still love it as long as you make it your own, and it's not boring. Good grammar and spelling help, too.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

What do I need to do as a staff member? Nothing. If you're awesome enough, come on over, join the dark side. If you don't want to do anything, you don't have to, but if you want to contribute, add Kagome Crossover stories you read to the C2. DO NOT ADD CROSSOVER STORIES OF KAGOME x ANYONE FROM INUYASHA!

How do I add stories? Scroll through the "Add Story to Favorites" list. Choose "Add Story to Community" click Go choose appropriate community to add story to.

How do I become a staff member? PM me if you want to be a staff member. After you've received the invitation, go to Community, My Communities, Accept.

08-22-2008: If you want a story deleted from the community please provide the story's name and author for faster processing. The letters start blurring into each other after I scroll through the entire archive twice. Every bit of help is appreciated. (cross-eyed smile)

The Problem a.k.a Here’s society’s view on mothers:

Have kids in your teens: you’re too young, too uneducated and definitely irresponsible, and everyone will assume your child was an accident. And if you *did* get pregnant on purpose, then clearly you have deep-seated emotional issues, low self esteem, and no worthy aspirations. Also, you now have no prospects, either. Congrats!

Have kids in your twenties: you’re putting your career on hold and possibly curtailing your adventures in higher education, and as such are probably a brainwashed victim of the patriarchy; plus, shouldn’t you be out having fun and celebrating your youth? There’s plenty of time for kids later!

Have kids in your thirties: you’ve probably just freaked out about your ticking biological clock, despite the fact that you’ve clearly left it too late for safety’s sake. I mean, everyone KNOWS the quality of your eggs declines after 35, and anyway, you’ve just spent all this time building up a career, only to hamstring yourself with kids at the worst possible moment. Essentially, then, you’re selfish with no sense of timing.

Have kids in your forties or later: you’re WAY too old to be doing this and probably irresponsible as a result; at the very least, you won’t have enough energy for parenting, and the rest of the world should pity you accordingly.

Conclusion: Society secretly thinks that, somewhere between their 29th and 30th birthdays, all women experience a Magical Mezzanine Decade wherein they’re expected to find a partner, gain a career, become financially stable, fall pregnant and have 2.5 children without actually ageing either bodily or in fact, so that once it’s over, they can truthfully claim to have lived an appropriately wild and adventurous twenties while simultaneously being set to turn 30 with kids, a career and the perfect work-life balance already in place. Any woman who fails to do this is clearly just being intransigent, having consciously failed to use her Magical Mezzanine Decade to full effect - which, of course, makes her either selfish, stupid or both.

It should be noted, of course, that any woman who claims at any age not to want children is necessarily unnatural, unsympathetic or wrong. To whit:

Not wanting kids in your teens: you’re too young to know what you’re talking about - but don’t worry. You’ll know better once you’re older, sweetheart. Just wait and see.

Not wanting kids in your twenties: you’re an irresponsible feminazi party-girl who’s probably been brainwashed through prolonged exposure to a Liberal Arts education. Either that, or you’re just bitter you can’t keep a boyfriend.

Not wanting kids in your thirties: you’re a cold-hearted, selfish, career-oriented bitch with less human sentiment than a box of paperclips. Also, you’re probably bitter than you never had them earlier (see above, re: Magical Mezzanine Decade).

Not wanting kids in your forties or later: you’re in denial about having left it far too late to try, and are just trying to compensate accordingly. Or you could just be a screaming harpy. Or both.

By contrast, here’s how it works for men:

Having kids at any age: congrats on your fertility! Clearly, your decision to embrace fatherhood, whatever your personal circumstances, is a profound demonstration of your maturity, sensitivity and acceptance of family values. Should you go the extra step of taking paternity leave, doing any traditionally female-oriented babytasks (such as, for instance, all of them) and otherwise acting like a Sensitive New-Age Guy, please present your fatherhood card at Subway, where you will be given All The Cookies as a reward. (Always bearing in mind that adopting a traditionally masculine, pater familias role will be lauded, too. It’s cool, dude: whatever works for you. We’re flexible!) If, on the other hand, you didn’t want to have kids, but the mother forced you into it somehow, please accept all our sympathies! We’ll be right there to back you up with lots of eyerolling about women, ball-and-chain jokes, and low expectations for paternal involvement generally.

Not wanting kids at any age: well, duh. You’re a guy. Why would you?

Which doesn’t even touch on the absolutely explosive bullshit faced by anyone who isn’t cisgendered, straight, financially secure and/or married/engaged, let alone the specifically poisonous and deeply racist stereotypes surrounding POC parents, with special emphasis on single black mothers. Or the related, extraneous clusterfuck of arguments surrounding abortion. Or adoption, for that matter. Or international adoption. Or interracial adoption. Or the foster system. Or pretty much any mechanism whatever through which parenting either occurs or is controlled.

Conclusion: there isn’t enough headdesk, tableflip and facepalm in the world to adequately convey how fucked-up our views on the various intersections between parenting, gender, race, class and sexuality really are, and coincidentally, this is why we can’t have nice things.

Favourite Fics:

A Ghostly Companion {Itachi x Kagome} The Feudal Era is safe, the Shikon is restored and Kagome is dead … but that doesn't mean she is free. A promise to a certain Hokage changes everything.

Aniue {Itachi x Kagome} When Fugaku decided to adopt his teammate's orphaned daughter, he was excited to finally have a baby girl of his own. Except, he had this growing suspicion that Kagome may just be a tad bit too obsessed with her new older brother.

An Unforgettable Friend {Yusuke x Kagome} When friendship turns to love, a collection of one-shots.

An Unselfish Wish {Legolas x Kagome} Every wish has its price. Kagome discovers just how much she's willing to sacrifice to protect the Shikon. Now, with new allies and another war, she must look inside herself for a power she never wanted. Normal was never in her deck of cards.

A Promise to the Betrayed {Kurama x Kagome} Finding each other finally, will the visitor from the past tear them apart?

Beauty and the Tree {Legolas x Kagome} Inuyasha betrays Kagome & she is now bound to the tree. Blessings come by friends who loved her and she waits now for someone to pull out the arrow. But she is bound to a new quest when awoken. A ring & a jewel of evil making. Will love come amidst friends?

Between Now and Destiny {Steve Rogers x Kagome} Who knew that an unplanned trip to a New York police station and twenty-four hours was all destiny needed to reorder so many lives?

Different Protectors {Minato x Kagome} Once upon a time a jounin who would become Hokage witnesses something he should not have; something that would give him a different perspective, a new friend, and a way to save his village and life many years into the future.

Fun With Closets {Kurama x Kagome} It's just a normal day in Kagome's school when she is suddenly pulled into a dark closet by a very fine male. Please read to find out what happens to our poor defenseless Kagome.

Gender Confusion {Harry x Kagome} During the summer before fifth year, Harry Potter is saved from the Dementor attack by a mysterious black-haired, blue-eyed person. The thing is, Harry accidentally mistakes Kagome Higurashi as a boy. HP/IY xover Co-authored with DeathNoteMaker!

Hoarfrost {Kenshin x Kagome} Kenshin receives some unexpected guidance during the lowest point in his life. Startling revelations abound as he trains and ultimately tries to find his way back to the one he left behind.

Just Himself {Steve x Kagome} Everyone knew his face and he didn't like it. But when a girl accidentally bumps into him, Captain America finds that he can finally be just plain old Steve Rogers.

Kinship {Harry x Kagome} It was so quick, but in a bout of magic, Harry Potter suddenly found himself a new and loving family in Japan. Later, he finds himself uncomfortable with the knowledge that he may love his adopted sister more than he should.

Lift She knew she should not have amused her brother and tried to lift that hammer... IY/Thor/Avengers drabbles

Married Life {Minato x Kagome, onesided Itachi x Kagome} Minato is enjoying his new life as a married man. However, when Kagome suddenly volunteers them to babysit the Uchiha heir for a month, he finds his world turned upside down by the two. He swears that the kid is trying to steal his wife!

New Doors {Itachi x Kagome} Itachi Uchiha is a respected Konoha ANBU captain being pressured into marriage. Feeling cornered, he uses an unconventional method to thin out the pool of candidates. Enter Kagome, a traveling miko looking for… someone. AU, non-massacre

Papa Stark Even for a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, raising his just-found-out child is no easy task. But at least he'll have help from his teammates, right? Right...? IY/Avengers drabbles X-Men counterpart: The Papa Wolf

Scion of Two Worlds {Spock x Kagome} The aftermath of the Final Battle does not go as expected. Kagome is trapped within the Shikon and Sesshoumaru is her reluctant caretaker. In an attempt to break the curse he gives the Shikon to a young Spock who grows up under the care of a compassionate and accepting Kagome. When the Narada comes calling the Enterprise has allies.

Stalking The Elusive Heart {Saitou x Kagome} Kagome is cursed to walk the world alone, centuries later she meets her match in the form of a wolf.

The Death You Face {Jasper x Kagome} A bit different take on Kagome meeting the Cullens. What if she met Jasper before Alice did? See her influence on his life and choices.

Völva {Thor x Kagome x Loki} Kagome finally understands what it means to be a 'caged bird' as her name implies, but at least the Norse God of Thunder made the days just a little more enjoyable.