(Japheth) put his hand against his forehead. Appeared to be thinking deeply. Then: "What about a unicorn?"

"What about it?" Sandy asked. He felt tired and irritable.

"If we could get a couple of unicorns to become real and solid for us, they could carry you to the oasis."

The twins looked at each other..."We've never gone in for mythical beasts," Dennys said.

Sandy added, "Meg says unicorns have been ruined by overpopularity."

Japheth frowned. "I don't understand what you're saying."

Dennys, too, frowned. Thinking. Then: "Jay's unicorns sound more like Mother's virtual particles than like mythical beasts."

Sandy was exasperated. "Virtual particles aren't mythical. They're theoretical."

Dennys shot back, "If Mother can believe in her way-out theories, we ought to be able to believe in virtual unicorns."

--Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

Great Auk! It's Virtual Unicorn, also referred to as Kat when not logged in! As you can see, if you are not blind (and which I assume you are not, given you are reading this profile and thus have taken a slight interest in the world of mythical--excuse me, virtual--beasts), I have stolen this penname from a passage of the novel Many Waters--written via the personal idol of Kat herself, Madeleine L'Engle. Explanation: Virtual Unicorns are neither real nor unreal--these beasts can be called into life form, but shimmer out of being once the time is right. POOF (and she dematerializes) .

Favorite Ships:

Phantom of the Opera:

Nadir/Erik, Christine/Raoul

Babysitters Club (this section has some great femmeslash)

- Charlotte/Stacey

- Charlotte/Becca

- Claudia/Ashley Wyeth

- Kristy/Shannon

- Kristy/Abby (wouldn't they be adORable?)

- Stacey/Claudia

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Tibby/Brian - a little saccharine but still appealing in its maddening way (it IS canon, after all)

Carmen/Win

Bridget/Eric

Lena/Paul: They can both live in connubial monastic silence together forever.

To Kill a Mockingbird:

Dill/Scout

The Outsiders

Ponyboy/Cherry

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Gemma/Kartik

Kartik/Pippa - though only in the context preceding Rebel Angels

Harry Potter

Harry/Luna (Yes, I know; silly me and my alternate universe ships)

Harry/Cho (what was wrong with her? So she had a few psychologically debilitating attachments to her dead boyfriend - so what?)

Hermione/Ron (though I think Rowling went deliriously insane with it in the sixth book to the effect of spoiling it)

Hermione/Viktor (I feel sorry for him)

Gone with the Wind

Scarlett/Rhett (who else, I pray? eyes burn malevolently)

Melanie/Ashley

Bonny/Beau

Anne of Green Gables

Anne/Gilbert

Laby

Sarah/Jareth

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina/Vronsky

Kitty/Levin

Stiva/Dolly

Sergey Ivanovitch/Varenka (couldn't Tolstoy have been generously hearted just this once and LET THEM GET MARRIED? It was so perfect!)

Esther/Simultaneous Interpreter - The Bell Jar

Pygmalion/My Fair Lady

Higgins/Eliza

West Side Story

Tony/Maria

Riff/Graziela

Anita/Bernardo