''An Unacceptable Sitch'' by Allaine is one of the early classics of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfiction. It is [[{{Continuation}} set a few years after the series]], after Kim and Ron have (separately) gone to college. Kim has put [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld the heroic lifestyle]] behind her, leaving that role to a family of heroes called "The Acceptables". She was actually glad to [[BystanderSyndrome let somebody else save the world]] so she could dedicate her attention to [[IJustWantToBeNormal starting a normal life]] by getting a college education and establishing herself as an independent adult.

Then, one night, Shego came in through her window, pleading for Kim's help and insisting that the Acceptables were the ones the world needed to be saved ''from''. Kim was skeptical of her story... until the Acceptables showed up and [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner attempted to murder Shego in cold blood]]. Kim and Shego then found themselves [[EnemyMine working together]] to escape and prepare for the day they can strike back and bring down the false heroes.

Along the way, they establish [[FireForgedFriends enough of a bond]] to take the first steps toward real friendship. In the following stories, their relationship continues to develop by fits and starts into a full-fledged [[LesYay romantic pairing]].

The stories in the series are (in sequence):

* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1648203/1/An_Unacceptable_Sitch An Unacceptable Sitch]]''
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1751839/1/Green_Black_and_Blue Green, Black, and Blue]]''
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1857060/1/No_Living_in_the_Past No Living in the Past]]''
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2078066/1/But_For_the_Grace_of_Ron But For the Grace of Ron]]''
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2239992/1/If_You_Build_a_Better_Monkey If You Build a Better Monkey]]''
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2910554/1/Under_the_Milky_Way_Tonight Under the Milky Way Tonight]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10099962/1/Send-Out-the-Clones Send Out the Clones]]'' (incomplete and possibly a DeadFic, [[TimeSkip set three years after]] ''[=UtMWT=]'').

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!!This series provides examples of:

* AlternateUniverseFic: "An Unacceptable Sitch" was mostly written before "Go Team Go" provided Shego with a {{canon}} {{backstory}}. The author decided to ignore that episode, giving Shego [[FosterKid a different history]] and retaining the original explanation of her plasma powers as a function of her gloves rather than [[RetCon an inherent superpower]].
** The latter isn't just a "background flavor" difference; Shego's gloves provide several significant plot points (beyond the obvious PutDownYourGunAndStepAway scenario).
* AndIMustScream: Dr. Drakken tries to put a [[MindControlDevice control chip]] on Shego and make her a permanent prisoner in her own body, as revenge for her failure to [[BreakingOutTheBoss rescue him from prison]].
* BackFromTheDead: At the climax of the first story, [[spoiler:all the Acceptables except toddler Thomas]] are KilledOffForReal. In "Under the Milky Way Tonight", [[spoiler:Junior is employing clones of the three field-team siblings as minions, and a clone of the mother as a DeadMansSwitch on his DoomsdayDevice]].
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Or, in [[spoiler:Junior's]] case, being tortured makes a comically HarmlessVillain into a viciously focused psychopath.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Ron releasing Kim and Shego from the [[DescendingCeiling descending ceiling]] deathtrap, by threatening to skewer Junior with the Lotus Blade. Kim is so elated when she finds out it was he who saved them, she outright asks him if he'll be the sperm donor if she and Shego ever have kids (though the Epilogue reveals that they adopt instead).]]
* BoringButPractical: The DescendingCeiling {{death trap}}s in "Under The Milky Way Tonight" -- Shego mocks [[spoiler:Junior]] for using such an unimaginative trap, but its very simplicity makes it immune to the usual escape tricks [[BondVillainStupidity that always defeated the death traps on the show]].
* BrickJoke: When Drakken captures Kim in the second story, he gets the notion into his head that she looks different now because her hair used to be brown (rather than because she's five years older). In the penultimate scene of "Under the Milky Way Tonight", Drakken tells himself that he's the OnlySaneMan in prison -- after all, ''he'' remembers that Kim Possible's hair used to be brown.
** It's possible that he confused her with Bonnie. As if Kim didn't already have enough reasons to beat the crap out of him....
* ClingyJealousGirl: Shego resents having to share Kim's attention with her friends and family. She gradually gets better about it as she becomes more secure about their relationship and closer to the other people in Kim's life.
* CloneDegeneration: "Send Out the Clones" begins with Drakken offering to give himself up because [[spoiler:the Acceptable clones are becoming even more mentally unstable and violent as their DNA breaks down a bit more with each death and re-cloning]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: The Acceptables' treatment of their prisoners.
* ComingOutStory: Bonnie Rockwaller discovers Kim's attraction to Shego and spreads the news to take Kim down a peg. It gets worse when Kim, [[SlaveToPR afraid of how people will react]], initially denies the rumors. Shego is hurt, and Ron is furious when he finds out Kim lied to him.
** Things get better after Kim faces the situation honestly. The closest thing to a negative reaction is her mom's disappointment that a wedding and kids are now less likely. Her dad is just happy that he can stop worrying about Kim [[ComicallyMissingThePoint getting involved with boys]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: Both the OriginalCharacter villains and the familiar ones from the series are significantly nastier than [[HarmlessVillain the enemies]] [[{{Canon}} Kim faced in high school]]. See also the ThouShaltNotKill entry.
** In addition to the case mentioned in the BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil entry, most of the other major villains have spent the past five years either in prison or in hiding. This may be the underlying reason [[HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook they're more dangerous now]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: At one point, Shego explains over-the-line actions like assassinating heroes in their sleep would bring disgrace on the guilty villain. [[spoiler: In "Under the Milky Way Tonight", Señor Senior Junior and Gemini cross the line with tactics such as taking Kim's family hostage. Señor Senior Senior is so appalled that he helps the heroes defeat them.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Shego's way of letting Kim know she wants to be more than just friends. Kim doesn't take it well. Shego takes her rejection even less well (see the ThenLetMeBeEvil entry).
* FreudianExcuse: Shego's childhood (see the AlternateContinuity entry) has left her with major self-esteem and trust issues that she hides behind her [[DarkActionGirl tough]] [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] exterior. Years of being tortured to the breaking point by the Acceptables didn't exactly help matters. On a few occasions when she lets her guard down, it becomes evident that her ClingyJealousGirl behavior is driven by fear that Kim will eventually reject her just like everybody else.
* FriendVersusLover: At first, Ron and Shego both resent the other's presence in Kim's life (he thinks she's [[FalselyReformedVillain still the same old criminal]]; she regards him as a buffoon who [[TheLoad holds Kim back]]). [[spoiler: The tension boils over after Kim gets outed in "No Living in the Past" and gives way to mutual respect in "But For the Grace of Ron".]]
* FullFrontalAssault: Almost played straight with Kim and Shego. [[spoiler: After being released from the ceiling deathtrap, the two women reaffirm their love for each other by beating the ever loving shit out of Junior's minions, while still wearing the party dresses he forced them to don earlier. By the time they've knocked everyone out, they're literally holding what's left of them up.]]
* FutureMeScaresMe[=/=]IHatePastMe: Shego doesn't want to turn into somebody like The Supreme One even if it means she gets to {{take over the world}}; for her part, The Supreme One is disdainful of Shego's "softness".
* HeelFaceTurn: Shego, obviously. [[spoiler: Also, Señor Senior Senior becomes a legitimate businessman at the end of the first story, and helps Team Possible defeat his son in "Under the Milky Way Tonight".]]
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Dr. Director points out that relying on goodwill favors for support (such as transportation to and from mission sites) may not work in the long run, and suggests charging fees for missions that are primarily for the benefit of the client rather than the world generally. Kim reluctantly accepts the idea. [[spoiler:After Señor Senior Senior leaves his fortune to Team Possible, they go back to operating on a pro-bono volunteer basis.]]
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Kim's feelings for Shego seem to be personal and individual; she still finds men attractive and has no such reaction to other women.
** Shego has enjoyed both male and female encounters, but considers Kim to be special because she's her one and only equal.
* InsistentTerminology: The black-clad figure who patrols the streets of Middleton while [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham Team Possible handles larger threats]] is called "O'''r'''yx", not "Onyx".
** The Supreme One keeps getting mistaken for a clone. She does ''not'' like that.
* IHaveYourWife: The Acceptables held Señor Senior Junior hostage to keep his father in line, and later [[spoiler: kidnapped Kim's mother to force Kim out of hiding]]. Later in the series, [[spoiler: Junior and Gemini seize the Space Center and take a large group of hostages, including Kim's family, to force Team Possible to surrender.]]
* IShallTauntYou: Used to particular effect in the showdown with the Acceptables -- jibes well-targeted at their [[BigScrewedUpFamily dysfunctions]] and [[VillainousDemotivator fears]] help to push them to the point of [[spoiler:turning on each other]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: After Bonnie outs Kim, Josh Mankey realizes [[AlphaBitch just how mean-spirited she is]] and breaks up with her. Bonnie [[NeverMyFault blames Kim]], and agrees to help Dementor lure her into a trap. She regrets doing that... when she [[OhCrap belatedly realizes]] that if she gets caught she's likely to be implicated as an accessory to Dementor's crimes and lose Josh forever.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Shego is reluctant to fully admit her feelings for Kim because she worries about being vulnerable.
* TheManBehindTheMan: After being captured by [[spoiler:Gemini]], Team Possible discovers that he's now [[spoiler:Junior's]] lackey.
* MandatoryUnretirement: As noted in the synopsis, Kim had hung up the [[GrapplingHookPistol grapple gun]] [[ShoePhone hairdryer]] years ago, and was brought back into the hero business because Shego had nowhere else to turn. After defeating the Acceptables, her [[ChronicHeroSyndrome sense of responsibility]] forced her to continue providing a real hero to replace the false ones.
* MeaningfulName: [[SentientVehicle Sappho]] shamelessly flirts with Shego, getting particularly saucy when Shego pilots her.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Shego takes an instant dislike to Josh Mankey because he used to date Kim. This adds to the awkwardness when Kim, Ron, and Shego are dinner guests at Josh and Bonnie's apartment.
* NightmareSequence: After Kim realizes that she does have feelings for Shego and chases after her, she dreams that [[spoiler:Shego lashed out even more bitterly than she actually did and tried to strangle her]]. After Shego is rescued from Drakken's control, she dreams that [[spoiler:Drakken succeeded in making her slit Kim's throat]].
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After capturing Team Possible in "Under the Milky Way Tonight", Gemini and [[spoiler:the Seniors]] host a dinner complete with formal outfits for the captives. Tensions quickly boil over with the revelation that [[spoiler:Junior is now in charge, turning Gemini into his minion and stealing a big chunk of Senior's fortune]], prompting the villains to cut directly to the DeathTrap portion of the evening's entertainment.
* OhCrap: When [[spoiler:Junior]] [[EvilGloating dramatically activates the viewscreens]] to show [[NothingCanStopUsNow his moment of triumph]], he and his minions are instead greeted by the sight of Kim and Shego administering a [[CurbStompBattle brutal beatdown]] to their [[CoDragons best fighters]]. Said minions react with increasing alarm and dismay:
-->"I'd say you made them ''extremely'' mad,” Ron added. He looked at his "captors", who he suddenly pitied. "No telling how long they'll stay like that, either."\\
Someone whimpered.
* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: Wade mentions that "Villains Digest Online" has a thread speculating on Shego's measurements and cup size, to Shego's annoyance and Kim's amusement. It also has a board dedicated to Kim; Shego warns her about the stories written by "people who are attracted to you, but they also hate your guts" featuring [[BondageIsBad "leather and handcuffs"]].
* PassedOverInheritance[=/=]UnexpectedInheritance: [[spoiler:Señor Senior Senior leaves the bulk of his fortune to Team Possible, providing Junior with a small (by his standards) trust fund to pay for therapy.]]
* SadisticChoice: Two versions in "Under the Milky Way Tonight":
** Kim and Shego are put in separate DescendingCeiling traps that will give them half an hour to live... unless one of them presses a button that will free her and quickly crush the other. For a bit of [[KickTheDog extra nastiness]], [[spoiler:Junior]] points out that "quickly" will still give the victim a few final seconds to [[DespairEventHorizon die knowing that she'd been betrayed]].
** The villain's DoomsdayDevice is connected to a DeadMansSwitch, so that it can only be shut off by killing [[spoiler:Mrs Acceptable's clone]]. The intent is to [[spoiler:break Kim by making her relive the first killing]]; instead, [[spoiler:Shego is the one confronted by the dilemma. She kills the clone, fearing that Kim will hate her for it]].
* SentientVehicle: S.A.D.I./Sadie the car (from "Car Trouble") and S.A.F.O./Sappho the spaceship ({{original character}}).
* ShipTease: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue reveals that Dr. Director becomes part of a happy couple, but doesn't say with who. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, she's dating Steve Barkin, but several hints in the epilogue point to her finally settling down with Vivian Porter.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Professor Dementor toward Bonnie, to the point of repeatedly following her backstage after her ballet performances.
* StatuteOfLimitations: The clock ran out on all the old charges against Shego during the years she was a prisoner of the Acceptables, leaving her free to start over after they are defeated.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Even while facing the SadisticChoice [[spoiler: Junior]] put her through, Kim realizes that he was turned into a monster by [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil years of torture by the Acceptables]]. She still intends to personally make him pay... until she catches him in the middle of a VillainousBreakdown brought on by [[spoiler: his father's death]].
* TakeOffYourClothes: At the beginning of the second story, Shego fights her way out of an ambush by most of Kim's RoguesGallery, and takes refuge in Kim's apartment. Kim tells her she needs to get out of her clothes (so Kim can [[AfterActionPatchup bandage her injuries]]); Shego smirks and asks if she's being propositioned.
* TeamPet: Ron sends Rufus to deliver an upgraded Kimmunicator to Kim (the Acceptables had hacked into the old one). To [[EmergencyImpersonation prevent Rufus' absence from being noticed]], he buys another naked mole rat, a female named Ruby. In later stories, she becomes a member of the team [[spoiler:and Rufus' mate]].
* TemporalParadox: [[MyFutureSelfAndMe The Supreme One]] from "A Sitch In Time" appears in (the fic's) present-day Middleton [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble after]] her timeline is obliterated. [[spoiler:This poses a serious problem in that her paradoxical existence has the potential to unravel the space-time continuum.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Shego rejoins Drakken after Kim's unwillingness to accept her romantic interest severely pisses her off. [[spoiler: Luckily, she turns back after Drakken immediately betrays her by mind controlling her, and when Kim comes after her and admits her mistake.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: The issue of killing as a last resort arises on several occasions. [[spoiler: Kim kills Mrs. Acceptable to save Thomas, and feels recurring guilt over it. Shego kills Mrs. Acceptable's (fully sentient) clone to save the world, and fears losing Kim over it.]] Dr. Director argues that Team Possible policy should allow use of lethal force when [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessary]].
** In the first story, Shego tells Kim that, however dangerous their fights got, she never intended to kill her and just wanted to see [[BondVillainStupidity how she'd escape this time]]. This point is revisted in "Under the Milky Way Tonight", when Kim tells Shego that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she always had a moral compass]] hidden under her criminality.
** In the second story, Kim talks Shego out of killing Drakken after she's freed from his mind control chip. She's OK with [[TechnicalPacifist beating him black and (darker) blue]], though.
* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: While [[HelpYourSelfInTheFuture trying to convince Shego to help her]], the Supreme One claims to be the mysterious benefactor who gave her the plasma gloves that got her into the villainous big leagues. If so, then preventing The Supreme One from re-establishing her timeline would erase Shego's criminal career -- and relationship with Kim -- from history. [[spoiler:The Supreme One was lying. It turns out that future-Kim gave past-Shego the gloves in order to create a StableTimeLoop.]]
* TitledAfterTheSong: "Under the Milky Way Tonight"
* {{Tykebomb}}: Thomas Acceptable [[spoiler:(later Thomas Director, when Betty [[DefusingTheTykeBomb adopts]] him after the deaths of the rest of the Acceptables)]].
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Señor Senior Junior tries to kill Kim and Shego despite the fact that they rescued him from the Acceptables, irrationally blaming Shego for failing to bring him along when she first managed to escape. This seems to be the main reason his father decides to work against him.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Acceptables, at the beginning of the series.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Señor Senior Junior, after Señor Senior Senior states his regrets and disappointment in him before dying.]]
* VillainousDemotivator: The Acceptable parents punish failures with verbal abuse and ElectricTorture.
** Also, Gemini's habit of [[YouHaveFailedMe dropping unsuccessful agents down trapdoors]] has ''[[{{Deconstruction}} ruined]]'' [[{{Deconstruction}} their ability to take initiative]] when a situation goes off-script, a flaw [[spoiler:the hostages at the Space Center]] are able to exploit at a critical moment.
* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: Shego and The Supreme One in "But For The Grace Of Ron".
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: As the first story opens, Kim is glad that the Acceptables took over her old role as a freelance hero. After learning the truth about the Acceptables and taking them down, she finds herself wrestling with the issue of how she can juggle both heroics and college, and perhaps even continue as an adult ParttimeHero.
* WeCanRuleTogether:
** While they're on the run from the Acceptables, Shego asks Kim what she intends to do if and when they win, and invites Kim to abandon her old life and team up with her. After they ''do'' win, Kim admits that she'd been tempted.
** In "But For the Grace of Ron", the Supreme One tries to recruit Shego, offering her wealth and power and a chance to run the whole show after the Supreme One retires. Shego is briefly tempted, but decides that ruling the world would be [[TheChainsOfCommanding more trouble than it's worth]] and [[LonelyAtTheTop would require giving up too much]]. She pretends to agree while secretly contacting Kim.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The closing scene of "Under the Milky Way Tonight" has Dr. Director brought fifteen years into the future and told a few key facts about Team Possible's future [[StableTimeLoop to make sure that history comes out like her future self remembers it]]. [[spoiler:There are some (mostly unspecified) bad events in store, but the main characters are all [[HappilyEverAfter alive, well]], [[AndTheAdventureContinues and active]].]]
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: In "If You Build A Better Monkey", Shego comes up with the idea of finding the thieves who stole some rare zoo animals by posting an ad in "Villians Digest Online" expressing an interest in buying such animals. Kim is skeptical:
-->"Shego, wait," Kim said. "This whole thing reeks like a set-up. No villain is so stupid that they're going to fall for this."\\
Shego looked at her. "Dr. Drakken. Monkey Fist. Duff Killigan. Now, what were you saying about no villain being that stupid?"\\
Kim didn't have an answer for that.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler:Shego tells Kim that she's afraid of losing her sense of self -- she'd been rationalizing her good deeds with her bad-girl self-image by telling herself that she had self-interested motives (being close to Kim, getting even with other villains who'd crossed her), but she just couldn't believe [[IWasJustPassingThrough her own excuses]] anymore. Kim responds by telling her that she hasn't really changed that much: she wasn't as evil as she made herself out to be even when she was working for Drakken.]]
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