Story 7: "Tikkun Olam" by RivkaT and MustangSally

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

Since we had a rather long interlude with no story at all (my fault!), wendelah1 and I have chosen a special bonus story. So here it is, "Tikkun Olam" by RivkaT and MustangSally, one of the controversial classics of the fandom. Hopefully it will provoke some discussion.

This story is rated NC-17 and is not for sensitive or impressionable souls. I'm not kidding. But it's really good.

"Deaths and disclosures, universal and particular, denouements both unexpected and inexorable, transvestite melodrama on all levels including the suggestive. We transport you into a world of intrigue and illusion ... clowns, if you like, murderers -- we can do you ghosts and battles, on the skirmish level, heroes, villains, tormented lovers -- set pieces in the poetic vein; we can do you rapiers or rape or both, by all means, faithless wives and ravished virgins -- flagrante delicto at a price, but that comes under realism for which there are special terms."

Interesting discussions:

Usenet thread on prologue

Spoilerific Usenet review thread

Comments

Re: To Repair and Transform the World

[wendelah1]

Oh, no. That wasn't it. I assumed you wouldn't read it for exactly the reason you stated, plus that you had seemed a little down. Who wants to read dark-fic then? Not me. I do have very wide-ranging taste in fic; I read gen and slash, too. I don't have to believe in a pairing to read it. If the writing is good enough, I can just go along for the ride. I loved "In A Dark Time" by A. Lee-Anne Childe and I don't see M/K as a viable pairing. I just was captivated by her portrayal of their very hot romance, set during "Sleepless."