Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam is an X-Files story by MustangSally and RivkaT.
It was originally posted to alt.tv.x-files.creative in 25 parts. It is now on Archive of Our Own.
==The Authors' Introduction at AO3==
"I can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and I can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive, but I can't do you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory -- they're all blood, you see."
In other words, this is the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern one.
Summary: "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."
Ah, our poor unloved baby. I still like it, though.
Take the rating and warnings seriously. (Guildenstern: Is that what people want? Player: It's what we do.)"
==Missed Being on the Spooky Award Ballot==
Due to timing mishaps, this story was not on the Spooky Award ballot in 1998.
A fan explained: "As you probably read, MustangSally and Rivka T did *not* ask us to remove their stories (which would explain why Syadiloh 3: Y2K is listed and nominated for everything under the sun:) This means that Tikkun Olam was simply missed while stories were being pulled for the eligibility list. However, since we were not contacted about this before the cut off date, the story is still ineligible. I'm sorry, but we did post that authors should check the eligibility list for well over a month before closing it, and all responsibility was placed on them to verify that their eligible stories were listed." alt.tv.x-files.creative, October 24, 1999
==Reactions and Reviews==
===2000===
* "I worship Iolokus but hated Tikkum Olam because it lacked soul." alt.tv.x-files.creative, May 12, 2000
===2001===
* "Does team work counts [as the best X-Files author ever]? If so, I'll also go without hesitation for the MustangSally/ Rivka T duo of infamous Iolokus fame. IMO, these two fly way above the rest of fanficdom as far as style, originality, understanding of human nature and unforgiving characterization are concerned (as long as we forget what I have become acustomed to refer as 'The Unfortunate Tikkum Olam Incident')." alt.tv.x-files.creative, May 28, 2001
* "I only remember because it traumitized me so.....Are you sure you want to read it again?" alt.tv.x-files.creative, August 9, 2001
===2003===
* "It blew me away when I first read it (lord, must have been two, three years ago) and it was the first (and one of the only--I'm bad about that) pieces of fiction I ever sent feedback for." who me, obsessed? by jmtorres, March 20, 2003
===2010===
* "Tikkun Olam has the distinction of being the single most fucked up piece of long fanfiction I've ever read, and I remember kind of loving it - for that, as well as for a number of other, more meritorious reasons." In other words, this is the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern one. by amy hit
===1998 Discussion at alt.tv.x-files.creative===
The below is from a discussion at 1998 discussion at alt.tv.x-files.creative.from , July 26, 1999
[dawn]: 
Teddi Litman: 
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swikstr: 
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[Rachel Avalon]: 
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[Loligo Opalescens]: 
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===2008 Discussion at xf_book_club===
Comments from a 2008 discussion at xf_book_club:
[frey at last]: 
bardsmaid: 
emily shore: 
wendelah1: 
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[ leucocrystal ]: 
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==References==
Category:1997 Fanfiction‎