In the heyday of The Office, the NBC Message Boards featured The Pam Dichotomy and The Jim Paradox, where user ScrantonBranch lovingly unpacked and explained virtually every exchange Jim and Pam had in seasons 3-5, from lengthy speeches to quick, seemingly insignificant glances (though as we Office fans know, no look between these two was insignificant!).

The NBC boards went the way of the Stamford Branch and I was worried the PD and JP were lost to us. Thankfully ScrantonBranch is also an MTT user so I was able to reach out to her and see if there was a chance of bringing these great analyses back. Now I'm pleased to announce the Pam Dichotomy and Jim Paradox will be published here in their entirety!

In addition to being a fun trip down memory lane, the PD and JP are a great fanfiction resource especially when trying to get into the heads of these two in the early years. ScrantonBranch is also including the original discussion questions which are potentially great prompts for some "what if" fanfics. These analyses are also just great to read as you rewatch episodes and will give you a deep appreciation for the work and attention to detail that the writers and actors put into Jim and Pam's story. So please read, comment and enjoy!

(MTT has an all new team and we are working on new features as well as attempting to address issues. Please don't hesitate to contact us at MTT.Fanfic@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, suggestions, etc!)

Hello everyone! Well the time came for the baton to be passed if MTT were to stay online so the Archive is now under new management! I'm Ladama, I was pretty active in the fandom back in the day, took a 7 year hiatus from fanfic writing, then returned just in time to get pulled in an admin position! I'll be joining avid office flans ftmill16 and BecauseOfYou in maintaining the archive.

First off, writers old and new, we want your submissions! Once you are registered and/or logged in, go to "My Account" and click "Add New Story." To assure no spambots manage to post stories, an admin will have to approve your first submission but then you can be "validated" and upload future chapters/stories without needing approval.

Right now users can't recover passwords automatically, they will have to be reset manually by an admin, so if you need a new password please contact us at MTT.fanfic@gmail.com. To speed up the process, please include your MTT username and the email you used to register. (I am working on resolving this, hopefully it will be soon!) This has been resolved! However if you no longer have access to the email your registered with or are not getting password reset emails, email us and we'll help you out!

Also, one feature I think it rather underutilized on the site is Recommendations. If you know of a great Office fic on FFN, AO3 or elsewhere, click here to add it as an off-site recommendation.

And last but definitely not least: this site does need real money to keep going, as Dreamhost does not accept SchruteBucks. If you enjoy this archive, please consider contributing a Hamilton ($10) or two to help with our hosting costs. Your contribution will go directly to Dreamhost, the admins cannot access the funds for magic supplies, new office chairs, WUMPH.com shares or anything of the like.

Again, any question or comments are gladly accepted at MTT.fanfic@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and looking forward to taking care of MTT!

We apologize for the interruption in service last night. We had some junk code installed on the site. It's now been removed and we're all good to go. However, google takes a bit of time to update its warnings so the warning is still on there. We've contacted google to get them to revise it.

Thank you for your patience!

EDITED ON SUNDAY, 11:30pm : There may still be security problems so the archive may be up and down. This is causing us a terrible headache. You may want to stay off here if you don't have good security software. Hopefully, better news to come soon.

Just some 'other' character related challenges. You know, those guys who aren't Jim or Pam.

All About A Peripheral Character (McGigi) -
Take someone we've only met, seen or heard of very few times on the show and tell us his/her story as it relates to the office. It could be the security guard at Dunder-Mifflin, people from Vance Refrigeration, workers from the Dunder-Mifflin New York office,...

Phyllis's One Night Stand (fancynewbeesly) -
In Sexual Harrassment, we all heard about Phyllis's one night stand. Who was it with? How did it happen?

55: The Kandy Edition (Morning Angel) -
Write 55 words about Kelly and Andy.

And as a reminder, if you have challenge ideas, you can submit them in the challenges thread on the forum, or email them to us at morethanthat1@gmail.com. Thanks!

Welcome to MTT!  We are always happy to see an influx of new authors - after all - we were all new once ourselves.

One of the things I enjoy most about fanfic is eagerly anticipating the next chapter of a work in progress.  It's a great way for a new author to gain a following. 

However, in my years as an archive admin I can confidently say I have learned that quantity is not always quality.  It most certainly can be but more often than not - an author pulling his/herself in too many directions causes the overall work to suffer. 

Focusing on one story at a time helps to showcase your best work.

I completely understand that it is so easy to get caught up in the excitement of posting a new fic.  As I said - I was there once myself.  But it is not only better for you as an author (in terms of getting feedback) - it is sort of unwritten protocol not to flood the archive by posting multiple fics at the same time.

It's important to remember that everyone is looking for their chance in the spotlight.  New authors AND those who have been at it awhile all thrive on feedback and exposure to the members of the archive.  It's important to give everyone a fair chance.

Just some food for thought.

Please do not submit them on your own. It helps us space them out and properly feature them if you email them to us first. You can email them to us at morethanthat1@gmail.com or submit them in the challenges thread on the forum.

Thanks for your cooperation!

The season finale is this week? How did that happen? Doesn't it seem like just yesterday they got engaged? Now they're all talking about eloping... well, even if they decided a big fancy wedding was better. But man, the season has flown by!

Relations -
Michael is related to someone in the office.

Dancing (Strider) -
Write a story based upon the following quotation:
A dance is always a good idea.
Any characters, any time period.

Jealous Jim (The Lurker)-
Nothing gets me hotter than jealous Jim. Like Pam dating Toby during S3 and/or David Wallace (after his divorce of course). Pam and DW = sizzle to me. I love Toby and DW I guess that's why I want to see Pam with them. Anyway wring his heart out (Jim) make it hurt. then let Pam fix it. Add in Ryan and - whoa.

Another Decade (Big Tuna)-
I'd really like to see some stuff on Jim and Pam in a different decade.  Can't you just imagine hippie 60's Pam and Disco 70's Jim?  Or better yet, 80's hair band Jim?  I just think it'd be cute to see them written in to the common ideas about those periods in time, or even how they get through some tough situations together.  I can see it now...Nurse Pam taking care of wounded soldier Jim in World War II...*sigh*

And as a reminder, if you have challenge ideas, you can submit them in the challenges thread on the forum, or email them to us at morethanthat1@gmail.com. Thanks!