Penname: darjeelingandcoke Real name: Joe
Member Since: October 01, 2011

Bio:

Just a guy with Jim and Pam on the brain, trying to get the song out of his head by singing it.

Author of the Month June 2021


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Summary:

Did you hear your favourite song, one last time?


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Oneshot
Warnings: Adult language, Major Character Death, Other Adult Theme, Possible Triggers
Series: Jam's Jams, Ghost stories
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3433 Read Count: 365 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 31, 2022 Updated: October 31, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 07, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Marley's Chains

Um. Ow.

Well, this was a brutal reading experience. I thought you did a good job placing us in poor Jim's addled state of mind and giving us enough clues to figure out the ending in the text itself - the somewhat dreamy and inconsistent state of time, moving back and forth between places and realities without warning. And ugh, what an especially terrible moment for Jim to lose her, just when he has hope.

Ouch. Just ouch.

Author's Response: I know, I know, I'm sorry. There was other Halloween fluff, so hopefully that can cheer you up. So very sorry but thank you for the review!!

Summary:

you know what they say about having a six foot handsome man on your doorstep


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: None
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 924 Read Count: 1724 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: November 10, 2022 Updated: November 14, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 11, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Lol. I love the sisterly banter here!

And a very happy birthday to MrsK!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 14, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

More like WHO is he doing tonight amirite?

I love the use of the comic potential of Jim living so close to his parents here.

Author's Response: hahahaha these kids and their first date shenanigans, ey?

Summary:

She is used to the cold, really. She is. Yet she would rather live in his warmth even if for just a little while. 

Small little story with a season three backdrop. There is, of course, a happy ending.  


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: None
Genres: Angst
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1067 Read Count: 608 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: November 14, 2022 Updated: November 14, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 14, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Congrats on your first story here! Quite nice prose and use of analogy.

Author's Response: I thank you kindly for your review! I am glad that you could get some enjoyment from my little story. I was very nervous to post it actually, but a friend insisted and I am glad I did. 


I thank you! 

Summary:

The List made me do it. 

A reimagining of the episode "Gossip" and all those sweet, sweet rumors.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Andy, Angela, Creed, Dwight, Ensemble, Erin, Jim, Kelly, Kevin, Meredith, Michael, Oscar, Pam, Phyllis, Ryan, Stanley, Toby
Genres: Fluff, Humor
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 16 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2992 Read Count: 6374 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: November 21, 2022 Updated: December 06, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 21, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: What is The List?

It's either Kelly or Angela.

Author's Response: Nice guess :)

Baby, Come Home by Graceface Rated: M [Reviews - 25] 29 New!
Summary: Because it's law that your first fic on MTT is based on Casino Night (JOKES), this is an AU version of that fateful night.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Pregnancy/Babies
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 12411 Read Count: 2593 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: November 26, 2022 Updated: February 18, 2024
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: November 26, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: I'm coming apart at the seams

Appreciate you acknowledging there's a real case for Roy. It's maybe not longer a *good* case, but it exists, and its problems weren't necessarily so glaring Pam seems ridiculous for not acknowledging them before. (And also for you recognizing Pam and Jim wouldn't necessarily have thought of it as Casino Night just because it's the episode title.)

Also, umm, yikes? Ow? Them having sex AND her still rejecting him immediately after? I buy it happening the night of, but ouch. Ouch ouch ouch. I'd be very curious to see how you'd write them coming back from that, it just seems like so much more of a gut punch for Jim.

Congrats on your first post (and on jumping right in with the Casino Night rite of passage)! Looking forward to seeing more from you.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much for your review! 

 I'm a big believer that Roy wasn't a bad guy, he just wasn't good for Pam. He got complacent somewhere down the road and and that's fine for some but Pam wanted more.  

Hahah ow indeed! I think I may have started off too strong with the storyline in my head but it's been playing in there since I found this site so had to have a go. I'm hoping I do it justice and that you enjoy! 

Thanks again! 

Summary:

On all the days of Christmas, Jim's true love gave to him...the gift of pranking

For the 2022 Holiday Fic Challenge.


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Humor
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: Holiday Fic Challenge 2022
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 22561 Read Count: 5296 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: December 11, 2022 Updated: December 24, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 1: Moroccan Christmas

Love the concept here. Very creative and also feels like the sort of thing Pam would come up with.

Author's Response: Ah thank you so much!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 2: Candy Canes

Jim as a hopped up kid on Christmas (first Advent?) morning is a fun image. Brace yourself, Pam, because I'm betting he's passing that quality on to at least one of your kids. And the prank is so festive!

Author's Response: Ah I'm glad you liked it! And yes, at least one kid is getting that

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 3: Special Delivery

"pranking is far more important than shopping." TRUE.

I love this prank. The idea of someone manipulating Dwight into making children happy is fantastic.

Author's Response: Hehehe yay!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 4: Jim-gerbread Men

This prank is amazing, and I'm retconning that it also inspired Dwight’s snowman army in Classy Christmas. Same vibes.

Author's Response: Oh totally would have been, at least I think so anyway!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 5: Dwight, you don?t look your-elf today

Andy rolling his chair over to chime in in sing-songy rhyme is classic, but I have to be honest: I can't get beyond my concern about what Mose might be doing with that gingerbread man.

Author's Response: Oh I'm sure no one wants to know that

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 6: Festive Farmer

Love the Dwight’s Speech vibes here!

Author's Response: Oh thank you!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 7: Just tie me up with a bow

Well, Pam is definitely on the naughty list this year.

Author's Response: Hehehehe

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 8: Let me take an elfie

Oh, the Facebook fights Jim and Dwight must have had. A lot of very fun photo ideas here... and it's lovely to see Jim and Pam enjoying each other.

Author's Response: Oh I'm sure they did!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 9: Naughty or Nice?

Oh, Pam. Maybe you can trick Dwight into being admirable, but you're very impish.

Author's Response: Hehe very impish

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 10: Mrs Claus

This one was clever. And I like the use of Elizabeth!

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 11: Detective Dwight

WHAT IS DWIGHT’S SECRET INGREDIENT???

Author's Response: I'm not sure anyone needs to know that

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 12: Take a day off

To Dwight, this may well be the cruelest prank of all...

Author's Response: I'm sure they felt bad really...

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 13: I Believe

Awwww. Disturbing sight knowledge of animal feces aside, I'm glad Dwight got something for his sufferings here!

Author's Response: They had to be nice to Dwight in the end. He'd been through so much!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: January 01, 2023 Title: Chapter 14: Merry Prankmas

Ha! Cute ending to the journey!

My bet: it was Dwight who bought the candy bar and tickets. He figured out one of those pranks and giving them not quite what they wanted for Christmas is his idea of revenge.

Author's Response:

Ah thank you so much, and for all your reviews! I'm so glad you enjoyed it

I guess we'll never know if it was Dwight or Santa... 

Summary: He didn't start out that way. It happened over time. And it's all because of Dunder Mifflin, Scranton. Well, a certain pranky receptionist. Pre-series.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1824 Read Count: 1264 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: December 16, 2022 Updated: December 30, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: December 17, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Koi No Yokan

Hey, you're back!

This is a very good first impression of Dwight, both creative and canonical. And you can practically hear the trumpets playing in Jim's head as he realizes she's pranky.

I've always loved the phrase koi no yokan, and the comparison to mental condition feels... accurate to the feeling.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much! And thank *you* for coming back!

  I'd never heard of it before it popped up on my Pinterest feed. You're way ahead of me.  :)



Author's Response:

Thank you so much! And thank *you* for coming back!

  I'd never heard of it before it popped up on my Pinterest feed. You're way ahead of me.  :)

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: December 29, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Drapetomania

Okay, there's a lot of fun stuff here, but both Oscar and Meredith immediately hitting on Jim (and maybe Phyllis too, in her own subtler way) is my favorite.

Author's Response:

Well, who can blame them of course, right?

 

And I'm glad you caught that about Oscar. You know he couldn't help himself but I was wondering if had presented it too subtly. 

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: December 30, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: Metanoia

"Jim, are you ready to go on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery?" I would really love to see the Jim-Dwight version of The Initiation. Feels like he would've had more fun with it than Ryan did.

"Never met a girl who gave me ulcers before." That's how you know it's real, Jim.

"He's an ape. A nice ape, but an ape." That's Roy all right.

Ah, and just like that, years of patterns are formed!

Author's Response:

Your wish is my command. Jim-Dwight Initiation, it is. I just hope I can make it Dwight-y enough, ha!

 And poor Roy. He is who he is. Not a bad guy, just . . . Roy.

 Thanks for reviewing!

The Beacon by warrior4 Rated: M [Reviews - 19] 23
Summary: Pam sets out a guiding light to bring Jim home. Written for the 2022 Christmas story exchange.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen, Kevin, Roy
Genres: Drama, Fluff, Holiday, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Violence/Injury
Series: Holiday Fic Challenge 2022, Hope in the Dark
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10909 Read Count: 1889 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: December 17, 2022 Updated: December 29, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: December 17, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Set the Lay

Well, it's not a snowy winter night, but I guess I'll jump in anyways.

I kinda love her being inspired not just by the signs she remembers of Scranton Jim, but also by Kevin. And she's right. If he has hope, why not her? (This is also a very Kevin scam, and I'd bet $50 the computer guy actually works for the NAACP.)

The painting book being about her non-preferred medium is a strong detail, and very in keeping with your writing of Roy. He's not a bad guy, but he's just... not quite there.

Now that I've read it I do think this could have stood alone as a one-shot (It's even canon compliant right now!), but I'm happy to see it'll be continued.

Author's Response: Thank you! There were more than a few peaks and valleys to Jim and Pam's relationship in S3. Early after the merger and around Christmas is was near one of the peaks. I'm trying to capitalize on that feeling here near Christmas. So Pam's more open to comments of inspiration like here from Kevin. Also, I may have to bring in that NAACP thing now. That's just to perfect!

Yeah, Roy's trying for sure, but as much as he may think he can read her, he really can't. 

Canon-compliant for now that's true. That'll probably start to change soon though. Thanks as always for a great review.

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: December 29, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Strike the Match

Much like Roy, Karen is just... not a good fit for Jim as he is, poor soul. And of course Jim immediately clocks the teapot's return.

HA. The NCAA/NAACP joke made it in! And this is a good use of the ensemble.

Pam is BOLD in this chapter. The Christmas tree bit is one thing, but the lotion? Fancy New Beesly in full effect. And immediately she produces progress. Make a note of that, Pam.

Ugh. Remarkably plausible even for a Roy who's mainly just not grown up yet. Tense moments here to end this one...

Author's Response: On paper, Karen should be a good fit, but she's just not Pam. Of course Jim would clock the teapot, he of all people know what it means to both of them. Thanks for the inspiration for the NAACP/NCAA. I'm glad you liked it.

Pam fresh off a successful Christmas pranking with Dwight before the real angst sets in? Yeah she's got room to be bold for sure. 

Roy's not great for a long time, thus it's easy to bring in tension.