Penname: Muggins Real name:
Member Since: January 10, 2007

Bio:

I've never actually written fan fiction before. Luckily, my obsession with The Office is fully supported by friends and family. We've all agreed that we just want Jim and Pam to be friends again, dammit!

Oh, and normally? When I'm normal... I write normal fiction. You know... books, magazine articles, dirty letters...

 


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Turnabout's Fair Play by ficklevillain Rated: T [Reviews - 149] 29
Summary:

A series of drabbles, set after Back From Vacation (with some slight spoilers) and deviating from there. Pam makes Jim face the same difficult decision (and consequences) that she had to deal with.

Each drabble is 100 words according to MS Word, so if the summary says otherwise...it's lying. :0)


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Karen, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drabble, Fluff, Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 100 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9891 Read Count: 382590 ePub Downloads: 12
[Report This] Published: January 23, 2007 Updated: February 23, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 83: Seconds

Can I just comment on your chapter titles? They are freaking amazing! I HATE coming up with chapter titles, I always have someone else pick them out. Yours are always like mini-drabbles themselves! I read the title first. Read the page. And then always reread the title to see the implications! So..... WOW!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 77: Finality

Love the repeat of "The next few days were uneventful."

and "strong arms of an electric blanket" superb imagery!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 75: Transference

Big guns! Like you don't already have him over a barrel!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 64: Arguably

Once again, comparison of Karen and Pam, love, love, love this!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 54: Lousy

Oooops, forgot I was writing reviews again! Stop sucking me in. That's what he said!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 37: Unfamiliarity

I love this description because I do that too! If I wake up and think I heard something I totally open my cell phone for the light source!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 33: Expansive

Trying to imagine Pam in kickboxing, punk aerobics, and roller derby.... AND IT WORKS! I can just see it!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 26: Confection

Right. Right. Right. I'm writing reviews. "It wiggled at him mockingly." Poor Jim! Everything wiggles at him mockingly nowadays!!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 18: Inevitability

Changed mind. This new favorite chapter. Every moment of his non-Pam life is spent comparing with the possible Pam-life....makes me want to write an entire book!

Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 17: Garbage

AAAAuuugh! Favorite page so far. "pared everything down to ncessities." "too small for luxuries." Necessity = Jim. Luxury = every other god damn thing!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 14: Familiarity

"his hands buried in that ridiculous coat of hers" sublime.. would write more but..... next page NOW!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: Misunderstanding

Just letting you know, I'm re-reading this for the fourth time! This time I'm planning on leaving reviews, unless the plot gets really, really good...and I get sucked in and forget...ah this is taking too long, must read next chapter!

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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 43: Blush

Dwight! Can I just hug him? Please!

What Gil Missed, Because He Had a Thing by nomadshan Rated: T [Reviews - 14] 6
Summary: Oscar recounts Phyllis' wedding for Gil.
Categories: Episode Related, Other
Characters: Oscar/Gil
Genres: Humor, Weekend
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 803 Read Count: 1789 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: February 14, 2007 Updated: February 14, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 9
Date: February 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Superb writing per usual! Now I want to hear about Michael's antics from every person's viewpoint! Why do you do this to me? WHY!

Author's Response:

Hee, thanks, Muggins :)

And at the Push of a Button.. by StarShine Rated: K [Reviews - 24] 13
Summary: Jim faces a dilemma in the break room every day.
Categories: Present
Characters: Jim, Karen, Pam
Genres: Inner Monologue
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 569 Read Count: 2416 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 14, 2007 Updated: March 14, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: ...worlds turn upside down

How proud am I? I am this proud ←→  ! Immeasurably proud that I was the fifth person to read this!! What I love!! So much!! And I hope I'm the first to review but this is going so long that I'm worried someone else will steal the garland of first reviewness... but it must all be said! What I love ♥ 1) You have nursing books? When I read that I thought....I would love to hear Starshine's point of view on the Health Care episode. 2) And then you bring up health and dentists and I believe everything you say more than my stupid friends because you have nursing books! 3) I love that he's in a quandry every freakin' day. 4) I love that you don't say things explicitly like Pam is grape soda blah blah blah and Three Buttons means "everyone would pick Karen" because I love fics that make me THINK and I love fics where there are multiple possible meanings. 5) I love that there are multiple possible meanings for what the three vs. one button may mean.

Final dumb note: You were asking for a beta on TWoP. I could only see one little tiny grammatical problem: because that's what his Uncle Brian, the doctor, always told him so. "Jim   .... I'd cut out that word 'so'. That's it. Everything else flows like butter!



Author's Response: Muggins!! you're making me blush! now i feel bad for the voodoo spells yesterday.. ^_^ i'm so glad you got the whole "Karen's the 'smart' choice, but screw that" part. wasn't sure if that came through. and yes, i have lots of nursing books because i'm a nurse. and as for the health care episode? can i just say it ALMOST bugged me that they called it "spontaneous dental hydroplosion" because "spontaneous dental hydroplasia" would have made a lot more sense... yes, i'm dumb. and thanks for pointing out my bad grammar! will have to fix later..

Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: ...worlds turn upside down

Dang it! EmilyHalpert you lucky dog!

Author's Response: oh how you make me laugh.. ^_^

Betrothal, Courtship, Vanquish by Swedge Rated: T [Reviews - 51] 15
Summary:

Summary: "He asked that I engage the rest of the men in the office in it as a morale building exercise."

Spoilers through The Negotiation.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Andy, Creed, Dwight, Jim, Pam, Ryan, Toby
Genres: Humor, Workdays
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8178 Read Count: 10710 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 31, 2007 Updated: April 13, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: April 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: The Bad Audience

Loved how the guys went off tagent and started talking about Creed's unrelated tattoo which was unrelated possibly to the snipping which was definitely unrelated to the Peace Corps and since when is there a Peace Corps mission in Philadelphia. I also LOVE your Andy Bernard! I sure hope another chapter is on the way!!!!

Author's Response: Yes there will be one more. I'm not the world's fastest writer though. :)

Five Times Karen Filippelli Took Second Place by Azlin Rated: K+ [Reviews - 13] 6
Summary:

My first attempt at a 5 things fic.


Categories: Other, Past, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen
Genres: Angst, Childhood, Inner Monologue
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1124 Read Count: 2630 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: April 03, 2007 Updated: April 03, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: April 03, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Wow! Extremely powerful!!!

Fillipelli, Karen - Anybodys

No. No that was wrong. That couldn't be right. Someone had to have made a mistake. ...all she could think about was making it to the girl's bathroom down the hall before she let her tears spill down her face.

 Dang it, Azlin. You just made Karen a heroine for me!



Author's Response: Sorry. If it makes you feel any better even I didn't mean to like her that much, and I wrote the dang thing. I think maybe the hiatus has been slowly breaking my brain. 

Everything That I'm Not by ElizabethLynn Rated: T [Reviews - 17] 7
Summary: Past Featured StoryGould won't... communicate with Jan. Five conversations that answer the question: Why Michael?

Categories: Other
Characters: Michael/Jan
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 662 Read Count: 2242 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: April 16, 2007 Updated: April 16, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: April 16, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

"supposed to have olives, but Kalamata olives." I'm dying here. I know so many bastards like this at work. At one dinner, these guys were discussing the "merits" of the wine while  one of their wives was visibly trying to keep from crying (for god knows what reason) and I was like "Dude! Get a clue! The wine does NOT matter." And they did get a divorce like six months later, so... spot on for you on characterization. "Kalamata olives" Who cares, buddy!?!
“Do you want me to go on?” “If you want.” Uggh! How painful is that. That would bring on a ten year pout from me if I was in Jan's place. Holy god! No wonder she's gotten into doing freaky crap. The only way to get Gould to show some emotion was probably to stretch the boundaries way, way to the limit.

I have two quibbles. Neither of which affected your rating or putting this story in my favorites.
In the sentence, "Listen, I need to talk to you about you something.” I think the second "you" might be an accident.
And secondly, why did you pick this title? I LOVE all your other titles. ♥ I always think of them as the "Objets de Office" series....  Wackadex, Post-Its, Purses, Candy Dish, Binder Clips, Barrette. I'm just sayin' -- "Gazpacho" has a nice ring to it. ;) 



Author's Response:

First of all, thank youuuu for catching the typo!  That's the kind of thing I freak out about, if I miss it.   And yeah, "Gazpacho" would be a great title -- but I just kept thinking of that scene in The Royal Tenenbaums, where Royal finally sees what Etheline finds attractive in Henry.  I'm envisioning this great light bulb moment for the viewers if Gould ever shows up.

Thank you for wonderful review!  I'm glad you enjoyed this! 

A Message from Cupcake by Maybe Once Rated: M [Reviews - 26] 7
Summary: Maximus had his turn. Now it's time for a reply. This won't make sense unless you've read the fabulous Talking head by time4moxie.
Categories: Other
Characters: Other
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 789 Read Count: 2660 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 03, 2007 Updated: October 02, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: May 03, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: You know what kind of monologue this is.

Is it scary that the whole time I was thinking about that song... "Harvey, the wonder hamster"? Yes. I think it is...thank you for writing when you're on death's door! Hope the drugs have kicked in.

That's What She Said by Too Late Kev Rated: K [Reviews - 21] 11
Summary: Jim starts work at Dunder Mifflin and finds himself involved in a Comedy War.

Categories: Other, Past
Characters: Creed, Dwight, Jim, Michael, Phyllis, Stanley
Genres: Humor, Oneshot
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 806 Read Count: 2393 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 29, 2007 Updated: May 29, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: June 01, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: That's What She Said

May I just say I love the last line, absolute comedy gold. You wrote the whole thing so well that I couldn't think of one way to improve it... niiiiiiiiice!

I especially love that this is a Jim/Michael story, I really like seeing stories about dynamics other than Jim/Pam.

This was definitely a great story to read after a week of too serious real life stuff. Thank you for that!

Keeeeeeeep writing, please!

Signed, your adoring fan



Author's Response:

Thanks so much, Muggins!  

I'm not sure I'll ever write much Jim/Pam.  So many people do it so well.  If I end up with a niche, it's going to be different little stories, adding background here and there, exploring weird little stuff my brain thinks up...

Sorry about your serious real life stuff; please let us all know on the fanfic thread how your mom's doing if you want...

I am continuing to write.  That little ditty I sent you while I was looking over BeigeMan (TWSS) will be out in a little while, and a sort of companion piece which is really smutty, but not graphically so (does that make sense?)  I just had an idea the other night, which no one else in the universe would think of, and I started writing that longhand while stuck somewhere the next day.  I don't know if anyone will like it, but I have no choice but to write it.

Speaking of things no one else in the world can think of, whenever you get back to Girly-Girl and James, son of Halpert (I know that's not the real name of the story, but it works for me), I'll be happy to see it.  You know I love girl talk, and medieval history lessons via reviews.  (I really do.  I'm so odd.)

You're my adoring fan???  "And I, to you, in addition, feel the same feelings that you are as well."  Or, in other words, right back at ya.

How Jim's Poker Party Got Out Of Hand by Too Late Kev Rated: MA [Reviews - 21] 13
Summary: Jim held a Poker Party on Valentine's Day of 2006 and invited Kelly Kapoor. The results were a bit surprising.
Categories: Other, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Katy, Jim/Other, Kelly/Other, Mark, Oscar, Phyllis/Bob Vance
Genres: Humor, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Challenges: Valentine Poker
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7459 Read Count: 7869 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: June 17, 2007 Updated: July 14, 2007
Reviewer: Muggins Signed 10
Date: June 18, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: Kelly

 Wow. Uh. Wow. Uh. Wow. Ummm.... so I was going to write a nice review, telling you my thoughts etc. They'd go something like this:
"So, Kelly, let me introduce you to all my really cute friends, because I kind of hand-picked them, you know, just for you."  Awesome! I'm so jealous of Kelly because who wouldn't Jim Halpert to handpick cute guys for them? Steve's in charge of a lot of vending machines, Yay! The return of the vending machine guy! 
But then my review devolved into this: Mike's a firefighter. Firefighters are hot!!!! "Hey, come to the firehouse and meet a bunch of big, strong guys who save lives every day." Hell yeah! I see a nice chapter three intro!!!
And then my review just kinda tapered off because I think I, uh, got involved in the plotline and forgot that I was supposed to be reviewing until - "Condoms are in the desk drawer near the bed. Drive safe!" Which would have made me laugh except I was already racing on to the next, uh, so yeah, uh, wow.
I have no idea how to top this.
Seriously.
No freakin' idea.



Author's Response:

Aw, thanks, muggins.  I actually do have an idea (and a little bit written) on a chapter 3 which is not really naughty at all.  Well, maybe the TEENIEST TEENIEST bit naughty, but no one actually has sex during the course of the story, and any hints about anyone maybe having sex at any time are people who are already together and they're not adding anyone to the mix (no booty calls).  So, as I said, tame!  And hopefully, humorous and fun.

I'm glad you liked the "Drive safe".  It's important that orgies be safe, don't you think?  I thought that was kind of a fun line myself, and I didn't want people thinking "Oh, my God!  The potential disease!" when they should be thinking "Wow. Uh. Wow. Uh. Wow." 

I liked the firefighter line too.  I enjoyed thinking that Jim would have an idea of the allure of firefighters, and break the tension there! 

Now that you've seen Chapter 2, you see how much tamer Chapter 1 is, don't you?  I think I put them in the right order.  Although, Chapter 3 would be a major change.  Oh, well.

And you'll be proud to know I did my research.  Mike is my name for the firefighter Jim says hello to in "The Fire"; the engine number which shows up that day is Mike's engine # in my story; and Dan is the name of the guy Jim is supposedly calling when he tricks Dwight into continuing to think that Thursday is Friday.  So, really, this whole second chapter is merely an exercise in the application of research to fiction.  I had to make up some sort of plot which involved my research, and you can see that this is just the natural result.  Naturally.

Thanks for reading and reviewing.  And sadly, all my upcoming stories are (at the moment) not very skeevy at all.  Sigh.  But I did give beruco an awesome idea which she(?) was going to start on!  (I decided I'd rather read it than write it.)