finer things, or lack thereof (Pam/Toby, G)

[dollsome]

Title: finer things (or lack thereof)
Pairing: Pam/Toby
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,352
Summary: The Finer Things Club does Sense & Sensibility.
Author's Note: So, wow, I am just out of practice at this! Could not think of a title! Could not think of a summary! The fic itself is stilted and weird and awkward! However, I justify this by the fact that

Comments

[muic]

Yay, you wrote new fic! This was beautiful. And Sense and Sensibility is one of my favourite movies, in fact I thought it was more entertaining than the book. Emma Thompson is a genius.

I love how Oscar is so perceptive. And Toby needs all the hugs in the world. Great read!

[dollsome]

Thank you! ♥

Oh, I loved getting to vent some of my Sense & Sensibility love in this. The '95 movie is fantaaastic -- however, I wound up really, really loving the remake from earlier this year, to the point where I'm sort of afraid I might love it even more than the '95 one. Which should not technically be possible. Oh, awesome Austen adaptations! The things you do to me!

Apologies for lack of coherency. Too full of JOY.

[rainbowstevie]

A week from now, while I am in the midst of reading Sense and Sensibility, and I see Office characters in my head rather than proper people like Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman, I AM COMING BACK HERE...to congratulate you on the wonderfully amusing imagery. Right now, I'm just going to tackle-hug you and squee about the inclusion of Austen.

In short, um, I AM PIMPING THIS FIC OUT. IMMEDIATELY. You restored my recently obliterated sympathies for Pining Toby! Without trampling on Jim/Pam (which I appreciated immensely)! And then I just sort of drifted into the scene at Oscar's house, and got so wrapped up in the conversation I never wanted to come out. There are probably two dozen things I loved, all told, but especially:

“I’m glad you liked it,” Pam replies, in this way that makes him believe that she is, that it’s not something she’s just saying for the sake of conversation.OK, that? Is a perfect description. I know *exactly* how that goes and how thrilling it can be. Aww, Toby. I'm starting to remember when you

Re: Apologies for lack of coherency. Too full of JOY.

[dollsome]

Awwwww, thank you times like a zillion! <3 I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much. It was sort of weird to write this, after having spent so long not writing Office fic -- it was this weird, "Um, Office characters, do you still like me?" experience -- so I'm glad you liked it! And, oh, I know that the whole fandom turned against Toby in season four, and probably with good reason, but I sympathized to an insane degree throughout. Probably largely because I have a fair amount of pining under my belt, and it does, more often than not, come off as creepy and desperate and pathetic, rather than just The Most Romantic Thing Ever, ala Jim Halpert. And, well, having been creepy and desperate and pathetic, I can sympathize. A lot. Also, it's TOBY.

[jesshelga]

Like Toby (you know, back before the show made him a stalker), this was equal parts charm and sadness and cleverness, and how I loved the domestic!Oscar and Gil setting for the movie.

I've always loved how you inhabit Toby's heart and make it impossible for me to imagine that Jim is still Pam's first choice.

[dollsome]

Awwwww, thank you! ♥ And, man, I still dream of a massive AU where the phone didn't ring in "The Convention" and Toby quasi-successfully asked Pam out and then THEY FELL IN LOOOVE. I still firmly believe that they would have had a chance if Halpert hadn't come back into the mix, damn it.

[dreamstrifer]

Tobyyyyyyyyy!

[dollsome]

He is TRAGEDY EPITOMIZED.

[dollsome]

Awwwww, thank you, buddy! :D

(ROCK ON, ICON.)