Remington Steele

Remington Steele is an American television series of the mid-1980s starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan.
== Short Canon Description ==
thumb|left|cover of the zine Works of Steele (1997), by Peggy Spalding 
A female private detective, Laura Holt, has trouble getting people to take her seriously as a private investigator because of her gender, so she invents a boss, Remington Steele, and renames her agency to Remington Steele Investigations. Through a case, she meets a male thief who is trying to steal the very items she's supposed to protect; he decides not to steal said items and assumes the identity of Remington Steele. This makes Laura happy, as this means clients can now meet Remington. The relationship turns personal, but is fraught with tension since Remington won't tell her his real name or anything about himself.
The character, Remington, joins a long list of characters (most of them from 1980s television) that do not reveal their first/real names. Other compatriots: Angus MacGyver from MacGyver (whose name is revealed only in the final season), Lieutenant Columbo from Columbo, Robin Masters from Magnum P.I., Charlie from Charlie's Angels...
==Characters==
* Laura Holt
* Remington Steele
* Murphy Michaels 
* Mildred Krebs
== Remington Steele Fandom ==
=== Pairings===
The main pairing by far is Remington/Laura. 
There is a small subset of Steele/Murphy Michaels slash about. 
===Fanfiction===
The fandom is originally zine-based. 
A Yahoo!Groups list, RSFic promoted fanfic but is now offline.
LiveJournal community: steelewriting. 
A few stories have been written for the Yuletide exchange.
 
===Fanzines===
* Lies, Cheats and Steele
* The Magnifying Glass (e-zine)
* Melange (multifandom zine)
* Mixed Media (crossover zine)
* More Red Holt Steele
* Relativity (A shared universe crossover zine)
* Remembrance of Steele Past
* Ring of Steele
* Speculations in Steele
* Steele Files (originally called "U.S. News and Steele Report")
* Steele Squared‎
* Steele September‎
* A Study in Steele
* Tuesday Night (also Riptide) 
* Works of Steele (gen)
* Xenos! (gen, multifandom but plenty of RS content)
===Online Fanfiction===
Some fan fiction is also archived at the websites below. Note: not all websites are active, use the WayBack Machine to look for offline sites.
* Remington Zeal - Yuliya's Remington Steele site with trivia and fascinating little bits and pieces of information.
* Steele Obsessed - Maggie's Remington Steele site, with fanfic, songs, pics and more. 
* KrebsFiles-Archive site for the RSFic mailing list.
* Last's Remington Steele site
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* Chronicles - Lisa R's FanFic page. Remington Steele, Remington Steele/Scarecrow and Mrs King crossover, Remington Steele/Forever Knight crossover
* Links of Steele. Links to Remington Steele fan websites.
* Steele, Inc.-Atlanta Division - Debra Talley's Remington Steele site. Filks and fan fic.
* Fiction Cove - Lisa Watson's Remington Steele site, featuring her RS fanfic.
* Tanya's Tales - Tanya Reed's Remington Steele fanfic and poems.
* Remington Steele Online (R-S-O)
* Remington Steele FanFic - Part of Xenon's FanFic Dungeon
* Steele State of Mind - Lauryn's Remington Steele fanfic
* Steele Holting On - Amber's Remington Steele fic site.
===Example Fanfiction===
* And Still More Tomorrow by Medie. A rare story centering on Murphy. Espresso Addict writes: Bittersweet backstory for a character that canon short-changed & most fanfiction overlooks.Espresso Recommendations: Other film/tv: Remington Steele (accessed 9 February 2012)
* Put the Blame on Steele by Yahtzee. Arduinna writes: This is brilliant -- perfectly in character, and a delightful twist on the show's core question of "who is Mr. Steele", as Steele tries to figure out who Laura is in terms that make sense to him. This isn't a show I ever needed fanfic for, but I wouldn't have missed this story for anything.Arduinna's Fic Recs: Fandoms Q - T (accessed 9 February 2012)
===Mailing Lists/Forums===
* MysteryNet- Remington Steele. A bulletin board for RS.
* Steele Watchers' Chatroom. Regular Chats Scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 9 PM Central Time
* SteeleWatchers' Mailing List. Moderated by SusanB.
* RSFic Mailing List. Moderated by Linda.
* Written in Steele. RSfic list on yahoo
 
===Fanvids===
The majority of Remington Steele fanvids were done in the VCR era closer to the time of the show's height of popularity. Some of the more notable vids were done by the California Crew and include:
* Against the Odds
* Perhaps Love.
* I Can't Fight this Feeling
===Fanart===
Most fanart is of Remington Steele, rather than Laura Holt. 
 
File:Ourfavoritethings1-10.jpg|T.J. Burnside, from Our Favorite Things #3 (1986)
File:remington.jpg| Marilyn Johansen, from Steele Files #1 (1985) 
File:Ourfavoritethings2-9.jpg|Laura Virgil, from Our Favorite Things #2 (1985)
==Fan Comments==
==References==
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