Date: January 21, 2021 09:21 am Title: Colder, crying over your shoulder
I like that Jim and Pam take the time to really talk things out. They need it. Same with the commitment to stay honest with each other. Sets a good foundation for things.
Fun to get some perspective and thoughts of what people were thinking during the episode portions.
The package, letter, and call between Jim and Pam at the end was fun too.
Author's Response:
Appreciate the compliments!
As I've said, this is pretty much wish fulfillment, and Jim and Pam talking things out is something we've never seen (though it has happened off camera) and I wanted to see that, just make it a year early. And oh yeah, it's necessary for things to come.
Like I said, I loved writing those perspectives. I try to not make it too bloated (again, love me some character studies) but right now I'm just setting up for things to come, which is necessary through these sections.
It was a ton of fun. I enjoyed translating the call in Jim's letter, makes it less sad. *Less*.
Thanks for the review!
Date: January 20, 2021 10:07 pm Title: Colder, crying over your shoulder
There's some really cute moments in the monologue - "I love tuna," Jim's first discovery of the glasses. I like the way they're learning about each other alongside dealing with the heavy stuff and their history. Looking forward to their trip!
"She believes this man is an alien." Poor Jan.
I love the Stanley voiced rhapsodic description of pretzel day
This is an interesting take on Ryan's fatal flaws. I tend to think of him as working hard but not smart. Intrigued to see where you go with it. I like the idea of this particular experience reverberating with him, because you're right, there's a lot in this episode that intentionally or unintentionally foreshadows what happens down the line with him.
It was fun seeing this very different version of The Call playing out, and exploring the challenges they're facing a little more. Starting a relationship long distance ain't easy.
Hope everything's going okay!
Author's Response:
Everything's going good, actually! Just woke up to find that one of my issues was resolved, and I appreciate the kind words, and the feedback!
This next monologue is gonna be my favorite out the first eight, I think. Haven't started writing the last one but I really do like 6. But yeah, slowly becoming closer despite their insecurities.
Jan... Poor woman does needs a hug. During the merger, she'll need that, an aspirin, *and* Xanax.
I honestly think Ryan has a lot of potential, it's just his worldview is centered around instant gratification. He has a Masters, sure, but he doesn't understand (or rather appreciate) the value of hard work. That means failure after failure after failure until something works out which, if that happened, then we wouldn't have his downward spiral. And yeah, sometimes that means dealing with crazies like Dwight, but there were still things he could've picked up on.
(BTW Dwight you miss Jim don't lie)
I wanted to present how challenging it is, because by this episode's date it's month *five*. They've been going at this a long time and it's difficult, and I wanted to show just how difficult it could be, especially considering their complicated history.
Thanks for the review, as always!