1 [Report This]Date: January 22, 2021 04:06 am Title: Roses
This is so emotional and painful and powerful. What an incredible, insightful piece of writing. My heart absolutely aches for Meredith. Thank you for writing this.
1 [Report This]Date: October 19, 2020 03:52 am Title: Roses
I'm crying, that is so beautiful. Poor Meredith, she didn't deserve this...
Thank you!
1 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2020 05:21 pm Title: Roses
This just broke my heart. So perfectly done!
Meredith is one of my favourite characters and I LOVE "Lice" (season 9) when she and Pam go out and sing girls just wanna have fun. Since your story is now headcanon for me, I imsgine Meredith finally talking to Pam, and them becoming solid friends over the years.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
1 [Report This]Date: August 16, 2020 10:14 am Title: Roses
This is unbelievably powerful.
1 [Report This]Date: October 09, 2018 10:52 am Title: Roses
I absolutely love this painful but real story. God, I could see this happening to Meredith. Truly, after reading your story I see her character with more empathy. The repetition of "people seldom do" was lovely. And that part about the pencil and how she still carries it around?! Oy! I love this story; definitely one of my favorites.
7 [Report This]Date: May 01, 2016 10:40 pm Title: Roses
This was so heartbreaking :( I just want to sit down and cry.
Date: November 11, 2007 03:39 pm Title: Roses
Oh my god. I'm crying so hard. This is amazing.
Author's Response: My goodness! *hands tissue* I am glad you liked (?) it? Hard to know what to say. I encourage you to go read "Everyday" for a bit of an antidote to all this sadness. :) Thanks for reading!
10 [Report This]Date: July 18, 2007 09:52 am Title: Roses
That was beautiful...heartbreaking.
Author's Response: Wow. Thanks!
10 [Report This]Date: February 15, 2007 11:40 am Title: Roses
very sad. but very, very good!!!
Author's Response: Thanks, Moxie! I'm very glad you liked it.
10 [Report This]Date: February 15, 2007 09:39 am Title: Roses
Oh, wow. What a beautiful story. I love seeing Jim and Pam's love through the eyes of the other workers, but I have never been moved like I was while reading this story.
I love how you fleshed out Meredith's character. Gave her actions and choices meaning. Her voice was so strong that I have a hard time imagining that this didn't happen to her.
Author's Response: Wow, I didn't think this would be considered moving. And I'm really glad this sounded like her to you; capturing the voices of someone else's characters is tough. Thanks very much for reviewing!
Date: February 14, 2007 10:16 pm Title: Roses
Wonderful and heartbreaking. I love your back story for Meredith. And the last line, oh. Killer.
Author's Response: Thanks!
Author's Response:
Hit "ente" too fast...
I'm glad you enjoyed this, Paper Jam. The last line went through several revisions; glad to know it worked for you. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
10 [Report This]Date: February 13, 2007 06:33 pm Title: Roses
This was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the backstory you gave Meredith - how happy she was with her "Jim" and how very sad when he died so suddenly. It brought tears to my eyes. And the last line was just haunting. But my favorite line - and something I truly learned in real life myself this past year - was "They always think they have plenty of time, right up until they don't. Truer words were never written.
Author's Response: True dat. Although I can hardly take credit for the idea. Yeah, I know what it's like to lose someone close. That's the thing about writing older characters like Meredith; she has (probably) had so much life experience to draw on, which makes her in many ways a more interesting, richer character to explore than, say, Ryan, who is so young. Thanks for reading!
Date: February 13, 2007 05:20 pm Title: Roses
wow, one of the best office fanfics i've read in a while. love the change in POV, so heartbreaking! a great little peek into meredith's life though. just...awesome!
Author's Response: High praise indeed! I am glad you liked this peek through the keyhole. Thanks for reading!
10 [Report This]Date: February 13, 2007 02:50 pm Title: Roses
How sad for Meredith...I almost wish this history were cannon, because it could just explain so much.
Author's Response: But then we couldn't come up with even more interesting explanations! Which is the fun of fanfic. Maye next week I'll write one about Meredith's failed bid to be elected Senator or something. Playing with other people's characters is fun. Thanks for reviewing!
10 [Report This]Date: February 13, 2007 05:30 am Title: Roses
WOW. nej, when you make a comeback...you REALLY make a comeback.. wow... i'm speechless. LOVE IT.. and that's pretty much all i can say coherently right now..
Author's Response: Thanks. Didn't really think of this as a comeback, but okay. :) I am glad you enjoyed this.
Date: February 13, 2007 03:14 am Title: Roses
Oh, break my heart, why don't you NEJ? Who knew there was so much pathos to be tapped in Meredith? Just lovely and sad and wistful and felt so true. It's the laugh of a man in love. Exactly what he sounds like when he's (rarely these days) laughing with her. And how melancholically (is that a word?) sexy is the part about knowing Jim wants to be the one moaning blissfully into her hair.
I like how you kept returning to that refrain People seldom do. Just right for her resignation about life, as was this whole piece.
Author's Response: Melancholy/sexy, yeah, that's often how I feel about Jim. Glad you liked the blissful moaning, I was happy with that line myself. :) Whenever I see a character portrayed so one-dimensionally, I can't help but wonder what we're NOT seeing. And in real life, almost always people have an unexpected side to them. Meredith is portrayed as a clown, almost, just for comic relief, but is there anything sadder than a clown with tears? So I started wondering what would make her sad, and came up with this. Glad you enjoyed it, colette. Thanks for reviewing!
Date: February 12, 2007 08:46 pm Title: Roses
Oh My... that was just so beautiful!
Author's Response: Thanks, Kittykat.
Date: February 12, 2007 07:50 pm Title: Roses
This was beautiful and at the same time heartbreaking. I loved it.
Author's Response: So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading.
Date: February 12, 2007 07:27 pm Title: Roses
what a heartbreaking story. Im crying my eyes out here!! I think everyone has had that one person that no matter how much time passes, it will always hurt. You voiced that perfectly. thank you so much.
Author's Response: Yeah, and the older you get, the more chance there is that there has been that kind of loss in a life. Which is what makes comedy with older folks more poignant, I think.
10 [Report This]Date: February 12, 2007 07:25 pm Title: Roses
This story was so sad, but so lovely at the same time. I generally don't enjoy the angsty stories, but this one as just exceptionally well written. I enjoyed a new insight into Meredith, and seeing JAM from someone else's perspective. Thanks for writing!
Author's Response: Thanks for reading! It's always fun to give characters more dimension (dementia?) than their creators...
Date: February 12, 2007 06:48 pm Title: Roses
I liked it. It made me feel sorry for Merdith. It is an interesting parallel. As long as Jim doesn't also die (I just wrote a story where Jim died, I have had enough grief for a while!)
Author's Response: Oh, I hope he doesn't, either! Thanks for reading!
10 [Report This]Date: February 12, 2007 06:24 pm Title: Roses
Wow. I just... Wow. This is incredible. God. So so moving. The outsider's perspective on Jim/Pam, and the different take on Meredith's life... perfect. Absolutely stunning. Thank you so umch for writing this. Seriously... wow.
Author's Response: Seriously...thanks!
Date: February 12, 2007 05:58 pm Title: Roses
Another great fic! I love Meredith stories and I usually don't like when the other characters are "pulling for" Jim and Pam, but this was so realistic and believable, I loved it! Keep up the fantastic work.
Author's Response: I like to think Meredith is a closet romantic. I like to think one reason Meredith drinks is to dull the pain of being a romantic in an unromantic world.
Date: February 12, 2007 05:46 pm Title: Roses
Oh, wow. This is such an insightful look into Meredith's background. I loved the part about sharing pencils and pens because it's so intimate and secret, and I loved the part about being able to tell Jim wants to be the one to moan into Pam's hair. You've just done such a lovely job fleshing out Meredith's character and talking about the whole Jim/Pam situation from an outsider's perspective -- this is great. Thanks so much!
Author's Response: Thank you very much. I was hoping the chewed-pencil thing wouldn't come across as icky.
9 [Report This]Date: February 12, 2007 05:43 pm Title: Roses
Wow...incredibly beautiful and wonderfully written. I got chills at the end!
Author's Response: Chills? Thanks! Makes me feel like I did a decent job. Thanks for reading!