Echo and the Bunnymen,👌

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I'm not going to lie this is like the SHIT!!!!!!!

I'm only on chapter 19 but your writing is basically making me laugh out loud. The way you have written them is so them. Things that would totally and completely come out of their mouths on the show. It makes me really happy.

When I first read Kelly saying 'I'll cut her face.' I couldn't stop laughing and now I keep remembering it as I continue reading and continue to laugh. EVERY single part of this so far is great!

I can't wait to finish...well that's not true because if I finish it I wont be able to read any more which will be sad but SERIOUSLY this is GREAT!!!!

Just wanted to say I've been following this series for a while now (apologies for being so rubbish about reviewing) and it's really fantastic. Love Pam and Jim still being the couple we recognise but in a different setting. Also love how you're exploring Pam's desire for fulfilment with her career even if her personal life's great and Jim's frustration at being unable to do much to help - it's something that the show itself has had to very much skim over/ignore. Looking forward to the next update. :)

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I was absolutely beside myself with joy when I checked and saw that this had been updated! I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day myself yesterday and I swear, this TOTALLY made up for it.

This is an AMAZING story, certainly part of THE MOST amazing series of any fanfic series and I swear, somehow you just have this awesome talent that enables you to make the story AND the series even MORE amazing with each and every chapter.

I have to tell you honestly, in general I never liked Karen, or rather Karen's character and I had serious doubts that I would ever see a Karen that I liked in a story. YOU actually did it. When I was reading the series my first time through and Karen was introduced as Pam's room mate I automatically thought, here we go. Karen will meet Jim and like Jim and there will be some drama or tension or something but I prayed, just let Pam prevail. Let their love continue to be so good and pure etc. I could not have been more pleasantly surprised at the Karen you created and gave us and it made me realize that my strong dislike is for Karen the love interest for Jim, the one that comes betwen Jim and Pam. Heck, now I totally see that had they brought Karen on as a friend for Pam, something that she could really use (a female friend that is. We know she's always had a great friend in Jim but that's different!) I could have really like the character in that role. Thanks for showing me a Karen that even in my eyes is really likeable.

I want to truly from the heart thank you for staying with this. My heart sinks (and yes, I AM pathetic, it kinda hurts a bit) when I really invest my time and emotion in reading a story only to find it's been left hanging out there unfinished. I am so grateful that you are soldiering on to try and complete this piece and not only that, this chapter I just read has every bit as much quality and consistency as the other chapters, than you thank you thank you! You are an amazing author and I simply cannot wait to read more! Hey... did I say thank you?!?! :o)

Author's Response: So I threw my back out the other day and I was stuck in bed for like three days. I somehow found myself on the MTT site, a place I had avoided since March because I had just been feeling uninspired and a bit humbled by all of the fantastic writers on the MTT archive, and I decided to reread my stories. To my surprise, there were new reviews! I saw yours, and when I read your comment on I Heart Pickles saying 'you just can't stop' and 'don't leave it just hanging' because you genuinely enjoyed the story and wanted to see it continue, I want you to know that really struck a chord with me. Not only that but you, and everyone else who has been so, so kind and left comments and support throughout the entire series, invigorated something in me that encouraged me to continue writing. I thought I would never come back to this story, and I just wanted to let you know that after eight long months, you inspired me to pick it up again. Thank you, ftmill16. Your reviews have been far too kind.

Your comments about this story's Karen are so humbling. Wow. That scene in The Merger when Pam and Karen first meet always kind of stuck with me. I always wondered what if would be like if Pam and Karen were friends - I mean, I know Karen was introduced primarily as an obstacle for Pam/Jim, but had it not been for that, I think they could have a pretty solid friendship. (I also loved their little chat in Lecture Circuit I.) I know it's such an unpopular fandom opinion but I liked Karen, and I wanted to sort of reintroduce the character as a 'What if Karen wasn't a threat to Jim/Pam?' I'm so happy to hear that it turned you around. I know a lot of readers may not feel the same way, but to hear that it had such an impact on you pleases me to no end. Really, I'm just so delighted and I thank you for your sincerity.

So, I hope this streak of inspiration continues to pour itself into this story. It's been such a wonderful creative outlet over the years, and I am beyond fortunate to have the genuine dedication of readers like you.

I couldn't believe my eyes this morning when I saw your fic up! So excited that you're back! Now, don't go disapearing again, kay? This was great, keep'um comin'!

Author's Response: Thanks, Dedeen! The fact that you've continued to follow this story makes me so, so happy!

I just read this whole series all over and I need to again beg. PLEASE come back and write more! The entire series is so wonderful, PLEASE don't leave it just hanging out there!

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ARGHHHHH!!! You just CAN'T stop here! I have been obsessed with this after deciding to just 'try' a few chapters of I think it was Indie Music and Keds or something like that and I got totally obsessed reading pretty much nonstop! When it was over I was so disappointed that it was done so you can imagine my delight when I saw there was a follow up. I read all that, again obsessed and then delighted when I saw yet another story in the series. SOOOOOO I got this far, you just simply cannot stop ESPECIALLY leaving
poor Pam six months pregnant! NO woman should ever have to be eternally six months pregnant. Maybe if you DO continue this you can have Pam start having nightmares about being eternally six months pregnant! ANYHOW, this whole series is SO great, I'd love for it to go on forever but I'm begging you, PEASE at least come back and finish this installment. This whole series is just totslly such a wonderful AU set of stories! Thanks for giving me a great way to fill my time! (and again.... BEGGING... PLEASE PLEASE PLLLEEEAAASSEEE finish!!!!!)

Your story is a summer tradition for me to read, and here it is the end of May, starting the story up again--here's to you and your awesome summer story

Aww I loved this chapter. I love seeing them plan for the baby!

Ugh I HATE when strange people feel the belly and offer not so welcome advice/stories. :)

i am so happy that you decided to keep going with this story. i cant wait for more! :)

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I kept putting of reviewing ever since you came back to this story, and then every time I decided I was ready to do it, another chapter was posted and I got completely sidetracked. Not complaining at all, though! ;)

I've been thinking about this story a lot in all the months that passed since it was updated. I had pretty much given up on it ever being finished and was really sad about it, after growing so attached to these particular AU versions of Jim & Pam. When things were slow at the archive, I went back and re-read the entire series more than once. I think that, aside from the fact that I love the characters and you've defined them wonderfully, I'm attached to them especially because I'm graduating from college in a few months and it was fun meeting them when they were in the same place - and it's been equally fun seeing them grow and progress, getting a little lost in the fantasy of where my own path could lead, too.

Anyway, I'm rambling, but I am really glad to see my favorite lovebirds back, and really excited to see how the baby thing plays out :) Can't wait for the next update!!