Date: August 28, 2007 07:14 pm Title: BLUE
I am so glad to see Creed getting some love! This was really fun to read, i really enjoyed it.
Author's Response: Thanks, andromeda. Creed is definitely one of my favorite characters, so he was fun to write about.
Date: April 11, 2007 06:25 pm Title: BLUE
Loved how you squeezed in Creed at the end. I think Bennie is my new favourite I'll-never-read-about-her-again character. Sometimes only a stranger, albeit a non-objective one, can help in such a situation.
Author's Response: Whoa, you like Bennie! Cool! Thanks! As for Creed, he's so sneaky he creeps in when I'm not looking. :) Thanks for the review!
Date: April 10, 2007 08:08 pm Title: BLUE
What a great sneaky addition to the story by using Creed's music! Thank you :) I'm really enjoying your color experiment here.
Author's Response: Thanks! Yeah, Creed just snuck in. Gotta watch those hippies. :)
Date: April 10, 2007 03:08 pm Title: BLUE
Oh, sweet, a message from Pam! I love that.
I really enjoyed this one - one of my favorites so far.
One nitpick: I think Creed would not have known Jim's name, or even where he knew him from (as evidenced by: "Which one is Pam?"; "Thanks, Ace!"; "you take it easy, Ace"; "I'm not good with names."; "Andrea"; "Marybeth"; "the receptionist"; "the redhead".) I love that you had Creed singing. I thought his song (which I guess he co-wrote) in A Benihana Christmas was wonderful.
2 more chapters, right? (Claps like Kelly.)
Author's Response:
Oh, you guys underestimate Creed. :) He has his moments. I think some of what we're seeing in him is a deliberate act, designed to keep the crazies away. At least that's the way he is in my universe.
And yeah, the song he was singing in Benihana Christmas was his ("Spinnin' and Reelin'"), but it's off a different CD.
Date: April 10, 2007 02:56 pm Title: GREEN
Nice. And of course, the last line got an "awww". So sweet.
Author's Response: Thanks! I only hope her Romeo shows up soon.
Date: April 10, 2007 01:07 pm Title: BLUE
Ok this was my favorite color yet. Your Karen characterization made a lot of sense. Often she is too nice, or way too bitchy but it was just those tiny things like changing his drinking and making him buy new clothes that I totally bought...and Creed. Gotta love Creed. :)
Author's Response: Of course you love Creed. Who doesn't? :D I even bought his CDs.
Date: April 10, 2007 01:05 pm Title: YELLOW
As someone who suffers from anxiety this was very real. I felt Angela's fear and it scared me a little. I thankfully have my own hero to help me out. Awesome job.
Author's Response: Never having suffered from anxiety attacks, I was not sure whether I'd got it right. Did a little research, asked a few friends, but it's good to have confirmation from someone who knows. Glad you've got a hero to help out! Thanks for reviewing.
Date: April 10, 2007 10:05 am Title: GREEN
I love this. Pam the nurturer, who needs nurturing herself. This was so much more original than her getting a cat.
Author's Response: LOL! Never thought of a cat but yeah, I don't know if she's ready for that yet. Thanks!
Date: April 10, 2007 09:45 am Title: YELLOW
awww sweetness. Your ideas are fantastic and keep within my imagination for these characters.
Author's Response: Very kind of you to say so, collardgreens. Thanks for reading!
Date: April 10, 2007 08:19 am Title: GREEN
What a lovely story! I especially liked that Pam has found a place of her own. Nice job :)
Author's Response: Thank you, Blanche! (Say hi to Stella and Stanley for me).
10 [Report This]Date: April 10, 2007 07:52 am Title: YELLOW
I love the weird sweetness that is Angela and Dwight. The fact that Angela's anxiety is a very real one that many people face every day make her so endearing to me. Oh, and I loved the way the title of this story appeared in colour in my email.
Author's Response: :) Glad you enjoyed it, Luna Mystik. "Weird sweetness" captures Dwangela very well, I think. We see so much of their thorny sides onscreen I wanted to show the roses as well. And nobody could be as one-dimensional as Angela; there had to be some other reason for her to be so tightly wound. This is one explanation, among many. Thanks so much for reading!
Date: April 10, 2007 03:40 am Title: GREEN
Finally had a chance to read this...and glad I did. They're all such good character studies. So many pithy, character galvanizing lines, but I especially liked the Dwight section - made me really wish they'd spend more time on his family on-camera. Somehow this sentence just cracked me up:
Dwight heard a scurrying sound in a corner and wondered if Angela would let him have one of her kittens to train into a warrior cat.
Oddly perfect. And this last Pam chapter...her Tell me what you need was so poignant and really hit the nail on the head (note allusion to me wanting to hit those two would-be lovebirds on the head at this point.) But the metaphor of tending the flowers and her helplessness then epiphany was just lovely. And your last line rendered a swift blow to my romantic bone...yet I smiled.
Author's Response: Sorry about the blow to the bone, Colette. :) I'm glad you've enjoyed these character studies. I wasn't sure how they'd be received. I agree that RED may be the best of the lot--so far. Something about Dwight...as Angela has discovered. I think it's interesting to show sides of these characters we will never see on the show, and that their co-workers may never see, either. :) Thanks for your review!
Date: April 09, 2007 08:36 pm Title: YELLOW
Awww!! As weird as the Dwangela romance, this story of them is soo sweet. Three cheers for Dwight!!! And for NeverEnoughJam!!! :-)
Author's Response: Well, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
Date: April 09, 2007 08:35 pm Title: YELLOW
Images that left her stranded in the dark, helpless. She tried to dismiss them from her mind, but it took more than will power.
This was a painful reenactment of a panic attack. Beautifully rendered, painstakingly real. Dwight and Angela are so adorable.
Author's Response: Thank you! I didn't set out to make them adorable, but apparently that's how they roll. Thanks for reading!
Date: April 09, 2007 08:19 pm Title: RED
Gorgeous. Weird, but perfectly Schrute.
Author's Response: Thanks! Although if you mean "Schrute" the way Andy does, does that mean I'm late? :D (kidding)
Date: April 09, 2007 07:55 pm Title: ORANGE
I really like that you made Roy wonder whether or not "his Pammy" was afraid of him...we've never really seen that on the show, and I've never seen it in fanfic before. Great detail.
Author's Response: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Date: April 09, 2007 07:45 pm Title: RED
OMG...it's so sad that all of what you wrote is so completely Schrute-esque. This is quite possibly my favorite Dwight story ever...no, it definitely is.
Author's Response: Thanks! Even with Dwight, there is method in his seeming madness.
Date: April 09, 2007 07:04 pm Title: RED
How'd you do that with the title? That's hardcore to do that just to take a theme to the next level.
Author's Response: You can turn off tinyMCE and code the html directly. That's how I got the pictures into the stories, too. :)
Date: April 09, 2007 06:34 pm Title: RED
Oh I loved green, and not just because it was Pam. There's something about the scent of gardenia and the obtuseness of the orchid that you just captured here perfectly. I can just picture shy little Pam opening herself up gradually to her plants. That was perfectly lovely.
Author's Response: Thanks! I had no idea orchids were obtuse, but I like that phrase. :)
Date: April 09, 2007 05:53 pm Title: YELLOW
This is my favorite one so far. I can identify with Angela's (luckily unfounded) fear in the parking lot and such. I love how she thinks Dwight can fix all.
Author's Response: Thanks, Kev! And so far, Dwight can fix all. :)
Date: March 27, 2007 11:07 am Title: ORANGE
that was brilliant.
Author's Response: Thanks!
Date: March 26, 2007 07:01 pm Title: ORANGE
I actually think this is the realisation Roy will come to. It's not Jim, it's Pam, and there's nothing he can do about it. It would be sad if it had to take another DUI and a stint in jail to realise it, but at least Dan'll get something positive out of the situation.
And I'm glad I'm not a guy, and that, baring the unthinkable, I'm good to stay out of jail. Yuck.
Author's Response: Somehow, some way, Roy has to realize that it's Pam who's leaving him, that no one can "take" her away if she doesn't want to go. He's taken her for granted, like his property, for so long. And yeah, I think it will take a night in the tank to shock him out of his thinking. :) Thanks for reading!
Date: March 26, 2007 06:55 pm Title: ORANGE
This definitely rings true, given the discussion with Dan. Roy isn't the quickest guy ever, but he can certainly figure something out with enough information. I really like this line: "And his fists wouldn't change her mind." So true, and with the right circumstances, Roy could figure that out.
Author's Response: Thanks, Kev. :) I'm glad you liked that line.
Date: March 26, 2007 06:33 pm Title: RED
At the very least, one should carry nunchucks.
Dwight heard a scurrying sound in a corner and wondered if Angela would let him have one of her kittens to train into a warrior cat. Probably not. She was squeamish about the strangest things.
Heehee, great lines! What an intricate and interesting picture of Dwight, he is so hard to write for sometimes but you captured him really well. Also, really great concept overall, can't wait to read more!
Author's Response: Thanks. I know we've never seen Dwight with nunchucks on the show, but they seemed right for him. Glad you liked this!
Date: March 26, 2007 06:25 pm Title: ORANGE
hum, i dunno about if it seems really out of character. i think i could see him doing it, like realizing it like that. i really don't know. but i like the way that dan's story paralleled his own. and i think really roy could be understanding, once he sobered up a bit and stuff. oh i dunno. but you made me feel sorry for roy
Author's Response: Thanks! I appreciate your opinion. Sometimes a story works, sometimes not; either way, honest feedback is worth its weight in jellybeans. Thanks again!