Date: May 21, 2007 07:52 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
One of the best post-The Job fics I've read! The next chapter can't come soon enough!
Author's Response: Wow - thanks a lot!
Date: May 21, 2007 02:05 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
"The truth is that I had plans with Creed tonight, and, well...."
I think it's funny that we both mentioned Pam's mythical 'date' with Creed in our stories--what is it about Creed that compels and repels at the same time? That guy...
I love her memory of the Casino Night kiss, and how it achieves "mythical" status in her mind. Yeah, our minds, too. :)
Looking forward to the rest of this!
Author's Response:
Tell me about the Creed love, sister! I'm oddly drawn to that man, which disturbs me for so many reasons....
I can't help but think that after all this time, the CN kiss would definitely have attained mythical proportions in her mind. And yes - our minds, too. :o)
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: May 21, 2007 02:03 pm Title: Chapter 1: We watch the season pull up its own stake
Sweet, especially the last two paragraphs.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much, NEJ!
Date: May 20, 2007 06:36 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
I enjoyed it a lot! Great work.
Author's Response: Thanks, Ren!
8 [Report This]Date: May 19, 2007 08:07 pm Title: Chapter 1: We watch the season pull up its own stake
"Open your eyes and everything you've wanted for years is right in front of you." What an amazingly beautiful line. I just love this story already. You have such a wonderful way with feelings of the heart.
Author's Response:
Aw, thank you so much, kaystar! You're so great to review so faithfully, I swear. :o)
Thanks again!
Date: May 19, 2007 08:00 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Hey, this story is really awesome and well written and just great and please update soon because I can't wait for more.
Author's Response: Thank you so much - I'm working on it!
Date: May 19, 2007 03:04 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
girl7, this reads like poetry. It's simply beautiful, and I've got nervous tummy for them!!
Author's Response:
Oh wow, thanks so much! I've got the nervous tummy for them, too, but I will say this: My tummy is decidedly less nervous than it was this time last year. :o)
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: May 19, 2007 02:33 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Looking for a job as a writer for The Office. This would fit perfectly with all our dreams and wishes for Jim and Pam.
Author's Response: Heh - if only, my friend -- if only. :o) Thanks for reviewing!
Date: May 19, 2007 02:30 pm Title: Chapter 1: We watch the season pull up its own stake
So glad you are writing this.
Author's Response: Oh, thanks so much! I really just couldn't resist, to be honest...
Date: May 19, 2007 01:58 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
KISS HER! KISS HIM! DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!
Author's Response:
Heh heh heh...it'll happen, I'm thinking. ;oP
Thanks for reviewing!
10 [Report This]Date: May 19, 2007 10:20 am Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
ok. I need Ch. 3 now! I was dreaming about this last night wondering if they would kiss!! LOL I'm hopeless! ::tapping fingers:: ;)
Author's Response:
OMG - you were dreaming about this? Seriously?? Wow. I'm working on making that kiss happen! :o)
Thanks for reviewing!
9 [Report This]Date: May 19, 2007 09:11 am Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Oh, I love it! I'm glad it's sort of awkward and easy at the same time between them. I've been in this exact position, and I think you have it nailed: sort of alternating waves of the familiar and the surreal, as they try to sort out how they're going to be around each other. One kiss is easy, it's the second kiss that intimidates the hell out of you. Prolonged invitation, indeed.
Author's Response:
First of all, I'm just beyond flattered that you liked this; I'm such a fan of your work! (I hate it that you removed it, but I'm glad to hear that you're pursuing a professional writing career, because you absolutely should.) And thanks for your comments - that's exactly what I was going for, the vacillation between the familiar and the mind-boggling. I keep thinking that it would have to be a mix of the two for them in the early days.
Thanks again for the review!
10 [Report This]Date: May 19, 2007 06:54 am Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Wow! That was amazing. What a wonderful ending. I can feel the tension. Grrrrrr! Kiss her already.
Author's Response:
Kiss her already indeed! So do you think we'll get a kiss in the premiere? Hmm....
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: May 19, 2007 06:25 am Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Ooo! The season finale was enough to end me into an euphoric spin! Then to think about all of the good fanfiction to come about this summer almost made my head expolde! And who was the first author I came to in search of a good Post-Finale fic? Of course it was you!
Update soon! I'm all excited!
Author's Response:
Yes - "euphoric" is a good way to describe how I was feeling after watching the finale as well! I'm really flattered that you were looking for my fic -- hope it didn't disappoint!
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: May 19, 2007 05:55 am Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Wow. Nice. I love how you're building up the tension- they're going to be fine (better than fine!), but they have to figure out how to be fine. I love the subtle contrast between Karen's disapproval and Pam's relish of him as just himself.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much - I really love writing tension between these two, particularly when we know it's leading somewhere happy (which we now do, thanks to that incredible finale!).
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: May 18, 2007 10:13 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
In the words of Blonde Doctor: FRICK! FRICK! FRICK! FRICK!
You are evil like a hobbit. You, under no circumstances are allowd to leave the story where it's at. I fully expect several more chapters, poste haste.
But dang if my heart wasn't in my throat reading this.
Author's Response:
Well thank you very much, my friend! (But don't invoke Blonde Doctor; you know how I feel about her. :oD)
Thanks, as always, for everything; you rock!
Date: May 18, 2007 10:09 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
awwww come on! don't leave me hanging like that!
Author's Response: hee - I'm working on it! Thanks for reviewing!
9 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2007 09:46 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Sooo good. Goodness x infinity.
Author's Response: Mmm - I heard Jim a la "Diwali" at your "Soooo good." So thank YOU. :oP
10 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2007 09:00 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
OMG this is so fantastic! I love it!!!
Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Date: May 18, 2007 08:44 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
So I continue to love this so much.
And I just wanted to say, yes, Stolen. How did you know I've been listening to this song on repeat since the finale ended? I'm not sure why it seems so perfect for them right now, but it does. And this fic really reflects the feeling in the song, I think.
Author's Response:
I would be remiss if I didn't give all credit to Starry Dreamer, who told me a few weeks ago that the song was awesome (and totally Jim and Pam). At the time, it just didn't sink in, but after I downloaded it, I was struck with how apropos it is.
And yeah...so much hope for these two, right? As difficult as season three was at times, I have faith that Greg Daniels & Co. will make season four so worth our while...mind-blowing.
Thanks for reviewing (and for your awesome work!) --
10 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2007 08:20 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Awesome, awesome awesome! You really have a knack for NAILING those little character traits.
Author's Response: WOW - thank you so much!!!!!!
Date: May 18, 2007 07:43 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
AHH!! You leave it there? Just for that : yYou are evil, like a hobbit.
I loved this line:
"that her best friend had somewhere along the line morphed into the fucking man of her dreams."
And loved that Pam had a Dundies picture framed and that Jim noticed. Very cute.
(And nice job sticking Jonathon in there)
Author's Response:
Hee, I promise - I'll cover all the details (as I'm incapable of being succinct, hee).
Glad you liked the Jonathan shout-out. I am ridiculously enamored with the idea of Scott Foley as Jim's brother....
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: May 18, 2007 07:37 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
OK -- love this: ...since he'd first appeared, like a mirage in the desert even as she'd tried to convince herself she wasn't thirsting to death. I've rewatched the clip on NBC.com like 6 times already -- and it just yanks my heart of my body how Pam is talking about them never getting the timing right, and Jim bursts in on her TH! Holy cr*p! That doesn't happen! Well, last week, Dwight burst in on Andy's TH. But that was the first time that 'sacred space' was compromised. WOW!
Only now it was ten times as intoxicating, because all of a sudden, there was nothing holding them back. Ok, that is really scary! That top of the roller coaster kind of headiness. Finally being able to LOOK at each other & not have to look away! GAH!
Ok, I am wayyyy to excited about this -- but it is so true -- it's not just a fanfic scenario -- they are REALLY GOING ON A DATE!!!! Well, except for the fact that they are fictional characters. So I guess, Greg Daniels version of fictional Pam & Jim are finally going to do what the fanfic version of Pam & Jim have been doing!!!! (is there something higher than an exclamation point? I feel like we need new forms of punctuation here. )
Author's Response:
Heeeee! So you already know, I presume, that I'm your biggest fan, so your reviews make me really smile. :O)
And YES -- I had been telling Mr. Girl7 from the first BG flashback (guh, that hug - JK could teach a graduate course on the art of hugging, could he not?) that things would be FINE with Jim and Pam. I was so confident (though I paused a bit at the uber-cute Jim/Karen NY montage - am still asking WTH was that?) that things would work out.
But yes, Pam's final TH made me nervous - with all the "friend' talk coupled with the "bad timing." WTH?
So YES! I mentioned it in one of the threads, but seriously, GD totally validated the fanfic writers with this one. Seriously.
And no, to my knowledge there isn't anything bigger than an exclamation point. Perhaps we should invent something....
J!A!M!
How 'bout that? (From someone who LOVES Jim and Pam yet loathes the acronym JAM...)
10 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2007 07:36 pm Title: Chapter 2: Invitation only grant farewell
Holy moly...
Look, I'm sorry if you're getting sick of my gushing, but I think I just died. Seriously. This was so amazing, and by the end I was nearly screaming, "just kiss her already!!!!" But at the same time I'm glad he didn't because I love the way that you prolong the tension and make it a million times more satisfying when it finally does happen.
So yeah, truth be told, you rock my socks girl7.
Author's Response:
First of all: I can't tell you how much I appreciate your so vocal support (particularly over on TWoP) -- honestly, THANK YOU. (And I'm loving your Bad!Fic beyond belief...as well as the fact that you're majoring in English. :o)
Thanks so much for the review and all your support!
9 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2007 06:30 pm Title: Chapter 1: We watch the season pull up its own stake
Aah - that is the perfect post-script to a perfect episode last night! Thanks for posting so quickly!
Author's Response:
Wow - thank you so much! I almost hesitated to post after such awesomeness. :O)
Thanks for reviewing!