Date: July 28, 2007 11:34 am Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Once. Holy shit. Ouch. You really DO like to inflict pain on Jim, don't you?! I take back what I said about Pam being an intentional cockteaser. She honestly doesn't know what she's doing. I know that it's not technically canon, but if she really did have her first kiss with Roy, as well as her first everything else, then...that explains a LOT. I really believed that most dangerous game they were playing in the pool room with the basket. It reminded me of some of my own high school experiences.
Author's Response:
I do...it's awful, but I do. :o) Yeah, I do think that while Pam has a general idea that he's got feelings for her and is attracted to her, she has absolutely no clue as to how deeply they run. And in this scenario, I think she's had just enough to drink to start to play with fire a little bit, but she'll find that she's in waaaay over her head, and that it is indeed possible to push Jim Halpert too far.
Yikes, that sounded like one of those NBC promo voiceovers, didn't it? *Cue Lamar's "Stars"* LOL
Thanks so much for the review!
Date: July 28, 2007 12:01 am Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
oooooooooooh bring it Beesly! Great questions and it seems as if the gloves are coming off! Can't wait to read more.
Author's Response: Heh -- the gloves are coming off, indeed. :o) Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: July 27, 2007 02:05 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
...Okay...This is my favorite chapter SO FAR! It just gets better and better! And the last line almost killed me!
Author's Response: Wow, thank you so much! :o)
Date: July 27, 2007 02:41 am Title: Chapter 1: Content to Compromise
Finally catching up with this story. Very interesting to read about this time period of the character's lives as it has not been well covered by many other fics. Looking forward to reading the rest.
Author's Response:
So glad you're enjoying it -- and yeah, I was a little bummed to be writing before Ryan was hired, but I did want to go back a bit.
Thanks for the review!
Date: July 26, 2007 08:37 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Whoa. That was amazing. Seriously. I can't even mention all the things I loved about this chapter because it would take too long, but I will say that this topped your E-mail Surveillance chapters in Away From the Cameras, and I never thought that would happen. And those last few sentences, totally heartbreaking, but also totally awesome. I love your angst because for one thing its always so good, but also I can wallow in it as much as I like because I can tell that everything will be okay in the end.
Anyway, keep up the great work. I'll just be over here in the corner chanting "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" :)
Author's Response:
Okay, first of all, of all the stuff I've written, the thing that I'm most attached to is the "Email Surveillance II" chapter -- so thanks for that. :o) And, uh, you just keep chanting that, sister.... Hee.
Thanks so much for the review!
Date: July 26, 2007 08:15 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
At first, I was loving the fluff of this story, but man, the angst is just so sad it's good. Great piece from you, as always.
Author's Response:
I'm glad you're enjoying the angst as well as the fluff; I know it gets pretty heavy, but I love writing the stuff, I swear. :o)
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 08:09 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Well, I printed this out today at work and have reread this chapter several times. Much love.
Of course Jim would ask her if she's okay right after her very sexy dream had him asking her the exact same thing. Ha, awesome. No wonder she freaked.
And, aww, Shaun is trying to help out Jim, sweet.
Sharing the truffles, too cute.
And then, it gets serious. Wow. Pam really gets pushy under the influence, hmm? What's up with that? It's like she wants to make him lose it, control wise. And Jim fears this, because even though he knows she feels it too, acting on his feelings would cause her to run the other way, as we all saw on CN.
Jim should just jump her now, but of course, being the epitome of a gentleman, he won't. Grrr...
Can't wait for more of this!
Author's Response:
Oh, I'm glad you caught that the "Are you okay?" was meant as a call back to the dream; I was worried that since the dream was in another chapter, the readers might've forgotten it and wondered why she'd be freaked out at him asking her that. So yay!
And you also said: "It's like she wants to make him lose it, control wise." You damn near quoted a line from the next chapter verbatim -- seriously. :o) Freaky!
Thanks so much for that thoughtful review, and I'm so glad you're enjoying this!
Date: July 26, 2007 07:29 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Ok, it begs to be said. Nice basket. Sorry for quoting Karen at a time like this, but you were asking for it.
And a super-smutty AU that veers off the tracks of canon anytime now would be eight different kinds of dawesome. And I am not reading HP, so I will be happy to review every freaking chapter. I'm not going anywhere, really.
Author's Response:
Hahahahaah! That actually did cross my mind as well. A super-smutty AU fic that veers off canon, you say? Hm. Well, you do deliver the awesome calendars and the generous reviews so I guess I'll have to see what I can do. Heh heh heh....
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 06:57 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
ack! just kiss her already!!! let me just say that the final moment in this chapter... I'm totally picturing the booze cruise (or drug testing) look on Jim's face.
Author's Response:
OMG -- booze cruise look is totally what I had in mind, seriously. :o) Keep that image in your head during the next chapter, too.... :O)
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 06:32 pm Title: Chapter 1: Content to Compromise
I can't add much to all the heaps of praise. I don't think I've ever eagerly awaited updates of a story quite so much, even though I know it's going to just make my heart ache for these two crazy kids.
You really capture how you both want to throttle and hug Old Pam. You can see to some extent why she's hesitant to make this huge change in her life, as Roy is all she's known. I actually think her limited relationship experience makes her not see how special the connection she and Jim have is. She knows it's better than Roy, but I think doesn't really grasp that meeting someone like Jim who you get along with so well and are attracted to isn't so commonplace and not just a temptation to her set plan.
Anyhow, I ramble. Wonderful, story!
Author's Response:
You know, this was one of those reviews that really shed light on the story for me, if that makes any sense at all; in other words, you articulated so perfectly what I'm trying to convey -- so thank you for that. :o) Seriously, though, I'm really glad you say those things, because it's hard sometimes to remember why in the hell Pam wouldn't just drop Roy and run off with Jim -- but it's so much more complicated than that....
Thank so much for that thoughtful review!
Date: July 26, 2007 05:49 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
AHHHHH. I'm dying right here! This story is so so good- and it's full of just the right amount of tension, awe, anticipation, fear....my god, stories like these make me feel like I'm sitting right next to Jim and Pam, completely invested in their (fictional!) future. And each chapter keeps getting more amazingly tension-filled, I can't imagine any more happening between Jim and Pam without them getting together, and yet you keep delivering! :) But please, will you create a happy ending soon? I think I will cry if Pam kisses Jim and then regrets her actions and falls back to Roy. How soon can a year-long revelation happen here?
Author's Response: Really? It's great to hear that, because I never know if I'm laying it on too thick or drawing out the tension too much. And all I will say is that in the next chapter, you might get some relief. A little. LOL. Thanks so much for revieiwng!
Date: July 26, 2007 03:18 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Maybe if all fics were terrible and didn't make me want more, I'd be happier. Without the exquisite torture of knowing that what ever you have up your sleeve will be awesome, I would be a much more agreeable person.
Author's Response: Okay this review? Made me laugh right out loud. :o) Thank you so much!
10 [Report This]Date: July 26, 2007 02:22 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
*le sigh* there's really nothing more to say at this point. The angst is getting thick & I'm loving it (twss?). The love I have for this knows no bounds.
Author's Response: Yay - love it when someone else says she loves the angst! :o) God knows I love writing it. :o) Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 02:21 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
OH MY GOD. I just want Jim to flip her over on her back and be done with it. I was actually in pain. This was like putting my hand on a burner and leaving it there. God can we just pretend that they get it on and have a happy ending. Even though that's completely impossible. Damn you are good.
Author's Response: LOL! Well hopefully you'll find some relief in the chapter to come. *cough, cough* :o) Thanks so much for the review - so glad you're enjoying the story!
Date: July 26, 2007 01:48 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
In my opinion this chapter is some of your best work! You can cut the tension with a knife. I eagerly await the rest.
Author's Response:
Wow - thank you so much! That's really nice to hear, seriously. :o) Thanks so much for the review -- more's on the way soon!
Date: July 26, 2007 01:17 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
NO! You can't leave it there! This was an awesome chapter....I could really feel the yearning.
Author's Response: Hah - evil like a hobbit, I tell you. :O) I'm glad you enjoyed it - and thanks for the review!
Date: July 26, 2007 12:12 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
God, poor Jim...it just never stops, the wanting to scream at Pam and tell her to get a move on. I wish just once that Pam was a bad girl.
Author's Response:
I know. Seriously, if we fanfic writers could be prosecuted for doing mean things to the characters, I'd be doing a life sentence for what I do to poor Jim, ha. But JK plays angst/desire so well that I just can't help myself.
And I am so with you on the Pam as a bad girl thing....
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 12:11 pm Title: Chapter 1: Content to Compromise
This story has brought me out of MTT lurkdom! This is a fascinating fanfic. It makes me love and hate the Old Pam so much all at once I can hardly stand it. You have done a phenomenal job of portraying her. My favorite line is "the shell of resignation she calls happiness" (paraphrased). Unreal. You are awesome. Can hardly wait for Ch 8! Please keep writing!
Author's Response:
Oh really? Wow, that's terrific! I love her and hate her, too, as I'm writing her, believe me. (And I'm also very much aware that if I were Pam...well, let's just say it'd have ended a looong time ago, hee.)
Thanks so much for the thoughtful review - will update soon!
Date: July 26, 2007 12:00 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
girl7, you are seriously killing me! I know deep down that they won't be hooking up, but you totally throw in his happy trail and I get my hopes up. You are really evil, but I still love you. Great job!
I'll give you a million Schrute Bucks if you make this an AU fic and things steam up in the pool. ;-P
Author's Response:
Yes, the happy trail mention was below the belt, wasn't it. ...I'm sorry for that hideous pun; I just couldn't help myself. [/Darryl]
And re: your million Schrute Bucks -- I'm working out an option that would earn me those very bucks -- just maybe not in THIS version -- may do like a bonus chapter or spin off series or something, just to satisfy the morally bankrupt, skeevy pervs among us....of which I am the biggest, hah hah!
Thanks for your review!
10 [Report This]Date: July 26, 2007 11:58 am Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
If I'm not dead before the completion of this story, I will consider it a miracle.
That is all.
Author's Response:
That made me do a Michael snorty laugh!
Thanks so much for the review!
Author's Response:
That made me do a Michael snorty laugh!
Thanks so much for the review!
10 [Report This]Date: July 26, 2007 11:48 am Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
No snarky comment this time. Just wanted to let you know how great I think this chapter is.
Author's Response:
What? Seriously? Well you go off and you think about it, mister, and see if you can't find something good to say, okay? (I'm kidding.)
Honestly -- wow, thanks a lot, really!
Date: July 26, 2007 11:40 am Title: Chapter 1: Content to Compromise
I'm completely loving this story. All sorts of angsty, just DO IT already tension!! How I miss it on the show - but you're substituting quite nicely for live action. :D Great stuff. Wondering if it's gonna be AU and end with them together or trail off to pick up with the show... Whichever, I'll be reading.
Author's Response:
I'm glad you're enjoying the angst and the tension; I, too, LOVE those elements on the show (and yeah, I miss them).
Re: your AU question -- Starry Dreamer (my beta) suggested I do a "spin-off" type thing, wherein this one ends as I initially intended it to (not AU), but pick it up and take it in an AU direction. I have to admit that as much as I love the idea of writing this as I've originally planned (i.e. not AU), I'm also loving the thought of also writing sort of an alternate ending/spin off. Still working that out in my head, though. :o)
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 11:14 am Title: Chapter 6: Into the Sea of Waking Dreams
First of all, I need to see Michael dancing with Meredith to an old Madonna song!
If this is truly what Jim went through before the documentary cameras arrived, I'm shocked it took so long for him to leave! Wow. This Pam is just so close to the unfortunate label "cocktease".
Author's Response:
Oh my god, belsum -- me, too. We re-watched Booze Cruise the other night, and I was telling my husband that I could watch Michael dance in every episode, and it would not get boring.
And no kidding (about Jim not leaving sooner!). I had intended originally to end this with the end of the trip, but I'm intrigued by extending it a chapter or two after that to sort of construct a plausible (well, semi-plausible, LOL) scenario of how they could go from here to where they are while the documentary is being filmed.
And oh yes, I do believe Pam is likely earning herself that dubious honor, LOL.
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: July 26, 2007 11:04 am Title: Chapter 1: Content to Compromise
I am new to signing up at this forum, but have been reading for a while, love this story. My heart was pounding with that last chapter. You compelled me to join!!
Author's Response:
First of all, welcome! This is a terrific site; I'm really flattered that I compelled you to join! ;O) (Hopefully I'll make it worth your while, heh....)
Thanks again for reviewing!
9 [Report This]Date: July 26, 2007 10:44 am Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Wow...just, wow. Great ending.
Author's Response: Thanks so much!