1 [Report This]Date: October 19, 2020 12:40 pm Title: Chapter 1
This does a good job addressing some I feel like you just talked about in one of my other reviews - identifying WHY Jim, who has always stuck around Dunder Mifflin because he doesn't want to leave Pam, continues to do so now that he can leave the job without leaving her. For someone who doesn't really have a clear professional goal, there's a lot to be said for a job where he doesn't have to work particularly hard and can spend a lot of his day hanging out with Pam just like he would at night.
Author's Response:
It makes sense to me that he started to develop professional aspirations after he and Pam were settled, too. He wasn't living for his workday anymore, and also having a successful relationship is a great confidence builder.
Also, I liked giving them a chance to be supportive of one another.
8 [Report This]Date: March 10, 2008 09:45 pm Title: Chapter 1
"He got to spend every work day just a few feet from the woman he loved more than anything."
That made my heart melt.
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
Date: March 04, 2008 08:37 am Title: Chapter 1
Ah, if only all crises of career were so easily solved! I still love Pam's speech. The difference between "going to be" and "where you work" is too easily forgotten.
Author's Response: Our culture equates your career with your character, especially for men, and it isn't true. I think Jim needs to make peace with his job so he can enjoy his life. Thank you so much!
Date: March 02, 2008 04:50 am Title: Chapter 1
Lovely Lis. In reading other reviews here - yeah - you have Pam saying the right thing - but your ending is so realistic and not at all schmaltzy so it's fitting that Pam would say just exactly the words of wisdom Jim needs to hear.
I just really like reading stories about them together in any happy capacity so...maybe I'm not the best judge. :)
Great job.
Author's Response: She is his one true love, so yes, she should be able to say what he needs to hear. It's just like magic. Hee. And I want them to be happy, too- but mostly I just want them back! Now! Thank you so much!
Date: February 29, 2008 08:37 pm Title: Chapter 1
I cannot wait to see what Jim wants to be when he grows up. (That's what I've been calling it ever since "Local Ad", so I love how you put it, here.)
Ditto to all the previous reviews, too. "But I couldn't leave before because I couldn't leave you. And when I finally did leave...I was trying to leave you." That was just... wow.
Author's Response: Thank you! I sort of hit upon a summary of Jim's entire S1-S3 character arc, didn't I? Heh. I will be interested to see where the character goes when our show comes back! Woo, new eps!
10 [Report This]Date: February 29, 2008 07:33 pm Title: Chapter 1
Aww, very nice. This whole thing feels just like them, and I love Pam saying just the right thing. Great stuff.
Author's Response:
One of the flaws I find in my own fic is my inerrant tendency to have Pam and/or Jim masterfully say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, which real people seldom do. I am reassured by the fact that you think it is OK in this case! Thank you so much!
9 [Report This]Date: February 29, 2008 04:45 pm Title: Chapter 1
I really liked this a lot. I'm one of those people that feels like Jim doesn't need to be "Philly Jim" or someone big and important. He already has the one thing that's most important to him, so why not just stay in Scranton?
...It could also be my fear of change *shrug*
Awesome job :)
Author's Response: I just think Jim has to figure out what he wants. Maybe a different job would make him happier- but you know he'd miss Michael and Dwight and seeing Pam all day, and that might not be worth it. I guess I just think it doesn't matter which decision he makes, he just needs to come to peace about it. Thank you so much for liking my little story!
Date: February 29, 2008 03:03 pm Title: Chapter 1
"But I couldn't leave before because I couldn't leave you. And when I finally did leave...I was trying to leave you." had to read that sentense twice. Just leave leave b words and yowza. Brain couldn't handle it the first time!
Okay I love how Jim is contimplating this, because I think he is.
However:
"I wish I knew what I wanted to be when I grow up."
Is what is in my mind right now. I am doing job searching, and I swear, I know what I don't want to be, and that list is growing by the minute. Its crazy.
At least I can still claim to be not grown up. I am not an adult. I am.... well, I am not an adult. We'll leave everything else out of the review, because really, then the review will be "Emily's Crazy" instead of a review.
Can I have a Pam? But--- you--- that is, a, um, you know, not--- A man. A man version. But, uh, until then... I can hold my head up. ... I'm not gay. /Pam
Author's Response: You're in a transitional stage; it happens to the best of us! It would be nice if all of us could have a Pam or Jim to tell us just the right thing, wouldn't it? Thank you so much- I'm really pleased that this spoke to you.