1 [Report This]Date: October 15, 2020 05:51 pm Title: Chapter 1
Ooooof. The darkness you've added to Jim's story is hard, but the doubts that Pam still has years after their marriage - that's definitely the right call on her part not to share that.
Author's Response: Right? I think when I wrote this we didn't know the struggles the show was going to put in their relationship, but it also seemed real that no couple gets 100% happily ever after, even my fictional OTP. Heh. At this point in your massive deep-dive, you can see that I tend to skew fluffy, but every once in a while I had to give them a dose of reality!
8 [Report This]Date: July 16, 2008 07:20 pm Title: Chapter 1
Nah, stick with short. That way I can read a ton in one night :). Sure, you probably weren't even thinking of that when you wrote this (holy crap) nearly two years ago, but, um, it works for me now. In 2008!
Wait. I mean, they are married and things aren't perfect? Damn you for ruining my false vision of perfection. :). What, I can believe that once you get married everyhing is sunshine and rainbows. But damn, then I remember that it takes sun AND RAIN to make rainbows. And so I guess that this would be the rain
(and also, I was on a plane last week, and saw a rainbow from said plane, and that was one of the coolest things ever and i haven't geeked out about it until now!)
Author's Response:
That's exactly right- it takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. Dude, I now want to write a fic with that line in it. I am SHOCKED that I've been writing fic for that long. The time has flown.
Date: September 19, 2007 11:21 pm Title: Chapter 1
can i just say - wow. i was JUST thinking, you know, i haven't read anything kind of edgy recently. and here it is. i love this, it's so succinct and perfect. and honest.
Author's Response: Wow, thank you so much! It was definitley a departure from my norm, but I liked looking at how there really is a dark side to their relationship, even now that it is actually working. Thank you, again!
10 [Report This]Date: September 11, 2006 04:32 pm Title: Chapter 1
I've said this before--but you have such an amazing ability to pack an emotional punch in a short space. Loved both of their "unsaid" things--they each seemed to fit the characters so well--but Pam's just made my heart hurt. It does feel real though that she would continue to have those doubts and I love that you wrote about them.
Author's Response: Thank you so much. I'm so glad it felt real to you.
Date: September 11, 2006 05:56 am Title: Chapter 1
Short, yes, but cuts right to the bone of truth. There are definitely things best left unsaid. For instance, not sharing my crippling addiction to fanfic with my husband...
Author's Response:
Wait, are you me? Hee. Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 08:40 pm Title: Chapter 1
Ah, I really like this, how things are good, but not perfect between them.
They are real, imperfect people, after all.
Author's Response: Thank you! I think that they have a tremendous potential to be happy, but there will definitely be a lot of baggage there.
9 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 08:18 pm Title: Chapter 1
Happy angst. I like that Pam still has happy feelings about Roy.
Author's Response: Yes, I think we shouldn't underestimate Pam's feeling for Roy, or discount how they could destabilize her future with Jim. Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 07:16 pm Title: Chapter 1
You sure know how to pack major angst into one four-lined paragraph. Pam's secrets make me ache.
Author's Response: Thanks! Super-concentrated angst for your convenience! :)
8 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 06:24 pm Title: Chapter 1
Very nice.
Author's Response: Thank you, I appreciate it.
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 06:20 pm Title: Chapter 1
I loved it, it's very real!
the ending was great, good job :)
Author's Response: Thanks!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 05:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
Very pretty, very painful. The bittersweet realness is great.
Author's Response: Thank you.
Date: September 10, 2006 04:38 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh man! What a beautiful little snippet. I like happy endings that aren't exactly fluff, like this one is. It's wonderful, but even in their ideal happy-ever-after scenario, no one has perfect happiness, not even our OTP Jim and Pam. Mostly perfect is bliss enough. Basically just... gah. I love the little secrets they'll never tell each other. It's beautifully true to life. Anyways, I'll finish babbling now.
Author's Response: :)
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 04:25 pm Title: Chapter 1
This is fantastic, but this part did make my heart hurt a little: "And she will never, ever tell him that it took her years to be entirely sure that she'd made the right choice, even after they were married."
Author's Response: Yeah, that part...I just think it's about Pam being so afraid of everything. Clearly, everyone else knows that Jim is THE PERFECT GUY. :)
Date: September 10, 2006 03:44 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh man! What a beautiful little snippet. I like happy endings that aren't exactly fluff, like this one is. It's wonderful, but even in their ideal happy-ever-after scenario, no one has perfect happiness, not even our OTP Jim and Pam. Mostly perfect is bliss enough. Basically just... gah. I love the little secrets they'll never tell each other. It's beautifully true to life. Anyways, I'll finish babbling now.
Author's Response:
That's the best kind of babbling! Thank you so much. I'm glad this connected with you!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 03:04 pm Title: Chapter 1
I couldn't agree with you more. This story was just long enough. :)
Author's Response: Thanks!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 02:10 pm Title: Chapter 1
Well good things come in small packages, so great fic can come in in two paragraphs! This was perfect, and absolutly true, as much as I love all the happily ever after fics because if my life can't be perfect maybe these fictional peoples can, this was pitch-perfect for reality. These are the secrets the would most definitly keep from one another and the ones they should keep. I say bravo for keeping it real. (oh that was just dumb and I know it...oh well... :)
Author's Response: Not dumb at all! Thank you so much for the kind words.
9 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 02:09 pm Title: Chapter 1
This made sad - mostly because it seemed so true. So sad in a good way. :)
Author's Response: Well, as long as it's in a good way...hee! (Thank you!!)
8 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 01:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
Fantastic. Although, and I wonder if this happened to anyone else, but this...
heralding the good news she was about to deliver
...sounded like he was tom-catting while she was getting ready to have a baby. I was like, WHAT????!!!!
Then I reread it and found my brain again. Very nice!
Author's Response:
Whoa! I may have to tweak that a little bit! :)
Thank you, as always.
8 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 01:02 pm Title: Chapter 1
Well written story. I wouldn't expect their relationship to be perfect, but this made me a bit sad: And she will never, ever tell him that it took her years to be entirely sure that she'd made the right choice, even after they were married. I can see Pam disliking things about Jim and doubting her choice at times, but on the whole, I would think that she has something more with Jim than she had with Roy.
Author's Response: I think so, too. I just think that Pam's insecurities (and the fact that she was so wrong for ten years) would keep her from really trusting herself or Jim for a long, long time. Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 12:05 pm Title: Chapter 1
"When you love someone so much, some things are better left unsaid." - a beautiful, and very truthful, line. Loved this. You said so much with so few words.
Author's Response: Thanks! Things aren't going to be perfect for them, but I think they'll be OK.
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 11:28 am Title: Chapter 1
Wow. Short, but packs a punch. Interesting take on their future relationship. Makes a girl think.
Author's Response: Thank you! I apparently have a lot of these little ideas floating around in my brain.
10 [Report This]Date: September 10, 2006 09:45 am Title: Chapter 1
very good! it gives great insight into the actual life of a couple and how they don't tell each other things so they won't hurt their feelings. great job -- as always!! =)
Author's Response: Thank you! I don't want them to keep things from each other, but at the same time I think it's best if they leave the past behind.