Date: April 05, 2008 06:09 pm Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
OMG! This is fabulous. And I see a lot of people requesting smut - but I don't honestly know if I can take it. This is totally..just..what is the word..awesomeousific!
Date: April 05, 2008 04:05 pm Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
this story gets better and better with each update. the only downside is that it's distracting me from my work. haha.
and congrats! this story is now in the top ten most reviewed =D
Date: April 05, 2008 03:03 pm Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
Oh my god. The last like, three paragraphs are pure joy and my heart hurts too from how good this is and I can't even talk correctly and GUH. Just awesome.
So...this means smut is on the way...yes?
10 [Report This]Date: April 05, 2008 01:48 pm Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
Woohoo! I'm so glad that they work it out. I can't wait to see Pam's POV to see how she is dealing with all of this. My favorite parts:
- "You‘re like standing there all good looking and,” she looks him over, “tall, and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with that.”
- “What are you like John Hughes now? Great line, Jim, very impressive,”
- his ears are buzzing with how much he feels her and how much he feels at home wrapped up in her this way.
- He breathes out against her lips and pushes her up against the brick wall behind her like maybe he can press himself into her life or like he can reach into her and find her honesty, her emotion.
- for the past hour he’s been carefully shadowing a very frosty and very restless Pam Beesly around the bar while she tries to escape him like he‘s a leper or Godzilla.
10 [Report This]Date: April 05, 2008 12:34 pm Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
*THUD*
I'm dead. So, so, so VERY DEAD.
More later when my brain starts to function again because right now there is so much emotion and fabulousness in this chapter I've lost the ability to function.
WOWZERS. Again I ask: can we get a rating on here higher than a ten? Like maybe a zillion? That sounds about right to me.
Date: April 05, 2008 11:42 am Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
you totally kick ass with this story, i really love it.
Date: April 05, 2008 11:01 am Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
Thanks for thinking of us back here over the pond, SG. The lethal injection of Pam-glare is just -- perfect.
He thinks maybe he’s a little bit drunk.... Not a lot. Not like a panelist on the Match Game... BWAH! That is hilarious! Are you sure you're only 20-something?
I can't possibly review without mentioning this:
“Wake up, Pam,” he whispers, “this is real,”
*melt*
Keep it up, stablergirl. You rock.
Date: April 05, 2008 10:50 am Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
I got all tingly reading this in final form! I love Jim's need for her and his desperation to get in and get at her honesty and the kiss is blistering hot. ::sigh::
Date: April 05, 2008 10:49 am Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
You just rescued me, Stablergirl. It was a bitch of a morning, and here you are with an update. As I started reading this, I got a call from my kid (the reason for the bitch of a morning) asking me to come pick him up from his Saturday morning sporting event. I told him to give me a few minutes. That's how much I love this story.
This chapter was just...beyond words. For instance, "But he isn’t sure he can do anything about the transformation from Jim Halpert to James Spader." I'm just sitting here shaking my head in amazement...for real!
"...because sometimes this nothing is too much for him." Where did that come from?! I'm in awe. OK, gotta pick up the boy now. I think I've kept him waiting long enough. Sigh.
10 [Report This]Date: April 05, 2008 10:42 am Title: I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am.
I just melted.
Seriously, you made me laugh, you made me cry, you made me squeal with all around excitement!
Thanks for the update!
Date: April 04, 2008 05:37 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
!!!
I would love to see Pam go all cage match on that girl's ass. I'm so excited to see an update!
Date: April 04, 2008 10:42 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
omg i love it! their subtle flirting.. it's cute :).
I can see this go ways.. either Pam will totally own that bitch and tell her to get her paws off her man.. or she will be so mad that they're pretty much back to square one. Which i can see you do! but come on, he pushed her away! Give the boy a chance... god i love you're angst..
Date: April 04, 2008 08:45 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
I love the roller coaster effect of emotions. It started off witty, built up some angst, romance/emotional feelings, then went back to witty banter, and now we are back at the angst stage. I LOVE it. I can't wait for another chapter.
Date: April 04, 2008 07:35 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
you're just a fan of this angst aren't you? you love torturing us! just when we think this new fictional/awesome/mean/angry/weird-but-wonderful Jim and Pam get to be happy we get a "stupid bitch and her stupid tongue". grrr.
but i need to tell you that i love the way you write. i love their voices, and how it's a constant flow of thought that even when it's sporadic just makes sense! i love it. sorry i waited 19 chapters to tell you that. i am always anxiously awaiting an update to this story. just so you know.
Date: April 04, 2008 07:18 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
Oh my! So didn't expect that! Poor Jim. Fasten your seatbelts...
10 [Report This]Date: April 04, 2008 03:03 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
I don't often review (mostly because I'm too lazy, but don't tell that to anyone... ;)), so the fact that I'm actually writing this should be enough to tell you how absolutely fantastic this story is. I'm literally blown away and have been from the get-go.
I'm often apprehensive about AU fics, but this one is just so well done. You really understand how to create believable characters who are true to the originals despite the alternate universe. That's not an easy thing to do, but you've done it flawlessly. You honestly have a way with words that one can only be jealous of.
As for this chapter, I could give numerous examples of how you beautifully capture the emotions of these characters, but I want to highlight just one thing.
"He thinks she looks at him like that because she really sees him. He thinks she knows him, somehow.
He’d thought it earlier, here in this parking lot, and again when he’d kissed her in the office, with the cameras rolling and his insecurities completely on display.
(...)
And in those moments, god, it was like she totally got it. She had this look on her face like she knew, like she believed him, and she’d never really looked at him that way before and it had been…
He’d wanted to pocket that look."
I was literally on the verge of crying when I read this, and despite having read it more times than I can count by now, it still gets me everytime. What's amazing to me is that through Jim's point of view you manage to capture the emotions of both characters. Because you shift points of view throughout the entire story, we sense that Pam actually feels the way Jim describes, even though she isn't quite capable of acknowledging it herself yet. So in reality Jim describes what we as readers already know, but the fact that he is able to recognize the degree of their mutual understanding shows us just how strong the connection and emotional bond between the two of them is.
Sorry if this was a little incoherent. I'm in awe and don't quite know how to express my love for this story.
PS. And here is another reason why I almost never write reviews: They tend to get out of hand in terms of quantity. :/
9 [Report This]Date: April 04, 2008 02:36 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
Uh oh... I saw it coming if I'm honest though... another cliffhanger and hopefully not too long a wait for the answer... looking forward to the next installment - you wouldn't ruin it for them, would you? You couldn't... could you?
Date: April 04, 2008 12:10 am Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
All I can say is that it had better not be another long wait between this chapter and the next. It was hard enough waiting for this chapter. And with this cliffhanger you've left? Practically impossible.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your ass back from Scotland and write, girl, write!
I mean that in the nicest way possible. Truly.
BTW, this was freaking amazing. I loved it. I even saved it for after JK was on Conan. (And you should know that JK is a hard act to follow. Just ask that skier that was on after him.) So that's saying something. And I was not disappointed by the true awesomeness of it.
And if you'll excuse me, I'm going to read it again. :D
Date: April 03, 2008 11:13 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
Damn you random bar girl. Damn yooooou!!! Okay, now that I've got that out of my system - yay new chapter! I love how giddy Jim is in this.
"It reminds him of things." Hmm, like pre-sex first aid rituals perhaps??
"He thinks he could really use someone around who can look at him like that, like he’s somebody, like he’s real and he has genuine stuff inside of him."
Gorgeous. Beautiful. Awesome.
Date: April 03, 2008 09:43 pm Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
Crap, stupid fans! Anxious to see how Pam reacts to Jim. Love this sooooo much!!!!
Date: April 03, 2008 08:39 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
poor Jim and his fantastic looks got him into a whole new predicament
Date: April 03, 2008 08:00 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
Oh no! Poor Jim... thanks for the update!
Date: April 03, 2008 07:45 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
Holy Crap-- you are a genius. I was actually sort of hoping for some more reasons for them to antagonize each other. Is that weird? I really love their dialogue when they fight and taunt each other. Because you know that only makes what happens later so much hotter......
More, please!
10 [Report This]Date: April 03, 2008 07:08 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
I absolutely fucking love this brilliant fucking masterpiece of fucking fanfic that is soo very fucking rockingly excellent, o. my. god.
Yeah. So good that I'm incredibly foul-mouthed and incoherent all at the same time!
10 [Report This]Date: April 03, 2008 07:07 pm Title: Did I ever tell you the one about that girl in the bar?
I absolutely fucking love this brilliant fucking masterpiece of fucking fanfic that is soo very fucking rockingly excellent, o. my. god.
Yeah. So good that I'm incredibly foul-mouthed and incoherent all at the same time!