8 [Report This]Date: March 18, 2008 04:11 pm Title: Nobody likes a liar, so maybe tomorrow I'll tell you the truth.
Poor self-destructive Jim. Dumped and likened to Omarosa all in the same phone call.
PS I keep forgetting to mention how much I love your chapter titles!
8 [Report This]Date: March 18, 2008 04:08 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
Wow. Jim is really acting like a grade A a-hole. I wonder what's lurking beneath all of the venom?
8 [Report This]Date: March 18, 2008 04:02 pm Title: Pour me another one cause I'm feeling kind of sick.
I loved Michael's Conan impression and Jim's shout out to Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet. Really enjoying this!
Date: March 18, 2008 03:54 pm Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
I don't even know what to say to you anymore! This is the perfect story for the countdown to April 10th - a little of our favorite characters with a great twist away from the cameras. I'm sure this is a nice change of pace for you after writing How It Falls and it's a delightful change of mood for me to read, too.
Date: March 18, 2008 03:09 pm Title: Nobody likes a liar, so maybe tomorrow I'll tell you the truth.
OHhhhhhhhh alternate reality Jim!! You are so tortured and angry...and sexy! I cannot wait! to see what kind of crazy conversation these two have! And while I know logically that people talk with their tongues, I hope Jim's and Pam's make a special appearance when it comes down to discussing the tension between them! Awesome, and once again, I'm TOTALLY hooked!
Date: March 18, 2008 03:06 pm Title: Nobody likes a liar, so maybe tomorrow I'll tell you the truth.
I'm loving this story. It is so different than the other stories on this website. I love that they like/hate each other. I can't wait to see where this goes.
Date: March 18, 2008 02:50 pm Title: Nobody likes a liar, so maybe tomorrow I'll tell you the truth.
What an intriguing premise - like meta on meta with a side of meta ;-) I'm often skeptical of 'high concept' fics, but you're really making this work, maybe cause the characters are enough like 'themselves' on the show to be recognizable, yet also not. Very interesting how Jim, the ultimate likable, easy in his skin guy (well, other than S3 pod boy) is so full of self-loathing and doubt here. His wit is intact, but he's so lost. Great sense of growing sexual tension between them too. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
10 [Report This]Date: March 18, 2008 05:29 am Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
I am so intrigued by this story. Love that Jim isn't actually the asshole Pam seems to think he is, but he still doesn't think he's good enough for her. Meanwhile, she's kind of a bitch too, huh? This has so many delicious possibilities! Can't wait to see where you take it!
7 [Report This]Date: March 17, 2008 08:59 pm Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
this doesn't make sense and yet i LOVE it. your "jim" and "pam" are crafted extremely well. i'd love to know more about the other cast members. i get that it's approaching Real Life and i love that. although do you really think that jkras is such a d--k? pardon my french. still i love this and i hope to see you continuing to push the envelope!
Author's Response: no no he's not supposed to be jkras. I think jkras is adorable ;-) obviously. He's just totally fictional and a little bit Jim and a little bit someone else? Maybe? lol who knows.
Date: March 17, 2008 07:31 pm Title: It's not that I hate you, it's just that I hate everything about you.
What a fantastic, creative, original concept. It's a great reminder that we really don't see everything, and we really are seeing it only from the viewpoint of the camera. It puts a whole new spin on the entire show. I can't wait to read more.
Date: March 17, 2008 07:26 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
Wow, this is impressive. I fully didn't expect to like this because I'm usually not a fan of AU's this extreme, but I saw that it was yours and there were many reviews. I've read it and I'm hooked. Can not wait to see how this goes. The characters are just different enough that they won't be too predictable, but they are still the same. I'm impressed that you got me to like it.
10 [Report This]Date: March 17, 2008 06:22 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
This is so unbelievably awesome. I love whenever someone busts out a story that has 100% never been done before, and this story certainly fits that criteria. And there is nothing I love more than angry hate love, so yessss. I can't wait for more.
Date: March 17, 2008 05:21 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
Stablergirl, I must tell you that I kinda like this to. In fact, I kinda love it. This is so fantastic! As usual, your writing is beautiful and intricate, and I especially love the complexity of this story. The parallels and annomalies you're drawing from the actual show are very funny and lovely - like Ryan's hero worship of Jim, Toby's leather jacket-wearing always-on-his-phone character, Kelly...being Kelly, Pam and Jim's outward hostility towards eachother. I adore they way you're writing "the real" Pam in this - she's funny, warm, sassy, and definately has a backbone. I love her line about wanting a man who isn't "handsome". And Jim. The womanising, drinking, smoking, angst-filled, snarky, charasmatic, desperately wanting, self depricating version of "the real" Jim is (for want of a more eloquent word) hot. Incredibly hot. The tension between Pam and Jim is palpable, and wonderfully engrossing. I really enjoyed reading Jim's POV this chapter and I can't wait for more of this story!
10 [Report This]Date: March 17, 2008 04:28 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
Aw, poor Jim. Even if this is the AU, asshole version of Jim, he's still Jim, and he's still pining after the girl that he can't have. I can't wait to see how you'll get them together.
Date: March 17, 2008 03:47 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
I'm am truly enjoying this story more and more with each update!! Wow... Pam really is throwing Jim for a loop, huh!
Great job! Can't wait for the next update!
M
Date: March 17, 2008 12:55 pm Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
LOVE it. They are so stupid for each other! I love his inner-voice, so unique and still a glimmer of both John and Jim.
Date: March 17, 2008 10:49 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
This is fantastic, I love stories that show the fine line of love & hate. And 3 chapters already up for my perusal, extra fantastic. But you know, when you raise expectations by updating quickly, people get cranky when you don't. :-)
Author's Response: lol oh god... I better get writing...
Date: March 17, 2008 10:42 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
So I missed the first two chapters of this somehow but boy am I glad I dove in for the third! Yeah, it does closely resemble crack!fic, but it's really REALLY good crack!fic.
I kind of love this idea that these two people aren't exactly who we see every Thursday but somehow, somehow they are still drawn to eachother -- even if they deny it, even if they can't admit it to themselves. It makes a strange sort of cosmic sense, don't you think?
Anyway, I'm SO intrigued by this story and the little hints of true feelings starting to seep through that I can't wait to see where you take this and when the walls will start coming down. Most excellent!
Author's Response: totally cosmic, I agree. I'm so happy that you gave this a shot and that you're liking it!! Thanks for reviewing.
Date: March 17, 2008 10:03 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
I am really enjoying this story. So different. Like everyone else, didn't know what to expect, but this is really believable.
Author's Response: wow thank you! I'm glad you like it and you think it's actually believable, I kind of do too. I'm sure there are those out there who think it's ridiculous, but we don't have to worry about them. ;-) Keep reading and reviewing, please, I live for it!
Date: March 17, 2008 09:10 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
I wasn't sure I was going to like this, but I really, really do. I love the love/hate relationship you're setting up here.
I also like this alterna-Jim Halpert. He's interesting. And bonus! Just as hot as the real Jim Halpert/John Krasinski.
My imagination thanks you. :DD
ETA: Just curious. Hobbit's Glen, Maryland? How'd you come up with that?
Author's Response: lol real place. Looked up towns in Maryland on google and found a directory and there it was and...i couldn't resist... Thanks for reviewing I'm glad you're liking this one! And I'm glad your imagination is having a good time.
Date: March 17, 2008 09:01 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
I wasn't sure I was going to like this, but I really, really do. I love the love/hate relationship you're setting up here.
I also like this alterna-Jim Halpert. He's interesting. And bonus! Just as hot as the real Jim Halpert/John Krasinski.
My imagination thanks you. :DD
Date: March 17, 2008 08:37 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
i just need to tell you that i absolutely love this. i don't care if you are drunk when you write it :) it's one of my favorite stories right now, because it's just so DIFFERENT. i love how she's in love with him, but doesn't want to admit it and his defense mechanism is to be a giant jerk. but surely there's a happy ending here somewhere? hehe. b/c we always want jam. no matter what form it takes :) but seriously, great story. can't wait for more.
Author's Response: lol I'm so wasted! (jk jk) Yeah no there's definitely a happy ending in store, it might take me a few chapters to get there but it is on it's way. Thanks for reviewing and for liking this story in all of its strange and drunken glory!!! ;-)
Date: March 17, 2008 08:32 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
he remembers he should be grinning down at her because, after all, this is his rocket science -- LOVE this freaky characterization of Jim! And I also love how his self-loathing is unraveling him, slowly but surely and you can see what's under the surface of the two of them.
Author's Response: lol "freaky" I love it. Yeah I'm so into this new self-hating Jim for some reason... thanks for reviewing, and reading, and sticking with the strangeness that is this story!
Date: March 17, 2008 07:53 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
Now I am completely hooked. I really enjoyed getting to read what Jim was thinking or thinks about Pam.
So excited for more.
Author's Response: yep we had to find out Jim's pov. thanks for reviewing!
10 [Report This]Date: March 17, 2008 07:49 am Title: I know I look pale but, seriously, I'm fine.
So good, Stablergirl!! This is the kind of Jam angst we don't get to see/read enough of, and I love it! Please update soon!
Author's Response: Agreed! I love taking huge and probably inappropriate liberties so that I can have them hate each other in this delicious kind of way ;-) Thanks for reviewing and sticking with this one so far!!