Date: November 30, 2020 02:26 pm Title: Office Outing
Fun remix of Benihana Christmas, but mainly I'm struck by the solid foreshadowing of Toby's role here.
Author's Response: Thanks for catching that!
Date: November 30, 2020 01:57 pm Title: Lunch
Nice look into Pam's tortured inner monologue and how she's handling her feelings in all her various roles. And Jim using the recruitment to screw with Dwight is hilarious.
Author's Response: Jim will always screw with Dwight, even when it's serious.
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2020 12:42 pm Title: That's What She Said
Much like with Office Space, in a lot of ways the added context of the new universe you're placing this story in puts a much different and in some ways more reasonable spin on the issues in their relationship - classic example right here, in that their communication problems are exacerbated by the fact that their relationship is actually three relationships in one and they are genuinely not free to speak freely.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad the worldbuilding strengthens, rather than weakening, that sense of reason.
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2020 12:33 pm Title: Video
I've read to the end of this already, and in going through this it's striking to me how Toby basically tells Roy what he's up to and Roy doesn't make the connection at all. Whoops.
And I absolutely adore the choice to recruit Dwight to the CIA for real. Perfect.
Author's Response: Yup. I wasn't all that subtle ;) and yes, Dwight deserves that.
Date: November 30, 2020 12:23 pm Title: Secret Santa
You know, in a funny way, this Karen really does fit well with her canon counterpart - they're both scrambling to do everything they can to make things work with Jim, and the ways in which they choose to do so tell the audience that their efforts aren't going to work.
Author's Response: Thank you! I thought it worked to make this her world now, so I'm glad it came through!
Date: November 30, 2020 12:14 pm Title: Rivalry
Some very interesting reveals in this chapter - that Karen sees her relationship with Jim completely different makes me feel pretty bad for her as always, but it's a nice touch to have Jim's arrival be the turning point for Pam's operation.
And I love the total misunderstanding of the parking lot moment, and how their covers are twisting it all to hell.
Author's Response: Thank you! Again, I was worried that adding another layer of misunderstanding there would biff it, so I'm glad it did not!
Date: November 30, 2020 06:35 am Title: Note
Tony gets "severance." I see what you did there.
The bit about Andy having trouble adopting cover identities as the cause of his personality quirks was hilarious.
Author's Response:
*rimshot*
And yes, Andy was a hoot to write for that reason.
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2020 06:28 am Title: Office Party
I love the idea that she's been a powerful force for changing the qualities in him she didn't like initially. And the Kelly-as-interrogator gag is *Kelly voice* ah-mazing.
Author's Response: Thank you! Kelly would be the best interrogator. I think anyway.
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2020 06:22 am Title: Desk
The multiple levels of their relationship are really add some interesting complications to Casino Night here... fun. And I like the note of her not having been that attached to him in their previous assignments.
Author's Response: Thank you! I was worried it would overburden that moment, so I'm glad it seems to have been working.
Date: November 30, 2020 06:13 am Title: Meeting
The repurposing of Jim's struggles with Call of Duty here is fun... as is the added wrinkle that his relationship with Karen is a professional one, too.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'd forgotten I made that connection--it's so nice to see things again through your eyes.
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2020 06:11 am Title: Paper
Okay, very much sold on this AU. Seems like it has a lot of potential, and I'm enjoying the way you're immersing them in this world - the idea of Jim and Pam having a relationship on multiple levels is fascinating, as is the idea that Pam's motives for rejecting him are suspect because she needs to retain her relationship with Roy for the job.
Particularly enjoyed Jim using his CIA tactically-trained mind to win at rocks-paper-scissors.
Author's Response: Thank you! CIA AUs are a lot of fun to write (this and A Quiet War), so I'm glad you liked the setup!
1 [Report This]Date: September 01, 2018 09:10 am Title: Outside the Office
This story is amazing! The creativity of the AU, keeping the characters in-character (even when they were supposed to be out of character!!), and keeping the spy story going while the JAM stayed front and center. Holy goodness it is amazing!! I love the twists you put in. And EXCELLENT repurposing of characters in this AU. I really love how you wrote Karen still in-character, likeable but also a clear foil for Ultimate JAM to happen. Oh, and Dwight! Oh my, that was good stuff. Thank you for this amazing story!
Author's Response: Thank you! I enjoyed writing it precisely because of the challenge of repurposing the characters, so I really appreciate hearing that that worked well for you. Thanks for reading!
1 [Report This]Date: November 23, 2017 04:17 pm Title: Outside the Office
As soon as I read "Inspired by Chuck" I knew I would like this fic. And I did. First, your writing is amazing. I can't believe you wrote all this story in one month, because the quality of writing is high!
That Jim and Dwight team-up was perfect. I looove their friendship or 'frenemyship' or whatever they are in the show, so having it in this fic was a big bonus!
Also, the way you incorporated the season 3 plot (and other real moments of the show) in your story was perfect, I honestly didn't think it would fit so well but it did.
So thank you for this amazing fic!
:D (which was the first multi-chapter "Jam" fic I read)
Author's Response: Thanks so much for your kind words. They mean a lot to read. And thanks for reading! This site has a lot of great Jam fics, so I hope mine encourages you to read more of the multi-chapter ones.
1 [Report This]Date: November 21, 2017 11:06 am Title: Paper
I finally finished this! I loved your ending and the Dwangela is much appreciated!!
Author's Response: I'm glad you finished! Thanks for reading and for the feedback.
Date: November 01, 2017 08:14 pm Title: Outside the Office
This is so great!
I love how you incorporated the card into their CIA world. And how even though it hurt, she was honest with him by saying “yes”, it would have mattered.
And after that... so satisfying :D
Congratulations on your Dundie!
You’ve definitely earned it!
Author's Response: Thank you very much. I'm so glad you followed along through all of this! Your feedback has been invaluable. :)
Date: November 01, 2017 04:28 am Title: Outside the Office
Awesome. I can't wait to see what you will come up with next!
Author's Response: Thanks! I feel the same way about your stuff. I'm not sure what I'm going to do next, but it'll probably be an S1 AU since I've done 2 and 3 (and I like 1-3 the most).
Date: October 30, 2017 07:51 pm Title: Costumes
Ha! No, I really didn’t expect smut in this story.
It was just me being silly, finding it a funny coincidence that costumes happened to follow the ending of the last chapter.
Don’t worry, this chapter definitely did not disappoint.
Oh, Kelly rambling was too funny! Especially about a criminal in a “Roy costume” causing my brain to shoot to that “Edgar Suit” scene in MIB.
Very creative use of “costume” I love it!
Author's Response:
Fair enough...but to be clear, my mind initially went where yours did, so I thought it was worth making a joke out of. And thanks for the feedback on the chapter; I hope the finale also lives up to your expectations!
Date: October 30, 2017 03:51 pm Title: Costumes
Makes perfect sense to leave the lovin to our imaginations! Can't wait for the finale.
Author's Response: Thanks for the forbearance ;). And thanks for reading along with me as this has gone on.
Date: October 30, 2017 07:05 am Title: Drinks
Taking her home from the bar and costumes are next, hmmm...
Can’t wait! Lol!
Author's Response: Sorry to say I took the old North by Northwest train through a tunnel route on that one. I hope you still like chapter 30 though! And thanks, as always, for reading.
Date: October 28, 2017 07:13 pm Title: Office Games
Oh, this was much needed comfort reading after long week of creating Halloween costumes!
As much as I’d like this to go on for longer than the 31 I’m getting really excited for when I can read it all the way through, complete.
Author's Response:
I'm glad to provide you with comfort! I hope this most recent one does as well. Happy (almost) Halloween.
I think it's actually going to hit right on to 31 chapters at a point I feel comfortable with, though I do like this universe in general. So the completionist in you (and in me) will be able to zoom through it very soon.
Date: October 27, 2017 06:32 pm Title: Warehouse
I regret that I have but five jellybeans to give!
Author's Response: I appreciate the sentiment. Combined with the theme of your recent fic I can't help but think of Nathan Hale...
Date: October 26, 2017 11:03 am Title: Secrets
Darn you... you’ve managed to redeem Karen.
I think it was a wise choice to take a few chapters to ease the reader into accepting the fact that Karen wasn’t the awful wretched person we were led to believe she was in the beginning. I mostly ended up feeling about this Karen the same as I do about Canon Karen, so… well done!
I’m going to skip the big boss part, because while you definitely did a great job with it, I just really don’t like that character and he’s getting what he deserves!!
However, I freaking love your Dwight. You keep writing Jim/Pam and Dwight frenemy relationships forever and ever.
Author's Response: I'm glad I could bring this Karen around in a canon direction. I try to humanize everyone even when I don't like them myself (see: the big boss), so it's nice to know I could bring her back from being too much the "awful wretched person." And I love writing Dwight. He lets me express my inner (and let's be honest, outer) overly precise nerd.
Date: October 25, 2017 08:09 pm Title: Wedding
Guh! I swoon!
I appreciate that after all that they went through you made it easy for them, no awkwardness at all. And just so sweet.
Though I can’t imagine it’ll be so easy when their bosses find out.
As far as what I was anticipating when Pam reached the big boss... well, in S3 his character had developed a certain little storyline regarding Pam and I figured if you were loosely following canon you’d use that somehow.
I love it when I’m wrong like that ;)
Author's Response:
Easy so far. As you anticipate, there may be some awkwardness ahead, but do remember that this Pam/Jim don't have the same feelings for Roy/Karen because of the AU setup.
Speaking of feelings, I'm debating whether to give some of the boss's POV; I think he does participate in that storyline, but he's also pretty desperate right here, so he's not as fully given into it as in canon.
Date: October 25, 2017 06:02 am Title: Take Your Daughter to Work Day
Wow, I was not expecting boss man to actually do that! I was anticipating a completely different direction with their encounter!
Author's Response: Out of curiosity, what were you expecting? And I'm hoping this version was also acceptable :).
Date: October 25, 2017 05:11 am Title: Take Your Daughter to Work Day
I hope the big boss is being blackmailed! Yikes. Awesome, awesome tension :)
Author's Response: I think the CIA can do a couple steps further than blackmail ;). Thanks for continuing to read!