Date: March 17, 2019 05:37 pm Title: Choosing to Move
Wait, so Pam found an apartment and packed up her things before even telling Roy that she was calling off the wedding? Interesting take! I wonder what Roy was thinking for those 2 weeks while she was at Penny's and not home.
It's funny to me that even just a few years ago, when this chapter was taking place - the preferred method is sending a letter vs. email. I'm sure that *nothing* will go wrong with this plan! Right? Right?
And I hate to break it to you, but Beauty and the Beast beats The Lion King in every way possible. :)
Author's Response: What was Roy thinking? Probably something along the lines of, "Glad she's not bugging me with any of this wedding stuff. What game is on tonight?" I was trying to do a couple different things with this story than I've seen in many other places. Thus having Pam be set to move out like this before she actually takes off her ring and gives it back to Roy.
Could Pam have sent an email? Sure, but that's a lot less personal.
And while I appreciate the fact that Belle told Gaston to go kick rocks, there's no way a chick with Stockholm Syndrome beats a retelling of classic Shakespeare set on the African Savannah while Elton John music plays in the background.
Date: March 14, 2019 07:54 pm Title: Epilogue
Such a nice ending for a wonderful trip. It is, indeed, a great project and you've given us a wonderful take on the story. Congratulations on finishing it and thanks a lot for sharing!
Author's Response: Thank you. It's been a lot of fun to bring this story to life. Glad you liked the ending.
Date: March 14, 2019 08:50 am Title: Epilogue
This was, as every chapter has been, excellent. I particularly love your taking the high school sweetheart thing that's usually Pam and Roy and turning it around here. Short, sweet, and a great epilogue to a great story.
Author's Response: Thank you. It was fun to wrap things up and I'm glad you liked it. Thank you for all your great feedback for this story. It's very appreciated.
Date: March 05, 2019 07:33 pm Title: First Meeting
What a fun chapter! And the Big Reveal has finally happened! So fun! And I recognized almost all of the songs. Now I'm sad that it will wrap up soon. Congrats Warrior on being #2. This HAS been a real marathon, full of so many great stories. Thank you so much! Looking forward to the finale. So great! :)
Author's Response: Thank you. It was a lot of fun to write and create all these things for Jim to find. Thank you for all the great feedback as well.
Date: March 05, 2019 12:41 pm Title: The Hunt
So.... left the review in the wrong chapter. Sorry! I'll take the chance to add that I'm sorry this story is going to end. But I totally get it. It reached it's conclussion.
Author's Response: All good things. But we still have one more time to see what's going on with them. Also I'll still probably write stories in this universe as well. So we'll still see Jamie and Morgan around.
Date: March 05, 2019 12:40 pm Title: First Meeting
Wow! First of all, I couldn't belive the word count. Kudos on that! It takes a lot of commitment.
I really liked the premise of the chapter, to send Jim on a scavenger hunt. Just the thing he would enjoy and such a nice way for Pam to say what she knows.
The songs are a very nice touch to every part of the journey.
Author's Response: Thanks. Time and words fly when you're having fun. Sending Jim on the scavenger hunt was something I'd been planning for a long time. I'm glad it turned out well. I've had all those songs on a Youtube playlist for months. It's been the main thing I've listened to while I was writing this story so I'm glad all the songs came across well.
Date: March 05, 2019 11:23 am Title: The Hunt
This is delightful. I like your version of the second scavenger hunt/teapot. And I think it's entirely appropriate that Jim remembers Morgan but doesn't put two and two together until Pam is literally standing in front of him. It's a very good reveal, even though we as an audience already know. Nicely done.
Now, what do I have to do to convince you to make that "epilogue" long enough to become the longest fic on the site, hm? Because I'd dearly love it if we had a longest fic that was actually FINISHED. And also I want more of this story, even though yes, you've definitely wrapped up your loose ends by now. Well done.
Author's Response: An 18,000+ word epilogue? Yeah I don't think I've got that in me sorry to say. I'm glad you liked it. It's been a lot of fun trying to think of all the various bonus gifts and how Pam would go about giving them to Jim. We still have one loose end. After all I didn't reveal what that song was. Thanks for all the feedback.
Date: February 12, 2019 11:48 am Title: Memorial Day and Beyond
Great update. Can't wait to see what Pam is planning.
Author's Response: Thanks. It's going to be a good one.
Date: February 12, 2019 06:10 am Title: Memorial Day and Beyond
Oh come on! A cliffhanger? Really?
That said, I am so happy with this chapter, from the stink bomb callback to how Pam finds out to what she does with the information. I like Larissa a lot, and I'm particularly pleased with the detail you go into on Pam's presents (though I should've known that just like EMTs, whiskey would make an appearance). Out of jellybeans, but you'd get one.
Author's Response: Write what you know and writing is a lot easier. Besides the whiskey smelling lesson made sure to prime Pam's mind for when she smelled the stink bomb. Glad you liked it. The next part of the story should hopefully be just as much fun.
Date: February 08, 2019 08:24 am Title: Clearing the Air
I do think this came across as plausible in the Pam-Jim interactions. If anything was implausible it was with Karen, but that was sufficiently cathartic to make it definitely worth it (nice Parks and Rec shoutout). I like this approach to their reconciliation actually. Though Jim definitely loses memory points for forgetting the rain check. Tsk tsk. Lovely chapter; didn't feel like filler at all.
Author's Response: Thanks. It was fun to put in that Park and Rec shoutout. Most of the fics I've read have Karen pissed at Jim for using her as a shield and so on. It's been done so much that I wanted something else. Yeah Jim forgot about his rain check. To be fair though it's been a long time since he's gone over all that and to his knowledge he threw out all the Morgan stuff back in Stamford.
1 [Report This]Date: January 30, 2019 05:15 am Title: Refining Fire
Thanks a lot for the update!
I like that you skip through most of the anguish of Season 3.
Author's Response: There are other more important things to get to with this story thus skipping a lot of Season 3.
Date: January 29, 2019 03:42 pm Title: Refining Fire
Well that certainly covered a lot of territory in one go. I think it was worth it though. Ethan has a tendency to take over when you bring him in, so I think it was a good idea to put him in in this kind of montage. I liked your Dwight and Roy. Looking forward to post S3 JAM now.
Author's Response: I get what you're saying about Ethan. It's why I've tried to not use the character as much. This is primarily a JAM story and while bringing in OC's can be fun, we do need to keep things on task with the main characters. Glad you liked the chapter.
1 [Report This]Date: January 25, 2019 05:57 pm Title: Visitors
This part of the story make my heart break a little. You've made a great work with Jim's family. And Pam's letter... nice touch.
Author's Response: Yeah, not the most fun part of the JAM relationship. Thank you. I'm glad Jim's family came across well.
Date: January 25, 2019 03:36 pm Title: First Meeting
This is great. I like that Jim's family got involved and took care of him. I'm also glad that he realized his mistake in shredding the letter, even though he didnt get it back. Looking forward to the next chapter.
Author's Response: Thank you. The way I see it, this is just first in a long line of mistakes Jim makes throughout Season 3. Writing angst like this isn't my most favorite thing to do. Glad you liked it though.
Date: January 25, 2019 01:22 pm Title: Visitors
"He stood up and walked the few steps away from his desk. With one last glace he slid the sealed letter into the paper shredder. "
JimnowhywhatJim!?!? Otherwise, I love this chapter. I like Jim's family, I like this take on his first day, and I very much like that we will get a time jump. Nice work.
Author's Response: Thanks. Like I said, Jim's not at his best here. He's starting down the "put up armor" about all things Pam phase. So there you go. The stuff I have planned for the next chapter should be a lot of fun.
1 [Report This]Date: January 22, 2019 01:44 pm Title: Aftermath
The ending to this chapter is absolutely heart breaking! So well written!
Author's Response: Yeah, that's kind of what I was going for. Thanks. Hope to hear more from you in the future.
1 [Report This]Date: January 18, 2019 05:08 pm Title: Choosing to Move
Ouch!
Sorry I didn't review the previous chapters. I was too into the story. I like it very much and I think the break up part was superbly done.
Author's Response: No worries about the previous chapters. It's a big story by now. Glad you found yourself drawn into it. The break up went through several edits so thank for the feedback that it came across well.
1 [Report This]Date: January 18, 2019 06:02 am Title: The New Jamie
I love the warmth from this chapter.
Author's Response: Thanks. It was a lot of fun to write all those earlier chapters. To explore how their relationship started and grew.
1 [Report This]Date: January 17, 2019 04:59 pm Title: Choosing to Move
This was great. I appreciate that you gave us the whole conversation that Pam had with Roy. It's tough, but it's great to see her moving forward. Can't wait to see what comes next.
Author's Response: Thank you. So many times the breakup is glossed over. Considering it's a major point in Pam's life, I felt we needed to see that too. Hope to hear more from you.
Date: January 17, 2019 10:22 am Title: Choosing to Move
"Pam had to take another breath. “Roy, why do you even want to get married?”"
A lot of fics get to this question, and I always love the moment. Yours, however, does one of the best jobs of both setting up and filling out the moment. We actually see and understand why she asks, what she expects, and what Roy fails to answer. It is very well done.
So is the gesture to the framed art at the end. And the letter...is the letter a sign we might be deviating from canon, or is it going to get misdelivered or lost Romeo and Juliet style?
Author's Response: I figured since I gave such detail to when Pam and Roy got engaged I should do the same when the engagement ends. Since you and I basically agree that Roy is a teenager in a man's body I doubt many teenagers would have a ready response to this question. Thus all of Roy's stammering and struggling. Thank you for the kind words about that scene. I had the general gist of what I wanted them to say, but it took quite a bit of editing to get it to come out right.
As for the letter? Sorry, but we'll just have to wait and see. Though this time I assure you the wait won't be very long.
1 [Report This]Date: January 17, 2019 09:40 am Title: First Meeting
This is a very nice start! I like travelling down memory lane on the whole chatroom and windows 95 thing, nice touch!
Author's Response: Thank you. It was fun revisiting those things from the early days of the internet too. Ah the 90's, what a great time it was. Hope to hear more from you.
Date: January 07, 2019 03:47 pm Title: Aftermath
I LOVE Pam having this support system so much! We never really saw that on the show at all, but I adore that her sister and her friends and her mom are all there to just do whatever it is she needs, no questions asked. And I love Pam turning to the people she trusts the most to help her figure things out -- it's one thing to have that internal dialogue with yourself when trying to sort out a mess - its entirely different when you have to say those things out loud to someone else, and we don't really see that when it comes to these two, so that was a nice touch.
Helene cutting down Roy at every turn? Brilliant.
OMG, even the toy heart is broken? It's fine. I'll be fine. ;)
Author's Response: That's the thing with the show we rarely got to see outside friends and family. Granted that's probably due to the budget constraints of hiring guest actors and the like, but I just don't see that Pam was 100% alone when she called off the wedding. Having Helene cut down Roy was fun, but that's also because to my mind Roy is still mentally a teenager and thus when an adult that he can't control comes around he stands no chance against them. The broken heart was always how I planned on ending this chapter, seemed appropriate to me.
Date: December 30, 2018 09:44 pm Title: Aftermath
These updates are wonderful, though they keep making me sad this is canon-compliant (as the whole Karen thing is going to really suck in this world). I wonder if Jamie will make it back into Pam's thoughts at all? Cute moment with the plushie, and a good job with the phone call and Helene.
Author's Response: Great to hear from you again! I was getting some feedback that the whole "almost figuring things out" was getting to be a bit to much. So I decided to have the plot advance a bit quicker. There might be a little less Jamie/Morgan stuff in the next few chapters, but I won't say it'll be gone for good.
Date: December 06, 2018 06:23 pm Title: Bonus Gifts
Oh, you bet I went into this chapter determined to find all 3 shout outs. How fun and very cool! :)
This was such a great chapter - ugh, stupid Roy thinking he was going to get the iPod for himself. I loved the sneak peek into Jim and Pam's minds as the gift exchange was going on, and how Pam ultimately decided to get back the teapot. And yeah good call - I'm glad she washed it.
Happy Teapot Day!
Author's Response: Thanks. It was a ton of fun to add in all the bonus stuff in this chapter. I hope it was a nice surprise for you. I'd been looking forward to this chapter for a long time. Glad it came across well.
Date: December 06, 2018 11:56 am Title: Bonus Gifts
I love how this story has developed. I can't wait to see what happens when they realize their past connection.
Author's Response: Thank you. It's been a fun project to work on. Hopefully, when they eventually find out the previous connection, it'll be just as compelling as anything else. Thanks for the review.