Date: September 04, 2024 09:45 am Title: Epilogue
“When you’ve been a Halpert longer than you’ve been a Beesly, I’ll stop calling you that.” this line is just perfect!
Author's Response:
Glad you liked it. Thanks for diving into this one.
Date: September 04, 2024 03:08 am Title: Refining Fire
I really expected Emily to be Mark's girlfriend, but I guess Pam would recognize her sooner.
Author's Response: A bit of a goof on my part having two Emily 's. But that's also life. Knowing multiple people with the same name.
Date: September 03, 2024 11:38 pm Title: Aftermath
Wow, the heart cell plushie with the post it note are heartbreakingly perfect.
Author's Response: Yeah, post Casino Night Jim is not in a good place.
Date: September 03, 2024 01:04 pm Title: Mixed Up
I'm actually surprised how closely this follows the actual episodes. I like your narration of their thoughts, but I expected it would divert from canon much more. I hoped we would be spared of the season 3 tension... Don't get me wrong, I love reading angst as much as the next person, but the set up of Jamie&Morgan is just too perfect to go through something like that. Can't wait to see how it all develops!
Author's Response: There was a lot to work off of in canon, and I did my best to keep this one canon correct. Hope you continue having fun reading the rest. Looking forward to seeing what else you have to say as well.
1 [Report This]Date: September 03, 2024 07:02 am Title: Class 1
Thanks for this POV, I really enjoyed this chapter.
Author's Response: You're welcome. It was obviously a favorite arch of mine to write. Glad you liked it.
Date: September 03, 2024 03:15 am Title: The New Jamie
Seeing 'Jamie' and 'Morgan' almost come up in conversation twice now makes me so excited for the actual reveal. I hope it surprises me.
Thank you so much for sharing this story, I really like the pacing (and the canon nuggets...).
Author's Response: Thanks for being here. It's always fun to see what new readers to this one get out of it. There's going to be a bunch of those almost finding out moments. Hope you like the journey.
1 [Report This]Date: August 09, 2023 04:27 am Title: Epilogue
FINALLY A JAM RECEPTION SCENE!!!!!!!
How fantastic! And, sure, happy about all of the loveliness of the ‘standard’ expected parts of the event… but I adore imagining Pam & Jim would remain friends with Ethan and Emily and they would be there with their own new baby (hope this comes back in later in the series?!?!) and Ethan would threaten Michael.. hilarious!
What other version than Rascall Flatts?? Would love to listen!
Author's Response: I've gotten a few comments about the reception scene here since we didn't get one in canon. It was a lot of fun to envision the part after the two ceremonies of the day. I like to think Ethan had a syringe in his jacket pocket he'd flash at Michael if Michael was about to get out of hand. Not filled with anything, but Michael doesn't need to know that. Thanks for all the great comments. I'm thrilled you enjoyed it so much.
1 [Report This]Date: August 08, 2023 05:06 am Title: The Hunt
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY ONE HUNDRED BILLION PERCENT PERFECTION!!!!!!!
Each moment and memory so wonderfully choreographed; the fantastic addition of the crew they saved his life, the musical choices impeccable, each piece absolutely heartfelt and completed to a perfect JAM ending!
Author's Response: Thank you! I remember it being a lot of fun coming up with everything. I'm glad it resonated so well with you.
1 [Report This]Date: August 07, 2023 07:50 am Title: Memorial Day and Beyond
OMG OMG OMG!!!!
What a CHAPTER!!! Halpert fun, whiskey lessons, brothers trying to get Jim and FINALLY PAM KNOWS!!!!!! I cannot wait to see how this plays out!
Author's Response: Yes, at long last we're here. I wanted them both to be in good places before the big reveal. It was also fun to have them all bouncing off each other at the Halpert house. Pam finding out about Jim/Jamie has always been a favorite piece for me so I'm glad you liked it too.
Date: August 07, 2023 04:30 am Title: Clearing the Air
ANGRY JIM!!!! Very nice! Had not seen it coming that Karen would demand he was still with her, but I love that twist on all that we saw. Her being pushy and wanting optics to be right. So great that Jim similarly got a fire walk feeling.
The whole ‘Pam can’t watch him walk away’ was also a really beautiful touch.
Author's Response: If they were going to redo Casino Night that was one of the things I wanted to change too. Jim walking away from Pam, so she changes it. Glad you liked Jim standing up to Karen. I was trying for something a little different so its nice to see that it landed well with readers.
Date: August 05, 2023 08:11 pm Title: Refining Fire
That was a really beautiful and tender chapter indeed. It flowed well, sort of ‘foggy fade’ between each jump in time and it worked so perfectly.
Ethan and Emily are PERFECTION!!!
Author's Response: Glad you liked it. It was a little hard at times finding the balance with everything, but I needed Pam to really get set to be okay with herself before Jim showed up after driving back from New York. Adding in some personal touches was fun too.
Date: August 03, 2023 07:04 pm Title: Visitors
SERIOUSLY slow motion “OHHHHHHH NOOOOOOO!!!!!!”
My heart breaks for how hurt Jim is, the funk he got himself into and knowing the petulant feeling that drove him to shred her letter. Ugh….
Author's Response: Yeah, it was hard writing Jim like that. To have him so down in the dumps. Close to something real bad starting up. Trying to just run away from his problems rather than face them. S3 was rough for sure. Hope may seem frail, but it's still flickering.
1 [Report This]Date: August 02, 2023 06:07 am Title: Aftermath
Ohhhh my gooodnesss….. we all KNOW what is coming, we know you are staying in canon, so this HAS to happen… doesn’t mean my mind was begging for it not to. The whole chapter was so great, well written support-circle time and I adore the loveliness with Pastor Dan. But, ugh, the heart hurts at the end (pun intended).
Author's Response: Yeah, it had to happen. I tried to be as gentle as I could, but thus begins the Very Messy Time for JAM. Glad you liked the ladies support circle and Pastor Dan. I had just watched a performance of that play when I was writing this and knew I wanted to include those lines.
Date: July 31, 2023 07:29 am Title: Bonus Gifts
It is almost feeling as good as when Bones drew out the ‘will they won’t they’… sooo very wonderful to hear background to these cherished moments. It is almost as enjoyable to get right to the edge of finding out and then see how you move away at the last second!
ONWARD :)
Author's Response: Thanks. We had to have some tension release at this point in the story. All the "will they find out," everything was going up and up. So we'll have a nice time with the bonus gifts. Glad you liked this one.
Date: July 28, 2023 08:29 am Title: The Party
Absolutely wonderful. Loved hearing more out of such a fun episode. Again with the near miss of the picture of her snatched away by silly time with Jim!! AACK! Doing really well with the build up to finding out! And it is so pleasant and fulfilling to be seeing all the ways the teapot gift is so much more special and wonderful as Jim’s thoughts around it come together.
Author's Response:
This one is always a favorite episode. Mainly because we get to see Jim and Pam being so great together and outside of work too. It's one thing to be work buddies, it's another thing to have a solid friendship outside work too. Glad you're enjoying all the Bonus Gifts backstory too.
Date: July 24, 2023 07:46 am Title: Mixed Up
Oh SO many tidbits of catchable things! Weaving in the hair plugs, the Secret Santa and giving us the backstory to Dundies!!!!! All so good!
Is the proposal station a 7-11?! Now I must find out!
Author's Response: Glad you caught a bunch of the details in this one. Always great fun to put those in there. No, I don't think the proposal station is a 7-11. From what I remember it was just a generic gas station storefront they built. It was already the most expensive shot they'd created, why add more cost by paying for the rights to use a name brand?
Date: July 23, 2023 07:00 am Title: Recovery
BOGGLE! I always enjoyed the Boggle timer silliness, but dang you brought it to my heart here! My gram was Larisa! We all had our own dictionaries l, she gifted them to us so we could diligently look up words as we played. She was AMAZING! A wordsmith that blew us away in scores every time!
I adore this scene, am excited to see how each little thread laid here plays out. SOO close with the finding out, each time just near misses of getting the story of who they are.
Really lovely, the whole picture is just marvelous.
Author's Response: Thank you! The whole Jim in the hospital arc was really just an elaborate ploy to get the story of the Boggle timer. In my family it was my older sister. Glad you liked it.
Date: July 22, 2023 11:59 am Title: ROSC
FABULOUS CHAPTER!!!!!! Loved it! And I would have loved chatting with you in the ER while you came down from the call!
Author's Response: Thank you. They've since torn it down, but at the hospital where I used to bring all my critical trauma patients, the social workers desk was right across the hallway. It was always great to stop there and chat after calls big and small. Glad you enjoyed this one.
1 [Report This]Date: July 22, 2023 05:25 am Title: Class 1
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh…. Wow……
Just, wow, I love the passion for your work and the amazing details you shared. The beauty of a well run, working together crew, the steady mind, not panicking, but keeping the scene safe and calm to do your work. That was just… wow…
Author's Response: One of the biggest and most important lessons I learned during my initial EMT training was, "it's not my emergency." I'm not the one having the emergency so why should I come in all worked up? Walking into a scene rather than running, talking slowly, it all helps especially on the high stakes calls like this one. I very much enjoy being able to share about my profession so I'm glad this chapter, and the next one landed so well with everyone.
Date: July 21, 2023 07:17 am Title: Shot to the Heart
Woah… got me with all the good feels of spending time with Jim & Larissa (we all do love her as the sibling sooo much!) and then made me snort laughing over the hole in the wall… my childhood home had a similar one at the bottom of the stairs because I rode my tricycle down it!
And then…. Oooof….. that is a rough end. Better use of the ‘defidrulator’ though… haha! Had Safety Training aired when you wrote this chapter??? The hilarity of Michael not knowing how to use one is well noted in your correct Paramedic procedures ;) I have more faith Jim will live.. haha!
Author's Response: Larissa, and Penny, are intended to be the voice of reason that both Jim and Pam need from time to time. Glad you're enjoying them in those roles. The incident where Jim cracked his head open was based on an experience from my own childhood on my own sister's birthday. I didn't start writing this story until several years after the whole series had ended. Though according to Jenna and Angela, the "Safety Training" episode has actually saved a few lives because people remembered to do chest compressions to the beat of "Stayin' Alive," like how they demonstrate in the episode. We'll stay with this particular story arc for the next few chapters. Buckle up, it's going to be a shocking good time.
Date: July 20, 2023 06:40 pm Title: Murals and Marriage
So much in this small chapter. The ease with which Pam & Jim interact, it is so sweetly intimate. Stark contrast to the brusque way Roy is with her. Yes, grief can cause a lot of that pain, but it was there even before his dad.
And… I SOOO thought we were going to see Jaime depicted as a child in the mural! Lol!
Author's Response: To my mind, prior to Pam breaking the engagement, Roy was stuck in a high school mentality. His dad dying only solidified that. I wanted to explore that a bit here. Don't worry, lots more quality Jamie and Morgan moments to come.
Date: July 20, 2023 06:26 pm Title: The New Jamie
Okay… I want to be in THAT room to put my two cents in with Packer and Roy! Man… Packer was an ass in canon but you BROUGHT IT with that back/forth. And poor Pam with all the ‘is that why’…. Oh my word. But then you bring us back out of it with the amazing call back to both the hot sauce AND the yogurt?! WELL DONE. And TWO MISSES with the finding out who they are to one another?!?! MARVELOUSLY DONE!!!
Author's Response:
Not a great start to the day for sure. Good thing Pam has a Jim around to help keep the from really getting bad. At least for now. Ah, you've stumbled onto my nefarious plan of them not quite figuring out who they were back in high school. Insert evil laugh here.
Date: July 20, 2023 01:18 pm Title: Mini-Golf
YOU MONTY PYTHONED THE OFFICE!!!! I love it!!!!
I mean, the whole chapter was great… having backstory for the mini golf pencil, Dwight being Dwight, the small moments of innocent intimacy that we always saw in canon. All great!! But.. dang, the Knights who Say No was EXCELLENT! Hahahahaha!!
Author's Response: Don't worry, there are more pop culture references to come. What we didn't get a lot of in canon, most likely because of royalty fees, we can get a ton of in fic.
Date: July 20, 2023 06:26 am Title: The Zone
Oh my goodness this one had my heart all over the place. Enjoying their from-the-start banter, easy nature of spending time together and the gut-punch when he finds out she is engaged….. ooof….
Author's Response: It had to happen at some point. Still, there's plenty of opportunity for cute moments and banter.
Date: July 16, 2023 07:18 am Title: New Beginning
This was probably my favorite chapter so far. Perfect blending of ‘what if’ space that we never saw while hitting all the notes we knew of!
Jan as an air carrier is such a brilliant description!
Their banter back and forth, giving us the backstory to Jim’s best/worst date scenario was just fantastic!
Author's Response:
This is more of the leaning into the off camera times we may have heard about in canon. I also wanted Jim and Pam's reunion to be angst free so they can rediscover their innate connection even if they don't recognize each other from high school.