Date: November 27, 2024 06:39 am Title: Chapter 25
This story will live in my heart until the end of time. THANK YOU.
Date: November 27, 2024 02:25 am Title: Chapter 17
i cant pick which chapter is my favorite but this may be the top 1 contender. im also soft for how karen is soft for pam i love them
Date: November 27, 2024 01:39 am Title: Chapter 15
Hey so like every comment of mine is just: "this chapter made my heart SOAR AND BURST" bec the way youve written their dynamic here and the intrigue?? Im on the edge of my seat biting my finger nails bit also squealing in excitement??? Yeah 🫶
Date: November 27, 2024 01:39 am Title: Chapter 15
Hey so like every comment of mine is just: "this chapter made my heart SOAR AND BURST" bec the way youve written their dynamic here and the intrigue?? Im on the edge of my seat biting my finger nails bit also squealing in excitement??? Yeah 🫶
1 [Report This]Date: November 27, 2024 12:46 am Title: Chapter 14
Pam will always have my heart no matter what iteration but This. This Pam will be in my heart for years to come. Your spin on her characterization is just perfect for the story premise omg
1 [Report This]Date: November 27, 2024 12:09 am Title: Chapter 13
I AM ABSOLUTELY BURSTING i was really hoping theyd become this motley investigative crew AND OMG THANK GOD THEY GOT TO THIS STAGE ALREADY MY HEART HURTS IM SO GIDDY I LOVE LOVE THIS STORY
1 [Report This]Date: November 26, 2024 09:08 pm Title: Chapter 9
I really need you to know how much it means to me that youve written Karen as someone who can be an ally to Pam here my heart is soaring for it i love them so much. This story is SO AMAZING
1 [Report This]Date: October 21, 2023 10:38 am Title: Chapter 25
this is truly amazing 🥺
1 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2022 08:43 am Title: Chapter 1
This story of yours had me quite on edge, in the most pleasant of ways that is, the whole entire time of my reading of it. It is such a wonderful piece and I quite enjoyed it rather a lot.
Thank you so much for this wonderful piece of literature. Have you thought of writing a book of your own? I would definitely buy it if so.
I thank you for this!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind words, really glad you enjoyed this!
1 [Report This]Date: September 16, 2022 05:15 am Title: Chapter 13
Great chapter, I love the way it's evolving!
1 [Report This]Date: September 15, 2022 03:01 am Title: Chapter 7
The daisies were such a nice motive of this chapter! I totally dig this story.
1 [Report This]Date: September 14, 2022 01:24 pm Title: Chapter 1
This premise is really strong, I can't wait to read the rest!
1 [Report This]Date: November 19, 2021 10:14 am Title: Chapter 1
That was a great ending to a great story! I was really caught up in the intrigue all the way through, and I loved the world you painted for a super AU.
Thanks!
Date: August 04, 2021 03:14 pm Title: Chapter 1
What a great ending.
Honestly, I’m glad Jim didn’t propose. Even though they’re great together, I think that they need to spend some time living together before they jump into marriage.
I’m glad Pam got the job! That’s huge for her, seeing as Danny was controlling and didn’t believe in her having a job since many women were looked down on in that time period for having jobs. Good for her.
Well done, as always.
BlindManCassidy
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! I’m so pleased you like the ending - and yeah, I was sort of going with the idea that people proposed sooner back then, but I’m with you on that maybe being a bit sooner than is comfortable…so I did want to go to with the job thing instead!
Thank you so much for reading, and as ever for all your lovely reviews throughout this: they’ve been so great to read, and I really appreciate it :)
1 [Report This]Date: August 03, 2021 04:05 pm Title: Chapter 1
This story was great!
Author's Response:
Ah, thank you so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it - thanks very much for reading and leaving a review :)
Date: July 31, 2021 11:54 pm Title: Chapter 25
I feel an urge to cry right now because it's so pure and sweet, and perfect... and so, so them. I love everything about this, and I desperately need another 20+ chapters story about their life in Austin. Thank you so much for writing this amazing story and for sharing it with us! Thank you
Author's Response:
Aw, thank you so much! I’m so pleased you’ve enjoyed this, that’s amazing to hear :) Thank you very much for reading, and for taking the time to leave such lovely reviews - I really appreciate it! (I could also probably quite happily write another 20+ chapters about their life in Austin, but….I may need to come up with an actual storyline first, lol).
Date: July 31, 2021 10:10 am Title: Chapter 24
Oh my gosh, what a ride here! For some time, I was sure that there would be more dangers for our heroes from Robert's side, and that was... tense. And I can't even describe my joy at the end! So, so, wonderful!
Also, if you were trying to make us feel (a little) sorry for Danny... congratulations, it worked in my case!
And Oscar! Oscar!!! We definitely need more Oscar)
I'm happy with such a final, but also sad because this story comes to an end... I'm selfishly don't want it to end :( But, I see that there's one more chapter, and I have a hard time deciding — do I want to swallow it immediately too or safe for later...
Anyway, thank you so much!!! I genuinely love this AU and your vision of heroes and everything else that filled this world. Love it!
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! And haha no, I decided I’d put them through enough danger by this point. That is also actually great to hear on Danny: I wanted to make him bad but not a total villain (but I struggled because a lot of this is from Pam’s POV, and I don’t think he deserves her pity after what he did to her…) So I’m glad you at least felt a little sorry for him!
I can also never get enough Oscar, so I’m pleased you enjoyed him here :D
And thanks so much, that’s so kind of you to say!
Date: July 30, 2021 11:50 am Title: Chapter 25
Returning to the small farm town where they were happy to find themselves again! Perfect. Only way to bring this one to a close.
I don't know. Plot seems pretty well done, I just enjoyed the way you tied up the lose ends with Jim and Pam here - rediscovering themselves and making the decisions they'll need to make for their life together and just being together again. It's just all very sweet.
ANYHOW. As usual, you blew this one out of the park and should probably be shopping things to publishing houses as opposed to smiling down on us with your work, but I am VERY much looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Author's Response:
Ahh, thanks so much! So I have to admit I was briefly considering a different ending where Jim moved back to Austin and then realised he was missing Pam and came back…but then I figured enough with the angst. And yeah, I felt like they both needed to go back for closure. So I’m really pleased you thought that worked!
That’s incredibly kind of you to say - thank you so much for reading, and for all of your reviews - they are (as always) so so great to read, I really appreciate it!
Date: July 30, 2021 11:37 am Title: Chapter 24
Danny *seeing* Pam for the first time is a good choice. Probably wishes he'd tried to understand her earlier. His genuine fear of Robert is also something I liked a lot, and something you did a good job foreshadowing without overdoing. (I have the *vaguest* hint I know what Danny might be hiding, but since I'm late here I'll just wait to see if it's confirmed in the next chapter.)
Ugh. D'Angelo seems very much like you'd imagine a 60s era Texas lawman to be. And well cast for it. Throwing in the juggling was a fun touch, and Michael's ability to get through to him, but it's hard to say whether I'm more furious with D'Angelo or Danny here.
The feds going after Robert for tax fraud is perfect and so historically sound, as is Oscar being the only one who's excited about it.
I liked the use of Jim's mis-imprisonment to let him some more answers out of Danny, and let us see a little more of the guy underneath the smoothness, at least what there is of him.
Noting again the catch that the Beesly marriage is maybe not so healthy... but honestly, this one was all about this sweet ending. Those two kids deserve it after all they've been through.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! So…I have a feeling your hint about what Danny’s hiding may be right (you usually are) - but I couldn’t find an organic way to spell it out in the story without it feeling like over-exposition. Especially since this is all from Jim and Pam’s POVs. So, sorry for the lack of reveal in the next chapter! I think there is something about Pam not really understanding Danny any more than he understood her, though.
And really glad you think D’Angelo worked (/was awful) here haha - I was originally trying to decide between him and Todd Packer for the sheriff. But I actually hate Todd Packer so much that I couldn’t. Glad you enjoyed the tax fraud too lol, I felt like Oscar needed a moment to shine. (I would also definitely read a Catch Me If You Can style fic with Oscar as the lead).
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: July 30, 2021 09:34 am Title: Chapter 25
That's a fun way to wrap this all up. Jim dropping everything in Austin to be with her tracks well. He's spent years kind of drifting through life. Then after everything he went through with Pam there's no more drifting. There's only facing fear and doubt to be with the one woman who makes it all worthwhile.
But you're right. They've grown past their childhood home. While nice to reconnect with their roots for sure, they're bigger people than that right now. Really glad to bring that out.
Love the idea of dual surprises that both also got a bit off-kilter. Still it's all very sweet. They've got each other and now they're set to move on through life with each other. Loved it.
Another remarkable story from you. It was a ton of fun following along with this one. Can't wait to see what comes next.
Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat
Author's Response:
Thanks so much! Also, I’m not sure that your reviews are meant to be making me feel emotional, but the drifting and the one woman who makes it all worthwhile - yes and yes 😍 And yeah, I did want that growth for them, I’m really glad you liked that part!
As a side note on the off-kilter surprises, writing this made me think of that old story about the couple who get each other Christmas gifts (I think she sells her hair to get him a watch case, and he sells his watch to get her some combs for her hair)…and I don’t know, it’s just the kind of thing I could just see Jam doing.
But I digress - thank you so much for reading this, and as ever for taking the time to leave such kind and insightful reviews throughout! I really appreciate it :)
Date: July 30, 2021 08:00 am Title: Chapter 25
I am currently going through the stages of grief since this story is over. It’s been a rollercoaster, but the best one I have ever been on.
This story was fantastic. How you wrote the characters, the storyline, the twists and turns along the way, the steaminess, all of it. I dropped everything when a new chapter was posted. You are such a talented writer who has us all just so absorbed in your worlds, I am truly in awe. (Also can we be bffs cuz i love you)
Thank you for this story, it was unbelievable from start to finish. I will be (not so) patiently waiting for your next story!!
Author's Response:
Aw, thank you so much - that’s incredible to hear, I’m so thrilled you enjoyed it!! (And haha, thanks - also yes!) Thanks so much for reading, and for your really kind words :)
Date: July 28, 2021 10:00 pm Title: Chapter 24
I was just thinking that this Story should go on forever, and then I saw that there might only be one chapter left :(
Could we have a sequel?
Author's Response: Haha, thanks so much! (and sorry). I've not currently got a sequel planned, but I have really enjoyed writing this universe so wouldn't rule out ever doing one...
Date: July 28, 2021 05:27 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh my god! This chapter was so good!
I’ll admit, I’m surprised that Danny didn’t try to worm his way out of the situation. But I don’t feel any pity for him regardless of how scared he is - he’s part of the reason people were killed, and all for oil, and then he let others take the fall. Not to mention he treated his fiancée horribly.
I didn’t even notice until you mentioned at the end that Officer Martinez was Oscar - that’s the best little cameo ever. It’s such an Oscar thing to be excited about tax fraud.
I just have one question - will the neighborhood end up forgiving William, now that they know the truth? And will we hear from Robert at all?
BlindManCassidy
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it :) And yeah, I figured Danny would know when he was beat (/might have had enough after years of his lies caught up with him). But no, not much pity for him.
Haha, the Oscar cameo was fun to write - there may have been another small cameo there from the sheriff too...
And you will find out about the neighbourhood in the next chapter - I wasn't planning to spend any more time on Robert, though, so this chapter is (sadly?) the last you'll hear from him.
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!
Date: July 28, 2021 08:37 am Title: Chapter 24
Just have to tell you again how much I've loved this. I've been engrossed from chapter one. The characters are so well done and it is such a unique intriguing story. I am going to be very sorry when it is over.
Maybe...there will be a sequel in the future?
Author's Response: Ah, thank you so much! That's so lovely to hear, I'm really glad you've enjoyed it :) Thanks very much for reading, and for taking the time to review. I'm not currently planning a sequel, but wouldn't rule out maybe doing one in the future!
Date: July 28, 2021 08:12 am Title: Chapter 24
OMG this is a triumph. And I love that you are going to have a wrap-up chapter.
That sheriff though - grrrrrrrrr. I wanted to slap him! Does remind us of the period the story is set in. And go Oscar! I love that he had a part to play in this turning out the right way.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! And haha yes - so I knew I wanted an actual competent police officer in there, and then realised I hadn't used Oscar's character at all, so...
The sheriff *might* be a character you also know (and also one that was pretty sexist, even in today's time).
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!