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As you know I'm 100% on board with Team There Must Be *Something* To Recommend Roy, and I thought you did a good job finding the balance of that here - that Roy is capable of being a good partner but really only does it when there's basically no other option, and immediately thereafter having Pam talking herself into thinking that what Roy wants (over her express say-so) is the right thing.

I love the comic use of Meredith's Christmas flashing incident to lodge us in time... this is a much better way for that to come back than for Michael to just use it to bully Meredith. And I *really* love the idea of Pam going back to pre-Casino Night, a moment which ACHES to be redone.

Michael just rolling with the punches and snacking and enjoying his carpet is fun.

But let's be real. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE TWIST THAT RANDALL KNOWS THEY CAN TIME TRAVEL. That's what I call a cliff-hanger!

Author's Response:

I need my own Time Turner (don't we all) - so busy but wanted to say thanks for the review. Glad you felt the enjoyment of the trip was not OOC but also that she defaults to his wants is the balance.

This part with Meredith while fun to write made me feel a little bad for writing it about Kate Flannery- but glad it worked for you here. I did try to research what the old windows filmstrip photo displays looked like - couldn't find them. Hope at least some readers can remember them.

I have a lot of fun with Michael in this story. Randall too however, sorry to keep you waiting. Especially on a cliffhanger.

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Ok, I think this is the best possible outcome I could’ve hoped for: Michael and Pam time travelling together! (And Pam-trotter, LOL). I love the way you’ve written Jim’s excitement about the prank - him cupping the time turner like a baby bird as he hands it to her is just a lovely image. And Michael continues to be brilliantly Michael in all of this - ‘Jim’s a wizard?’ and ‘Ahhh, pizza and popcorn. Wow, I’m starving. Time traveling really makes you hungry’ are I think two of my favourite lines here. I also enjoyed Pam standing on her own foot to try to work out if she was dreaming. And the little dig at Roy with him acting like laying the carpet is the most strenuous work he’s done, because…seriously. I really, really can’t wait to see where exactly in time they’ve ended up - I feel like Michael’s confusion with the hours and minutes is going to bite them…

Author's Response:

Yes these two will make for a lot of hijinks. Jim's a Wizard was my favorite line too so glad you enjoyed it.

Oh - how right you are, they'll have a lot more time to kill in the past than they'll know what to do with (and lots for me to write).

Thanks again for your reviews  - I do love and appreciate them.

YAY!!! I love that it's Pam and Michael who did the time-traveling, I can just see all the amazing opportunities you've set up here.

*The fact was irrelevant because they did not live in the world that JK Rowling created and what he had in his hands was a toy.*

This made me laugh out loud, hahah

Update soon please!

Author's Response:

Yes, those two together provides a lot of material and hopefully more opportunities to make you laugh out loud. 

Thanks for reviews that make me smile and make me want to get the next update out sooner.  

So the real plot begins. I love how just exasperated Pam is with Micheal. His child-like facination of the Time Turner is fun to read. He's a guy that likes his toys and he's just about as gulible as Dwight. Makes sense he'd think it was real. We can also feel Pam's frustration with Roy. How he's getting to be more and more irritating, while times away from him seem to be good memories.

Then low and behold they actually went back in time. How far and what will happen from here on out? Well that remains to be seen. Should be a ton of fun for sure.

Also thanks for the shout out for Little warrior's birthday. He's already smashed one cupcake all over himself and has more to come. Should be fun.

Author's Response:

Hope it was a fun birthday for everyone.

Well I told you they would and I do hope it is a lot of fun - I sure have been fun writing it when I wasn't getting frustrated with the constraints time travel plots can add to a fic.

Thanks as always for the review. 

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Jim and Pam! And time travel! I am very, very excited about this. An Office/Harry Potter crossover is exactly the thing I didn’t realise I needed in my life.

I also never thought I’d enjoy hearing so much about Michael’s hatred of his new carpet, but you nailed it. This is exactly the type of thing I could see Michael doing Pam’s head in about, exactly as you’ve written it. And the sterling and platinum hues made me lol.

Jim and Pam bonding over Harry Potter is adorable, I love her ability to discuss the movies in-depth with him vs her conversations with Roy. (I also loved Dwight’s view that Rowling is a bitter squib). Really can’t wait to see where this goes!

PS happy archiversary!!

Author's Response:

I call it a crossover but really it is more of a borrowed concept. Hermione and Harry will not make an appearance, not quite.
I had a lot of fun with this but it was a challenge. Hope it lives up.
Yeah Michael likes things the way he's used to them so of course a new carpet would throw him off.
What can't Jim and Pam bond over, especially if Dwight's busy listening in.

Thanks again for the review. Can't wait for you to read more.

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I sparked this idea!? Hey how about that! suffice to say that sorry no I don't remember that conversation. Kinda wish I did at this point though.

Fun way to start things off. Michael in all his blustery make things about me Michael-ness. We also can get a glimpse into the Pam-Roy dynamic here. They just don't seem to click. Roy has to be bribed to do things with her. Jim however wants to spend as much time with her as possible. Could be interesting to see if that develops any further.

Dwight as a believer that magic and fantasy exists tracks wonderfully. After all Jim did convince him mind control was a thing and that he, Jim, was turning into a vampire. Great fun with that.

Wonderful start and I can't wait to read more.

Author's Response:

You did - didn't even realize it huh. 

Glad you liked it so far - yeah Roy is a non-reading, pig and Jim is an HPP fan (Harry Potter and Pam)

Thanks for the review and appreciation always. 

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First: HAPPY ARCHIVERSARY. AGAIN.

But perhaps even more importantly: TIME. TRAVEL. FIC. IT'S HERE.

First, Michael complaining about the carpet is officially my favorite opening of all your fics. SO MICHAEL. You've very much captured the simultaneous boss/employee but also child/parent dynamics that define Pam and Michael's relationship and Michael's personality, and the little details here (like the very specific act of bullying the carpet smell evokes) are spot on. You can picture the way this post-The Carpet "episode" would play out.

It's also surprisingly easy to see Dwight being a Harry Potter truther... especially in a world where he might have a point, that seems like the sort of thing he'd know and Jim and Pam would roll their eyes at him about. And of course Roy is the non-reader making fun of people for liking kids' books... and using sex as a bartering tactic. Because he's the WORST.

Creed as a wizard almost makes too much sense.

This is a fun start - at this point it feels like it could either be a time travel story or just a Harry Potter-themed prank, which is intriguing. REALLY looking forward to seeing how this all plays out, and the JAM of it all.

Also, you may have been the first person to make the connection, at least in recent memory, that the final Harry Potter books came out shortly after Season 1 and 3 concluded. Which is. Interesting. And I am definitely making a note of.

(P.S. Was that a Randall Einhorn shout-out?)

Author's Response:

Thank you thank you thank you - I really did mean it that your excitement was very encouraging as this story developed and keeps developing.

I'm glad you felt it was in the true Michael spirit. He can be a hoot to write but sometimes I wonder if I'm getting across what I see and hear when I imagine him.

I'm a little surprised Dwight's belief in wizards wasn't ever something addressed on the show. 

I'm excited for you to read more and really hope it lives up to your excitement for it. 

Note away, there is a lot of material there. And I did reread and rewatch my HP (although my model may not exactly match up) oh I can tell you lots about time travel models and which movies and books follow which of these but that's for another time.

Why yes it was. Sort of.

 Thanks again....