Date: November 29, 2006 02:09 pm Title: Going Home
Oh Jim...sniff sniff sniff
You are not making it easier for me to write my last 3950 words. But I'll forgive you - since I'm still hoping for the happy ending. :)
Author's Response: Aw, don't worry xoxoxo! It'll be sweet and happy. Now finish off those 3950 words, come get the cocktail that's waiting for you here at the finish line and let's party like it's 1999!
Date: November 29, 2006 12:43 pm Title: Going Home
Well, hell. We're echoing each other; about half of this is also in a fic I'm writing. GMTA, hey? Back to the drawing board...
Anyway. I liked the insight into Jim's head, but I'm not sure he's this self-aware. It's a tad too articulate for a guy who until recently was not only kidding everyone else but trying to convince himself that he wasn't in love with his best friend. "Twice now he said one thing meaning to say another." Yeah, this Jim I believe. Not the one intricately dissecting every move and every word. He would remember them, but not necessarily analyze them to the extent you have here.
Or maybe he would. I'm so Jam-dehydrated I'm not sure I'm making any sense at all. Anyway, thanks for writing this piece. I need lifelines like this.
Author's Response:
Jam-dehydrated indeed. The only reason I posted this today is because I intended to follow the episodes and we're due for a new one! I don't mean for Jim to be self-aware, because I agree that he's not. that. But he must have some sort of inner monologue going on even if it's just bits and pieces of clarity amongst the amorphous mass of male post-adolescent crap! He's not one to go completely on instinct, I just think there are a lot of competing voices in his head (voices in the head - don't I know what that's like...) and he has to learn how to interpret them.
And why go back to the drawing board? Hell, there are 394 versions of Pam and Jim getting it on for the first time, why not more than one of Jim!Angst?! GMTA! Thanks. I'm just glad mine still works at all. As always NEJ, thanks for your thoughtful review!
9 [Report This]Date: November 29, 2006 12:38 pm Title: Going Home
As usual, there were more misinterpretations
Boy was that ever true.
Author's Response: And with their history, I'm not sure they'll be interpreting each other accurately for a while. But someday.... Thanks for reading!
10 [Report This]Date: November 29, 2006 10:26 am Title: Going Home
Ack. It's angsty because I believe you've really captured how he feels. Which actually is a good thing, as we know he's Just Not Into Karen/Her. At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Author's Response: No, you're right Moxie. He's just killing time until he gets a sign from Pam. Any sign. (Pssst! Come on, Pam, that's your cue!) Thanks my dear!
10 [Report This]Date: November 29, 2006 09:29 am Title: Going Home
Glad you picked this up again...and, as you've made clear, Jim is in a state of limbo. Outward appearances, back rubbs and sticks of gum aside, he's trying to will Karen to be what he needs. You've nailed his angst/ambivalence and frustration in that parking lot scene:
As usual, there were more misinterpretations.
Yup. And I like how you repeated that theme from the end of the last chapter, like a coda. Update soon please - I have a feeling I'll like your next chapter better than the agony of being twisted in knots tomorrow night. Basta!
Author's Response:
More misinterpretations - story of their lives. I'm hoping Jim's limbo won't last too long and in the meantime I'm not above wallowing in the angst! When we come to the positive resolution (and we will) it will be that much sweeter, right? ;)
Thanks colette!
8 [Report This]Date: November 12, 2006 02:14 pm Title: Before the Merger
Wow that was great. Loved Jim's thoughts.
Author's Response: Thanks gotkona! I love to get inside Jim's head.
10 [Report This]Date: November 11, 2006 08:21 am Title: Before the Merger
I'm so stuck in my little Jam shippy world, that I sometimes forget that Jim may be angry with Pam for all that happened; you presented that thought beautifully, and this was a pleasure to read.
"He regrets ever being nice to Josh." - oh yeah!
Author's Response: Thanks Luna! I don't think he's necessarily angry but there hasn't really been any sort of closure for him - he just left the problem behind. There's going to be a lot for him to think about now. And yeah, screw Josh!
10 [Report This]Date: November 10, 2006 02:45 pm Title: Before the Merger
Well, Missy, you certainly know your way around angst-ville. Jim's ambivalence...about Pam, his job, Karen - it's all here.
It reminds him of how he was always aware of Pam’s movements. For some reason, that line just nailed their dynamic back in Scranton for me. And this: She doesn’t have a fiancé, she’s not wasting her talents, she’s very direct, and she hasn’t yet broken his heart. Just feels perfect for Jim's rationalizing himself into...and out of...what he feels, wants, thinks is good for him.
Okay, now with your able assistance, I'm all angsty too. Hurts so good.
Author's Response: Welcome to my angst party! Better than a pity party, seems more healthy anyway, and yet there's still plenty of Jim. I juts think he must be so wary at this point - of Pam, of having a real career, of getting involved with someone new. For someone who is such a creature of habit (ham and cheese, anyone?), he was just settling in with his last major life changes and voila! A whole new set. Hurts so good now, but we'll see how it all plays out!
10 [Report This]Date: November 10, 2006 02:01 pm Title: Before the Merger
ahhhh - I was feeding my angst very nicely just from the Pam perspective, and then I get thrown to the ground from Jim's. You are heartless. (But it was wonderful to read, in a masochistic sort of way!) :-)
Author's Response: But no worries Moxie! There's much room for improvement here. Off to read about Pam now. Figures, I take the male POV! Or maybe I just want to be in Jim's head... ;)