1 [Report This]Date: September 23, 2020 10:44 am Title: Chapter 1
I am always fascinated with the idea of seeing Jim and Pam through Karen's eyes - this is a solid exploration of what that would be like.
1 [Report This]Date: September 27, 2018 09:48 am Title: Chapter 1
Wonderful! I’m glad Karen was likable and still not completely accessible to Jim. That scene with Pam’s grandmother though... From the moment Phyllis acknowledges that only Jim can do what needs to be done until the image of Pam turning around to him it was perfection.
10 [Report This]Date: July 14, 2009 10:49 pm Title: Chapter 1
Very nice.
Date: July 13, 2009 05:01 pm Title: Chapter 1
i REALLY liked this, i thought it was great :)
8 [Report This]Date: July 12, 2009 12:59 pm Title: Chapter 1
This is a great piece, I really like to think that Karen has some warning that all of this was coming. Very real to the characters as well. Keep up the good work!
10 [Report This]Date: September 18, 2008 06:14 pm Title: Chapter 1
I actually felt sorry for Karen here aw :(
8 [Report This]Date: November 28, 2007 06:49 pm Title: Chapter 1
i really like this, for a bunch of reasons. (a) karen is so damn likeable. (b) you made her kind of an alkie! which is a good thread, and funny, and again, likeable. not that i'm condoning alcoholism! (c) the moments are so organic. nothing is like, 'karen got a clue because pam and jim started making out in the kitchen.'
Date: April 06, 2007 10:21 pm Title: Chapter 1
*favorites* Great characterizations for everyone, especially Karen- she's so classy. Great job.
10 [Report This]Date: February 19, 2007 07:23 pm Title: Chapter 1
I've read this before, maybe a couple of times (though my brain doesn't work that well with remembering details like that) and it felt like a kick in the junk then, and it still feels like a kick in the junk now. You really make us feel for Karen here (easy for me, since I like her, harder for others who don't). Well done.
9 [Report This]Date: December 07, 2006 03:11 pm Title: Chapter 1
Karen!! poor thing. It's not her fault that she walked right into THE ship that is Jim and Pam.
And can I say that the scene of Phyllis asking Jim to help Pam was just...perfect. Thanks so much for that.
cheers.
--Lex
9 [Report This]Date: December 07, 2006 03:03 pm Title: Chapter 1
Karen!! poor thing. It's not her fault that she walked right into THE ship that is Jim and Pam.
And can I say that the scene of Phyllis asking Jim to help Pam was just...perfect. Thanks so much for that.
cheers.
--Lex
10 [Report This]Date: November 25, 2006 10:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
Hey, I missed this one!
I enjoy "Five Things" fics, and I really enjoyed this one. It was nicely sympathetic to Karen, who I thought I would hate, but instead have found myself liking. (And feeling sorry for, because c'mon! Is there any way she could break up Jim and Pam?)
Author's Response:
Is there any way she could break up Jim and Pam?)
Nope. :) But we might as well have fun with her while she's around.
9 [Report This]Date: November 25, 2006 11:34 am Title: Chapter 1
Oh, Karen! This was excellent.
Author's Response:
Karen rocks!
Thanks for the review.
Date: November 25, 2006 10:49 am Title: Chapter 1
I really like this a lot.
Author's Response: Thank you so much.
10 [Report This]Date: November 25, 2006 09:52 am Title: Chapter 1
Loved it; I think it was perfect.
Author's Response: Thank you.
10 [Report This]Date: November 24, 2006 07:52 pm Title: Chapter 1
Very nice ... number three is my fave.
Then she wonders where you could buy a brass frame that size for twenty dollars or less.
Smart gal; it's too bad that Jim and Pam are so mfeo, because she's such a great character.
Author's Response: Thanks so much
8 [Report This]Date: November 22, 2006 06:10 pm Title: Chapter 1
That was very cool! Nice progression between each of the five moments that lead to her "getting a clue". Karen's a very smart and mature girl!
Author's Response: Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: November 22, 2006 05:45 pm Title: Chapter 1
I'm firmly planted in the camp of Karen getting a clue about Jim and Pam's history (and present) just by watching them interact, so reading this was a treat.
Author's Response:
I'm in that camp, too. :)
Thanks!
Date: November 22, 2006 02:09 pm Title: Chapter 1
They all remain silent, no one quite sure what’s appropriate to do next until Phyllis quietly pleas, “Jim,” tears pooling in her eyes as she continues to watch Pam cry in the break room.
Go, Phyllis! Perfect moment. This is just exactly something Phyllis would do. I love that woman.
Love Karen's joke about having maps (thanks to Creed). Love Jim's in-joke about second and third drinks with Pam. And the bittersweetness of that last line...wow.
Well done.
Author's Response:
Yeah, it's amazing how you can always count on Phyllis for the sweet, touching moments. And Creed...well, you can count on him for something else. :)
The review means a lot to me. Thanks.
8 [Report This]Date: November 22, 2006 08:50 am Title: Chapter 1
Wow, great work! I would pay cash to see any of these scenarios played out on TV! You've done a great job making Karen likeable.
Author's Response:
I'm happy you found karen likeable because that was one of my main goals with this. Thanks!
Date: November 22, 2006 07:15 am Title: Chapter 1
Great job! This is so close to how I would like to see this all play out. The possibilities are endless and the potential great. It's not Karen's fault she's walking into such a mess - and I hope that she comes out of it relatively unscathed.
10 [Report This]Date: November 22, 2006 05:49 am Title: Chapter 1
Aw. I really did like this story and you confirmed for me that I don't dislike Karen at all ... but this part -- well, this part broke my heart:
No one at works knows about them, but Pam’s the closest thing she has to a girlfriend in Scranton and she’d like for someone they’re mutually friends with to know about them.
It seemed so innocent and she just ... she had no idea what she was getting into. Poor Karen.
Author's Response:
Thanks. Yeah, I hope karen starts to figure things out soon. Mainly cause it'll be great to watch, but also because I feel for her having no idea what's she's getting into.
10 [Report This]Date: November 21, 2006 09:29 pm Title: Chapter 1
Fantastic! I am so loving the recent stories where Karen is on the ball about Jim and Pam long before they get it together. It somehow makes her more real and likable (not that I ever didn't really like her). These were five great moments and you wrote them really well. Great stuff!
Author's Response: I like karen. You can't blame the girl for falling for a smart, good looking, funny who is (seemingly) available. She just doesn't realize there's something very big that will probably always make Jim emotionally unavailable.
Date: November 21, 2006 08:08 pm Title: Chapter 1
YES! To Karen getting a clue ~~ hopefully before she gets hurt too badly, but we all know how pointless it is to try not to get hurt. It's like "playing not to lose." And who wouldn't fall head over heels over Jim upon getting the slightest bit of his attention? Yup, everything Jim does is still all about Pam.
Author's Response: Yes, I like Karen but she needs to figure out what she's up against soon.
10 [Report This]Date: November 21, 2006 07:53 pm Title: Chapter 1
So good! I really am interested in how Karen is going to find out, cuz I really think she deserves to know. Perhaps you could be persueded into writing one of these about Roy?...
Author's Response:
Roy figuring out will be great. I think now that he know what's he's lost and is trying to win Pam back, he'll be very observant and figure it out prety fast.
Thanks for the review.