10 [Report This]Date: February 27, 2007 09:01 am Title: Another afternoon
My god. It is so hard to find quotes to mention in my reviews of your stuff, because literally, at almost every other line, I'll think, Yes, I'll quote that one - beautiful... Then the next line will blow me away as well.
That said, this? "He would not, of course, tell her that this was because the thought of Pam in Roy’s arms had broken him to the point where he had no strength to pursue anything but the next breath. Again."
....So gut-wrenching. And then you take it up a notch even more with this:
"She was beautiful. She was perfect, in fact, and Jim closed his eyes for a second to wonder why, in the name of all that was holy, he couldn’t just love her. "Jim, seriously, are you all right?"
He opened his eyes and nodded. He decided, for the thousandth time, to try to be whomever she wanted. Maybe the new guy would be able to love her the way the old Jim had loved Pam."
Wow. You really hit on the essence of what makes the situation in its current state (which is TEMPORARY, I'm telling myself) so tragic, and that is the possibility that all of Jim's feelings for Pam could possibly just go to waste. And that would be almost unbearable.
Another lovely chapter!
Author's Response:
Wouldn't it be just awful? After all that love, all that devotion, all of Jim's pain, all the growth from Pam, everything...that it could come to nothing? Be too little, too late? I actually thought that's where I was going with this story, but I couldn't do it. I can't do it.
I'm just basking in the love from you, here, by the way. :)
Date: February 07, 2007 09:59 am Title: Another afternoon
Wow. This is an incredibly powerful chapter. Very astute observation that Jim is being slowly forced into a different shape--and only partially against his will. I hate to say it but Karen deserves more.
Poor Pam.
Author's Response:
Of course she does- none of them will really be happy until they're all being honest, and she's not being honest with herself if she thinks there's really a future here.
Thank you, as usual. :)
Date: February 07, 2007 04:04 am Title: Another afternoon
He decided for the thousandth time, to try to be whomever she wanted.
That rings so true - almost devastating, really. It just galvanizes so much of this season - him trying desperately to re-invent himself into this guy who isn't madly in love with Pam with Karen as his main vehicle to get there. But he knows better. And Pam at the end...so, so sad. In a beautifully written way, of course.
Author's Response: Thank you. I'm just haunted by how very, very tired Jim has looked in a few scenes. It's not just Pam- it's Karen, too, because he has to work so hard for this. Thanks, as usual!
10 [Report This]Date: February 06, 2007 07:56 pm Title: Another afternoon
oh, you do love to tug at our hearts, don't you? Like greg daniels and co. don't twist the knife in hard enough?? :-)
Please give me a new chapter soon!
Author's Response: Glutton for punishment, eh, Moxie? Heh. This story is so hard to write. Thanks for the encouragement!