10 [Report This]Date: April 04, 2007 12:15 pm Title: Black
“Would you have come back to Scranton if Pam had married Roy?”
That was a truly insightful question!! Looking forward to more!!
Author's Response: I am literally sitting here, hyperventilating right now. The idea that a writer of your caliber is even READING this is a-may-zing /Kelly. Thank you so much, and if I can tear myself away from obsessively hitting the refresh button in the hopes of more Squirrel, I'll be posting more relatively soon.
Date: April 04, 2007 11:35 am Title: Black
OMG -- this is dawesome: “Would you have come back to Scranton if Pam had married Roy?” I love that Karen is the one who ends things, and that she figures out the situation before Jim does.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I thought it might be interesting to write a situation in which Jim has removed himself so far from the whole situation, that everyone around him can see it, but not him.
Date: April 04, 2007 10:46 am Title: Black
Yay, a shoutout! Though I think Jim's analysis - that Pam doesen't feel the same about him because she didn't see the teapot - is totally wrong, because hello, subconscious? But it's not surprising, as these two are the masters of misreads and misinterpretations.
The uncomfortable couch is the perfect setting for THE uncomfortable conversation. And I must say I've never seen a fic where Karen asks Jim that particular question (about whether he would've returned if Pam had married Roy). But his answer (or lack of one) really does give away his feelings. As does this line: "I guess you could say I’ve finally learned that anything else I was ever waiting for was stupid."
Ouch. That sounds like he was STILL waiting, all the time he was dating Karen (which we all know he subconsciously is). Yikes. No wonder Karen asked for her key back.
Author's Response: These two are so extremely good at misinterpreting everything. They just seem unwilling to see things, even when it's right in front of them. I have a friend who has a couch like this btw, and whenever I go over to his place, I sit on the floor.
Date: April 04, 2007 10:04 am Title: Black
see, this is why i hate fanfic, it pains me because i feel so sorry for Karen. before i got all caught up in reading fanfic, i really didn't like karen. now, this hurts. i mean, i loved this chapter. but yeah, i feel sorry for karen.
Author's Response:
Truly, as much as Jam fans hate her, none of this is her fault at all. She just has good taste. All she really needs is to be hooked up with Toby. Hmmm....
Date: April 04, 2007 10:03 am Title: Black
Aww, you don't need to pay me. (Diversity Training, right? And before that, Popeye.)
I am continuing to really enjoy this story. I love these lines: "Karen had been excited to see them dating, almost too excited quite frankly. Jim had never had the guts to ask her why she was so gung-ho on them as a couple; afraid of how close to the fire he could dance without getting burned." It's funny that Jim can't see that Karen is happy about anything that keeps Jim and Pam apart!
Funny that in the prior chapter, Karen was willing to not even talk about how Jim got beaten up. Of course, sex (in the shower, was it?) with Jim seemed to push that right out of her head. So... at least they had some pre-break-up sex. That's a new one.
I look forward to more, when you get to it.
Author's Response: I gotta say, if I was in a bank in the middle of a robbery and Jim came up naked, everything else would fly out of my head. I'm hoping to get more posted in the next few days. *Fingers crossed*