Date: October 09, 2020 08:46 pm Title: I choose you
Whoa. That's a powerful way to bring back THE DRESS.
Author's Response: I took a swerve away from fluff with this one, but these two can never drift too far apart to make it back, at least in my fic! And THE DRESS! I loved pulling it out of her closet.
10 [Report This]Date: March 15, 2017 10:30 pm Title: I choose you
Wow, definitely interesting to read this and see how you were actually pretty close to their S9 storyline with this chapter, how the 2nd kid and the advancing careers were straining them but then they went back to their roots to remind themselves how much they loved each other and how much they had gotten through already.
Author's Response: I think every couple goes through these issues (married 19 years myself, so I feel qualified to say so). But they love each other way too much not to fight through. Thanks for reading!
Date: July 05, 2007 08:33 pm Title: I choose you
oooh NICE touch having her wear that dress again. This chapter was a bit painful (as was apparently the dress on Pam), but I loved seeing them start to resolve things.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. Yeah, I think these two are going to get their happily ever after, but it won't be totally smooth (life never is). I think Pam, keeper of the yogurt lid, would definitely hang on to something as sentimental as The Dress.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. Yeah, I think these two are going to get their happily ever after, but it won't be totally smooth (life never is). I think Pam, keeper of the yogurt lid, would definitely hang on to something as sentimental as The Dress.
Date: June 26, 2007 12:37 pm Title: I choose you
Wow - so much to love about this chapter. I really, really enjoyed reading such a realistic portrayal of them; I think it's easy for all of us to envision them living happily ever after with nary a bump in the road, but this rang really true.
And when she came out of the room wearing the dress, I (yet again) sucked in a breath. Lovely, lovely detail.
Thanks so much for this -- it was just amazing....
Author's Response:
Thank you so much for taking the time to write so many lovely things. I look forward to your comments because, being such a great writer, you convey how you felt about the pieces and that's what I love to know.
I think these two are going to be very happy together- but they are also flawed, damaged, insecure people (or, you know, fictional characters), and that means lots of potholes in the road of life. I'm glad that including some of that wasn't jarring amid the rest of the fluff. Thank you!!
Date: June 25, 2007 05:36 pm Title: I choose you
I have been loving every chapter, but this one made me teary-eyed, which basically means that, you're awesome! Seriously. My fave line?
And if we could come back from what happened the last time I wore this dress...then I think we'll be OK.
Loved how Pam wore the dress to remind Jim of their past and how much pain they've survived to be together, even if she had to suck it in to squeeze into it!
Glad you have a few more chapters to go!
Author's Response: I wish everyone I'd ever made cry thought it meant I was awesome...hee! Thank you so much, and thank you for sticking with my journey here. I just loved the idea of Pam squeezing into that dress but really, really wanting out of it as soon as she could manage. Hee!
10 [Report This]Date: June 25, 2007 03:46 pm Title: I choose you
YAY for the periwinkle dress, and YAY for Pam for being sentimental enough, despite a demanding job, two kids and the hottest husband in fiction, to hold onto it all these years. And how like Pam, who reminded Jim of all their good times with one yogurt lid, to hold onto a dress that held painful but important memories for the two of them.
This whole series of moments has been just wonderful, nqllisi. Just wonderful. One of the best stories I've read in a while on this site. Thank you so much.
Author's Response: Thank you so much, NEJ. I am so touched that you read it all straight through and found so much to say. I'm having a blast with this series- belsum and I have brainstormed another four "outfits" for Pam and that should wrap it up. I just think that Pam has so much potential, and that people do change and grow so much through the years, that it is fun to explore her possibilities. Thank you for coming along for the journey!
Date: June 25, 2007 10:50 am Title: I choose you
Damn you lis! It is really uncomfortably hard to eat lunch while trying to hold back a flood of tears! I had no idea you were going here. It was amazing. Jim's founded paranoia while at work, Pam's entrace, the whole thing with him finally seeing the expression in her eyes. Gorgeous.
Author's Response: I think I'd said something like "feeling disconnected from each other", so yeah, I went a long farther than I originally intended. I just think that they're so in-sync that being out of sync would hurt them more than most people. So sorry about the tears- your birthday present isn't supposed to make you cry! (Thank you, thank you).
Date: June 25, 2007 10:33 am Title: I choose you
hehe! i love that they're real with each other, that they have problems but it's ok. and i love SO MUCH that she's uncomfortable in the dress b/c she's had two kids! haha :) "Can't we talk in sweat pants?" too funny! another great chapter in one of my favorite fics!
Author's Response: Thank you! I couldn't let it get too angsty, after all. :) But honestly, I think these two will struggle, and that's real and that's life and that's love even if you are having happily-ever-after. And if someone loves you even when your hips aren't quite as slim as they used to be? Even better.
Date: June 25, 2007 07:06 am Title: I choose you
I am happy to have a little bit less of fluff and a bit more of reality. That worked well and it really makes the whole series a bit more balanced. Excellent. :)
Author's Response: Thank you! I would have to assume that they are having normal relationship problems between chapters...hee. Thank you again for your thoughtful comments and your support!
Date: June 25, 2007 05:31 am Title: I choose you
I really liked this chapter, because it's so true to real life. People get busy, things change, time pases, and before you know it you are in a rut. Thank goodness Pam was smart enough to realize it before it was all lost. Go Pam!
luchy
Author's Response: Thank you! My ten-year anniversary is next month, so I definitely know about that rut. Hee. I think these two will be fine, but they aren't immune to the normal stresses of life. Thanks again!
Date: June 25, 2007 05:17 am Title: I choose you
Just realized I'd never reviewed this series. I really like the idea of clothes as a common thread (get it?Oh, so clever...) that runs through all these moments. Great balance of being connected, yet open-ended too. This last one I thought was especially good - like that things aren't always perfect, but regardless, she's still just it for Jim. Even if she can almost, but not quite, fit into her iconic blue dress these days (good metaphor there, btw.) His vulnerability is so sweet here. I love seeing him loved.
Author's Response: Oh, thank you so much! I love the idea of clothes as a metaphor for change- what you take off and put on as you go through life. There are so many times that the "uniforms" change- but who we are at heart doesn't change all that much. I think these two have such a good foundation of friendship, and have already gone through so much, that it would take more than being busy to really tear them apart. Thank you again!
10 [Report This]Date: June 25, 2007 05:16 am Title: I choose you
This is a beautiful story. Heartbreaking and fulfilling at the same time. Excellent job.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. The rest of the series has been almost unrelentingly fluffy- I thought we needed to inject some reality.
9 [Report This]Date: June 25, 2007 05:12 am Title: I choose you
So, who needs to get changed for work when she can read fanfic? I am very bad at procrastination. Or very good...
This isn't starting as a happy chapter....
Very cute 5 year old Lucy. I knew a Lucy. She moved away. She was about 5 also. Oh well, I still got my other kiddies to love.
All I gotta say is 7+ years, 2 kids, and Pam can still fit into that dress. I am jealous. I can't fit into anything from seven years ago (maybe because I was a teenager and I have had a growth spurt and such since then also). But it added to a moment of comedy.
I am so glad they worked stuff out. Or will work stuff out. So great.
Author's Response:
I was ten minutes late for work because I was at home posting this...and now I'm checking responses instead of e-mail now that I'm here. Fanfic is bad for us Em!
Of course they will work stuff out- they're Jim and Pam! And, more to the point, this is MY story- very few sad endings in my fic!