Date: June 02, 2011 05:46 pm Title: Chapter 4
Any story that can incorporate The Dundies is a plus to me. I like the friendship that is growing between Jim and Pam.
Author's Response: Thanks for taking the time to review. I was worried about going AU on the Dundies, so I'm glad you liked it!
Date: June 01, 2011 08:29 pm Title: Chapter 4
I'm so late in reviewing but I love this fic. It's nice to see some of season 2 revisited but with an AU spin. Looking forward to what happens next.
Author's Response: Thank you for your review!
10 [Report This]Date: June 01, 2011 12:00 pm Title: Chapter 4
I really enjoyed this chapter. I really enjoy AU versions of the actual episodes and you are doing a great job with this story. I hope it doesn't take until Casino night for them to get together. Can't wait for the next update!
Author's Response: Thank you for the review! When I started writing this, I had a basic outline and timeline in my head, but now it's getting away from! Uh oh! But don't worry, it's not going to take until Casino Night!
10 [Report This]Date: June 01, 2011 09:04 am Title: Chapter 4
Nicely done, incorporating what happened at the Dundies into this AU! You really made it your own, I like that a lot! Needy Roy is worrying me. He still has the power over Pam to make her doubt herself and feel bad about herself, poor girl! I like how she's mildly aware that she likes Jim and questions if he liked that she kissed him after winning her award. Keeping the cameras there at the end really was a good choice, and I like the insight you gave in that small part of what she was contemplating asking Jim. I especially like the end, that she was watching him as she rode home in Angela's car, reminded me of the end of the episode and Tiny Dancer, which will always be my favorite song, and Dundies will always be my favorite episode. (Not that I don't adore married with a baby Jim and Pam, but nothing beats those early episodes.) I'm really enjoying this and can't wait to read the next chapter!
Author's Response: Thanks for the great review. I was worried about going AU on such a favorite episode so I tried to keep alot of the storyline intact. I always felt that Pam would not have gotten completely wasted, and then kissed Jim, if it hadn't been for her fighting with Roy, so I had to find a way to keep that in. Needy!Roy, worries me, too, and I'm the one writing him! I always felt that Roy was needy, we just didn't see it. My main point of reference for this was him not letting Pam take the internship in season 2, because despite his macho demeanor, he's secretly super needy.
10 [Report This]Date: June 01, 2011 07:08 am Title: Chapter 4
This is a really great chapter. I like how you've shown Pam's desire to move on mixed with her fear of not being strong enough to do so. That seems very in character for her...especially since she has the added burden of living in a new town, working at a new job and having only made one friend. I love the call back to the Dundies. I could picture the whole thing so perfectly. Jim watching the car pull away...that sad, wistful smile on his face..."Tiny Dancer" playing in the background. Sigh. I love married/family JAM and I'm still really enjoying the show but those first few seasons...with all the love and angst and desire...there was just something magical about them. And you've managed to capture a bit of that in this chapter.
Author's Response: Wow! Thanks for the awesome review! I really tried to stay in character despite this being an AU. I think it's really easy to write Pam in character in the early seasons because she was so unsure of herself. And, the "Tiny Dancer" scene at the end of the Dundies is one of my most favorites, it's just so sad, yet hopeful at the same time.