Date: June 12, 2020 07:25 am Title: Christmas Party
One question: Why did they have their Christmas party before Thanksgiving?
Author's Response: Answer: I messed up in my plot draft, Oops! I blame American Thanksgiving for being confusing. I actually just came to this realization this morning as I was getting out of bed. We're just going to roll with it at this point I think, no use redacting the chapter and refactoring my plot.
Date: June 12, 2020 04:00 am Title: Christmas Party
Awww, this chapter is so sweet! I love that Pam saved the card, and it's nice that new items inside the teapot were added — I wonder what except the dog's toy it might be.
I'm waiting for the new chapter with excitement because I have some suspicions about it and dying to see if they're true ;)
P.S. There's nothing better than reading in sultry summer day about Christmas!
Author's Response: We'll just have to wait and see I suppose, glad you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: June 11, 2020 03:03 am Title: Christmas Party
Your chapter note has me a little worried... (All for nothing I come back to add after finishing the chapter. I should have known given how delightfully fluffy this whole thing is)
Oh, I absolutely love the twist of Pam slipping the teapot card under her leg and saving it from being swapped. That’s so, so much nicer than Jim stealing it back.
Well, that’s super sweet. Such a nice way for Pam to use the iPod to get the teapot back. I like that you added in some elements from this story to the bonus gifts.
Bring on Thanksgiving brunch! I hope Jim gets the answer he’s hoping for to that important question...
Author's Response:
Yeah, very little cause for concern in this story, it's not really a 'will they/won't they'... more of a 'when they.' I thought I'd save Jim a from grey hairs, having your secret office romantic card stolen by a coworker... if I was cruel and comfortable with writing angst... maybe. In canon Pam trade the IPod for the teapot regardless, so I just gave it a little spin and left it that way, I'm glad you liked it. As for the callback to the previous story in the series, I couldn't not - I wrote that almost explicitly to give Pam a dog... well and break her and Roy up. Speaking of Nikita, I really haven't featured her much in this story have I? I guess I've been moving plot along too quickly, I'll have to change that at some point.
Thanksgiving brunch probably won't be covered in depth, but it will be touched upon. I really want to get to the booze cruise... Maybe I can smuggle Nikita aboard somehow.
Thanks for reviewing, as always I appreciate your feedback and the play-by-play always makes me smile.
1 [Report This]Date: June 10, 2020 09:13 pm Title: Christmas Party
This was delightful
Author's Response: Happy to hear you liked it, thanks for reviewing!
Date: June 10, 2020 07:43 pm Title: Christmas Party
Very nice keeping the swap but changing around the significance. I'm really enjoying what you're doing with canon in this story.
Author's Response: Thank you!
1 [Report This]Date: June 10, 2020 07:09 pm Title: Christmas Party
I smiled, so mission accomplished!
Author's Response: Nice, we'll chalk that one up as win then. Thanks for reviewing!
Date: June 10, 2020 06:19 pm Title: Christmas Party
Nice way to re-figure Yankee Swap in this AU of yours. Pam being quick enough to grab the iPod to use as bargaining chip was a really good idea. They're very cute together throughout all of this.
Author's Response: Thank you, glad to hear you liked it!