Date: August 16, 2020 06:34 am Title: The Injury
He only has to invite Dwight if Dwight gets hit over the head! But that was adorable, and June 10 wedding is exactly what I was hoping you'd do!
Author's Response:
I loved making the turnabout or "How the turntables have..." as we like to say in this fandom. I'm glad to hear we were on the right track with the dates, although I'm sure you've noticed by now that this story has a habit of upending those canon tropes and flipping them on their head where it suits me!
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Date: July 13, 2020 02:06 pm Title: The Injury
They have a date! That's wonderful!! I loved concussed!Dwight. lol.
Author's Response:
I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the chapter, it was a lot of fun writing an overly-affectionate Consussion-Dwight!
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Date: July 13, 2020 04:44 am Title: The Injury
Oh yes please! The Fun Run call out moment, but for their engagement!
The Injury is such a wonderful episode. Your retelling of it through this lens is bringing me such joy. Jim putting Michael on speaker, Dwight running off to the rescue, “you forgot your bumper.” Oh, it’s so good.
I love that Pam is wearing the ring and no one notices. It’s crazy. Of course they should only invite anyone who notices. It’s foolproof.
Jim wanting to set a date quickly is perfection.
Concussion Dwight is an angel. Bless Pam for sending Angela along in her, uh, official safety officer capacity. That’s so sweet.
Oh, sincere concussion Dwight and his well wishes.
I can get past the sense of foreboding that June 10th brings after having a chuckle about Jim having to invite Dwight because of his own rules. A perfect end to the chapter!
Author's Response:
So happy that you liked the fun-run call-back, that was really fun to write.
I'm glad you liked the different perspective on this classic episode, that means a lot to me. Most of my writing for the phonecall with Michael was pretty much 'shot for shot' though as I re-watched this episode for research.
Is it really that crazy though? Everyone's mental image of Pam at this point is the perpetually engaged lady, so like, they'd have to do a spot check and be like, hey wait, Pam and Roy broke up a while ago and that's a different ring! I think people will figure it out pretty quickly though, Pam is hiding her ring in plain sight. Jim and Pam may have to revise the discovery/invitation rules ;)
Glad you liked the safety officer detail, I was sad for Angela on my re-watch when she had to distance herself to in her mind safeguard their secret relationship, so having Pam give her that excuse was my way of making up for it. Concussion Dwight is of course his canonical overly-affectionate self there, I just couldn't not have him be the one to notice. We'll have to see how much of the day he remembers next time.
I'm so happy to yet again be able to flip one of the JAM angst trope/moments on it's head, June 10th is going to be fun if I ever get around to actually writing it. Writing a wedding seems scary though, might just have to have Pam go misty-eyed and say it was perfect. Yes, I so wanted the rule to come back to bite Jim in the butt, so I'm glad that got a chuckle from you.
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Date: July 13, 2020 01:57 am Title: The Injury
Though there were some sad moments, I read this chapter practically screaming and making a lot of 'awww' noises.
The way their secret was revealed! Such a nice nod to the canon here!
Their discussion about the wedding and the invitation — I love it. "We only need to invite the people who actually figure it out!" — yes, yes, please!
Michael is adorable (I wonder though if it okay to mix painkillers with caffeine?), and Concussion-Dwight is the sweetest creature in the whole world.
And then — June 10th. Uh-oh. Honestly, I'm both thrilled and concerned. It's great that they set the date, but this particular one seems a little like bad luck... but I cross my finger and hope for the best!
Thank you for the lovely update!
Author's Response:
There were sad moments!? I certainly didn't intend much of anything to be sad, so I'd be interested to hear what got you! I'm glad the 'aww's won out in the end though.
I'm glad you liked the interview, that was a fun bit to write.
Unfortunately, I think we'll find that it's hard to keep a secret in that office, especially since Pam isn't like wearing her ring on a chain or something. Also, the next episode chronologically is The Secret, so... yeah, expect a canon adjacent retelling of that too, or at the very least a nod.
I'm glad you liked the characterization of Michael in this chapter, I'll be honest he's more of a background person in this one so I didn't put too much time into fleshing him out. Concussion-Dwight is indeed a magnificent human being, and I wish we got to see more of that side of him, though then we wouldn't have a good antagonist for Jim, so tough call.
I don't think you need to be concerned for June 10th, if you haven't noticed yet this story has pretty much turned all of those big canon moments on their head. Pam didn't forgive Roy in Hot Girl, Pam told Jim she loved him first, Jim proposed to Pam on the Booze Cruise... so you see? Nothing to worry about ;)
You're so welcome! And thank you for the lovely review!
Date: July 12, 2020 03:29 pm Title: The Injury
If I recall Office Ladies, didn't Jenna say she was feeling sick during the filming of this episode? If so was that the reason Pam's feeling under the weather here? Nice tie in.
The Doc crew (Greg as the head guy, again nice tie in) showing the footage of them like that was fun. Lots of fun references to canon. Not only Fun Run but Weight Loss as well. Nice job there.
Concussion Dwight is a hoot just like always. Kind of fun that he's able to connect the dots about Jim and Pam. I also like how Pam tried to get Angela in on taking care of Dwight. That was a nice touch.
This may be the first time I've looked forward to a June 10th wedding date for Pam. Granted there's a HUGE much better difference there so that's great. Also after only a week or so of being engaged Pam has a wedding date. Yet another reason why Jim is just so perfect for her. Well done there.
Great fun in this chapter. As always looking forward to more.
Author's Response:
There were a few reasons, the main one being that I wanted a plausible way for no one to notice that she was engaged yet, because I wanted Concussion-Dwight (than fiend!) to be the first to get a clue. Secondly, yes I did recall from office ladies that Jenna was sick around this time, but to be honest with you I couldn't remember which episode it was exactly, so if I did manage to get it right I'll chalk that one up as a win for my swiss-cheese brain.
I'm glad you liked that... JAM-packed interview ;)
Pam without her head stuck in the sand riding out a failing engagement is a kind and caring creature, so of course I made her clued in to Angela's worry over Dwight. In canon it was an indirect telling to Oscar, here it was her getting Angela to go to the hospital with Dwight. I'm glad you liked that detail. Concussion Dwight was a hoot to write, here's hoping that some of the bond remains after he's recovered.
I'm so happy I could turn the June 10th wedding date on it's head, that's what a lot of this story and it's prequel have been it seems.
Thanks as always for your feedback and kind words!