Date: May 12, 2023 05:33 am Title: Chapter 8
Wow…. Excellent… I can see my dads oil stained and craggily mechanics fingers, can smell them even when he scrubbed with lava soap… that was trippy.
And..we all knew something was up with Roy..can’t wait to see how that plays out!
Date: May 01, 2022 06:47 pm Title: Chapter 8
Oooooof. Roy taking a hard turn into full stalker mode. We always knew you could do it, buddy. You've done a good job here filling out his backstory to show us how he got here, and exploring how Roy can think of himself as the hero in spite of, you know, all of this.
The image of Jim with band-aids on his over-scrubbed fingers is great. As is Mark handing Pam a pan to throw at him mid-fight.
EEEP. THE KISS AT THE END. It better darn well not be a year before the next update...
1 [Report This]Date: May 01, 2022 12:53 pm Title: Chapter 8
I hadn’t read this one, so I’m really glad you updated and it popped up. Really enjoyed binging the whole thing today. I haven’t read the book so can’t wait to see what happens next!!
Date: May 01, 2022 12:02 am Title: Chapter 8
If the next update is in a year, you're going to have Singer to answer to, and that dog doesn't play.
I'm so so happy to see this come back! And with so much adorable Jam fluff!! I still am so curious about Roy and about what that good doggo Singer knows. There's a twist going to happen, I can feel it.
I want to date guitar-playing, dirty-handed Jim, please. (And someone should let him know the US version is better) He's so good and so lovable.
Now go write more of him.
1 [Report This]Date: April 30, 2022 09:23 pm Title: Chapter 8
ASDFGHJKL I loved this, Aly!!
Ugh, poor Roy! What a rough childhood to have to go through!
Please don't take forever to update us on this again!!
Date: April 30, 2022 07:00 pm Title: Chapter 8
Okay I promise I’ll talk about the rest of the chapter too, but YOU HAD THEM WATCH THE UK OFFICE. I loved that so much.
Ugh. Roy is such a mixed bag. I feel so bad for him and also need him to get away from Pam, pronto.
With all the characters, you covered their range of emotions so well (surprise, surprise). I especially appreciated Pam’s feelings changing, or at least lessening, over the grief she feels about Mark’s death. It reads very naturally, and also means she and Jim can legitimately date now!
Date: April 30, 2022 04:08 pm Title: Chapter 8
Really getting bad stalkerish vibes from Roy now. Clearly he's a product of his past. He's let all that childhood trauma define him rather than trying to leave it behind. So now in his attempt to not be his father he's got the hero-concept about him. It really comes across that he doesn't think Pam knows what she wants so he's going to show her what she needs. He's taking away any and all of her own agency to make her own choices. While I sympathize with him for his past, that doesn't justify his present actions.
Nice to see Pam looking to get some perspective on how things are going. It's one thing to be caught up in a rush of emotions. It's another thing to have your friends validate your feelings. The trip to Mark's grave seems to cement that in her. She still has all the happy memories of her time with Mark and now after thinking it over it feels like she gets some closure on that part of her life so she can start a new chapter with Jim.
Speaking of Jim. It's so cute to see how over the moon he is to be with Pam. Really get the sense that his dreams are coming true being with her. The trip to Brooklyn seemed like a lot of fun. Then coming home and watching the UK Office? *chef's kiss* Then of course their first kiss. Just delightful.
Clearly there's something brewing with Roy though. Hopefully between Singer and Jim, Pam has a few layers of protection.
Wonderful to see this one back as well.