Date: June 10, 2023 08:21 pm Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I am so excited to have a new story to read! Great start, love blending real-life looks with canon characters. And I definitely did not see a Packer in him, just a self-assured jerk who has never been knocked down a peg… enter the challenge of Pamela!
Date: May 22, 2023 05:38 pm Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
Wow! I know its been like 8 months since you updated this story but I'm obsessed and can't wait for more. Please tell me there's more, I gots to know!
Also what's Jim secret? What's inside the box with the R? What happend to him in Philly? Why his sister calls him Duncan, and why Pam hasn't ask him that? I'm so curious.
I have so many questions and I feel like I'm gonna be left hanging 😭
Author's Response: I have an update, so.... hope you're still there haha.
Date: April 01, 2023 04:58 am Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
this dynamic is oddly similar to Netflix's Lucifer
Author's Response: Why thank you. Well, Jim is kind of the devil here so.. I guess it kind of works? Hahaha.
1 [Report This]Date: October 25, 2022 01:34 am Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I dont think anyone has ever made me dislike Jim Halpert the way the first few chapters of this fic did, that's some good writing right there! Soon changed my mind though, he is still the sweetheart we know deep down and now you have me screaming at Pam to see what's under her nose and for them to get their act together!! Cathy drives me mad and I hope she gets put in her place (more than Jim's bathroom attempt)
I'm terrible at reviews as you can tell but i wantwd to leave one to let you know that I really love what you're doing with this story and so I'm jumping on the bandwagon - update soon please!
Author's Response:
Well, this is kind of awkward. Sorry for replying after 8 months hahaha. Cathy will get her comeuppance soon... maybe not too soon. I'm having too much fun with her.
Glad you've enjoyed what you've read so far. Let's see where this manwhore will take us.
Date: August 25, 2022 11:11 pm Title: Mr. President and Madam Secretary
You can really see here where Jim's manwhoring in and around Dunder Mifflin might have put a strain on his relationship with Pam.
The various pencil games feel very Jim. And I love that Dwight's gone along with him out of respect for authority.
He got her new Keds and her favorite cake for her birthday! Awww, even under his devilish exterior he's still the same old Jim. (HE NOTICED YOUR SOCKS, Pam! When's the last time Roy noticed anything???)
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
Date: August 25, 2022 08:31 pm Title: Mr. President and Madam Secretary
An interesting look at some of the early dynamic of this Pam and Jim. Clearly she spends most of her time annoyed at Jim and not wanting to clean up his messes. Yet at the same time, despite everything she's not immune to his charm. Also clearly Jim pays attention to her. She may see it as annoying but she's not invisible to her. Same with the gifts of her preferred cake and the shoes. I would say that yes Jim is her friend here, even if she doesn't want to admit it. Jim pays attention to her. Roy would rather drink with his buddies than come up for her birthday party. And he squishes her cake. Also telling that after a genuine moment with Pam, Jim is thrown off his game with Grace. Lots of pieces to see in hindsight, but in the moment just about impossible to put together.
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review!!
Yep, she definitely wants a piece of him. Kidding.
Roy handling that cake with the grace of a monster truck is the worst thing about him, definitely.
Yeah, we’ll really have to see where this one goes. It will all culminate into one (hopefully) satisfying ending.
1 [Report This]Date: August 25, 2022 08:36 am Title: Mr. President and Madam Secretary
Well hello President Halpert *salutes to him*
Well worth the wait, and glad you finally got it up. twss.
Oh Grace, what did you do?
Loved the callouts of slap face and the Dunder Mifflin uniforms
Very sweet present from Jim
A huge slice of red velvet cake to you.
Now get back to your writing, dick.
Author's Response: I know. It was so hard. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to keep it up. *Jim smirk*
Date: August 08, 2022 09:02 am Title: A Crazy Cheetah and A Judgmental Uber Driver
So I read this like a month ago and didn't review, and I was like, "oh, I'll review soon," and then time passed. So. Sorry about that.
Lol at Jim having staked out a specific sex spot in this bar. I too will miss Crazy Cathy. Not all head-shoulder leans are equal, missy. And transposing the "do you think that'll ever be us" moment works really well here.
Dwight and Jim talking about sex is mildly horrifying and very hilarious.
The running gag with Jim's love for Anne Hathaway gets me every time.
As always, the details in this story are really good!
Not only was Uber a thing in 2015... it actually LAUNCHED IN SCRANTON THAT FEBRUARY. Chills.
Author's Response:
And I forgot to reply to this so all is fair, lol.
She’s so delusional about a lot of things so add in a lean on the shoulder moment and yeah, awkward.
Expect more Jwight moments here. They’re so fun to add.
I’m running out of romcoms to add. We’re gonna have to add some of the more serious stuff.
Thanks as always for the review!
Date: July 12, 2022 11:56 am Title: A Crazy Cheetah and A Judgmental Uber Driver
Yeah full on Crazy Cathy here. Most of the reason for that is of course her fault. She clearly doesn't have the ability to think things through as a responsible adult. A small part though is on Jim. Yeah, he was leading her on and has been for a while. Hopefully that'll be a bit of a lesson to him.
Kind of fun scene with Jim and Dwight bonding there. Nicely placed.
Then Jim gets a view of Pam and Danny together. He might be saying "good for you." Even try to convince himself of it, but I get the feeling there's something deep inside him that's not so ok with it.
Then of course once more Pam has the choice between Danny and Jim and she chooses Jim. She probably could have gone with Danny and suffered Angela's glares, but in the end she leaves Danny and joins Jim. In both cases, their heads say one thing, but the actions show something different. Makes it interesting for sure.
What really will be interesting is seeing how well they can "play" at being bf/gf and how those actions will reflect in their thoughts and feelings.
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
1 [Report This]Date: July 10, 2022 01:37 pm Title: A Crazy Cheetah and A Judgmental Uber Driver
Oh wow, Cathy is just all kinds of awful here!
“No one sucked your dick better than her, Jim? Please, she could barely open her mouth to eat a piece of fried chicken, let alone give someone a proper blowjob.” Omg this had me in hysterics
Love & Other Drugs? GREAT film! Love me a bit if Jake Gyllenhaal!
The butterfly landing on his shoulder 😍 great call back to the script from Diversity Day!
I’m eagerly looking forward to their New York trip!!
Nice job with this chapter :)
P.S Uber was deffo a thing in 2015. At least in the UK!!
Author's Response:
Thank you so much!
Crazy Cathy was definitely all over the place. The part about sucking Jim’s dick was my favorite and I really forced it in the chapter.
Yup, you’ll be seeing more Anne Hathaway films soon. Sadly Jim’s not that big of a Jake Gyllenhaal fan.
Let’s hope the New York chapters won’t take me an eternity to write, lol.
Date: June 07, 2022 09:28 am Title: Pam Pong and An Impossible Shot
Meredith is the queen of TMI, and Angela is gloriously mean and Pam is giving her sass right back, and I enjoy the heck out of it. "The only outlier was Meredith guessing ten as she could have sworn it was the total number of times she remembered seeing Danny's butt that day." I chortled.
Of course Pam is into mussed-hair, tie-loose, sleeves-rolled-up Danny. Oh, you poor soul. You never had a chance. Although you're still Timothy Olyphant so I think you'll get by.
The Dundies bouncer making an appearance was a nice touch.
"She didn't have the heart to tell him that she was sure she had seen that exact waitress one Saturday morning, shamefully walking out of Jim's apartment." Lol. Ryan.
Jim visiting Pam's desk 19 times in a single day would not be a Pam Pong record, imho. Although I bet you Pam would insist it was. Those two are too cute.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much!
Yeah, I really wanted to do the Pam Pong bit because I want to bring out more color into a Meredith or an Angela so I had a lot of fun thinking about scenes that would totally be them.
With the Danny thing, it just amused me that he'd end up somewhat like Jim after a fun night out. Pam would definitely find it attractive... I wonder why. Hehe.
With Ryan, I mean I just had to do it. It's so easy to make him such a second-rate version of Jim.
And yeah, with the Pam Pong thing, 19's probably still a small number but with Pam so in denial in this story, she'd probably believe her own truth. Wishing the two of them the best! Maybe they'll kiss again... *gasps*
1 [Report This]Date: June 06, 2022 02:12 pm Title: Pam Pong and An Impossible Shot
What are you doing to me? Why do I love manwhore Jim so much? What is happening?! Seriously, I would not have expected to find this version of Jim I'm anyway endearing, and yet...here I am.
And fake dating? Yes please!
Author's Response:
Aww thank you so much!!
I was honestly so scared of how people would react when I turned Jim into such a sleazebag (with a touch of humanity) but I’m glad people found him to still be endearing.
I’m about to get into more of that fake dating fun! Stay tuned!
Date: May 27, 2022 09:48 am Title: Pam Pong and An Impossible Shot
Pam still has me confused here. Clearly she's somewhat attracted to Danny. Danny clearly is attracted to her and other people are logging that too. However, more and more it feels like Pam's attraction to Danny is really only surface level. Yeah, they've had some deeper conversations, but she never seems to get hung up on Danny besides physical appearance.
Contrast that with Jim. She's had some very deep conversations and interactions with him. She's got this whole fake relationship thing going with him. Rather than just focusing on flirting, her talks with Jim feel like they have more substance. Now we know that Pam is very good at denying her feelings. We saw that in canon for the first two seasons. Still getting that vibe here. She does have feelings for Jim even if she doesn't' want to admit it. Kinda feels like she's getting a few more clues that Jim has similar feelings for her. From last chapter we know he does.
Speaking of Jim, he's got a lot of feelings buried too. We know he's pining for Pam, yet he's got this whole persona going on. In unguarded moments he lets it drop. Or in other ways he hints at how he really feels. Like that text message.
Both of them need a big wake up call and/or a big moment like Casino Night of Beach Day to really put it out there how they feel about the other one. It'll probably be messy too. Even more so the longer they walk this tightrope they're both on.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much!!
With Danny, I feel like it alludes a lot to her relationship with Roy. With Danny, she sees a guy who wants to give her everything, something that she has been craving for after years of being neglected. The question is whether she truly wants it or is she just too enamored by the allure of Mr. Perfect.
This version of Jim, I think Pam can't get herself to look past his general vibe. In her head, he's that one friend who's such a dick but she also can't help but love in her own special way. But then, she's been seeing him a new light though, so... *shrugs*
They're walking a very fine line and well... we'll see how far they can go without getting things messy.
Date: May 26, 2022 05:44 pm Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I loooove this story and I hope that Jim and Pam are going to end up together! I feel you hit all of the other characters spot on. Update soon! 😁
Author's Response:
Aww man. This is actually a Jim and Cathy fic. Really hate to break it to you. Kidding.
Thank you so much and I hope to have an update real soon!!
1 [Report This]Date: May 25, 2022 10:45 am Title: Pam Pong and An Impossible Shot
This chapter was a lot of fun!
"Okay, settle down gentlemen," Oscar said as he approached the two of them and offered his own congratulations. Loved this call back to Company Picnic
“March Madness is definitely not in September.” Again, nice call back to canon. God Cathy is an idiot
‘Old Pam would probably be shocked to hear that she had been taking dating advice from Jim Halpert, the man responsible for fifty percent of Scranton's condom consumption.’ This made me laugh so much
Gah I can hear the cogs in Pam’s head turning at the end of the chapter!!
Nice work :)
Author's Response:
Thank you so much!!
I cannot resist adding a Jwight moment in my stories. Probably my biggest guilty pressure when writing.
Lots more Cathy to come in this story. And no plans to make her redeemable so far. (Or maybe… nope I really don’t have plans)
Smug and cocky manwhore Jim. I’m gonna miss him when I (eventually) finish writing this story.
1 [Report This]Date: April 22, 2022 03:24 pm Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I can’t wait to see what happens!!! On the edge of my seat to have Pam win over the manwhore and make him domesticated. Maybe? 😊
1 [Report This]Date: April 21, 2022 09:16 am Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I can’t wait to see what happens!!! On the edge of my seat to have Pam win over the manwhore and make him domesticated. Maybe? 😊
1 [Report This]Date: April 20, 2022 12:30 pm Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I can’t wait to see what happens!!! On the edge of my seat to have Pam win over the manwhore and make him domesticated. Maybe? 😊
1 [Report This]Date: April 20, 2022 07:20 am Title: Photocopies and Jellybeans
I can’t wait to see what happens!!! On the edge of my seat to have Pam win over the manwhore and make him domesticated. Maybe? 😊
Author's Response: Thank you so much!! Hmm, will she really end up with him? I’m kind of rooting for Ryan to end up with her (???) We’ll see.
Date: April 19, 2022 11:08 am Title: Inside the Mind of a Manwhore
Please don't apologize, we all know there's a real life outside of MTT, and having one is something to be proud of. Especially if you're going to come back with an update like this.?
Kelly sniffing Jim is hilarious and very Kelly, in all timelines, as is her completely ignoring the end of Romeo and Juliet because Leo and Claire Danes looked good in?it. I love her little look down in shame - she knows she's done wrong, she just can't help herself.
"I think you're a kind, generous, thoughtful, and loving person who's had some bad luck in the love department. You're a real gentleman and any girl would be lucky to have you."
"Aww, thanks Kel."
"And you're really hot. Like really, really hot." THIS IS SO KELLY.
"And if it were like any other day, Michael would kick her out in one minute and say?"12:15 gonna have me some sardine"?even though he never brought sardines for lunch." Yep, that's our Michael.
Jim's POV on his potential future with Pam is adorable. Oooof, though - him watching someone else fulfill his canon role as "turner of all bad things into good" hurts to think about.
Also, congrats on your Dundies nominations!
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! I’m so shocked by the Dundies nomination but really thankful for all the support and reviews!
Kelly was so much fun to write, she may actually be my favorite to write because I can go as absurd as I want to with her. She’s probably like my female version of Michael.
It’s been fun writing Jim in this light. I really hope I can bring this story to justice.
Date: April 17, 2022 03:57 pm Title: Inside the Mind of a Manwhore
An interesting look into Jim's mind for sure. At least we clearly know who he really is pining after. Though considering his history in this story and also with Danny being so clearly in the picture, it feels like there's going to be a few more ups and downs before everything is settled. Nice to get an update for this one for sure though.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much for the review, as always!
It’s definitely going to be long journey for Jim in this fic. I hope it’ll be a happy ending for him.
1 [Report This]Date: February 19, 2022 05:51 pm Title: A Horror Film and A Rom-Com
On the edge of my seat for an update. I love this story!
Date: January 21, 2022 07:17 am Title: A Horror Film and A Rom-Com
Interesting to see Danny and Pam hitting it off so well. However I think it's really setting up a pretty big point of conflict. Especially since Pam can't seem to really be 100% truthful with Danny. Seems like that won't bode well. Same with her hesitation to say Danny's her boyfriend. On paper, Danny is pretty much the ideal guy and clearly she enjoys being with him on certain levels. However, Jim is always there in her mind. Regardless of how nice it is with Danny, it still seems like Jim is the one she wants to be with and the one she can let down her guard with.
I'm also fully on board with Pam in one aspect. Jim needs to clearly and firmly end everything with Cathy in no uncertain terms. For all of this Jim's posturing, he still has some of the scared wishy-washy tendencies from canon. At least that's how I read it.
Date: January 20, 2022 12:04 pm Title: A Horror Film and A Rom-Com
YAY! Very happy to see this one return! Even if it is with Pam/Danny fluff. She deserves to be pretty right by someone, even if it's not Jim... and especially someone who finds her fundamental awkwardness and goofball energy as charming as it is.
Oooof. He's setting himself up for some trouble unintentionally though. Poor Danny. He keeps comparing himself to Jim and falling just... a little... short. And it's such an interesting contrast to canon, where Jim is "competing" for Pam's affections with someone who's so blatantly WRONG for her on paper. Seeing him up against someone who checks so many of Pam's boxes is a fun twist.
Oh, this conversation in the apartment stings. Poor Jim. He's trying so hard.
Also, Michael trying to use the eggplant emoji in an entirely appropriate way was a fun detail.
Will be holding you to your solemn and unbreakable pledge of weekly updates...
1 [Report This]Date: October 03, 2021 06:32 am Title: A New Year's Resolution and A Couple of Tickets
Can’t wait for this story to be updated! It’s so good!