Date: September 12, 2021 02:43 pm Title: Chapter 35
I really like Pam realising she’s found someone who likes the authentic version of her here, and the contrast with how she was with Roy. The false consciousness idea (thanks to her communist-inclined new boyfriend, lol) is such a neat way to bring this out - and I like her acknowledgement that it might have been slightly self-perpetuating. Which feels like it could have been true in canon too. Her spilling paint in her eye in the middle of all this excellent introspection is very funny.
And then the flirty texting with Jim was just great, as was Pam enjoying his typos in his speed to reply to her 😍 I’m greatly looking forward to him seeing her big walls….
Author's Response: I am glad you like that :) It'll be a bit until he actually gets there, but mostly because it's taking me longer than I thought to get chapters up...
Date: September 09, 2021 03:46 pm Title: Chapter 35
Excellent introspection on Pam's part. New boyfriend, new outlook, new perspective on the past. Really liked that she has the insight to see that with Jim she is free and encouraged to really be her true self as opposed to what now feels almost like an act with whatshisname. The brief conversation between the two of them at the end was lots of fun and really cute too.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm doing my best to keep the fluff going fluffy here while also giving Pam a nice mental makeover at the same time.
Date: September 09, 2021 02:58 pm Title: Chapter 35
Congrats on working false consciousness into this. Jim's not only got a girlfriend, maybe he's also got a convert to the cause?
I am *really* curious if we're going to get any flashbacks to Pam/Roy in this story... it feels like you've got a specific idea of their dynamic here I'm really enjoying the glimpses of.
Those two kids are darn cute together as always...
Author's Response:
I do not think we're going to get much if any actual Pam/Roy flashbacks, because I don't want to muddy my fluff, but yes, I do have specific ideas and they are not nice.
So, instead, fluff!