Date: May 03, 2021 07:42 pm Title: Chapter 12
Awww. Dwight sent her beet-flavored coffee! How cute and disgusting.
"Pam has now shifted from wanting to die to being pretty sure she has died, and this is hell, and her only saving grace is that apparently Izzy has also died and gone to hell, which she deserves because she is a betraying traitor." I love this line. This is very Pam.
Her whole internal monologue here is just hilarious. The tar and feathers (and how Michael probably has the supplies for it even though he doesn't have tea) was a personal favorite, but it's all pretty much gold.
And back to awwww with Jim not letting Izzy embarrass Pam more than absolutely necessary. These kids!
Author's Response: Cute and disgusting is flirting!Dwight in a nutshell...and there will definitely be more Izzy/Dwight coming up.
Date: May 01, 2021 06:07 am Title: Chapter 11
It's sad a little that Pam't bubble's about to break, but I enjoyed immensely Pam and Izzy's interaction (even if one of Izzy's remarks made me want to wash my brain — I still can't get her attraction to Dwight, sorry...). And it's curious to watch where everything goes!
(I nearly wrote a pun containing the words 'Jim' and 'thirsty,' but then I thought that it might be too much, so I just say thank you for writing and express my hope that you'll update this lovely story soon!)
Author's Response: Thank you! Izzy + Dwight doesn't make sense to me either, but I am enjoying the concept of playing with that idea even so. And I would welcome your Jim/thirsty pun!
Date: April 30, 2021 10:43 pm Title: Chapter 11
Okay, I know Pam doesn't like it and I really do get why, but I love the energy Isabel's bringing to the table here. I very much look forward to seeing Dwight/Isabel play out, especially because this feels like it could open a lot of doors for Jim and Pam.
“I’d like him to get his Deutschland uber alles of me, if you know what I mean.” This is a character we do not know and this still feels perfectly in character.
Author's Response: Writing Izzy was a fun way to break my normal patterns--so thank you for the feedback on her. I'm really glad you liked her!
Date: April 30, 2021 08:59 pm Title: Chapter 11
So this one is funny, endearing, and "what the heck are you seeing there Izzy?" all at the same time. Still, all of Izzy's repartee in regards to Dwight was delightful to read.
Pam noticing everything subtle and obvious about Jim is and always will be delightful. Her back and forth with Izzy is also great in showing her natural wit, which is always great fun.
Author's Response: Thank you! I had a lot of fun with Izzy--and I will continue to in the next chapter.
Date: April 27, 2021 03:13 pm Title: Chapter 10
I am also fascinated by how Michael is making money out of this...I love the introduction of Izzy! And the Izzy/Dwight hints, hehe. I'm hoping this is the disruption Jim and Pam need 😍
Author's Response: Fortunately for Michael, in this world he doesn't actually need to. And I think this will help Jim and Pam, though Pam is going to have to hear about Dwight so that's not a plus for her...
Date: April 27, 2021 03:11 pm Title: Chapter 9
I love the Pam coming up to Jim's 'desk' and eating jellybeans twist so much. And that you managed to work in the footage of Scranton with Jim! Their banter in this is a joy to read. Especially Pam working out what major Jim is and being so spot on. And...the title!
1 [Report This]Date: April 25, 2021 06:41 am Title: Chapter 10
I love Izzy, I always wished we got more of her in the show!
Author's Response: Yeah, I feel like 'Pam's best friend' should get more--though to be fair, 'Jim's best friend' kind of didn't either.
Date: April 23, 2021 10:56 am Title: Chapter 10
There is insufficient Dwight/Isabel fic, *and* I've always had a plot bunny in mind where Jim and Isabel start dating in Season 2, and I always a good "Isabel sets Pam straight" fic, so in short - there are a lot of ways you could go with this I would really enjoy.
Also, I share Pam's feelings. Sometimes you just want a place that's just yours, separate from the rest of your life.
P.S. How *DOES* Michael own the building?
Author's Response:
Well, there will be much for you here then ;)
And I think I may never answer that in this fic's canon, so long story short: he inherited it.
Date: April 23, 2021 03:21 am Title: Chapter 10
Izzy! I like her, but she radiates so much chaotic energy that... yeah, I bet that Pam's routine will change incredibly... but, I hope in the best of directions :)
Thank you!
Author's Response: I mean, eventually this has a happy ending, and YES, Izzy will be important to that. Thanks for reading!
Date: April 22, 2021 08:23 pm Title: Chapter 10
Short and sweet to be sure, but still nice way to work in a reference to canon. Izzy's appearance means things go wrong? Hmmm, that seems interesting. Good way to keep bringing in new aspects too. Looking forward to seeing where we go with this one.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'll make it clear next chapter what Pam means by things going wrong, but basically she was enjoying not having anyone else know about this place...or Jim.
Date: April 22, 2021 02:01 am Title: Chapter 9
Oh, I adore their banter! And the choice of Jim's major is curious (also, I love Pam's train of thoughts that led her to the right answer).
I can't wait to see where the story goes next!
Author's Response: Thanks very much! I hope that "philosophy major" makes sense for him...
Date: April 21, 2021 10:55 am Title: Chapter 9
Always enjoy these updates - the little bit about opening sequence was a fun drop in.
Nice switcharoo of with Pam at the counter tapping her fingers and enjoying jelly beans.
The line about them being complimentary not the same appeals to me as a Jam fan and a designer.
Complement always preferable to too matchy matchy
Author's Response: Thank you! I am enjoying flipping some things around here, and I think they are best when they are being equals and meshed opposites, not just identical. Not that they're identical in canon or anything, but sometimes they try to make them that way in fics and it's not ideal IMO.
1 [Report This]Date: April 21, 2021 07:31 am Title: Chapter 9
GRRRRR!!! I had this wonderful review written up and then all of a sudden a slip of the finger and it's deleted. Hopefully I can remember most of what I just typed.
Starting out with the meta references to Jim filiming Scranton. Loved it. Not something seen very often in fic and you really did a great job with it.
Also loved the fact that there's jellybeans now and that it's Pam who's coming up to snack on them. Simply adorable. I also really like their banter here. Clearly Pam has spent a lot of time talking to Jim and thinking about him to get that kind of sense about him. Her insight that they are complementary not identical is both sweet and telling in showing us how much she's been thinking about him. Loved it.
And in keeping with one of the best traditions of your writings, some more academic type humor. Jim being able to make a joke based off his thesis was a lot of fun. I always really apprciate when you add in things like that as I feel it really adds a lot of depth to their characters. Please never stop. Great job as usual.
Author's Response: Awww. I appreciate your rewriting this long of a review! I'm really glad you like the academic humor--that's something I cannot and will not avoid, so...it's here to stay ;)
Date: April 20, 2021 10:04 pm Title: Chapter 9
Okay, this is some high quality Jim/Pam banter (and I like you working the backstory for the shooting of the credits sequence in here), and I have to admit... I did not see the pun coming. Well done.
Jim as a philosophy major makes an alarming amount of sense to me.
Author's Response: Thank you very much! I think he would be a great philosophy major (and although I don't teach philosophy, a lot of my students are double-majors with it, and I could see Jim fitting in).
Date: April 18, 2021 12:11 pm Title: Chapter 8
Finally catching up with your story, yay! I genuinely enjoy the routine Pam established and the acquaintances she made (the books' discussion! there definitely should've been more stories about The Finer Things Club!). It's nice to see that after break up (and all the troubles it caused), she has something she can get out of her bed so early for (and someone, though she denied that).
I'd like to read about her routine all the time, but, of course, I'm not the opposite of its disruption :) Thank you for your writing and sharing!
P. S. Oh, poor Toby...
Author's Response: Thank you for reading! I think the FTC should have had a lot more (and I'm still annoyed Jim didn't get along with the program).
Date: April 18, 2021 06:55 am Title: Chapter 8
Delightful intro to some of the other characters. The descriptions of Dwight and Angela were particularly clever. But no mention of cats? I did however, find the American Doll reference spot on.
Kevin, Oscar, Kelly and Toby all well presented and appreciative not to get too much Packer. (But like how you sidestepped there).
Keep up the fun.
Date: April 18, 2021 06:55 am Title: Chapter 8
Delightful intro to some of the other characters. The descriptions of Dwight and Angela were particularly clever. But no mention of cats? I did however, find the American Doll reference spot on.
Kevin, Oscar, Kelly and Toby all well presented and appreciative not to get too much Packer. (But like how you sidestepped there).
Keep up the fun.
Author's Response: Thanks! Cats are...hard to bring into a coffeeshop, though maybe I should make Angela try to make an exception now that you mention it.
Date: April 17, 2021 09:10 am Title: Chapter 8
Hehe, this was great, and hilarious - this is such a brilliant read on all the characters. I particularly love the Dwangela in this that Pam so quickly picks up on; Oscar and Pam bonding over books (also Jim having to take Michael out to the back); Michael chasing Toby with a broom (I am v excited about learning more about Jim's party); and the line about Todd Packer. And Jim and Pam's jokes throughout this, and the way knowing all these people helps them bond and brings them closer, is very sweet. Also: the drink choices for each of the characters is perfection.
Author's Response: Thank you! I had a lot of fun figuring out what I might do to bring other people in while still keeping 99% of this fic focused on Jim and Pam alone ;)
Date: April 17, 2021 06:18 am Title: Chapter 8
yay, I love starting of the weekend with an update of this fic!
Author's Response: Aww, thanks! That's lovely to hear.
Date: April 16, 2021 07:25 pm Title: Chapter 8
This is a wonderfully Dwight-ish Dwight. The pocket infrared thermometer is absolutely a Dwight accessory, and Jim and Pam bonding over his idiosyncrasies is of course necessary. Loved the American Girl doll reference to canon with Angela's description too.
The Kevin hot chocolate bet was fun, and "Pam didn’t really want to be friends with her, but that was apparently not an option" is wonderfully Kelly.
I like the way you've used her regular status to bring them together in an alliance against the weirdos around them just like in canon!
Author's Response: Thank you! I figured it would let me both pay homage to everyone else and also get them out of the way so I could focus on Jim and Pam alone most of the time ;)
Date: April 16, 2021 07:13 pm Title: Chapter 8
Delightful insights in the rest of the characters. Really liked how Jim and Pam get to have a few moments bonding with each other with different temperature scales for Dwight's (Angela's) order. Everyone else seemed pretty spot on too. So easy to see that Kelly would be the kind of girl who likes a little coffee with her half and half. Oscar enjoying more fancy things. Kevin and his love of chocolate abides. Toby also ordering tea, like Pam orders tea. Also a hint of the future there, a party at Toby's that Jim and Pam go to together?
All in all a nice bit of exposition that is great in serving the plot of having Jim and Pam talk to each other more.
Author's Response: Thank you! I had a lot of fun tossing out different details (and if someone didn't show up--well, that doesn't mean I can't bring them in later).
Date: April 14, 2021 05:32 pm Title: Chapter 7
I like the idea that somehow, in every universe imaginable, Michael Scott manages to burn his foot on a George Foreman grill.
“Fun fact: did you know you can’t brew loose-leaf tea in the coffeemaker like it was coffee grounds? Or that you shouldn’t put an entire order of tea into a single coffeemaker? Michael does. Now.” Joking? or something that actually happened?
Developing their bits and enjoying their games, Pam leaning over Jim's counter as opposed to Jim leaning over Pam's, building their way into each other's routines... I don't know. I just really like this version of them.
Author's Response: Thank you! Yes, Multiverse Michael is always grilled. And I think we should take Jim's statements at less than face value--but that one definitely happened.
Date: April 14, 2021 03:12 pm Title: Chapter 7
I am loving the routine Pam’s fallen into (and the last line about how she’d be happy to keep it up for the rest of her life, which is very sweet and also just so Pam), but yes: I’m also very up for it being disrupted! Her and Jim’s jokes about why they don’t have tea are very cute and funny. And I really like her genuine fondness/sympathy for Michael that goes beyond just Jim: the ‘she’d like him not to hurt himself more than he already has’ line I think just sums up her feelings for him so well. Grenadine and green apple - especially with a milk steamer - also sounds...foul. But those are some very imaginative flavours, lol. And I’m really enjoying the Jim egging her on/her playing along. Basically please just keep writing about them in a coffee shop forever, I love the way you’ve written all of their interactions so much.
Author's Response: Thank you! I really appreciate all of this. The whole concept of a coffeeshop AU to me is that it's pretty expandable, so we'll see how it goes, but it might be pretty long ;)
Date: April 14, 2021 12:27 am Title: Chapter 7
This is nice. I like how she seems intent that she's doing all these things for her, but underneath there's something, or someone, pulling at her. That being said the fact she doesn't have to get up and cook breakfast ridicu-early in the morning and can enjoy a bit more of a lay in is nice.
Nice touch with bringing in Micheal grilling his foot. Likewise for all the reasons there's still no tea. Nice and banter-y and all sorts of fun. Speaking of banter, a bit of a role reversal here and I'm 100% for it. Pam is coming up to Jim's counter to talk. I wonder how long it'll be till he puts out a jar of her favorite candy.
Nice to see them still getting on great. Always fun to get an update for this one.
Author's Response: Thank you! This is a bit of a slow burn, obviously, but Jim is definitely going to pull out the candy--and maybe even someday some tea--because he likes Pam being there.
1 [Report This]Date: April 10, 2021 05:50 pm Title: Chapter 6
For better or for worse, this feels *very* Jim. Just sort of drifting along, not really sure what he wants or where he's going , letting fate take him, until he finds his true north in Pam... and then not being able to summon the courage to take action. And his excuses aren't so reasonable in this universe either. Get a grip, Jim.
I love the little details here... Jim noticing her post-Solitaire dance, the floor getting noticeably more wear near her usual table. Adorable.
Author's Response: Thank you! I agree--Jim ain't perfect, so this is a definite character flaw, and yet part of him. Don't worry--a grip will be gotten, starting relatively soon (though not next chapter).