I'm late but, I LOVED this concept and chapter! I loved hearing the backstory of Delilah (and as a fan of the Plain White T's song with a similar name, I loved her name), and that she was a shipper as much as we are.

I'm happy she's the one who ultimately fired Brian. She stated what we all thought: "If he intervened for Pam, why not Kevin or Andy?" Smart woman, she is.

"She sits back into her chair, crosses her arms, and prepares to break the fucking rules." MAN what a line to end with. Great chapter as always!

Another beautiful chapter. I love how Delilah saw the love story from the beginning this look at things through her. Good for her protecting them from Brian best she could.

This twist on the DVD - I remember her saying she'd love to see it. Worked out well for Jim too.

Looking forward to seeing how this incredibly well written piece of arts wraps up.

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I've been keeping up with this story and have enjoyed it a bunch, the S9 material especially (since I've been touching up a Season 9 AU I wrote months ago while writing my current work) and I just wanted to talk about Delilah.

As an audience/reader surrogate and a member of the crew, Delilah's point of view is simply fascinating and fantastically executed. The conversation with Brian, her trepidations on continuing the show after "Niagra", the way she's dedicated to having this story conclude with a grand sense of finality, all of it speaks to every fan of the couple and many fans of the show.

I write this review since I wrote a similar character in the aforementioned AU story and though I was wondering whether or not to keep him as part of the story, you inspired me to have him stick around. I don't like Season 9 for a myriad of reasons, hence my want to rewrite it, but Delilah offers a perspective for those who appreciate what the show itself offered.

Many thanks, and well done!

Author's Response: I really appreciate your comment, I never used to like S9 either but it's grown on me over time. And explaining my way out of the things about canon I generally don't care for is my favorite thing to do in fic. I'm glad this inspired you to continue, I'd love a link to the story if you want to share it!

So here I was thinking this chapter would be Jim's movie. Low and behold I'm surprised. To have it from Delilah'S POV was a stroke of genius. Especially when we get to her memory section. I love the fact she sees herself as the caretaker of their releationship. Though until now unable to do anything about it other than record the ups and downs. Well except for kind of warning off Brian. That by the way was a non-unexpeted take, but a bit more intense. Especially when she asked him why he didn't step in against Roy those two times.

I loved how you had it that the movie is basically made already. I always wondered how fast they worked to hear Jim's request, find footage, and edit it with the song before the workday was done. So that's an elegant solution. Also really liked it that here on the supposed last day of shooting Delilah says "f-it. If there's ever a time to break the rules, it's now."

Now I'm REALLY looking forward to when Pam gets the movie. Great way to ramp up the tension in the best possible way.

Those season 9 interviews always hit me so deep, and they're not even that long (that's what she said). So for you to add this entire backstory with both of them wanting a DVD of their moments together, and then how they both opened up to Delilah like this just WRECKED me. I will get nothing done today because I'll be recovering from this update. Before I wallow, I have to commend you on this line:

"Brian may believe he’d been protecting Pam, but Delilah has always had only one goal: protecting their story."

Brilliant.