Date: January 20, 2007 09:01 pm Title: The Return
Oh how I've missed this series! I inhaled this. But you made me cry - No - seriously. They're both SO on the page here. Jim so desperately trying to convince himself Karen can be the one; finding something with her, but not quite love...and he knows it; Pam feeling like she's forfeited her right to him; how even in her dreams she wants to ease his pain, but it's all confused; how psychically tired they both are...
I could go on...Saddest part - how they still can't connect at the end. The last line is an absolute killer. I really do think he's too paralyzed by fear to risk believing...just as you've described here. Beautiful work, Ms. Stupensky. A fine second coming for this series!
Author's Response:
Ahhh, thank you so much; I'm glad it works. The "psychically tired" issue that you mention is what has fascinated me this season; they both must be utterly exhausted, and I think we've seen a few glimpses of that from time to time.
Thanks as always for being such a faithful and thoughtful reviewer.
Oh, and Ms. Daniels -- seriously, could you just make it happen already? Honestly, I've got things to do, and I find that I can't get to them as long as this relationship goes unresolved.
Sincerely yours,
Ms. Girl Seven Stupensky. :oD
10 [Report This]Date: January 20, 2007 08:55 pm Title: The Return
I read this three times. The reason for this is because I wanted to take everything in as much as possible. I've never read anything, anything with such raw emotion. This hurts, it really does. The fact that Jim is so half-in and half-out in regards to Karen is laid out so beautifully in this. And Pam trying so hard to make things right about the whole CN thing and then being interrupted and Jim brushing it off?
My God. I'm sorry for this incoherent review but the important thing is that I absolutely love this so far.
Author's Response:
Eeee, I'm so glad you liked it! It's weird because I started working on one for The Merger close to two weeks ago and just couldn't make it...work. This one wouldn't leave me alone (though I so wanted it to - really had aspirations fo posting these in order this season - oh well....).
So I'm glad to see that I did it justice, at least. Thank you so much for reviewing!
Date: January 20, 2007 08:55 pm Title: The Return
I just read Away From The Cameras (1) for the seventh time, it may be my favorite story. This just made my evening. I know you didn't invent words, but the way you put them together is amazing. Really Amazing and Beautiful. (I don't review much -shyness- but this made me Have To)
Author's Response:
Wow - thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it; I've said it before & I'll say it again (and probably again): I was so nervous about this.
And BTW: Never be too shy to review! Reviews are like...the nectar of the gods to us lowly writers. :O)
Thanks again!
10 [Report This]Date: January 20, 2007 08:36 pm Title: The Return
OH YOU. All of it had me hunched over my laptop, eyes frantically trying to eat it all up. JUST OH MY GOD. SO GOOD.
"Wow, Beesly," he’d say. "I don’t even know where the power steering fluid is in my car."
That entire bit nearly made me cry because it's just so them; Pam is finding herself and Jim is getting that it's SO GOOD.
Damn you and your talent. XP No, really. SO GOOD. *dies*
Author's Response:
All reviews absolutely thrill me, no matter what; this one made my whole night because I just read your latest, and am still in awe!
So thank you, for the review and for the awesome fic!
Date: January 20, 2007 08:31 pm Title: The Return
Dido!
I have to say that Pam's fixing-the-car story has got to be one of the most adorable things I've ever heard.
Also, I love this story. I like it better that your first AFtC story, actually; I'm not sure why, but I think I can feel so much for both the characters, now: it's strange, because most people feel more detached from them in this season, but there's so much to see now, and you put all of that across in such an awesome, awesome way in this one chapter of this story - yes, all sorts of awesome. he just couldn't afford to believe that - oh, Jim; and the way she had to fight to go up to him because she knows what he's feeling and seeing - they've completely reversed roles, and while Pam is feeling it and acknowledging, Jim just - can't. Oh, the irony. [Oh, the way this show brings out the literature-major in me.]
And finally, I feel like crying. Stupid Jim, stupid Pam, stupid. And stupid Meredith.
I'm going to sit right here and wait for an update. Unless you want me to waste my time, a second chapter would help me be more productive.
Author's Response:
Wow, thank you so much for that thoughtful review! I'm really glad it speaks to you; as I mentioned in the author's notes, I was nervous about diving into this series again, for some reason.
(And BTW: I agree with you about feeling so much for them this season - I'm one of those people who thinks the writers are doing an excellent job.)
Seriously -- thanks again for reviewing!