A year in the life of Jim and PamGah. I was just about to go back to work when I saw this. Uber-yay. Dark chocolate, hee! And that note is HOT. Right on. Pure enjoyment, here.
Author's Response: I am glad you're enjoying it. Thanks for reading!
10 I'm enjoying this so much. This chapter is so like dark chocolate - it almost hurts to eat but it's sooooo satisfying. But I can't wait for some resolution. I wish she'd bought him the tie. I, er, like thinking about Jim's ties.
Author's Response: I adore dark chocolate - so I take that as the highest compliment.
She should have bought him the tie - but it was really pricey and Pam's got to pay for art school.
WOW. I think about this stuff way too much...stuff like...Jim's ties. ;)
“Respect? Respect? I know what respect is. Do you want me to spell it out for you? R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Okay, find out what it means to me—”10 Fic where Jim comes back to Scranton from the Stamford branch is like crack to me. Season 3, already! I'm enjoying this a lot. Lots of little touches that make it great. I like the Michael characterization - it's fun to have fic where the Jam is the, er, filling if you will, har har, to the whole office environment and all of the supporting cast.
Author's Response: Haha, good one! Thanks for the feedback.
10 Is it ever hard to let go of hope, or what. Poor Jim. I think everyone has had a crush they can't quite get rid of because they can't get that last touch of negativity from the person to have closure -- that seems to be what makes his situation so universal and so sympathetic. Le sigh. You did the awkward really well here.
10 I liked this a lot. Great title. It's interesting, the momentary camaraderie that can come between women, even alongside the knowledge that their intimacy is temporary. I totally get that feeling from this piece. Kelly and Jan are good foils for each other.
10 One of the things I'm looking forward to in the new season is seeing more of Roy. I'm interested to see what Pam really sees in him. I know there's more to his character than what we've seen so far. Nice job of capturing the nuances of what Roy is like away from the cameras and other people. Aw, he and Madge would be cute, even if it's the most canonically improbable couple ever.
Author's Response: Though Madge having a crush on him is sorta canon, as the actress has in her MySpace profile that she has a crush on an "engaged guy" at work. Roy having a crush on Madge? Not so probable... but she WOULD make him happier than Pam.
Jim sees a therapist. Starts in the midst of season two. I'm really, really liking this. It's so bare, but your characterization of Jim, his particular way of speaking, is so down that it's very easy to visualize him saying the lines. This is bleak and beautiful. Like the line from the infamous Garden State Frou Frou song - there's beauty in the breakdown.
Jim and Pam get stuck and get busy.10 Hot. Hot hot hot hottttttttttt. Man, whoever starts a game of Truth or Dare at any time is totally asking for it.
Author's Response: Thanks, I think? :)
10 I really like the imagery in this one. It's so vivid. The title really captures that - pink suitcase. Awesome symbolism.
Author's Response: Thank you so much. I thought the pink suitcase might stand out since everything seemed so bland. I'm glad you liked it!
Pam's been faking it. Roy asks Jim how to fix it.
Wow. Um. Awk!Weird! I enjoyed this, although I had to keep skipping along, like when you cover your eyes watching a movie that's just too embarassing.
Author's Response: That mental image is awesome ;) Thanks, tonightyourghost ;)
There is a kind of art to them. (Jim and Pam and traditional glassblowing.)This is a really, really lovely fic. Just so easy to sink into. Amazing imagery. I love, love, LOVE this line: it swings like drunken honey. Yar.
There are secrets even the closest couples don't share.
Oh man! What a beautiful little snippet. I like happy endings that aren't exactly fluff, like this one is. It's wonderful, but even in their ideal happy-ever-after scenario, no one has perfect happiness, not even our OTP Jim and Pam. Mostly perfect is bliss enough. Basically just... gah. I love the little secrets they'll never tell each other. It's beautifully true to life. Anyways, I'll finish babbling now.
Author's Response:
That's the best kind of babbling! Thank you so much. I'm glad this connected with you!
Oh man! What a beautiful little snippet. I like happy endings that aren't exactly fluff, like this one is. It's wonderful, but even in their ideal happy-ever-after scenario, no one has perfect happiness, not even our OTP Jim and Pam. Mostly perfect is bliss enough. Basically just... gah. I love the little secrets they'll never tell each other. It's beautifully true to life. Anyways, I'll finish babbling now.
Author's Response: :)
Angela and Madge have more in common than they think.Haha. Awesome. I like the detail of Madge and Angela sharing the french braid. I'm finding myself way more intrigued by Angela's character post-webisodes. In my head, now, someday Angela and Madge will dish about what a whore Pam is and they will very deliberately not mention Roy. Or his beard.
10 Um. New kink. Jim teaching. I can just imagine him with a vest over a crisp white shirt and reading glasses... gahhhhh. This was a wonderful, sexy bit of AU whimsy, and I really enjoyed it.
This is a little story that takes place a few weeks after 'Casino Night'. It mostly concerns Pam, and contains alot of inner dialogue. Michael has engineered an 'Inspiration Poster' using a photo of Pam, and now she has to deal with fallout. It does bring her to a realization though...
Aww! This was a really sweet story. One detail I liked in particular was Pam using the idea of a blank sheet to center herself - as an artist, I know *I* find blank paper very comforting. I like that Pam has to be the one to get her ass in gear in the fac of Jim's overwhelming sweetness. I hope we get to see some of that next season - I think she deserves to have to take the initiative!
Author's Response:
I totally do the paper thing myself, but I thought it would make sense for Pam as well. Cool to find someone who gets that. Anyhow, thanx for the feedback!
10 Wow, I really like the ambience of this piece. You can really feel the mood, and I think it goes a long way towards putting Pam's reluctance (so far, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed) to leave Roy. I really, really like: The slap of the water against the boat becomes her soundtrack for falling out of love. I think there's a very universal poignance there.
10 Um. First of all. That picture? Hottttttttttttt. Oh the beauty of John Krasinski.
She feels like a really bad person. <--- That's a huge part of Pam's ambivalent behavior regarding Jim - she doesn't want to feel like a bad person or do something that would make her seem like one. I enjoyed this. Poor Pam.
A fluffy bit of silliness. Inspired by two challanges: Injury and Rain. It's not really tied to any particular episode, but I feel it takes place not long before 'Casino Night'.
Do not tear off your coat and give it to her, dude. Have some backbone. Hee! I love Jim's inner slightly-surfer-sounding monologue. It was the "dude" that did it for me, I think.
One of the things I really like about this is how they use the overall generalities of "men" and "women" to refer to each other.... when of course they really mean "you" and "me". That's SUCH a true-to-life surreptitious crush thing. Awesome detail. Great story!
An Office-based parody of The Princess Bride.Hee! This is great. I'm doing the mental comparisons in my mind. I love that Michael keeps saying "inconceptable." What a fun fic! Yeah.... basically awesome. The thought of Jim crossed with the Dread Pirate Roberts did something squiggly to my insides. Only, more fun than that sounds.
Author's Response: Oh, no, squiggly insides sounds good! Glad you like it, tonightyourghost :)
when he stepped into the dressing room, it shrunkSomething about the idea of Jim buying Pam a dress and leaving it for her to find just gives me the shivers. Sigh. He is a latter-day Prince Charming. Nice job!
The Dunder-Mifflin employees take up online gaming, exercise, and hoagies. Jim leaves a lot of voicemail messages.The Quenya Force? Oh my god, that is completely awesome. Also, it makes so much sense that Dwight would WoW. So well-done. I really enjoyed this.
Author's Response: Thank you! This was the first Office fic I wrote, and the inspiration was totally Dwight playing WoW.