MEMBER'S CHOICE - The Jim and Pam saga affects more than just those two. Sometimes it's hard to sit by and be a mother while those two dance around the subject.
New Chapter added - more Jim/Pam holiday fluffiness. :-)
10 I was so excited to see an addition to this story! Great Jim and Pam back and forth, and such a lovely, detailed picture of a bustling home on Thanksgiving.
I'm also super-excited about the emergence of Dwight as a sort of brother who they pick on (because, seriously, it's *Dwight*) but who they also sort of try to protect from the Big Cruel World, and your inclusion of that here was awesome.
8 Wow, interesting concept, and very well done. I'm a total sucker for stories featuring Jim and Pam telling-by-pretending and this was a great addition.
This had an awesome combination of beautiful description in the quoted bits, and averageness of things that people really say. Also loved the cranky reviewer sniping at Jim for review-padding :)
"It seems odd, in the ironic, slap-in-the-face kind of way that since her incident, it’s been easier to let him go."
Something bad happens to Pam. Very Dark.
10 So I just started reading this...a couple hours ago I guess, and wow. I realized a couple chapters in that my whole upper body ached, and I'm pretty sure its because I was holding my breath while I was reading.
This is powerful, and amazing, I am so in awe of you for writing it, because I can't imagine it's any easier to put yourself into a place to write it than it is to read it. Hopefully now that Pam has turned a corner, it'll be easier to write towards a glimmer of hope? You've taken a premise that could have gone just horribly, horribly wrong in less skilled hands into a well-loved and really original work of fiction, and I hope you find your way to more work on it soon, but thank you again for creating what you have so far :)
Everyone's favorite orphan girl comes to Avonlea! Pam, Jim and Roy are Anne, Gil and...Roy. Now complete.10 It's been years since I either read the books or watched the movies, but I adored them both. This sets such a lovely, perfect tone right from the first line. I'm off to read the rest now!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I admit, I'm a bit dissatisfied with the first chapter, but I'm glad it works!
10 Oh, this was precious and charming I know I already said lovely and that I overuse it horribly when reviewing, but this *is* lovely and warmed my heart.
Author's Response: Thanks, healingmirth, you're so very nice! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is a 5-Things story based on my favorite game show.
9 Aw, finally a practical use for "Question:" and Kelly would totally be a Jeopardy savant and use it for a typically Kelly reason. Awesome and funny, and great job lining each character up with a unique Jeopardy experience.
What if Pam had gone along with Michael and Dwight to the convention? Was she ready to see Jim? Was Jim ready to face Pam?10 This is awesome, and powerful, and I was resisting the urge to post a review for every. single. chapter, although I may go back and do that now, because I wanted to keep reading and not blather on.
I love that every scene and chapter is so purposeful, and it's a very cathartic contrast and maybe-explanation to Jim and Pam's surface inaction. Like that saying about swans gliding across the lake but paddling madly underwater.
Let's see, what else. Loved the talking heads. Loved Dwight. Loved your characterization of the crew. Just fantastic, all of it.
Pam wishes she had loved Jim all her life, and Jim rises to the challenge. Pure fluff.10 This review is brought to you by the letter A, and the Story of the Moment box on the main page that I really shouldn't have looked at since it was already seriously past my bedtime.
"One, two, skip a few, ninety-nine, one hundred!" totally made me laugh out so loud that I scared my cat... And oddly, this chapter reminded me as much of college as it did of grade school. Happy memories, either way, and this was awesome, giggly fun.
MEMBER'S CHOICE TOP NOMINEE - Jim and Pam must interact in network sponsored live chats to promote their documentary. Angst (and maybe some smut) ensue.
Story now complete.
10 I'm sure the 300+ reviews have gotten the point across that this story is omgawesome, but here's one more voice for the chorus. Jim's "Subject: Lies I’ve told Pam" emails to himself - too perfect.
9 Oh, so cute! I like that Jim cheered her up by having her take a few minutes to do something she loved, on top of the normal "I'm Jim and I'm funny and awesome so you should smile" Well done!
Author's Response: Haha, thanks! Jim is pretty dang funny and awesome, and oh does he make me smile. \r\n=)\r\n\r\nThanks for reading and commenting, I appreciate it!
8 Oh, nervous, overcompensating Pam. So cute, and this was a lovely Thanksgiving treat.
10 Oh, happy, fluffy, giggly, (heartfelt!) perfect!
Author's Response: Thanks so much, healingmirth! It made me smile to write it, so I'm glad it had the same effect on you. :)
Eleven years of Pam Beesly's life. Some are better than others.10 This is amazing, how there's this staggering amount of detail, and you have written it in such...I don't want to say ordinary, because it's not *ordinary* or *simple* but those are the only words my mind can come up with... language, but it never crosses the line into being a laundry list of just everything that happens. So, just wow. Awesome.
The Dunder-Mifflin employees take up online gaming, exercise, and hoagies. Jim leaves a lot of voicemail messages.10 Awesome! Fantastic mix of slightly manic bored Jim and channeling the nimble screwball brilliance of the show at its best.
Author's Response: I'm so sorry this is late, but thank you for your kind words!
3 10 I'm out of adjectives. Fantastic details, great insights into what resonates with each character about their first time.
10 I don't think I've said it yet, but I am so glad you posted more of your work here, and have so enjoyed reading it, so thank you.
Here is the part where I'm just having a conversation with myself over the internet about how awesome your writing is. The thing is, I sort of hate the angst fic where it's 5 years down the road and Jim and Pam are both married to someone else, and stay that way, but I make the effort to read things that aren't really my thing, to respect the work that goes into creating something. And I've read this like 5 times now, and as much as I adore happy, shiny, fluffy Jim and Pam, this is Wow.
"What you miss – that wasn't friends. That was us… that was me being something more. All the time. And I can't be that for you and be with Karen at the same time."
That really needed to be said.