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she wasn't a woman of curves, but of angles and severities.

That?  Is a perfect description of Jan.  This was hot and sad and just....gah.  Excellent.

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Wow.  Nothing like a drabble that can make you fall out of your chair.  :)  Excellent.

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Awwwww, perfection! This was totally worth the wait, and, as I had stated before, you are now my personal hero for writing it.  :)  (oh yeah, I'm codename on TWoP, so I don't seem like a babbling idiot)

Author's Response: Thanks, Bennie!  And a huuuuge thanks for letting me use your ending:  it had loads more punch than my original one did.

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This IS definitely interesting, and I love the way it's written...I can't wait to see where this is going.  I have a lot of respect for people that take the characters so far out into AU territory...it's so hard to keep them in character.  

Author's Response: Thanks for the review (six months later)...I'm working on it, and I am terrified of going OOC.

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Ohhhh Sasha!  I've been waiting to read this, and judging from this first chapter, it will be worth it.  :) And yes, Toby does need to get laid. 

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I. Love. Ryan.  And this chapter.  And the adorable adorable adorable BJ Novak.  

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Oh, I like this so far - love the little details like Roy finishing the last of the cereal.  And the "slow deterioration" of the fake Pam by Jim - sigh.  I can't wait to read more.:)  (oh, and on a side note, did you get the title from The Shins?)

Author's Response: Thanks for commenting!  And yes, I did get the title from the Shins, which is weird, because I imagined this fic whilst listening to Snow Patrol...Anyway!  Thanks again!

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Awwwww, this was sad and cute and, ok, mainly sad all at once.  I was hoping someone would take that deleted scene and write something, I had an idea but this is about ten million times better.  You've captured their relationship really well.  :)

Author's Response: Wow, thank you so much!  I wanted it to have a sad tone because even though the deleted scene was funny, it was kind of dark too.  And so is Ryan, which is why I love him and Kelly together so much.  I'd still love to see you write something on that scene, though!

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This was beautiful.  (And thank you for the song rec - I DLed it - so good)  I can just see Pam listening to music that makes her think of Jim.  Ha - just like pretty much every song these days makes me think of Jim and Pam.  Anyway, this was lovely.  :)

Author's Response: Um its amazing how many songs make me think of Jim and Pam.  I'll be listening to a song and suddenly just feel myself getting sad for her! Anyway, I'm glad to know I'm not alone on that. Thanks so much! :)

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...Because this was real life, and real life was decidedly more messy than fairy tales, the tradeoff being that it was also markedly more visceral, emotions less obtuse, desires more pronounced.

Gah.  Just....yes.   You have just taken this one little concept and imagined/written it so well that it leaves me in constant awe.  Seriously.  Thank you.  I don't normally read WIPs, and this is too amazing not to.  I can't wait to read unlucky (for some) number 13.

Ok, so I'm catching up on my reading from the past couple of weeks, and this was at the top of my list.  Just...amazing.  Thank you for writing this.  (I was going to mention/quote all of the parts I liked in particular, but that would mean dictating the whole chapter/story back to you.)

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Hmmm, I liked this.  I like the poetic quality to your prose, and the ending is very...them.  They don't necessarily need words.  And I like the recurrence of the tear in each of their hearts.  The formatting was a bit distracting, though - but I understand if you were going for more of a poem-esque layout, which would make sense given the content.:)  Either way, I hope you write more!

Oh, ROY.  I kind of adore you for writing this; lately, there cannot be enough poor Roy fics.  And this is so well done.  

He'd changed and he wanted everyone to know.

That's Roy, breaking my heart bit by bit.