Penname: belsum Real name: bel
Member Since: November 06, 2006

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Reviews by belsum
Summary:

It takes two weeks for everything to fall apart, for something so seemingly well put together (and so poorly thought out) to quietly crumble at Karen’s feet.  (Karen/Toby)  Spoilers through Traveling Salesmen.


Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen, Toby, Toby/Other
Genres: Angst, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content, Other Adult Theme
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1310 Read Count: 1425 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 14, 2007 Updated: January 14, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 15, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I did not see that coming.  And yet...it was so natural!  Really nice work.  It wasn't forced, it was sweet, it was a happy ending!  I think I wouldn't mind another chapter even.

Author's Response: Thanks!  I was thinking about doing another chapter, maybe in Toby's POV???

__ Pack Day? by perrynqa Rated: T [Reviews - 3] 2
Summary: Jan finds out Michael's signed himself up to star in a documentary. There aren't enough cigarettes in the world to solve this problem. (A Just How Did Michael Manage to Get a Film Crew Anyway? sort of fic.)
Categories: Other, Past
Characters: Jan, Michael, Toby
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3329 Read Count: 2354 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 15, 2007 Updated: January 15, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 16, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: __ Pack Day?

That was wonderful!  I'd never thought about why there were cameras before--it was just a given.  Great details:  Toby doesn't much care, the staff is bored, Michael stutters with hatred of Toby, Jan's shoes.  I loved that Michael managed to use sleight of hand to get the approval for the show.  And great meta-mention of the BBC series!

Summary: A lunchtime discussion between past Dundie winners leads to a battle royale with Andy. If Dwight only knew he had an Army of Champions fighting for him!
Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Humor, Workdays
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7703 Read Count: 7817 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 15, 2007 Updated: January 20, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 19, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5 - Humiliations Galore!!!

Oh my god this is brutal!  I cannot possibly wait for yet another chapter!

And the stupid server ate my previous comments, grrr.  I don't think I managed to say much of anything coherent around my girlish excitement anyway.  I did adore the various emails--perfectly believable writing styles.

Summary: Karen resolves the situation
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 354 Read Count: 2336 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 17, 2007 Updated: January 17, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 18, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Ouch!  Your title said it all, not easy, but simple.  Wow.  So nice, lis.

Author's Response: Thank you! You're totally my number one cheerleader. And not in a "Katy" way, either. :)

Running by nqllisi Rated: K [Reviews - 16] 4
Summary: Jim's thoughts just after "The Return"
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim
Genres: Inner Monologue
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 196 Read Count: 2045 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 19, 2007 Updated: January 19, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 19, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Poetry!  Sigh.

Author's Response: Thank you! Sigh is right.

Yes by mcmuffins Rated: K [Reviews - 28] 7
Summary: He said yes. Inner monologues from different POVs inspired by that yes. (Spoilers through The Return)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Karen, Pam
Genres: Angst, Inner Monologue
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 703 Read Count: 9520 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 19, 2007 Updated: January 22, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 19, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Karen

This was very nice.  I'm glad to get Karen's POV after the earth-shattering "Yes."

Author's Response: Thanks! And I don't know why Karen was in my head, since I've been one big squeee since he said it...

Summary: Past Featured StoryThe Documentary Crew has been there a while now. Are they part of the story? Spoilers through "The Return".
Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Ensemble, Other
Genres: Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1262 Read Count: 14538 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: January 20, 2007 Updated: January 20, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 25, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: Megan

Brava!  You did so much more with this little snippet of an idea than I ever could have imagined.  Even the first two, that we actually brainstormed, were so much more fleshed out.  I loved that Ryan was the subject of the Kelly one.  I adored the Creed backstory.  Loved all the crew-eye-views of our favorite office drones.  And then you totally go and solve the eternal JAM problem in this last one!  You're a genius!

Author's Response: Thank you, dear. What can I say? You inspired me. Once I realized that I couldn't decide between Meredith and Kelly, I knew I had to make it a 5-things story. And if I had five chances, you knew one of them had to dispatch Karen (heh). My genius has a one-track mind!

The Wedding by xoxoxo Rated: K [Reviews - 26] 7
Summary: Past Featured Story

Jim and Pam share a dance and reminisce a little.  Pure speculation - no real spoilers.  And just a word of warning.  If it were any fluffier, it'd be made of spun sugar. 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam, Phyllis
Genres: Fluff, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1246 Read Count: 3834 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: January 20, 2007 Updated: January 20, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 25, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak

Awww...I'm all choked up now!

I loved that you left it just vague enough at the beginning for doubt to creep in; that maybe they weren't at their own wedding but rather at Phyllis & Bob's.  And then that very wedding was referenced later on.  Very nice.



Author's Response:

Thanks belsum!!  I'd already written a fic with them dancing at Phyllis and Bob's (which now makes me think this can be kinda like a sequel!)  so I wanted to do something different.

I'm so glad you liked it.  Thanks for taking the time to tell me so!

Monkey Business by Par5 Rated: T [Reviews - 11] 3
Summary: Angela thought nicknames were childish and demeaning and she refused to be called one.
Categories: Other, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Dwight/Angela
Genres: Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 807 Read Count: 2122 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 26, 2007 Updated: January 26, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 26, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Oh I love me some DwAngela! That was a wonderful bit of background info. Monkey is her code name! Awww.

Author's Response: Thanks belsum! I'm glad you liked it.

Summary: Past Featured StoryJim, Pam, and marshmallows.  Done for PuffingNoise's request for JAM and marshmallows.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 515 Read Count: 3811 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 30, 2007 Updated: January 30, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

BWAH!!  Best last line EVER!

Summary: Past Featured StoryPam and Jim have lunch. Spoilers through "The Return," unspoiled speculation thereafter.
Categories: Present, Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 960 Read Count: 4728 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: January 30, 2007 Updated: January 30, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 31, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Aww.  All the fluffy and puffy imagery of coats and marshmallows and snow work so well in a happy piece of JAM fluff!

The "she remembered that" repetition was also a nice bit of table-turning.  See, I told you it was gonna be genius!



Author's Response:

You're too good to me, honestly. I was definitely in a fluffy mood. Thank you!

Body Parts by goodmatch Rated: T [Reviews - 18] 6
Summary: Pam has Jim pose for her for a drawing.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1450 Read Count: 2732 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 30, 2007 Updated: January 30, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: January 31, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Body Parts

Holy crap.  Wow.  That was really very dawesome.  Love the way that her state of arousal snuck up on her.  Very real.

Typo:  They assignment was actually... I'm guessing it should be just "The".

Summary: See title. Goes AU just before the Merger.
Categories: Present, Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, In Stamford, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1180 Read Count: 4053 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: February 02, 2007 Updated: February 02, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Oh how I love alternate universes where everything gets worked out before he comes back and the drama with Karen gets too involved.  So believable.  Love that she told Roy while they were in bed.  Such an intimate location for such a painfully intimate revelation.

Part I Typo:  the he’d get there at three. I think you mean "then".



Author's Response: Thanks for pointing out that typo. This was riddled with typos and I thought I had caught all of them. Thanks also for reading! :)

Summary: Past Featured StoryPam POV poem in couplets. Thinking back over events from the Booze Cruise to Casino Night.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Pam
Genres: Angst, Poetry
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 356 Read Count: 2530 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: February 02, 2007 Updated: February 02, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Haunting.

Author's Response: Thanks belsum! Hope you meant in a good way, not a scary one. ;-)

Do us part by nqllisi Rated: T [Reviews - 52] 19
Summary:

Phyllis' wedding doesn't turn out the way Pam had hoped . Unspoiled speculation for "Phyllis' Wedding" and AU after that (I assume!).


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Karen, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4050 Read Count: 30475 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: February 02, 2007 Updated: February 27, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 04, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: The reception

Oh yeah. Perfect ending. And I love Pam's rationalizing the little differences as "proof" that she's not regressing.

This better not happen, SHOW, do you hear me?!

Author's Response:

Seriously, SHOW. Hee.

Thanks, sweetie. Glad you like the end.

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: Two beds

I'm so glad that you're continuing this. Way to go, Pam, staying firm with Roy despite...that. Loved all the details in their old apartment.

Author's Response: Thank you! I may need some help with the next chapter. You game?

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: Another afternoon

Wow.  This is an incredibly powerful chapter.  Very astute observation that Jim is being slowly forced into a different shape--and only partially against his will.  I hate to say it but Karen deserves more.

Poor Pam.



Author's Response:

Of course she does- none of them will really be happy until they're all being honest, and she's not being honest with herself if she thinks there's really a future here.

Thank you, as usual. :)

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: Back to work

That anecdote about the boob fruit is so real.  And I love the detail about having to actually work since the merger.

You've clearly got the knack for prediction on this story.  Let's hope that something like this talk happens after last night's ep!



Author's Response: I think "show Jim" is pissed instead of hurt (well, both, but it is manifesting as anger), so I'm not sure it will roll this way. The boob fruit (good name!) took me a long time to come up with- a triple whammy that would make Pam miss Jim, clearly show the difference between how Roy relates to her and how Jim does, and let Roy make a total ass of himself. I'm so glad it worked for you!

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 15, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: The shift

Holy crap, lis, you've totally been struck by The Muse on this story.  Such beautiful symmetry.  Love anxious Pam.  And Jim turning the hurtful words around and forgiving her for saying them all at the same time.  I sure hope we're getting close to "I can"!

Author's Response: Thank you, sweetie. Poor anxious Pam. Confidence just isn't in her DNA, is it? I think she'll really blossom in that way (in all ways) when she and Jim finally hit "I can" (or, even better, "I do!").

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: March 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 6: 'Til Death

Oh man. Pam was in the car during the final confrontation. Ouch. But "I already told her I couldn't go" is the line that launched a thousand squees!

Nice work on this one. You done yourself proud.

Author's Response: Thank you! I am proud, mostly because it is by far the longest piece I've done. I'm glad you liked the ending. Squee, indeed!

Hourglass by xoxoxo Rated: T [Reviews - 53] 20
Summary: Jim and Pam, making me want to tear my hair out.  Mild spoilers/spec for S3 (based on episode descriptions)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen, Roy
Genres: Angst, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 3804 Read Count: 18279 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: February 03, 2007 Updated: March 06, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Love unspoken is the loudest sound of all

So much power behind "just a kiss". Thank you for noticing how tense Jim got about Karen's hug. I loved Pam chastising herself for that atrocious "flirting". And the idea that she keeps the barely of journals is just so...right. Very nice. Can't wait to see where you're going to take this next.

Author's Response:

Thanks belsum!!  I'm glad to know it worked!!  I holding out hope my ideas will mirror what the show has in store.  

We shall see!

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: March 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream

It's a fine line, isn't it, between "never" and "never have to". Nice.

Pam's finally growing a pair. And it's good that she's slow and taking her time and doing things in her own way. Because trying to please everyone else clearly hasn't been working.

I really like that she knows her art is pedestrian and is just fine with that. Good detail.

Author's Response: It is - isn't it??

You've touched on everything I'm hoping to convey - so thank you for taking the time to let me know.

More to come soon.  I know what I want to say - I'm having trouble typing it.  LOL!

Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 11, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: Your first love is not always your truest love.

Wow. I was trying to pick out a favorite line but then you hit me with those last few perfect paragraphs that completely encapsulate just how deliberately Pam is backsliding. She knows it's wrong and isn't going to stop it anyway. Very realistic and I think a fantastic continuation of where we left off after that painful wedding episode.

Author's Response: Aww.  Thanks belsum!  I'm so glad you thought so.  Here's hoping next weeks installment (of both the show and my story) ;) give us something to smile about.

Summary:

It's Valentine's Day.  Pam has something to tell Jim.  Wishful thinking - S3 per usual. :)


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Oneshot, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 368 Read Count: 4064 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: February 06, 2007 Updated: February 06, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Be Mine

Oh man, I don't even LIKE those nasty candies, and now that's all I can think of! I can totally see Pam doing that, too. Dawesome!

Author's Response:

I hate them too - but they served a purpose. :)

Thanks belsum!

Summary: Past Featured StoryI've always loved the secret connection between Phyllis and Jim...she always knows what's going on...

Categories: Future, Other, Present
Characters: Jim, Phyllis
Genres: Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 466 Read Count: 3499 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: February 07, 2007 Updated: February 07, 2007
Reviewer: belsum Signed
Date: February 11, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

YAY!!! If only it was this easy. Sigh. Still, I do love Phyllis the (not so) closeted shipper.