Obviously a response to the Sleepless in Scranton challange, no one responded and I felt bad, so here's my attempt.
It's 3am, what is going on in the lives of our favorite Dunder Mifflinites?
9 Wow...interesting dream. Pam making out with a faceless man that looks like Jim, Angela's yellow roses, Battlestar Galactica, Dwight saying "I do" in Klingon...which I could definitely see him doing.
9 I always feel a little sad when I read a fic about Toby. This isn't any different. I wish he'd find a girlfriend already. I don't want him to die alone either. Nice job showing his lonliness!
Ha...perfect job with Andy. I died laughing when I read this: He had installed a mirror on the back of the door so that he can check him self out while he pees.
Again...I laughed so hard reading this. I don't know if it's funny or sad that Creed lives in the woods.
Thank you for reminding me why I want Karen to leave. NOW.
So what if Jim likes to snuggle. She can learn to live with it.
Learn to live with it? Karen, some people would pay to do it. I like how you've written her in this.
Poor Roy.
He wants eveything to be like it used to. He wants to try to make it work. He wants to be a better man.
Too bad he didn't think of that sooner. Awesome job with these! I really like them!
I'm so glad you like these, I always see your name and know it'll be a good story!
I kinda feel bad for Roy in this, but yea, he did lose his chance.
9 While this is so incredibly in character and just awesome, it's very heartbreaking. It's also very sweet, the fact that Jim would look after Pam in such a way. On his side of things, he is holding in as much as she is. The way you've written the awkwardness between them is so realistic.
With these two, I'm taking what I can get these days so if Pam's crying over Jim, I consider that a good thing. But the fact that you've added this little part, even though it's sad, still tells me that Jim cares deeply about her.
A patchwork quilt story of Pam and Jim, S3 and onwards, told in ones and twos.
No spoilers, unless you haven't watched a second of the third season.
10 Every time I read this, I find something new that I love about it. The first thing that really hit me was this:
Just like how he doesn't wear his suit jacket here, how sometimes she catches him smuggle a grape soda to his desk, how he suddenly seems to love jellybeans when he claimed he doesn't really like sweets during Halloween that year.
Karen really has no idea who Jim is, since all she's seen of him is who he was trying to be in Stamford. Someone different. I love Pam taking the first step towards making things right with Jim.
My most favorite part of this story is the part where Pam begins to break free from herself, from being afraid and everything that's holding her back (it's just like that Travis song that she and Jim listen to in The Client!). To me, this is a pivotal moment of the story, the fact that she has to push herself not to care what anyone thinks, but when she does, it ends up being one of the bravest things she's ever done. That and her various confrontations, mainly the one with Jim.
(Perfect use of the JEW lyrics, too. They fit in so well, yet having them in the middle of the story sort of ever-so-slightly changes the color, shifting into the next stage of Jim and Pam's relationship.)
The description of their first and second kisses is just so beautiful and perfect. What makes this story so wonderful is just the complexity of it. The way you've described Jim and Pam knowing that they should be together, yet still struggling with actually putting it into execution is just so real and so amazing. And then finally when it does happen, it's just the most natural thing in the world, and the way you sort of shifted the story into that next level makes it just feel so organic. It just flows so well. Even though things are bumpy and awkward, in the end it's just so right.
I have no words to describe the last five sentences. That's how crazy in love I am with them.
I think you know by now that I love this and I've never read something so original, so colorful, and so interesting. I really look forward to reading many more stories from you!
This, I think, is the most awesome review I have ever received - granted I don't post too many stories and I don't get too many reviews but still. Thank you, so, so much.
I don't know why but something about the way Pam feels is very familiar, like I just can't help knowing how and why and what she does to move against that feeling and everything - maybe that's why those specific parts of this story came out like it did.
And here let me confess something: at the point of the story where 23 comes in, I had this huge writer's block and I just had no idea what to put in there. And a couple of days after, I opened the document, and this song kept ringing in my head so I typed up my favourite lyrics in the story - and after that I could come up with something to follow. It's just a fluke more than anything else that it's still there, but so many people have come to comment on that that I don't know what to say about it. :P It does prove, though, my theory on the fact that all Office fans have brilliant music tastes. ;)
You have no clue how much your comments mean to me because I like being judged and it's nice to know I'm being judged in a good way. Thanks so much for spending time on this review. Really.
A day at the zoo with the Halperts.
7 You definitely have a gift for sweetness, Bella Lumina. I "awww"ed at every single sentence of this story. Nothing to me is cuter than Jim with a daughter, with Pam. I loved this. So nice!
Author's Response:
I'm afraid I'm developing a fluffy reputation for myself! Next piece: angst. :)
Thanks so much for the comments!
More alternate universe, but a lot different from my normal stuff. Still quite happy I think, but not as light and fluffy! I hope still enjoyable. :-) Jim and Pam reflect on being together and all they're learning about one another - they're both amazed.
9 I love the thought of Jim and Pam just being happy and comfortable together. You did such an awesome job of writing the way it should be between them, the way it probably would be if they were together. I know that Pam would be amazed at the fact that Jim does simple things like unload the dishwasher, and that she would go all over the place for his favorite food.
Fabulous job, LoveFool!
Speculation for S3 and a whole lotta wishful thinking. Pam's trying to be gracious about Jim's relationship with Karen - but she's had enough - and tells (shows) him so.
10 Oh, this is amazing. I love the way you've written Pam losing her composure in a way that's not over-the-top. It's very in character for her. And what she said to Jim at the end--very well written, and I agree with her.
Awesome job! This is excellent!
10 Aw, even when she's angry Pam can't resist him. I liked this chapter, with Pam getting more out into the open, telling him how she really feels. It's about time she's truthful! This is awesome, xoxoxo! Can't wait to read more!
Author's Response:
I mean seriously. Who can???
Yes. It is absolutely about time. Not sure if we'll ever see it - but it's sure fun writing it!!
Pam learns how to be okay.
Post Back from Vacation, because Crying Pam broke me.
9 This is beautiful. It makes me so hopefull that Pam will really become this brave. Thanks so much for this.
A series of drabbles concerning the woeful love lifes of the Dunder-Mifflinites.
10 Wow, this was incredible. Every chapter had just enough to show so much emotion of each of the characters. I love that you've used sort of minor characters as well. Was the Katy chapter supposed to be her seeing Jim and Pam during Michael's Birthday? That's the first impression I got and I just wanted to make sure. If so, that is AWESOME. I really loved this.
Author's Response: Yeah, it was during Michael's birthday. I'm so glad you liked it! And I plan to use a lot more of the minor characters later on!
Pam's mom remembers.10 Okay, so here I am in tears...
Honestly, this was perfect. So profound and heart-wrenching in such a beautiful, understated way. I absolutely loved it.
10 It's so funny, because just yesterday I was asking around TWoP for Jim/Toby fics and even though some people came up with a couple of great ones, this is probably my favorite that I've read so far.
I love the story of Toby's first time kissing a man. It's very real and sad and painful. Jim's (and Toby's) loneliness and desperation is very palpable throughout the entire thing.
Amazing, this is.
Really? Gosh, I have such TWoP catching up to do...it's a good thing I let myself be convinced to post this, then. :)
Thank you for the review...your reviews are always so thoughtful.
He’s been baking her a cupcake on her birthday for the past four years.Random, fluffy sort of season three Jim/Pam. This is so good. It's sweet but not sappy and I love the way you wrote Karen. Very realistic and not over-the-top. I could really see a conversation between her and Jim go that way. I loved this!
10 I think my heart stopped beating when I read this line: "We don't talk about this. You understand, right? I'm with Jim. Roy?"
Like, literally stopped beating. I LOVE that you've made Pam into such a real person. God, I've felt so much of what you've written her feeling. The whole Karen drunk-dialing thing? The jealousy? The revenge fuck? Haven't we all been there? But to see it come out of Pam was just un-frickin-believable. WOW. Seriously.
That's one of my favorite lines, noodles! It tickles me to no end when someone picks out a line that I particularly love. Thank you. And yeah, I've done the drunk-dialing AND the revenge fuck, so what does that say about me?
Leopold
Oh I love you! This chapter was even better than the last. Your Michael is so funny and Darryl really sounds like Darryl. I can't wait for more!
HA! I love when Kelly calls Jim a pussy. This is so funny and awesome. I can't wait to read the next chapter!
9 Please, please, please continue this. Definitely. I absolutely loved it. It was funny, and sad and drunk!Jim had me crying and laughing and angry all at once. I really hope you keep going.
9 Oh! Yay! Jim called her! Please, please keep going!
9 Oh my goodness. Combining my favorite movie with my favorite couple is just 100% perfect, in my book. This was just so sweet and so sincere and just so awesome. I loved it!
She's broken the ice the silence and
She waits.
[An attempt at a slightly different writing style. / Spoilers up to the latest episode.]
9 I can't tell you how happy I was to see you've written something new!
This is seriously lovely. It's very poetic and I like the strength that you've given to Pam in this. I love that she's being honest with herself. I love that there's a cliffhanger at the end and yes please do a part two!
It's also very original and I find myself more and more loving stories that are not linear, but have more of lyrical or poetic feel. This story has a very smooth, lovely rhythm to it. This is fabulous!
Strange that you'd call it poetic, considering making things rhyme is not my strong point - eh. Not that all poems rhyme. Forget it. :)
I'm glad it came off well! - I've been starting to love stylistic stories, too, and I'm glad it works for other fans of the style, too.
As always, thanks for the review, 69con! You're awesome.
10 I completely love this, nqllisi. I love the way you've written Meredith, I can really hear her voice while reading this. I felt for Karen, but she's gonna hear the whole truth eventually anyway. This was great!
Author's Response: Oh, thank you, 69CON! "Hearing her voice" is a great compliment. Yeah, Karen's toast. Hee.