Casino night one shot of what happens under the neon moon in Poor Richards. Based on the song Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn- specifically the version with Kacey Musgraves I heard for the first time last night.
1 Aww...poor Jim. And yay...lucky Jim! This is very nice. Thanks.
Author's Response: Quite a roller coaster of emotions for him! Thanks for reading!
1 I can completely see this! It's hilarious, and you've got the characters spot on. Great dialogue too.
Super story - thanks!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
1 Really like this! Sexy and affectionate...
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'The main source of her distress laid on the table, almost shining under the lights. Pam knew it would be hard to break with it but had no idea how much.'
Set during and after 'Benihana Christmas.'
1 This is lovely! I really like the way you've depicted Pam struggling to find the resolve to wield her hammer - I really felt the suspense!
Jim's awkwardness when he arrived worked beautifully too.
And I laughed at Pam picturing her new existence in Alasksa :0)
Thank you!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your sweet review, Sam! I'm glad you liked this story!
1 This (short but) lovely. I feel it.
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Author's Response: Thank you for reading!
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7 authors. 21 songs. The most shameless smut this site has ever seen.
1 Fabulous! I loved this.
Author's Response: Thank you!
1 I really liked this; interesting - and sexy - to see Jim actually make that trip (and not jump to the wrong conclusion. You had me worried... :o) )
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A series of Jim/Pam one-shots, inspired by lines in the show (now in chronological order!)
1 I'm really enjoying this, and the dialogue in particular. The line, "Never thought I'd get this lucky" brought a tear to my eye...
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Author's Response: Thanks so much for leaving a review! Really glad you're enjoying it :)
Jim and Pam meet during their sophomore year of college. They’re at different schools, but somehow, they just might make it work. Modern day college AU.
1 I really like college AUs too, and this looks like it's going to be great fun. Really looking forward to reading the rest of it.
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1 Loved the structure
Loved the dialogue
Loved the hairdo bit
Loved it
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Author's Response: Loved this reviewThanks!;)
1 Really enjoyed this! And it's about time Jim explained the hanging Roy thing...
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Author's Response:
Well, *somebody* sure needed to. ;)
And thank you very much!
1 Yay! I really enjoyed this. I thought you did especially well at building up tension when she's about to leave, but appears to be having a revelation about Roy, and his head is full of things he can't say.
Super story.
Author's Response: Thank you so much!!
1 Well done on posting your first fic! I thought you really nailed the mood, and Jim's resentment in general. I think that's probably just about right where he's at, at this point. Great story.
(However, I'm a sucker for resolution, so if you ever feel inspired to keep going [hopeful smiley]...)
1 I really like this more proactive Jim! And great premise - really looking forward to reading more. The fake firing deserves more attention than it ever got on the show...
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Author's Response: It really does - one of Michael's worst moments, and it always felt like something they should've followed up on.
Hope you enjoy a more proactive Pam too, because that's coming...
1 Super! Loved the dialogue between Jim and Pam, and I felt Pam's anger. When I watched the episode, I felt like that should have been a bit of a big deal. Pam's impressive here, and it works really well. Also loved the IM conversation.
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Author's Response: There's a lot of stuff in Season 1 that feels that way, doesn't it? Like it's a genuinely Big Thing and we just never bring it back up again. So happy you liked it!
1 I think Jim fantasising about Pam is entirely reasonable - I can understand your caution, but I think he's allowed to be sexually attracted to her - even though it was inappropriate at the time - and I don't think I would call it as objectification unless he doesn't also see her as a person whom he respects - and we know that's not the case. I thought it was realistic, and not in bad taste. Todd Packer fantasising about Pam is different from Jim doing it.
You wouldn't write some of those exchanges for TV now, but at the time - and even more so when the British Office was released - a lot of those comments or incidents wouldn't have been questioned, however people might have felt about them privately.
I sometimes felt, watching the show, that Jim could and should have stood up for Pam more. Perhaps they felt that the character would have been uneasy about being too pro-Pam, and giving himself away?
Anyway, I'm really enjoying this!
Author's Response: I appreciate your comments on the fantasy - I've been done with this for weeks and am still going back and forth on whether or not that should've been included.
As I mentioned, *very* striking to me watching some of this from the perspective of 2020 - and that's even thinking about it knowing that we're meant to understand this is all inappropriate. It's just odd seeing it coming out of the mouths of characters we're supposed to like anyways, and seeing people not react. Definitely not unrealistic for the time, though.
It's funny, actually - I had similar thoughts about Jim, and reached a similar conclusion in writing this, as a result of which his schemes to stand up for her tend to be pretty subtle. Pam's lack of awareness about her own feelings in some ways frees her up to defend Jim, which means when this is finally done (it's been, um, delayed due to certain events) she's mostly going to have gone a lot farther than Jim did in standing up for him. It's a theme I keep coming back to in writing fic, how Pam's lack of sense of what she was feeling actually allowed her to be more expressive and enjoy their dynamic more.
1 I'm really enjoying the world you're setting up here - can't wait to see where you take it!
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1 Love the prom and post-prom scenes - and I can totally see Dwight with a chainsaw at a school dance.
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1 Aww... that was extremely sweet.
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1 Well that was lovely.
Thank you!
1 I just found this!* Thank you so much for the dedication, and for your extremely kind remarks!
And don't knock this - I think it's great. I love the depiction of the office as an eco-system (and there's also, on a more serious and more general level, a lot of truth in that), and I particularly liked Oscar's talking heads, and him recognising that there are actually collateral gains from Jim's messing with Dwight. Well written and funny!
Thanks for the story, and thanks again for the dedication.
* I forgot about the Dundies until about a week ago, since when I've been frantically cramming the vast amount of great new stuff that's been posted in the past year, and which I've fallen behind on. Running out of time - I have a few hours available, and LOADS of stories still unread... (a couple of yours on the list though!)
Author's Response: Thank *you* for writing In Sickness and In Health!
I'm really glad you enjoyed this one, and especially that you thought the ecosystem metaphor spoke to something real about the relationships and how things work within the office! It just seems to me that there has to be SOME reason that their co-workers aren't just out to murder Jim 75% of the time.
I know exactly what you mean - I've been the last six months inhaling everything coming in and my Dundies noms *still* took hours. Good luck with cramming, and thank you for the noms! (I will have you know In Sickness and In Health earned all sorts of plaudits from me when I submitted!)
1 ... Forgot to say, I thought you had the characters absolutely spot-on...
Author's Response: Thank you!!! I feel like I have a deeper understanding of Oscar than I do of pretty much any character in The Office, so it was fun to play with him for a while.
Before Roy can propose to Pam, a new face shows up at Dunder-Mifflin.1 So... in my last review I mentioned Roy's pathetic attempt to please her with dinner as the thing that pushed her into taking a stand. It's clear now that the food fiasco probably only pushed her over the edge because she's seen over the fence.
I can see how Pam's conflict avoidance would play a big part in them still being together, in spite of him being a less than stellar boyfriend. And I like that Pam is realising this.
And it was great to meet Izzy; I really liked their conversation, and Izzy's insight into her friend's relationship and behaviour.
Many thanks!
Author's Response: I've often thought that maybe one of the reasons Pam stayed with Roy so long is she didn't really have a good sounding board for his foibles. It's usually read that Pam and Roy started living together fairly quickly so Pam wouldn't have really known any different. Being a naive high school can really only last so long and that's what we're starting to strip here.
Glad you liked Izzy. I find it a lot of fun to add in secondary characters like her to give a lot more outsider perspective.
1 Well, not liking this Roy is going to be straightforward! You've made a great job of depicting a lame, complacent, inadequate man-child who can't let go of that (short) time in his life when he was a success.
I like that Pam has had enough, and it's kind of fitting that it's a crappy attempt at a gesture that's meant to persuade her that he's a catch that finally pushes her over the edge.
And the end paragraph with Jim is delicious.
Thanks!
Author's Response: Thanks Sam. If you got a kick out of Roy in this opening chapter I can't wait to hear what you think of him later on. It's been kind of fun to explore this scenario. Thanks for the review.
1 Lots more evidence of Roy's oafishness...
It's good to see him dispatched!
Really looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
Author's Response: Thanks. It's been fun to write this one. I'm glad you like it so much.