Jim was such as ass in season 3!
He spent the whole year playing the poor me card while he completely ignored the entire reason
he was he was having problems with Pam was because he started them in the first place.
A part of me wanted Roy to kick his ass. LOL
I loved that Pam started to get mad at him, and
push back at Jim instead of just taking his crap.
Jim claimed to be in love with Pam, but has no problem being with another woman and shoving it Pam’s face. It’s no wonder Pam doubted Jim’s feelings for her.
It also annoyed me when people acted like Karen was so great. I found her to rather pathetic.
Karen spent half the season not seeing what was right in front of her and the other half clinging on to Jim like a teenager with a crush.
The Jim of Season 3 didn’t deserve Pam.

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This chapter made me hungry.
Roy must have a screw loose.
For him to think that he and Pam are still
together, and that everything is fine between
them, and his bad temper, just shows
us how dangerous he could become.
Please update this very soon!

Author's Response: Mission accomplished with the cooking part then. Glad you liked it. Yeah, Roy's not the best. Yes he's had a temper thus far. It's my view that Roy is basically an overgrown high schooler at this point in his life. He needs a chance to grow as well and he may have that chance now. Thanks for the review.

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So sweet!
A perfect ending. 👏

Author's Response: Thank you :)

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I really like this insight into Jim’s head here.
However, my favorite part of the episode was when Andy screamed that fire was shooting at them! 😂

Author's Response:

After reading some of the reviews about Jim
being awful to Pam in season 3 and being okay with it, I think that there may have been some misunderstandings of why some people were irritated with Jim that season.
It was one thing for Jim to keep his distance from Pam, but he went out of his way to treat her like trash, all the while playing the poor me card.
He spent the season making rude comments to her and, shoving his relationship with Karen in her face. Jim also completely ignored the fact that his problem with Pam was started by him in the first placebo casino night. To make it worse, Jim never really apologized to Pam for being an ass towards her. Instead he blamed his jerk behavior on going to Stamford.
As for Karen, it was for wrong for Jim to not be upfront with her about Pam. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that. However, she did take the risk of being hurt by him, and then she played the victim when she got dumped. Which is why some
have no sympathy for her.
Also like Jim, Karen shoved her relationship with Jim in Pam’s face, which made her just as awful as him. The one thing that Jim and Karen had in common was that they covered their insecurities with huge egos.
Jim did the same thing in season 9 when it came to his job in Philly.
Once again, thanks for letting me vent about Season 3 LOL

Author's Response:

That was tense!
Season 3 was uncomfortable enough as it was without Pam having Roy’s devil spawn.

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This story is an example of why Jim was
such an ass in season 3.
His constant hot and cold attitude towards Pam
was very juvenile, especially since he completely ignored the fact he started the problem with the the two of them in the first place.
It’s no wonder Pam had emotional whiplash.
It’s too bad she didn’t tell him to piss off. 😂

Author's Response: lol definitely didn’t intend to write him as an ass in this chapter. I think there was some hot and cold action on both their parts throughout the years and that Jim definitely has some emotional whiplash too. He didn’t make perfect choices in season 3 and I agree that he had some low points, but I also think he was really doing his best to protect himself. 🤷🏻r05;a92;a039;

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This maybe my favorite chapter(so far).
Ryan really hit the nail on the head when it comes to Karen and Jim. Karen wasn’t that hot.
I actually found her to be bland looking.
As for Pam, she was never really supposed
to be hot. She was the cute All-American girl next girl door type of character.
Also Ryan(and Kelley)was right about Karen and Jim having ZERO chemistry, which made season 3 even more unbearable to watch.
Jim did try too hard to make it seem as though his relationship with her was serious. Even Karen complained about how Jim avoided talking about his feelings with her. Karen was a wall for Jim to put between himself and Pam because he thought he couldn’t have her. When Pam confessed her feelings to Jim on beach day he pulled away from Karen even more, causing her to dig her nails even further into him by trying to get him to move to NY. I think deep down Karen knew her time was running out with Jim, but she didn’t want to face it.
I think that Karen only really wanted her IDEA of who Jim was.
She wanted the Jim who she first met in Stamford, not Scranton.
Scranton Jim was the REAL Jim.
I actually never noticed that Karen
would go to Jim’s desk, but he didn’t go her.
So good job pointing that out!
As for Ryan himself he is a narcissist.
The guy actually thinks he was loyal to
DM by going to jail for them when in reality he caused the problem.
Also he was full of himself by looking down on Pam for not having an MBA, when lots of people have those, but in typical narcissist fashion,
Ryan thinks that people should kiss his feet.
Looking forward to the next update.
Thanks for letting me vent my annoyance about season 3. 😂

Author's Response:

Haha, thanks so much! And yeah, I also found season 3 incredibly difficult to watch. I think the only thing that got me through it was coming to The Office late, so knowing that Pam and Jim did eventually end up together. But it was tough. I actually liked Karen as a character, but her relationship with Jim was painful watching. 

I am also slightly fascinated by what's going on in Ryan's head, and how he manages to justify what he does. So this was fun to write. He is a classic narcissist, lol.

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A very interesting Karen chapter.
Even though I’m far from being her biggest fan,
I can say that I liked how pragmatic, and sympathetic she was about the documentary and JAM. She was right that it was Pam that was seen as not having courage, when Jim had his moments as well.
Like when Jim took back the card from
the tea pot.
I can also see Karen’s point in that Jim was stringing her along in their relationship by not being completely honest with her about Casino
Night. Although Karen took the risk of being with him, knowing that he had feelings for Pam,
Karen stayed with him based on incomplete information.
Jim denied Karen the opportunity to cut their losses as she said. I also think that Karen should have probably listened to other people when they said that her relationship with Jim wasn’t right.
I do think that Karen was blind in thinking that Jim was lazy in their relationship, because I think it was his VERY subtle way of telling her that he just wasn’t into it like she was. Plus Karen didn’t really see it as a sign that Jim’s head and heart wasn’t
all there for her when he didn’t want her to move in to the apartment close to him.
And it was PAM that convinced him to give into it.
I think perhaps things would have been different if the documentary was shown season by season instead of all at one time at the end. That way she would have had a better idea of what she was getting into. Anyway I think this gives good closer to the Karen chapter of the JAM story.

BTW do you think that we can get a Roy chapter?
I know that this story is in the POV of the women Jim has known, but I think it would be interesting to see Roy’s thoughts about Jim/JAM.
Because the show only showed the JAM thoughts and feelings about each other, we didn’t get to see how Roy really felt about it, or how he was portrayed in the documentary. Plus we never got to see his feelings about Dwight pepper spraying him. 😂
Anyway just an idea. 🙂

Author's Response:

Thanks very much! I'm really glad to hear you liked this (and it wasn't too painful on the Karen front lol). And yeah, one of the things I did like about Karen was that she was quite pragmatic. And I said this in another review - but I think Karen got the worst end of Jim being a coward, i.e. most of his cowardly moments (e.g. letting her think their relationship had a  chance after beach games) had a worse impact on her than any of Pam's did. So I think that would have stuck out more for her. But I think you're right that she didn't necessarily pick up on some of the signs there with Jim too. 

So I'm probably not going to do a Roy chapter as part of this fic, but I agree it would be interesting to see his thoughts on the documentary! I wrote a bit about his views on Jim in his chapter on the 3 things about Pam in my other fic - but yes lol, I do wonder how he'd feel about his portrayal in the documentary. Particularly as the documentary didn't show any of his happier moments with Pam, and I'm sure he must have had at least some...   

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This chapter was really funny! 😂
Jan was nuts. Leave it to Michael to lie so the other person was in the wrong. Jan and Michael were a match made in Hell.
In my last review about Jim being rude to Pam,
it was mostly about the around situation with Roy.
I can understand that Jim would be upset, but he put the all the blame on Pam without owning up to the fact that he started the problem with her in the first place on Casino Night. Also he pulled that prank on her with Andy to be petty, and shoved his relationship with Karen in Pam’s face.
Jim was very passive aggressive in season 3.
Also I sent you a message yesterday about when Jim bought Pam’s engagement ring. Did you by chance get it?

Author's Response: Thanks so much! It was fun writing this one, and yes haha agreed on Michael and Jan. And yeah - Jim was pretty passive agressive in season 3, his behaviour wasn’t great. I have also now seen your message (really sorry I missed it!), and hopefully sent a reply :) Thanks again! 

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A very sweet(and sexy) Pam chapter.
You definitely saved the best for last.

Author's Response: Haha, thank you! I did need to end on Pam. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to leave feedback, I've really appreciated it! :) 

I always was felt that there were two Jim’s.
Stamford Jim and Scranton Jim.
Karen was with Stamford Jim.
That Jim was cold, heartless and pretentious.
Scranton Jim was the guy that Pam loved,
and who was friends with those in the office.
So I believe that when Pam thinks that Jim is back, and Michael said the same thing,
it’s Scranton Jim they are referring to.

Author's Response: Spot on ! My thoughts were the same. How Jim didn’t have the same warmth and goofiness of years prior. Something was definitely amiss. 

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I like how the attraction Pam has towards Jim is already mutual. 🥰
There doesn’t seem to be any passion or heat between Jim and Karen in this story, much like in canon.
I’m curious if Karen will have a problem with JAM being friends, or if she won’t see Pam as a threat to her relationship with Jim.🤔
My guess is that they are the Pam and Roy of this story.
Please update soon.

Author's Response:

Yeah, I definitely wanted the attraction to mutual, but Jim's attraction to Pam was kind of accidental.

You will find out Karen's opinion to Jim and Pam's friendship as chapters go along so look forward to that.

I think what I want for Karen and Jim's relationship in this is that it is better than Pam and Roy's was, but it is still very stagnant. So yeah, they kind of are the Pam and Roy in this story.

Thank you for reading, and I will try my best to update soon!

:)