Pam takes a trip to Target, buys a swimsuit, and gets some inspiration from an unlikely source.
1 What a fantastic short story! SO in character for Pam and I loved the awkwardly friendly interaction with Karen and how far Pam's imagination raced into the future. Amazing!
Very like Karen's voice.
1 Very good! And I love the portrayal of how Jim needs Karen as protection from Pam.
1 A great post-The Job adventure!
Weekends with Jim can be a terrible distraction on Monday.
1 You really demonstrated the powerful intimacy between Jim and Pam, and I am always a sucker for such intimacy from Jim's perspective. The depth of his love for Pam fills me with endless happiness!
1 This is very funny.
Just because I am ridiculously excited for a new season of Dwight K. Shrute talking heads.
ETA: This now also includes Angela Martin's questions. Hee!
1 Hilarious! You got Dwight's voice down to a tee! I can see from the chapter heading that you did spell Schrute correctly, so I guess the misspellings in the text were an accident, LOL! A great chapter! Dwight's revenge fantasies against Jim Halpert were my favourite!
1 Too funny for words!
Angela's cutting remarks about Jim were the funniest part of this piece. You just need to fix the small tense issues ('is' instead of 'was'), but otherwise, this was very amusing!
Poor Karen. I adore Jim Halpert, and I will readily defend him for most things, but there's no doubt that he made some huge mistakes here. Though unlike many 'Office' fans, I think those mistakes were largely understandable and probably inevitable. Jim was beyond heartbroken when Pam turned him down twice. Still, Karen deserved the truth. Her only fault was not being Pam.
Jim and Ryan have a chat in the kitchen -- "missing scene" from DMI (so I guess some "spoileresque" conversation)
This basically wrote itself -- not something I intended. I think it's my first ever non Jim/Pam story. But it's about them. :-)
You nailed Ryan's sliminess!
1 Very funny. Dwight's analogy had me cracking up. It's good to see a solid representation of the Jim-Dwight dynamic. Jim was irritated by Dwight, but he didn't hate him, and he never wished genuine misery on him. Even back in Season 2, Jim changed from joking to real concern and urgency when Dwight had a concussion. When Jim saw that Dwight's pain was similar to his own over Pam, he had a real desire to help Dwight pull himself together, as that wonderful scene in the Money episodes demonstrates.
One small snag: 'Jim could see this is already going to go wonderfully.' Presumably you meant 'was going to go wonderfully'.
I enjoyed this story!
1 A funny and convincing diary entry that sounds just like Pam Beesly.
1 I always laugh my head off when Roy picks the worst possible woman, Angela, for his 'Who Would You Do?' Pam's worst enemy! This chapter had the right mix of Pam's secret bitterness, which very often crosses into mean-spiritedness, as well as her sarcasm.
1 Very funny. Michael's demand that Pam update the address on his magazine subscriptions was a great scene.
The change is noticeable almost immediately.
Set post-"Money".
1 I will be using this for my headcanon of Jim Halpert! The kis between Jim and Pam in 'Money' is my favourite scene in that episode by far, and you just brought out even stronger nuances and independent ideas about Jim's feelings. Great piece!
1 A wonderful glimpse into Jim's complex romantic side!
My (second?) contribution to the Money post-ep business. Jim and Pam have dinner and something's a little off.
1 I enjoyed Jim's tension being extended beyond the Money episodes, because what he disclosed to Dwight was serious. Insomnia, loss of concentration, profound depression to the point of losing awareness of simple necessities. As Michael correctly said in The Secret, "Look, Jim needed a relaxing lunch. He has been depressed." Jim was an easygoing, pleasant and largely unmotivated man. For him to lose it as much had he did really demonstrates the level of pain he was suffering inside. That kind of pain doesn't just disappear. He spent three years pining for Pam, and by the time of the Money episodes, he had only been dating her for several months. Of course, bringing up the past would signal a return of those dark days. Nice job. Only advice I would give is to separate out Pam's reaction from Jim's dialogue, so that the prose reads smoother. Other than that, I enjoyed this.
1 Great backstory for the early stages of Pam and Roy's relationship and the beginning of Jim's tenure at Dunder Mifflin.
1 I thought this was a great glimpse into Angela's psyche.
1 This was very funny!
1 A wonderfully realistic look at Jim Halpert!
Just a little Jim/Pam to get us through this hiatus.
1 Very funny, especially Michael asking Pam to unbutton her top button (advice she actually followed in Season 3, Episode 2!).