1 [Report This]Date: May 01, 2025 07:28 am Title: Vandalism
You really just took the very best parts about s9 and made them BETTER. UGH i dont know...they really botched s9 and it's so disappointing because there was so much potential!!!
So: kudos truly for this story makes me want to rewatch s9 from this story's point of view, does that make sense?
I really love how youve fleshed out the end of andy/erin. They we're cute! But the line about them loving e/o more apart hit deep. Maybe they were just meant as friends, and this makes that totally possible and the better scenario honestly.
The mural plot is both my most favorite and most annoying. I understand how you broke it down in that no one there with number 2 positions (in reference to Andy as the manager) couldn't do anything but yeah i gotta say...it was still annoying watching canon val and toby not being able to do anything. I wish Val would have at least said SOMETHING or given a penalty or something but yeah reading this version makes me realize that they needed to be powerless so Dwight and Pam could get revenge. Arguable the better outcome than just a simple reprimand.
But now this rework also makes me simultaneously nervous and excited for the lunch confrontation. I like how you still included sneaky Brian hihi
Author's Response:
Yeah, I'm also disappointed with S9 and find it frustrating, especially how Andy and Erin ended. I never really liked them as a couple, and their friendship was far stronger than any sort of romantic relationship they had.
There's actually a deleted scene that explains Val's inaction: Val agrees to help Pam, but Pam vents her frustrations about Hide (the older Japanese warehouse worker) making fun of her art, going so far as to mock his voice. It puts Val off since, well, Pam channeled her inner "young Michael Scott" with the offensive accent. I didn't include that in this draft.
Thanks for the review!
Date: October 18, 2020 10:30 pm Title: Vandalism
Nice way to progress Erin's arc. She still wants to be with Andy. Though it also kind of feels like she's grasping as straws. Yes, he's been sweet in the past, but he's also been gone for three months with very little communication. Good job in getting all that bouncing around.
Likewise with the Pam and Dwight scenes. Fun to see them teaming up like that. It'll be kind of interesting to see what happens with the Brian stuff with Jim still in Scranton even if he's not at DM right now.
The accountant scene were fun too.
Author's Response:
Thanks! Trust me, she loves him, but she's also scared about their future, more than she should be.
Anything Pam and Dwight related is a treat. And Jim not being present is still gonna be explored, especially considering he could have, in a perfect world, prevented Brian's termination from the doc.
It's interesting watching the Webseries "The Accountants" and this episode back-to-back, it really shows how far they've come as a team.
Thanks for the review, as always!
Date: October 18, 2020 08:55 pm Title: Vandalism
I really enjoy the Pete and Erin banter here, and the time taken to reflect on Erin and Andy's relationship. You've hit on some pretty profound truths here with the idea that they were often best when they weren't together - they loved each other without necessarily being a good couple, which is a hard thing to come to grips with. And YES for giving Pete some real back story.
The accountants plot is fantastic and very much needed to stay close to canon - calling out Lipton was probably my favorite Kevin moment of the series.
There's a surprising amount of comedy in the mural plot - Dwight being turned on by a vengeful Pam is a little shudder-inducing but also pretty darn funny.
Also, something I hadn't really considered before that you highlighted in the mural section: a lot of this really is on Val for not attempting to deal with it and to a greater extent on Andy for not being there to deal with it. I feel like in canon the focus is on the fact that Jim wasn't there to help, and the fact that this is no longer about him being an absentee husband shines some light on how much the people with professional, rather than emotional, obligations here completely botch this. The situation really does end up escalating basically because there's no one with the capacity or willingness to discipline anyone at the branch right now.
This... is a more pleasant use of Brian so far. I will restrain a further rant there.
Author's Response:
Thanks for the compliments!
As I've said, I don't ship Andy/Erin, but I completely understand why many do. They are really cute! It just falls apart from an objective point of view, IMO. Also, as I've said, Pete would have been more liked if they did more with him, so hopefully I offered on that front.
The accountants' friendship is pure and wholesome and probably the strongest pillar of S9.
And, yes, both the show and I reveal Dwight's "interests" when it comes to women. His love to Angela makes more sense now.
What you've said about the mural plot fascinates me; I may have, unintentionally, revealed some cracks in the inner-workings of DM as a whole. Toby wants to do something, but he's restricted by the very policies he enforces. Val, despite her sympathies, considers it a non-priority because the productivity of warehouse takes precedence. And Nellie is doing everything she can, but in a position like hers, she has very little control; she only assigned the project and has no authority over Frank. Dwight is the only one who can help because he has grown throughout the show to have TOTAL disregard of power structure when it comes to vengeance, which isn't smart but it's tactical.
And yeah, Brian and the lunch will show up next chapter, but it'll be less uncomfortable, or more? It's more uplifting, at least.
Thanks for the review, as always!