1 [Report This]Date: June 20, 2023 01:00 am Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
Jim organizing a prom party just for Pam it's exactly the kind of big gesture he would have even in that period, and Michael and the rest of the Dunder Mifflin folks just going along with it was perfect. Speaking of which, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed all the Angela bits. And where do I even start with Jim and Pam? I loved every bit of interaction between them, and the way you showed us how well they can read each other even when they weren't interacting.
Something I really loved here was that even though Pam was angry and hurt by the way Jim left, you also have her acknowledging more than just in passing how much pain Jim was in back then, and hurting along with him as she remembers. I'm pretty new to reading JAM fics, but this was the first time I stumble across something like that and it felt so right and prefect.
I have to admit I wasn't fully comfortable reading about the cheating bit. I know Jim and Pam's situation is very complex and it can even be argued that Jim cheated on Karen right from the beginning, but still. It's just not the kind of behavior I enjoy from the characters I like, and what happened after made me felt so much worse for Karen. That being said, it is testament to your skills as a writer and story teller that I not only continued reading, but I greatly enjoyed the fic overall. It was a great story, and the way things happened served a purpose and I can appreciate that.
Thank you for reading and sharing this with us!
Date: May 11, 2023 01:59 pm Title: I'll be your dream, your wish, your fantasy
It's so great to read from Jim's point of view!
Date: September 16, 2020 08:13 pm Title: In lonely hours the tears devour you
The ending was good - and honestly, I think this chapter needs to happen. It's important for the sake of not assassinating these two characters that they acknowledge that someone in this love triangle is about to find herself a single dot through no fault of her own.
Date: September 16, 2020 08:09 pm Title: I want to lay like this forever until the sky falls down on me
This is... not my first time through this story. So I'm finally gonna ask - in the spirit of 90s nostalgia, is that an intentional Wonder Years shout-out?
Date: September 16, 2020 07:57 pm Title: We're surrounded by the comfort and protection
Moving the coal walk to THAT SPOT in the parking lot of doom is ::chef's kiss::
Date: September 16, 2020 07:53 pm Title: I'll make a wish, send it to heaven
Oh, the friendship between the Office women in this chapter is life-giving.
1 [Report This]Date: September 16, 2020 07:49 pm Title: I'll be your dream, your wish, your fantasy
Couple things I really like about this chapter - Pam's list of wrongdoings by Roy is spot on. The very accurate observation that it's a lot harder to maintain bitterness at someone who is right there in front of you every day than it is from far away. And the way you explore how much *work* Jim is doing, even at this point in Season 3, to try to keep what he's feeling for Pam under control, and how he ends up slipping up if he loses focus even for a moment.
1 [Report This]Date: September 02, 2020 10:55 am Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
JUST AMAZING there are no other words
1 [Report This]Date: July 14, 2020 08:07 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
Warm, fuzzy and just, absolutely beautiful.
1 [Report This]Date: May 15, 2020 12:04 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
SO perfect. Really the whole chapter was grand but how you handled that Karen breakup? Oof. It got me in all the right ways. Really perfect and wonderful.
1 [Report This]Date: May 15, 2020 11:35 am Title: I want to lay like this forever until the sky falls down on me
So many moments in this chapter I said, “Oh my god” audibly, but none as loud as when I realized they were going to BANG IN DARRYL’S TRUCK. Oh. My. God.
1 [Report This]Date: May 15, 2020 10:53 am Title: We're surrounded by the comfort and protection
Please tell me there’s a playlist out there for this fic. And I’m just crying over here about the way you just used 3EB against me. 😭😭😭
1 [Report This]Date: May 15, 2020 10:42 am Title: I'll make a wish, send it to heaven
Listen. We don’t get enough Pony OR Wuthering Heights references in fic. Of course you beautifully give us both. I’m loving where this is going.
1 [Report This]Date: May 12, 2020 05:10 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
So so so good. It brought back so many great memories of my own senior prom, and you wrote all of it SO well. But of course, no surprise there. Every part, every emotion, every conversation and kiss and the steamy parts and all of it. Just perfect.
1 [Report This]Date: May 12, 2020 03:42 am Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
"He brushed his fingers through her hair before pulling her forehead to his and inhaling her, breathing deeply as he found his center in her."
Ugh, just kill me now. This is perfect.
Date: May 12, 2020 02:18 am Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
This was perfection. Ending it with more Savage Garden? I am living.
1 [Report This]Date: May 11, 2020 06:19 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
Just beautiful. You are so talented. Thanks for this.
Date: May 11, 2020 05:56 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
I was very much looking forward to this chapter. Imagine my disappointment that as soon as I see it's posted I have to first sit down to dinner, then rush off to work. Ah well. Good things come to those who wait.
Just superb! Even through the bits and pieces of the conversation with Karen, there's enough there that you can see the drubbing she starts out giving him. Then as soon as that little smile crosses his face, I can just see him come back to life. Granted I'm sure she would have been more than pissed off during that speech, but it finally brings him back.
Love that Pam is there to take care of him the next day. She's caring and patient and the woman he fell in love with. But so much more than that.
Just wonderful to imagine them during their first day together like this. Finally both on the same page, it's a delight to read. Thank you for this story. It may have had your usual ups and downs, but it was a great ride all the way through.
Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat
1 [Report This]Date: May 11, 2020 04:09 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
Awwww what a sweet ending! And I love that they went to six flags. Can’t we get a sequel about that day? I want to go to an amusement park through someone else’s eyes. At least while in quarantine 😅
1 [Report This]Date: May 11, 2020 03:33 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
The sweetest ending to the nicest story. You did a great job with this one!
1 [Report This]Date: May 11, 2020 03:06 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
ADORABLE. I loved this so much, I have no words. I love that Jim just wanted to see her smile again. Gosh I wish this happened on the show. I probably would have died. Amazing, A+
1 [Report This]Date: May 11, 2020 02:28 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
I dropped EVERYTHING to read the end of this and....wow. What a PERFECT way to end!
I loved the intertwining of what he told Karen and what he told Pam. Very Jim thing to do, it felt so natural.
Also, as a native Pennsylvanian seeing you reference I-476 (also called the Blue Route by locals. Don’t ask why, idk why honestly), I smirked hardcore!
This was so well-written, kept me on my toes. 100/10 would recommend
Date: May 11, 2020 02:19 pm Title: A reason for living; a deeper meaning
A good finish, I really like the rehashed snippets of the Karen convo instead of having to listen to the whole thing, it still got the points across well I felt.
Well done.
1 [Report This]Date: May 03, 2020 08:21 pm Title: In lonely hours the tears devour you
That was intense and beautiful and I loved the premise and this chapter. Oh god I NEED to know how that convo went.
1 [Report This]Date: April 28, 2020 08:34 am Title: In lonely hours the tears devour you
Okay. Wow.
That was beautiful and painful, and I left reading a few times because it hurt that much.
But the ending made up everything, and now I'm just dying to know what happened between Jim and Karen. I have a feeling it would be painful as well, but I'm prepared now.
Thank you for an amazing story!