1 [Report This]Date: November 28, 2020 01:16 pm Title: Future
This actually feels like a pretty fair glimpse of Jim's future with Karen - probably fine (provided he isn't forced to build it while Pam sits six feet from them), but definitely not the love of his life.
Author's Response: Yes, I think the show did a good job of showing that Karen was pretty great. Roy was a disaster, there was no good future there, but there was nothing wrong with Karen. She just...wasn't Pam. I'd have to look at the dates to see when I wrote this vs. what was going on in the show at the time (did I write this before season 3 started? Had we seen Karen promos yet?). I don't remember how much I knew or suspected about Karen at this point, but regardless, Jim would have found someone and been happy. But nobody would have eclipsed Pam.
9 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 07:39 am Title: Future
“Yes, well, your subconscious has a lot of random stuff in it, Pam.”
LOL.
...he just looked at her and raised his eyebrows in a way that suggested a shrug.
Yes! That's Toby! And three-years-older Jim is a little heartbreaking.
Author's Response:
I found Toby harder to write this time than I expected, for some reason. I'm glad it worked out well! I wanted to show Jim as having moved on and doing well, but also for Pam to see in an instant that she's broken something in him. Not sure if that worked as well... :)
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 01:01 pm Title: Future
Okay, I actually have chills. This was beautiful - I cringed when she first saw Jim because of how unbearably painful it would have to be for her to see him three years ahead, without her, with someone else.... And Toby was the perfect, perfect guide here. Just brilliant!
Author's Response: Oh, thank you! I almost waited to show any Jim until the last visitation, but I decided she needed to see what she'd done to him, too.