1 [Report This]Date: November 28, 2020 01:17 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
Oh, the choice to end this with just an ordinary day that's better because they get to spend it together is LOVELY.
Author's Response:
This is why I had to juggle the order around from the original story-- because I think seeing what she had lost, like this, was the thing to send her over the tipping point.
Oh, I really enjoyed revisiting this one with you. Thank you!
Date: May 27, 2007 08:18 am Title: Past...and maybe future
Really great take on the classic :) I liked it, it was cute. I esp. like that the ghosts were people from the office. You definitely got their personalities down.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! It was a fun one to write, and I liked trying to capture the spirit of their personalities while still staying at least a little bit true to the original. Thanks for eading an older story!
10 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 05:52 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
This is terrific! I adore A Christmas Carol, and this was a great take on it. The spirits you chose were especially apt. Loved it!
Author's Response: You're always so encouraging- I appreciate it so much! I'm glad you liked it. Choosing the spirits was hard (for instance, I thought Meredith would have some insight into an unhappy marriage, and it was just freakin' hard to leave out Dwight...). Glad you liked it!
10 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 03:23 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
You did such a good job with this concept. I'm a veteran of the Gilmore Girls fanfic community, where the ghost of past-present-future has been time and time again, and this was just so much more touching and funnier. Your Pam was subtly sassy, Kevin was hilarious, and Michael was just great.
Author's Response: Thank you! "Subtly sassy" is such a great way to describe Pam; I'm really happy you think I captured that.
10 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 08:36 am Title: Past...and maybe future
This was completely and totally inspired! I think I love you even more than I did last week, if that's possible! Take a bow, my dear.
Author's Response: *Lis blushes, and then bows*. Thank you so much!
9 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 07:46 am Title: Past...and maybe future
"There was nothing special about this day, was there?..."
That revelation is perfect. Utterly. Love it.
Author's Response: Thank you. I don't think they need art internships or promotions or even to leave Scranton, really- they just need each other and the rest will happen because they are happy.
10 [Report This]Date: October 11, 2006 07:24 am Title: Past...and maybe future
This was perfect!! Really--I mean that. Loved your choices of characters for the ghosts, you had their voices down incredibly well. Loved your Pam voice too--all of the asides,etc. had me giggling the whole way through the first few chapters then aching a bit through the last 2.
This was just so clever and so well done. Loved it!
Author's Response: Thank you! I worried about my Pam voice a bit- she sounds a little too much like me for my taste here. I'm relieved it worked for you!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 05:11 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
This was sad and awesome and amazing. You are such a great writer. Loved this.
Author's Response: Wow, thank you. It's so much fun to play with these characters. I kinda did leave out the joyous ending of the actual Dickens story, but a break-up is just not the same as Christmas, you know? I'm glad you liked it!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 04:53 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
This is the best Pam Realizes explanation ever!
Author's Response: Oh, thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 03:19 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
That? Was awesome. I'm in awe, seriously. Everyone was in character and you kept true to the story, but updated it and kept it cool at the same time. Loved it so much.
Author's Response: Thanks! I love that you called it "cool"!
9 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 02:38 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
Holy crap...
That was incredible. Absolutely amazing. So poignant without being treacly, and everyone was totally in-character. And this line:
Pam, again, found it incredibly bizarre to see herself from the outside, although she figured this would be how it would feel once the documentary started to air.
was just...shockingly...right. I can't even express it.
Author's Response: Thank you. I always worry about the in-character thing, so I especially appreciate that. I'm glad that line spoke to you, too!
Date: October 10, 2006 02:16 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
'Trust me; you only get one chance at that. And, uh...you were his chance.' Awww. This concept was so ambitious, because if not done well, it could really have fell flat...but it absolutely sang. Great!
Author's Response: Yeah, I thought I was in over my head about halfway through. I'm so glad you thought it worked out OK. "Sang"? That's a lovely way to put it, and I'm touched. Thank you.
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 02:00 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
This was just wonderfully done. Wow! What a way to spin a classic on its head, and give a great way for Pam to reflect on her life. Two thumbs way up. :)
Author's Response: Thank you for both thumbs! I'm glad you liked it.
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 01:04 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
Even bigger chills now. What an incredibly brilliant concept - to let her see from an outsider's perspective what she and Jim are really like, the gift that they had. Ah me. This is beautiful. If the show were more traditional (read: not mockumentary style), I could so see them doing an episode like this.
I believe, nqllisi, that you have just posted an instant classic. ;o) Excellent work here!
Author's Response: Thank you. I really do appreciate your many comments. You are always so supportive! I thought that showing this last, unlike in the real story, would be the best way to illustrate to Pam what she was giving up.
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 01:00 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
Okay, this was pure genius! I laughed out loud at this:
since she assumed that her lifetime ban also included astral projection
Author's Response: Hee, I liked that line, myself. It was added during the proof-reading phase, because that paragraph needed a little more oomph. :) Thanks so much.
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 01:00 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
UNREAL! Beautifully done. This was just all kinds of great:)
Author's Response: Thank you, thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 12:56 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
There are no words:) I loved it! Also, on a side note, the pick of June 3rd as the date was a bonus for me, because it was a very, very important day if you're a Gilmore Girls fan (which I am). And also a very bad day, but that's beside the point:)
Author's Response:
Hee, I just picked the weekend before the wedding. I'm glad that added something extra for you! Thank you.
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 12:52 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
I can't believe you smushed so much goodness into such a small story. The choices for ghosts completely rocked - especiallyToby. You totally captured his style. Well done.
Author's Response: Hee, this is the longest fic I've ever written! I'm glad you liked it. Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 12:46 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
I second Shan's assessment. You. Are. Brilliant. And this....
“Yes, well, your subconscious has a lot of random stuff in it, Pam.”
made me laugh out loud.
This was amazing. You've given me Christmas in October - in every possible way. l-o-v-e LOVE.
Author's Response: Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
10 [Report This]Date: October 10, 2006 12:40 pm Title: Past...and maybe future
that was really cool, i loved the choices of the ghosts :)
Author's Response: Thank you! Chosing the ghosts was the hard part. There were so many to choose from!