1 [Report This]Date: May 06, 2021 07:46 am Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
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Beautiful and I loved the symbolism
1 [Report This]Date: May 09, 2020 09:22 pm Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
This was sooooo good. I love how Jim remembered and it just made him realize how much of a jerk he had been and how much he loves Pam still. Ugh my heart. So, so, so cute
Author's Response: Thanks Aly! I’m so glad to hear you liked it!
1 [Report This]Date: January 15, 2020 09:36 am Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
I loved this!
Author's Response: Thanks Sam! I had a lot of fun writing this one.
1 [Report This]Date: December 13, 2019 02:38 am Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
I don't know where to start.
It's a fantastic story. I've re-read it at least three times, and I'm not going to stop :)
You nailed the characters perfectly. Pam is sweet, and I love so much her high morality - even if it hurt herself, she would do things right. Jim is absolutely adorable, and communication between January Jim and December Pam is a gem. I have mixed feelings for Karen (honestly, I don't like to hate her, but I wanted to turn off the show every time she appeared on the screen), but in this story, she is quite lovely. And the fact she could make some kind of friendship with Pam... oh my, I have a kink here, I guess :)
Thank you for this fantastic 'how-it-should-have-been.'
Author's Response:
This review really made my day. Thanks so much, Dernhelm!
I feel the same way about Karen... She’s the worst, but also she’s totally not. She’s so much more like-able when she bows out diplomatically, early on. It’s too bad it didn’t really happen that way...
1 [Report This]Date: September 05, 2019 06:17 pm Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
HOW have I not reviewed this last chapter? Ugh, I'm the worst. But I'm here now!
I mean, you just come right out the gates swinging with "she tastes like second chances and tomato sauce. His favorite" That's in the running for one of my favorite lines in a fic for this entire year.
Jim-dentation. You're killing me. Don't ever stop.
And the whole actual scene with Jim and Michael? And Michael saying he knocked Stamford Jim out and he's Scranton Jim again? I'm so incredibly jealous of the way your mind works sometimes because you come up with these things that just make so much sense, and they work, and it's always so, so good.
That ending JENNA. That ending is perfect and flawless and she sees color again and he's buying jewelry and I'm flailing my arms and would say something smart but all I've got is that I really hope they enjoyed that second dessert.
This was such a great story start to finish - thank you for writing it!
Author's Response:
Now that you’ve pinpointed that line I’m wondering if I should have said ketchup? Because America... Oh well, you live, you learn, you stick with what you know. At least I didn’t write “dead horse” which is what my father calls tomato sauce... Anyway, I digress - wildly...
I’m so flattered to hear you liked this story. I wondered that the ending was too cheesy, but I know what I’m about. Plus, ring buying after one week is canon so I guess we’re all saps...
Thank you for taking the time to come back & review. Your reviews really are a delight 😊
Date: July 04, 2019 04:17 pm Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
This story was a lot of fun. Tons of great emotional beats all the way through it. Interwoven through it all was the connection that Jim and Pam have always had. It was great to see Pam take such a big chance with Jim here, but the rewards were great.
Getting into this chapter, it was fun to see Jim back at the office. I really enjoyed the moment with Micheal. For to most part Micheal is an immature man-child, but every so often he surprises you and is a generally good guy. I feel like he had one of those moments with Jim there in his office. It was a great way to set up Jim getting his memories back.
The scene up on the roof though? With Jim and Pam in each others arms like that. Beautiful just beautiful. Not only were they sweet together, but all the hints of past
However my favorite part of this chapter was right there at the end. Pam's done living in blacks, whites, and greys. The fire in her life if back and so she's embracing every color of the spectrum she can. Wonderful to see her light up like that. I get the feeling that she's got the image of Jim on his knees on the roof burned into her mind, and just HAS to get it out on canvas, but since the life is back in his and her eyes, charcoal just won't do. Not now, possibly not ever again. Thus grabbing every color she can to imbue her future painting with life, love, and hope.
Great job
Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat
Author's Response:
Thanks for following this story, Warrior & for your lovely & always detailed reviews. I appreciate hearing your thoughts.
I love those little moments on the show that reveal a deeper, dare I say wiser, side to Michael. I thought it would be really impactful to Jim if even Michael had noticed the shift in his dynamic with Pam post-Stamford.
I wanted to end on a link back to the color that fills (or doesn’t fill) Pam’s life. I was worried it was a little too cheesy, but glad to hear that it came across okay!
Date: July 04, 2019 07:34 am Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
This was lovely, this specific chapter and the story as a whole. I really enjoyed how you had Jim's memories come back (though I'm mad at his doctor for OKing going back to work while he still thinks it's January of last year) and I loved this line: "whatever Michael did to Jim’s physical body is nothing compared the way his words crack his heart in two."
This was a pleasure to read. Thank you for writing it!
Author's Response:
Thanks Comfect! You can blame my complete lack of medical knowledge on Jim returning to work far too early 😂 I always pictured it happening at his desk/on the roof so I had to get him back there... I’m so glad you joined me on this little journey.
Date: July 04, 2019 06:50 am Title: 8: Filled my heart with red again
The fact that she went and bought “every shade of the color wheel” is PERFECT. This was so beautifully written! Thanks for the journey :)
Author's Response: Thanks for reading! It’s nice to hear you liked it!