1 [Report This]Date: February 23, 2021 07:36 pm Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
Oh this one is very good!
Author's Response: Thank you very much!
Date: February 22, 2021 09:04 am Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
Ok, I’m reading these out of order - and I might need to go back to the nice warm fire one after this chapter...but I really like the ‘his facets shone sharply, and he enjoyed his new coldness’ line in particular: I feel like that sums up S3 Jim really well.
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Date: February 21, 2021 10:02 pm Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
Jim very much had some jerk moments during S3. Using Karen as a shield against his own pain, not having the courage to really talk to Pam, lots of other things. Him turning to ice really seems to fit. However I love that it's Pam that makes his heart melt like that. Loved this imagery.
Author's Response: Thank you! To be honest, I had an image of melting ice in my head firstly, and then I thought about how I could combine it with the Office setting... I'm glad you liked the result!
Date: February 21, 2021 03:22 pm Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
After reading some of the reviews about Jim
being awful to Pam in season 3 and being okay with it, I think that there may have been some misunderstandings of why some people were irritated with Jim that season.
It was one thing for Jim to keep his distance from Pam, but he went out of his way to treat her like trash, all the while playing the poor me card.
He spent the season making rude comments to her and, shoving his relationship with Karen in her face. Jim also completely ignored the fact that his problem with Pam was started by him in the first placebo casino night. To make it worse, Jim never really apologized to Pam for being an ass towards her. Instead he blamed his jerk behavior on going to Stamford.
As for Karen, it was for wrong for Jim to not be upfront with her about Pam. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that. However, she did take the risk of being hurt by him, and then she played the victim when she got dumped. Which is why some
have no sympathy for her.
Also like Jim, Karen shoved her relationship with Jim in Pam’s face, which made her just as awful as him. The one thing that Jim and Karen had in common was that they covered their insecurities with huge egos.
Jim did the same thing in season 9 when it came to his job in Philly.
Once again, thanks for letting me vent about Season 3 LOL
Author's Response:
Date: February 21, 2021 02:33 pm Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
I like this a lot, especially as a relative sympathizer of Jim in Season 3. I think it hits on the head what he's trying to do (i.e change into someone who can get over Pam), and I love the poetic justice of him turning into ice which Pam's fire (as seen through the coal walk) can melt.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I genuinely want my favorite characters to be perfect, but they can't, so... that's my way to excuse their 'crimes,' I guess. Glad that it worked for you!
Date: February 21, 2021 01:08 pm Title: Earth XVII, Water XV
I can understand why you would want to justify Jim’s behavior during season 3.
Even though Jim got on my nerves, I still loved his character.
Plus we at least know why he was being such an ass when he confessed his feelings about Pam to Karen.
Author's Response: Thank you! I think it's important to acknowledge the weaknesses and failures of favorite characters... those flaws make them living people after all :)