1 [Report This]Date: March 06, 2021 11:50 am Title: Chapter 4 - It was coming
I love seeing this from the Karen perspective. As viewers and (for the most part) JAM shippers, we had a 'whole lens' view of what was going on with a vested interest in a particular outcome. Showing this from Karen's viewpoint, we get this *other* perspective from someone stumbling into their world and lives seeing it as someone with a different interest. That is bought into sharp relief in this chapter - Karen questioning Pam's motives, their history. This is just so excellent.
Author's Response: Thank you for saying that. I am so glad you liked my take on Karen's point of view. Yes, as someone rooting for Jam , I never cared for how Karen felt and had to go through before these two got together. I think, a part of me, sort of starting sympathizing with her during writing my first story and here is what I got. You are really kind and your feedback has been wonderful. Hope you likes the last one too :)
1 [Report This]Date: March 06, 2021 04:43 am Title: Chapter 4 - It was coming
Again — I feel sorry for Karen so much. In my own experience, I know how horrible it is — to be in the twilight zone, and the worse thing is that the light made everything look even more desperate and depressing. That made all the sense in the world that Karen's (mild) sympathy for Pam was gone, and she thought of Pam badly (and I like your little touch 'she turned out to be more than that.')
And, of course, Karen would fight. She's a fighter, after all. The thing is, it seemed to me that her fighting mood is no more than a desperate attack of a wounded animal. Because she has never had this ease with Jim... and Pam has.
I'm curious about the last chapter very much. Thank you for writing!
(Also, thank you for your answer to my previous review, you're very kind!)
Author's Response:
Thank you for your feedback. Again I love it when you catch on to my little Easter eggs. Thanks for sharing about your personal feelings regarding the twilight zone. My writing also comes from reflection of my own experiences and it feels like a connection when it resonates to readers. I hope and wish you overcame that part of your life. Wishing you best for being stronger than before:)
I hope you like the last one too. Looking forward to your comments, as usual.
1 [Report This]Date: March 05, 2021 04:36 pm Title: Chapter 4 - It was coming
I kinda get what you mean here in all the stuff prior to Beach Games, about Karen feeling like she's in the Twilight Zone. You've portrayed her as being very perceptive. Perceptive enough to realize there's just something off about Jim and that somehow Pam is involved with it all. However until Beach Games she still doesn't have all the background info which is probably why she's still kind of fuzzy about everything. I also like how you had her wanting the ease of relationship Jim and Pam do sometime share. However she's rightfully confused since those kinds of interactions are few and far between. Especially after the week of late night talks and everything.
However after Beach Games it seems she finally has the whole picture. Why Jim wasn't giving 100% to his relationship with Karen. Why Pam acts around him the way he does. Why Roy would want to punch Jim. I think you're also right in that prior to this Karen did not see Pam as any threat to her and Jim. Now after Pam's speech it's clear there's competition and that Jim is having not only second thoughts, but many thoughts about his future with her.
So all in all great look into the multitude of spinning thoughts that must have been going through her head here towards the end of the season. Looking forward to seeing how this all plays out.
Author's Response:
Thank your for your comments. Man, you really took out time to do this and I feel so touched that someone would is invested in my story. I do share the same feeling that she was perceptive, if she wasn't then she wouldn't have done anything what she did to keep Jima nd Pam apart. And she did try to appear it didn't bother her but it did, hence the myriad of thoughts and ...second thoughts. :)
Date: March 05, 2021 03:12 pm Title: Chapter 4 - It was coming
I have to admit that a small part of me wanted Roy to kick Jim’s ass in season 3. 😂
Karen’s attitude about not giving up with Jim is one of the main reasons I think she’s pathetic.
The guy clearly doesn’t really want her, and she knows that he has feelings for someone else, and yet instead of letting him go she clings onto him like a teenager with a crush. Karen knows that Jim is not mentally and emotionally connected to her.
Karen hates that Pam made her confession on beach day because she knows that the feelings between JAM are mutual and not just on Jim’s part. That’s why Karen was desperate for Jim to go after the job in NY. I think she knows deep down that there is a ticking time clock with Jim.
Also Karen isn’t exactly drop dead gorgeous, so she really has no business calling Pam plain and basic.
Author's Response:
I know right. Jim did deserve a little bit of beating in season 3. My reason would be how cold he was with Pam and how he did make a fool of Karen. For Karen, I only have sympathies, she was misled, lied to and well a mature one like herself became a teenager, like you said, during the course of this confusion. If only, it was easy to let go of a relationship one invests in with all their heart and time.
Yeah she did get the inkling and well someone who dresses up so impeccably may find Pam's style a little basic, especially when this woman is taken over by jealousy and possessiveness. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Your comments help me work on my characters better :)