1 [Report This]Date: December 22, 2023 01:28 am Title: Are all your family dinners like this?
Ok I LOVED this chapter. This is exactly how I imagine a Halpert dinner. It was just perfect. And you nailed Betsy, your version of her is just my favourite.
And that proposal Pam wants was just too cute and I can't wait for it to come true for her
But also cheeky Larisa. She knew exactly what she was doing. And interesting Jim didn't tell his family about Katy
More please! Chop chop you keen crab
Author's Response: Why thank you old boy. Larisa is the keen crab here, she's got her plans. Not to worry, more soon!
Date: December 21, 2023 09:42 pm Title: Are all your family dinners like this?
So I’m guessing that Jim hasn’t noticed that Pam took her ring off? 🤔
I curious to know if Larissa will tell him.
It’s intriguing that Jim hasn’t told his family about Katy. Pam fitting into Jim’s family so easily also
showed that Karen wasn’t right for him either.
Author's Response: Thank you! No, he's not noticed yet. Jim seemed here and there with Katy on the show, so I figured he wouldn't bother sharing that part of his life with his family (plus he knows he'd get a mouthful from his sister!)
1 [Report This]Date: December 21, 2023 08:20 pm Title: Are all your family dinners like this?
One can just feel the tension bubbling in Pam here. That she knows she loves being part of this big, loud, rowdy, loving family, but yet she can't quite bring herself to tell the truth about her situation. Sadly she has a lot of practice by now in denying the truth about a lot of things. Her feelings about Roy, her feelings for Jim, her feelings about what she wants out of life. I mean we know she'll get there, but it's still a little frustrating to witness.
Still dinner with the Halperts was a lot of fun. They clearly know how to play off each other. I loved the detail that Betsy was one of the ones to teach the Halpert kids how to prank. A lot of times she's come across as the calm storm in the middle of the Halpert hurricane that was the four siblings. To think she was the one instigating a lot of it was a lot of fun to envision. Great job.
Author's Response: Thank you! Yes, and I think here she's seeing how easy it is to be herself when she's not held back by all those things, even if they're niggling at her throughout. I imagined Betsy to be a fun mom who can put them all in place in a heartbeat when needed! She was probably the one to put that clown painting up in the house as a joke, in my head anyway, and I thought Pam would warm to her being so different to her own mom.