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Oh man, that's a really good Karen insight there, really humanizes her. Jim threatening to call the cops on her was the highlight of the chapter for me, got a good chuckle out of that. I'm really looking forward to how Pam deals with the situation, I image it's like going to be very bittersweet for her. The almost reveal and Karen's staunch denial of the real reason Jim left Scranton was tantalizing.

Looking forward to more!

Author's Response: Thanks, DoomGoose!

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I really liked being able to get into everyone's head in this chapter. Sure it dispelled some of the mystery but knowing that delerious and cognizant Jim want Pam around is a balm to my jam heart. Karen learning of Pam's mediator superpower was a nice touch. I'm glad to hear you don't intend to leave us hanging on a cliffy for too long, looking forward to it!

Author's Response: Many thanks, DoomGoose! Much appreciated.

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This is a really well done introspective look into Pam after that day. Like many, it's likely the episode our hopes were dashed, and this insight really rings true. Well done.

Author's Response: Thank you for your kind words, DG!

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I'm admittedly not big on music, but I felt the retrospective was really well done. And then Pam's I can't read line cracked me up, well done.

Author's Response: Thank you! I almost deleted that line but then I was like "We can all be embarrassed I wrote that together" lol. Glad you liked it!

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You did a really great job setting the mood in this piece. I look forward to any more works that you may produce!

Author's Response: Thanks! <3 

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So I read this the other night before I went to bed. This is great work, as always. I'm always a little wary of the stories with trigger warnings and such, but I'm glad to see there wasn't too much of the gory details here. I really like how strong this Pam is, getting herself out of a situation like that. I cannot wait to see her grow further as the story progresses.

Author's Response:

I understand your warriness when it comes to TW works. I myself can be triggered by some, so I get it. There won’t be too many gory details, I promise (I can’t handle that either)

Pam is SO strong. Smart too.

Thank you for your kind words! 

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So lovely, thank you for giving a part two to wrap this up nicely! I especially liked that you acknowledge the distance that has grown between them and pam wanting to mend it.

Well done, looking forward to your next work!

Author's Response:

Thank you, DG! I'm glad you liked it. 

And I'm currently working on the next chapter of 'Paradox' ;)  

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This was lovely! You got so much out of those 55 words and the insights into so many different stages of Pam's life were great!

Author's Response: Thank you so much DG! I'm glad you liked it!

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That was lovely, got a good chuckle out of me.

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad it came through - I was sure this was funny in my head, but it felt like a lot of the humor might be too visual to translate well to writing.

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"Oh, the difference six months will make." Well now that's just ominous. I can't tell if that's foreshadowing or retrospective, but some of the tags you tacked on this story have me leaning towards the former.

Overall I feel like it's pretty canon compliant right now, although the flashback Jim has the convinces him not to go all in was a nice touch, it really showed how conflicted he was with the decision. I'm glad Jim didn't go for it without talking to Pam again.

I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with this, hopefully nothing too scary or scarring, in all aboard for fluff so we'll see if I need to jump off the ride at some point in the future.

Again though, you set the tone really well and maintain a cohesive narrative even with all of the perspective changes, well done!

Author's Response:

Yeah, Pam was quite the risk-taker and far more assertive during Seasons 3-5, and a little during 6 ("Your mom came onto me." *SMACK!*), but it goes to show how quickly her perspective has changed after S6.  I've noticed this with her hair too; most of the time during 7-9 it's in a similar style as S1-3, before Fancy New Beesly.  I want to explore that and see if she eventually makes more difficult decisions

And, yeah, Jim taking that call... it annoyed me, even though I completely understand the motivation.  Both him and Pam made mistakes during that period, but it seemed like he didn't even consider what dropping everything and going for a new job did last time, bolstered by the fact he has so much more to lose.

And, knowing your writing, I understand your concern.  Don't worry, the Halperts will be more happy and fulfilled this time around.  There will be hurdles,  *big* ones, but at the very least they'll better communicate, despite their insecurities.

Thanks for the review! 

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That was a rollercoaster, I really thought you'd do it! I was morbidly curious if you were going to make Jim watch after Pam's outburst, but thank goodness you presented us with a balm instead. I felt like Pam's jumping to the conclusion that he was there to take the teapot back was a bit of a jump, but in the end it worked so it didn't detract from the rest of the story. This was really well done, thank you for sharing!

Author's Response:

Thank you, DG! And sorry for the rollercoaster (to be honest, it was a rollercoaster for me as well; I cried a few times writing it). 

Thank you for reading and reviewing :)  

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Huh, not the direction I thought that was going. Revenge on Michael is an unexpected twist, but I'll take it! It sucks to see Jim in a dark place with all of that desperation and the hopeless situation he finds himself in, but I'm sure you will lead us to the light!

Author's Response: I promise this is in no way a dark fic! This is just how I figured Jim might end up coming up with that prank several seasons early...

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Well done, there we a lot of laughs in this one for me.

Things that stood out to mere were Jim almost walking into a wall, and Pam with the all caps all the time texting, because that was just weirdly endearing.

Toby in with the paperwork and Mose not being a responsible adult was just icing on the cake.

Of course all good Jim impressions must involve tapping on Pam's desk.

I look forward to seeing how you spin the aftermath of this.

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad you noticed all those little grace notes; they were fun to include, but it's way better when someone sees them...