Penname: grc73 Real name: Catherine
Member Since: August 02, 2020

Bio:

Wife, mother (of children, not dragons, generally). Hopeless romantic, massive JAM shipper. 

Also present on FanFiction.Net under the same name, where I wrote a fair number of stories for Bones, which for over ten years was the TV love of my life. Until now.

I’m still fairly new to The (US) Office, but as a Brit, I was really into the UK version and wasn’t too sure about this upstart US reboot, even with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s input. I’d seen a few episodes over the years, knew vaguely about the Jim/Pam storyline and that there was chemistry, but not really clicked on how good it was, and as for the rest, the little I’d seen? Well, Craig Robinson is Doug Judy in B99 to me, Rashida Jones - Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec; and I didn’t even know that Ellie Kemper and Ed Helms had been in it for several seasons, let alone James Spader and CATHERINE TATE?!  Then I binge-watched it all the way through early in UK lockdown in Spring  2020 and suddenly it all clicked, and I fell hard for JAM. Really hard.

I’ve now watched some episodes several times, but I’m following via the Office Ladies podcast, so I’m really getting into the detail of the show itself as well as the love story.

In real life I have my own Jim (although his name isn’t Jim and he doesn’t work in paper, but he is lovely), two teenagers, a naughty Beagle and a cheeky Jack Russell. I work in the IT Industry.


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Reviews by grc73
You Take Your Heart With You Wherever You Go by darjeelingandcoke Rated: K [Reviews - 23] 35
Summary: Jim's finally figured out how to get out for good.

A take on the 55 Words To Leave Scranton challenge... and then 110 Words to Come Back Again.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Drabble
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Challenges: 55 Words To Leave Scranton
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 167 Read Count: 1366 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 16, 2020 Updated: June 09, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: June 10, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Scranton City Limits, Sometime in 2028

What a lovely link up! This packed in so much emotion into such a small space.

Author's Response: Awww, thank you so much! Glad you liked it.

Beauty in Ordinary Things by OfficeWriter Rated: K [Reviews - 191] 82
Summary:

Sequel to The Other Pam

Jim/Pam relationship centric


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim
Genres: Drama
Warnings: Possible Triggers
Series: None
Chapters: 57 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 168954 Read Count: 102632 ePub Downloads: 26
[Report This] Published: September 17, 2020 Updated: October 01, 2022
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: July 25, 2021 Title: Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Great chapter. I think you wrote this very plausibly.

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Date: November 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 47: Chapter 47

Absolutely nothing wrong with this chapter. You conveyed Pam’s alarm and distress extremely well, and Jim’s seeming hopelessness that he can’t help her. Really well written!

Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: October 19, 2021 Title: Chapter 46: Chapter 46

Oh my word! What a cliffhanger! Very well written as always, so much pathos. Let’s hope Pam’s reached her nadir and it’s all up from here on in!

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Date: September 30, 2021 Title: Chapter 45: Chapter 45

This was quite heartbreaking and from what I understand of DV victims, sadly not uncommon. Very delicately handled, nice writing.

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Date: August 23, 2021 Title: Chapter 42: Chapter 42

No, not a good chapter, a GREAT chapter. I understand it may have been hard to write but you conveyed the situation and characterisations so well.

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Date: September 23, 2021 Title: Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Still absolutely gripping. Great work.

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Date: July 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 39: Chapter 39

I thought this was wonderfully written but was a hard read *because* it was wonderfully written. You make the emotions pop out from the page in the most realistic way. And a very uplifting moment at the end that Pam knows she's beaten him, whatever the outcome.

All My Love and More by ThePinkButterfly Rated: MA [Reviews - 12] 22
Summary: Post-Money oneshot. Jim shows us just how passionate he is about Italian food.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Oneshot, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3290 Read Count: 3357 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: September 20, 2020 Updated: September 20, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: October 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

How did I not review this before? This was so sweet and smuffy.

I honestly didn’t pick up on any consent issues, I’m with you that there is huge trust between them, Jim understands “no means no” and Pam would have told him at any point if she wasn’t happy.

Just lovely, TPB!

folklore by SprinklesTheCat, BigTuna, agian18, Coley, Duchess Cupcake, JennaBennett, boredhswf Rated: MA [Reviews - 203] 172
Summary:

 7 authors. 21 songs. The most shameless smut this site has ever seen.


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Oneshot, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content, Mild sexual content, Moderate sexual content, Other Adult Theme
Series: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 119765 Read Count: 64845 ePub Downloads: 43
[Report This] Published: September 22, 2020 Updated: November 10, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: November 02, 2020 Title: Chapter 17: the lakes

Woah. It felt like ages waiting for this. It didn't disappoint. Very nice work!

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Date: November 06, 2020 Title: Chapter 19: last great american dynasty, chapter 2

I am SO pleased you wrote a follow-up. The first one of these was brilliantly written but made me feel so sad. It was beautiful and I love that you found a "real" way to put them together.

Dunder Mifflin is Jumpin', Jumpin' by darjeelingandcoke Rated: K [Reviews - 8] 9
Summary: A prank years in the making finally comes to fruition. Pam convinces Jim to live his dreams. Erin makes $10 doing something Kelly and Andy would’ve done for free. And Angela reveals some surprising depths. A cold open, circa Season 6. #2 in the Rejected Cold Opens series.
Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Andy, Angela, Dwight, Ensemble, Erin, Jim, Jim/Pam, Kelly, Meredith, Pam
Genres: Humor
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: Rejected Cold Opens
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1880 Read Count: 1572 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 22, 2020 Updated: September 22, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: September 22, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Break these people off Angel style

Brilliant. Utterly brilliant!

Author's Response: Thank you, but let's be real - at least 90% of why this works is thanks to Queen Bey, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: November 23, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Break these people off Angel style

Pure Genius.

Author's Response: It's Queen Bey's world, grc. We're all just living in it.

Copper Strands by Maxine Abbott Rated: K+ [Reviews - 8] 12
Summary: For the challenge get Jim and Pam together or apart in 55 words.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Drama, Oneshot, Poetry
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Challenges: 55
Series: 55
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 55 Read Count: 811 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 28, 2020 Updated: September 28, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: January 10, 2024 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is beautiful, Max.

At the end of the day, you just gotta jump by Basscop69 Rated: M [Reviews - 85] 75
Summary:

A series of Jim/Pam one-shots, inspired by lines in the show (now in chronological order!)  


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 81980 Read Count: 29033 ePub Downloads: 31
[Report This] Published: September 29, 2020 Updated: May 11, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: August 11, 2021 Title: Chapter 10: Third Date

Rediscovering these - absolutely beautifully written.

Author's Response:

Ah, thank you so much!! That’s so great to hear :) Jim and Pam *actually* being together is really nice to write. 

Five Times Pam Beesly Loses Something by WanderingWatchtower Rated: T [Reviews - 33] 40
Summary: Five little windows into the life of Pamela Morgan Beesly. Most of them JAM-centric, because of course they are.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5902 Read Count: 5539 ePub Downloads: 5
[Report This] Published: October 01, 2020 Updated: October 05, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: October 06, 2020 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Her Cool

This LITERALLY gave me butterflies when he told her he loved her. I loved Pam's joking with him at the end, too. This was so lovely.

Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: October 06, 2020 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Her Pants

This was sweet and sexy (and alarmingly realistic in terms of snatching those small moments together between child-related activities) - spot on.

Author's Response: Haha thank you!! Gotta seize the moment however you can when you have kids. 😂

Rainbow's BMW by ThePinkButterfly Rated: MA [Reviews - 117] 86
Summary:

Jim and Pam meet during their sophomore year of college. They’re at different schools, but somehow, they just might make it work. Modern day college AU.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 40725 Read Count: 18667 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: October 02, 2020 Updated: February 17, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: November 04, 2020 Title: Chapter 10: Chapter 10

Great chapter, very sweet. I feel Like New Year’s Eve is going to be epic!

Little Mouse by One_Small_Writer Rated: T [Reviews - 6] 8
Summary: Jim adds another pet name to the list of ones he has for Pam.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1962 Read Count: 979 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 15, 2020 Updated: October 15, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: October 15, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This was so cute, I loved the interactions between them.

The Heart of Life by WanderingWatchtower Rated: T [Reviews - 12] 20
Summary: “I think you should stay and I think we should fight.”

A slight canon-divergent take on our favorite couple staying and fighting in season 9. Takes place after “Couples Discount”.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Married, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3979 Read Count: 1544 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 18, 2020 Updated: October 18, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: October 19, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I loved this, it would have cut out a good couple of episodes of angst, too!

Author's Response: Thank you!! I’m always good with a little less angst. Haha

Beyond the Blackboard by WanderingWatchtower Rated: T [Reviews - 137] 113
Summary: An AU where Jim Halpert, a young high school English teacher, notices the new art teacher and takes it upon himself to help her get acclimated.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Other, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 35572 Read Count: 64385 ePub Downloads: 15
[Report This] Published: October 24, 2020 Updated: November 24, 2020
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: November 03, 2020 Title: Chapter 7: Chapter 7: Field Trip (Part 1)

Once again I've woken up to another brilliant chapter of this story. A great way to start my day!

Author's Response: Aw, thank you so much! Part two of this chapter is coming very soon. :)

Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: December 02, 2020 Title: Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Epilogue

To my horror I realised I had said I was going to write a final chapter review and then hadn't.

Just re-read the whole thing all the way through.

This is just the most wonderfully cute story - Jim and Pam are still Jim and Pam, but you've transported them to this world so beautifully, and I love that you've bought them together fairly smoothly, it's nice to read something less angsty sometimes!

Huge kudos to you, this has been a pleasure to read and it's been a lovely feeling to get excited about each new chapter for this story. Looking forward to your next work.

Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: November 04, 2020 Title: Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Mr. Halpert’s House

OMG this is ridiculously cute. Arguably my favourite chapter so far. That sweater...!

Author's Response: I couldn’t help but bring it back! Thank you so much! :)

Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: November 23, 2020 Title: Chapter 16: Chapter 16: For Forever

Only one word for this chapter. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: December 16, 2020 Title: Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Epilogue

I've just re-read this AGAIN. I think you need to write a sequel. It's so perfect!

Author's Response: I have been so bad at writing responses to reviews but I need to reply to this one!! You are so sweet. Thank you for loving it and reading it more than once! I miss English Jim as much as the rest of us, so...no promises...but it’s not completely off the table. Haha thank you so much!!!