kicking puppies (pg13) roy

[bebitched]

Title: Kicking Puppies
Pairing/Characters: Roy, Roy/Pam, some Jim/Pam
Rating: PG13 (language, adult themes)
Word Count: 1932
Summary: Roy's thought process after Pam tells him about her kiss with Jim on Casino Night, what leads him to attack Jim at the office.
Author's Note: This was a thorny little story to write. I spent a very long time hating Roy's

Comments

[angryhaiku]

I like this a lot. Your interpretation of Roy is quite a bit different than mine, but it's more nuanced and I think more interesting; I'm going to be thinking about this for a while.

And as always, I'm a little bit stunned by the beauty of some of your phrasing. Ten years of corsages and notebook paper love notes and first time fucks in the back of his brother’s truck manages to be simultaneously poetic, eloquent and accurate to Roy, which I would have thought was impossible.

I'm so glad to read such a sensitive and carefully-considered portrait of Roy; thanks for writing it. (I and the other three people that like reading Roy are grateful!)

[bebitched]

Aww, yay for you for making me both flattered and insanely happy! I think that from the way everything with Roy was handled, he's wide open for different interpretations. In that way he's kind of like Karen; I don't want to use the word tool, but they were both mostly plot pawns. Not that that's an insult to them or anything, they did their pawning job well. But from the few clues we got to their true personalities, there are multiple conclusions we can draw from them. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!

[fatjax]

Wow, your writing is excellent. Great story.

[bebitched]

Thank you so much!

[thirteenmirrors]

Oh my God, this might be my favorite thing of yours so far! I think I'm going to end up quoting just about every line in this...

The whole paragraph about Jim being Robin Hood, but Roy having a right to her -- wow. It's just perfectly said. Of course Roy can't compete with that, and his consciousness of it is so well put.

...his head bent low over her neck as she breathed out a giggle in the shape of his name, Jim -- I can actually picture this giggle. Wonderful.

And just like that, all of a sudden, the world had dissolved around him like that water color painting he’d accidentally spilled beer on once -- Perfect metaphor here! Because his world really was Pam, and even the destruction of the painting wraps around to be his fault, much like the demise of their relationship wasn't helped at all by his frequent disregard for her.

It was the most pathetic excuse for the ruddy rubber tire relationship they’d been thump-thumping around on for five plus years -- Awesome, awesome line.

No, he knew what she’d been playing at,

[bebitched]

Yay for reviews that are almost longer than the actual story ;) They make me insanely happy. Heh, and thanks for pointing out the typo. It's fixed now! (I need to find a beta stat, becuase that's, like, the third time that's happened, lol)

It's hard to imagine Roy making her smile like this, the way Jim did in S2 Yeah, it is, isn't it? But you know I kinda figure that there must have been SOME reason why she stayed with him that long. I think that she changed and he changed and the things that used to be cute and make her smile just didn't anymore.

Thank you so much for the review- it really means a lot!

[hippie_lover]

I just loved all the flashbacks you came up with! This was a great read. :)

[bebitched]

Thanks!