I don't know the words to say how much I love this. I do love this
Please continue.
Thank you.
Roses!




[Report This]Date: 25/05/26 06:11 am
Thank you for continuing the story, and doing it plausibly, and I love your voice in this, the continuing narration that I recognize.
There was an author in a different fandom I once loved and they're using ai now and it erased their voice and the stories have no soul.
Please, however long it takes you, keep writing with your voice. I'll be here to read and review each update.
You always toss a twist, always have so much moxie and tenacity. You always let Jarod do his thing, like he just did with the ammo can.
His "don't you?" is oomphf.
grips the tits as grammie used to say lol. But that's the Jarod I know and recognize from The Pretender DVDs . He does that. He mellows it with her later, but stays impassioned telling her he knows she'd never do anything to hurt their child and omg and then mellows more with Parker by suggesting they simply keep loving Cate and having fun. By saying "let's keep doing that" ei having fun he's also telling Parker he has no intention of 'shrinking' her, after already answering her earlier question about what happens next with "only what you want to happen" and can I say how much I love this story and their changing relationship. It's happening slowly like it's supposed to, naturally, sweetly even if sometimes painfully.
Parker is still Parker too. She's always had this vulnerability. Now she doesn't have to pretend it away or cover it up with the macho bitch act.
Thank you for writing, sharing, your voice, your effort, time, and for being you.
Reviewer: Kat Signed




[Report This]Date: 24/05/26 09:18 pm
The evolution of their relationship is natural and plausible. It's beautiful. I could read books and books filled with more. I hope you will continue with this and all of your beautiful stories.
Reviewer: Leese Signed




[Report This]Date: 23/05/26 10:05 pm
Stunning. I can't wait to read the next installment.
Big love!




[Report This]Date: 22/05/26 08:03 pm
Oh my goodness. This is amazing. And I've missed you so much!
Are you ok? Are things ok with you? Where have you been?
Please don't leave us for so long again.
Jarod is so loving with her, and our Miss Parker is still so much our Miss Parker, just now she's a Miss Parker who is finally being true to herself. It's what I've needed to see so long. Thank you. I know I'll never get to WATCH it on my tv but I get to SEE it in my head when I read you.
That means the world to me. Thank you.
Big hugs to you and lots of love.
Take care of yourself, my dear fandomly sister in the Pretenderverse.
Reviewer: valerie_ Signed



[Report This]Date: 22/05/26 04:51 am
O vey. Ope, hold up, now, the Queen of Darkness, the ANTI-Jarod, the NOT-a-Jarod/MP shipper is writing all of this? 4 real?
I'm kidding tho, but 4 real, when I first heard of you I was convinced you hated Jarod but you don't seem to hate Jarod.
You wrote some darkJarod stuff, but Jarod is dark so it makes sense. Everything you've written has been plausible, even the Xdark Jarod stories.
Anyhoo, I'm in love with this story and how close they are here.
Pretender Perfect.
Reviewer: Jillian Signed



[Report This]Date: 22/05/26 04:18 am
Yayyyy. Oh, god, I love it so much. I love how close they are and I love to see what we were denied happen. You make it happen. It's so perfect. Keep going!
Reviewer: Monica_Bitch Signed



[Report This]Date: 22/05/26 12:08 am
Oh, man, babygirl you've been missed. A reminder to perservere when I need it most. Thank you for that.
Aww squee Jarod calling them a family, 'it'll never happen to this family.'
Oh, bless.
I need more. NOW.




[Report This]Date: 21/05/26 09:50 pm
I accidentally clicked submit before I had completed my typicing. As I was saying BRAVO! I love this. Real progress and so much character development and growth here.
A. I have to say right off that I love how Jarod was so distraught by Parker's nonreaction to the ammo can that he looked right at Parker and watched her unpacking Cate's belongings and still didn't really see Parker doing it.
It's only later that he is upset that she is taking on the full responsibility of unpacking Cate's belongings all by herself. THat was a really subtle.... oooh, it's really nuanced. Genuis of you.
I love that he seems sickened by the assumed roles.
They can't break the abuse cycles taught to Parker by her parents, by her father really as her mother only accidentally normalized the abuse, by continuing the partriarchy's assumed gender roles and dutiies.
I didn't always see the problem with patriarchy. I'm a man. I wouldn't see a problem with it because as a man it's never been a problem for me... I'm thinking ahead and I guess you would point out that it's a problem for me, too, because of the burden of expectations on me as a man to perform according to what society thinks a man should be and do ... yeah, you'd be right. There's a burden for all involved. And I do wonder what you'd say about that, too.
B. Parker is really opening up more to Jarod and maybe even taking comfort in Jarod's really simplistic approach to what is probably terrifying for them both. Parenthood. "Let's keep doing that." They already love her, they're already letting the child play and have fun.. which is shout out really to Parker asking the clone in season 3 if he wanted to play, have fun, like normal kids. And the thing we all have to remember is that she didn't get to play and have fun or have pets like normal kids either, but there she was eaten alive from the inside out by guilt.
C. I love the continuinity, that you continue the story we already know and love so well.
ABC.
THat simple.
I love this chapter.
Please continue writing and sharing. You brighten my life.
Until next time, Mirage...
Ciao!!
Reviewer: Michael Signed




[Report This]Date: 21/05/26 08:24 pm
HEYyy! I love this. OMG I love it and it's so damn professionally written, and DAMN plausibly written. I'm so glad you're not gone. We HAVE to keep the fandom alive forever!
Perserverence for real. So appropriate! I think we're all perservering as best we can, and I guess I love that my favorite characters are struggling too, right along with me, and I think my life is pretty rough but I think having a kid dropped into my lap, being told it's mine and that I have to try not to mess it up would be worse, which is why I vote for people who will keep abortion legal. I WOULD MESS IT UP.
I'm so underbabied and I so love it. I'm also underbrain-wormed and that's why I'm smart enough to know that the world is so overpopulated already. Dude, I'm all good. That must have been one FAT worm when it finally died. No more brain left.
Please continue this. Pllease continue your other stories. Please write new stories. Please share share share always. Never leave! I want this to be your Hotel California lol I'm kidding but I'm not really kidding.
I hope you're well.
Thank you for sharing!
Reviewer: Jen Signed



[Report This]Date: 21/05/26 06:09 pm
I know you are writing so many stories at once but please don't forget this one series.
We haven't heard from you since November of 2025, am starting to worry that you're abandoning us.
More please?
Author's Response:
I haven't forgotten. I've just been busy. Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Xena Signed



[Report This]Date: 11/01/26 07:10 am
???? I hope you have the time to pick this story back up.
I d love to see the end:)
Reviewer: Mverderber Signed [Report This]Date: 12/01/25 04:25 pm
I know you're still alive because Xena just updated and mentioned you in her in end notes. When you're able please update all of your fantastic stories. I love them all.
Reviewer: Chloe Signed



[Report This]Date: 15/10/24 08:50 pm
I love this so much. It's refreshing to read you! please please please update!
Reviewer: lisa Signed



[Report This]Date: 06/03/24 02:41 am
Exquisitely written as always Mirage.
I need more of this in my life right now. Please update, continue, don't stop. I'm a hard core TP fan and TP addict. I love them and I love how precise you write them.
Reviewer: Imogen Signed



[Report This]Date: 05/12/23 10:31 pm
Uhhuh! I can't get enough of this! More please?
Reviewer: Lizzy Signed



[Report This]Date: 29/11/23 10:20 pm
Gorgeous. I've enjoyed every word so far. You really have insight into the characters. This is the missing piece I've been waiting for.
Thank you sincerely.
Reviewer: Kyle McLane Signed



[Report This]Date: 28/11/23 01:02 am
Bloody fantastic 😍😍😍 like everything you write!
Please please please 🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 update all
of your stories and write more for us!!
Reviewer: Felicia Signed




[Report This]Date: 27/11/23 09:10 pm
Mirage!!! I had to see if there were any updates to help get me thru the Thanksgiving crap and you're here!! Do you this on purpose? Post something for those who might be alone or depressed during the big days?? It seems you do. I've been reading for a couple of days, reading back through this earlier posts and chapters..I love this RETURN!!
Please post more!!
Reviewer: Monica_Bitch Signed



[Report This]Date: 24/11/23 05:08 pm
So DAM addicting!!!!!!!
I NEED MORE NOW!!!!!!
Reviewer: Lorraina Signed



[Report This]Date: 23/11/23 08:36 pm
I'm so excited for more already. This has been a beautiful and painful journey for them so far. It has to be painful to work out all that has happened, she working for the people who kidnapped him, trying to bring him back, their pasts, their feelings. You explore it and resolve it brilliantly. I'm so in awe. More please!
Reviewer: Sela Signed



[Report This]Date: 22/11/23 11:24 pm
I was on the heels of an existential crisis with so many Pretender family passing on and I have found comfort here. This journey has been so refreshing, the way the characters grow and their lives transition. I love little Cate and that she poses challenges that Jarod and MP didn't expect.
You answered my emails and were so kind to me and I was surprised. Your writing voiceS you have many of them are different from you. It's like Mirage is a character you get in to first before writing. I'm impressed with your versality. Not that you sound unkind in your writing voice. I don't how to explain.
This is the first one of your stories I read and is the first one I am reviewing. I hope there is never a last chapter. Please never stop. We need to keep the fandom alive. Thank you for writing and your sage advice to me when I was having my crisis.
Reviewer: Rozzo Signed



[Report This]Date: 22/11/23 01:47 am
Woot woot!! An update from Mirage is always a welcome sight. I. need to learn more about all of the questions raised. You won't disappoint. Please keep going!
Reviewer: Miss Parkere Signed



[Report This]Date: 21/11/23 08:02 pm
