Holy wows. Willow is amazing 🤩 . I love how sweet she is with Jarod and wise too. Lyle is lots like my cousin during mania phases of bipolar, it was really hard to deal with him. Jarods dislike of Lyle is so on poin and I like how you cover so much so well with seemless transition. This is so addictive. Please post more soon and please please update your other stories too.
Author's Response:
Aw, thanks. I think I like the character, too.
Oh, my thoughts are with your cousin. I've never been diagnosed with anything (seasonal depression is over in the corner mocking me right now "wait until November, bitch"), but it's a lot more difficult, I imagine, to experience and struggle with those sorts of illnesses.
Um, well, yeah, Jarod doesn't like Lyle, and probably never will. He will simply have to tolerate him maybe. I will post more. Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Christoph Signed
[Report This]Date: 23/01/22 09:22 pm
Squee it's happening! This is omg so professionally authored that it blows my mind. I love all of the dialog and the characters are perfect. Your originals are beautiful and fleshed out too. I need more.
Author's Response:
Ugh, it certainly is happening. Aw, thanks for reading and reviewing. A really nice review.
Reviewer: Jen Signed [Report This]Date: 23/01/22 07:41 pm
Business took me away from wifi, and it's a pleasure to be back in the land of the living and reading you again. Every letter is so well placed and I don't have to tell you how well you write. The characters are exactly the characters. I'll be quick and say I can't wait to read your next chapter. You really know how to keep the pages turning. Congrats!
Ciao!
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Michael Anonymous [Report This]Date: 23/11/21 11:59 pm
Perfect. It's always a pleasure Mirage.
Congrats on another brilliantly crafted chapter.
Author's Response:
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Jane.
Reviewer: Jane Doe Anonymous [Report This]Date: 10/11/21 12:23 am
Aces Mirage! My ex girlfriend is a huge Michael T. Weiss fan and she got me hooked on the show and broke my heart. I think she left me to pursue a crush on him... but I still love the dvds of the pretender and I've been reading you for many years. You've written another page turner. I wish you'd update more often and write many more novels. You've got the characters down and I can see and hear them when I read you. How do you always write something original I don't know but I hope you keep writing and sharing your talent with us.
Author's Response:
Well, that's not fun. You seem to be reacting appropriately, staying cool-headed- good vibes etc. Keep doing that.
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Jake.
Reviewer: Jake Signed [Report This]Date: 09/11/21 10:26 pm
I love all of this and really love the tender scenes between Jarod and Sydney. It's really intimate and tender the way he shaved Sydney. Oh, God. I need more. Please write faster.
Author's Response:
Thanks for the r&r, Jillian.
Reviewer: Jillian Signed [Report This]Date: 06/11/21 01:03 am
That's how it's done. I'd love to read more.
Author's Response:
Thanks, John.
Reviewer: John Anonymous [Report This]Date: 05/11/21 03:31 am
Fabulous work as always Mirage. You keep the pages turning for me and I could repeat myself and talk about the perfect characterisations and transitions and all of that brilliance but I know you know what you're doing. Keep doing it. I'm hooked hard.
You still haven't got that selfie with Michael T. Weiss? Have you met him? I think you have and you are holding out. You could update his on how he's doing if you have met him recently jus sayn. I read your response to my reviews. I'm glad I don't bother you by talking about him and it's true what you wrote that it's a testement to him and his ways that I want you to meet him and that I can't shut up about him. Have you seen him lately omg!?! he looks so much older and so much different and still really totally good looking but with gray beard and gray hair and doesn't even look like Jarod much anymore.. and do you like that more or less? I know you once said you didn't like Jarod all that much, his duplicity or something and all. I'm just really curious. I'm glad you're not freaked out by him and all. and all. So yeah. keep writing.
Love you and your work. MORE!! NOW!!!
Author's Response:
[Report This]Date: 04/11/21 11:20 pm
I love MP's gouge about Jarod liking to watch. I didn't catch that one the first 10 times I read this. I love your writing. You know these characters too well I think. MOre please? Can they please have sex finally? I know they had some oral sex in the past but I want them to have real sex. I know there are other stories you've written with them having sex and you had to hold your nose and just write it anyway tho you didn't want to but I want them to have sex in this universe too. Please.
Author's Response:
Well-- mm, oral sex is real sex. They might engage in intercourse eventually ugh. I hate writing that stuff- er, technically it's the vivid imagination aspect of writing intercourse that I dread. We shall see what happens maybe. Thanks for reading and reviewing, Felicia.
Reviewer: Felicia Signed [Report This]Date: 04/11/21 09:04 pm
Aww Mirage. You illustrate with words. I love it. Please don't stop.
Author's Response:
Oh, you imply that it's possible for me to stop. I can't.
Thanks for the r&r, Xena.
Reviewer: Xena Signed [Report This]Date: 04/11/21 03:25 am
Speaking of breath... Mirage you are a breath of fresh air. I don't know what I did to deserve you being here and sharing your talent but I'm glad I did it. This is Pretender perfection. More, please?
Author's Response:
You're entirely too nice. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed [Report This]Date: 04/11/21 12:39 am
My heart. I feel so much. Thank you for writing. You write the characters I love in a way that makes me not have to miss them. They are revived.
Author's Response:
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Gabriella.
Reviewer: Gabriella Anonymous [Report This]Date: 03/11/21 11:15 pm
I can't say how much I love this. The characters... are completely in character and you never fail to bring them to life and flesh them out. The story is original, plausible. Please continue sharing with us.
It's been a comfort and joy to see you here and you've been here for years constantly working and you'll never know what it means to me. You're a touchstone and you keep the Pretender alive. Thank you.
Author's Response:
Are you reviewing me? Are you certain you're reviewing me? If you are, it's rather generous. I hope people don't read this one review and develop unrealist expectations.
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Jen.
Reviewer: Jen Signed
[Report This]Date: 03/11/21 05:06 pm
I'm feeling all of the Pretender feels over here and can't get enough. More please?
Author's Response:
You shall have more, Melinda. Thanks for the R&R.
Reviewer: Melinda Signed [Report This]Date: 02/11/21 03:48 am
Awesome job. I love your work!
Reviewer: Jami Signed [Report This]Date: 02/11/21 01:27 am
Exquisitely done as always Mirage.
Jarod is right. There are no curses. It was emotional abuse. I love that Jarod insisted that he and MP are still friends and have always been. The relationship built on friendship can handle the hell they have been through and the pain they caused each other. He did the right thing not telling her now about his feelings. You just keep pulling me in and pulling me in. I need more right now young lady!
Reviewer: TheDarkAngel Signed [Report This]Date: 02/11/21 12:12 am
I don't have time to log in. I wanted to say how much I love your writing. You are an exceptional author. The characterisations are the best.
You mingle the perfect amount of real life into this and I almost didn't notice. Sydney's research being misunderstood, Raines lying about it being rushed. It reminds me of the Covid vaccines and the covidiots who don't understand science and how results can be repeated and are verifiable. Another thing you did was talk about the pizza establishment and conspiracies that led dummies to shoot the place. Magats don't care that trump is a pedophile and trafficker and that Gym Jordan let boys get assaulted. They excused roy moore and so many other. They chase lies and almost kill people for no reason while ignoring all of the republican filth. I always look for the easter eggs. You are brilliant.
Reviewer: Valerie Anonymous [Report This]Date: 01/11/21 10:01 pm
Your writing is too addictive. That is my only complaint. The chapters could be longer. Two complaints but that's all. I hope you will keep writing for us. I love how you write these characters. I mean really, you are the best Pretender author. Awesome awesome writing.
Reviewer: Angel Parker Anonymous [Report This]Date: 31/10/21 07:36 pm
Top notch. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Reviewer: Daniel P Anonymous [Report This]Date: 31/10/21 05:19 am
Girl, you are a rockstar! I could see the murkiness outside and feel the damp and smell the rain. Your chapters are always like episodes of the pretender and I will always come to you for my pretender fix.It's very realistic to me that the younger kids wouldn't want to follow in their triumvirrate granddaddies footsteps and that evil people are scared of cancel culture. We saw that Miss P didn't want to do her job either and those younger than her in higher positions of power have the ability to say no. The kids are all right. Mils get a bad wrap, mostly from boomers. But look at the mess teh boomers made.
Amazingly well done as always Mirage. It's so nice to see them in character. You do justice always. Congratulations!!
Reviewer: Joni Anonymous [Report This]Date: 31/10/21 01:34 am
Oh, I love this. It's so refreshing to read you. Somehow you always write something fresh and original and still fascinating and brilliant.
The character development is beautiful. These two have grown...but not so much we don't recognize them. Miss Parker is the perfect marriage of strength and vulnerability and you always capture her and all of the characters just as they are on the tv show.
I love the tenderness between Jarod and Sydney, that little father-son moment was beautiful and something I would have liked to see more on the show.
The moments between Jarod and Parker... oh, what can I say? You're a wordsmith Mirage and you know where to put the characters and how to write a fantastic story. I'm loving Jarod right now for keeping his feelings to himself while Miss Parker deals with the past and tries to resolve that trauma.
Thank you for calling it accountability culture. It's been a long time in coming too. I noticed that you said millineals were falsely accused of things including ruining sex offenders careers and it took me a minute but yeah, the people who ruined the sex offenders careers is the sex offenders, not the whistle blowers, witness, victims, etc. I needed to see this today. I'm so tired of certain people blaming everyone but the sex offender. Will there be a happy ending for Jarod and Miss Parker?
Reviewer: Leslie Signed [Report This]Date: 31/10/21 01:09 am
More, please. You are amazing.
Reviewer: Christoph Signed [Report This]Date: 30/10/21 06:38 pm
hoping you update soon. PLEASE! I can't believe all these original ideas you have in a fandom this old. So fresh and real. I've been reading since the beginning of fanfic here and this is the best. The characters are perfect, not too soft not too mean just like I remember.
Reviewer: crackerjacks Anonymous [Report This]Date: 15/10/21 12:35 am
I'm so happy you are still here and now ringing in the 25th with us. You are the one I keep coming back for and definitely one of the best authors. Keep going please.
Reviewer: Thara Anonymous [Report This]Date: 12/10/21 09:37 pm
Ah, Mirage. You're a master wordsmith. This is a fantastic balance of emotions and remarkable prose. It's extraordinary and powerful. Humor, heartache, and tragedy are all in play, and you don't miss a beat. The characters are exactly as they are on my DVDS, the dialogues are refreshing and plausible. You're not afraid to let these characters be who they are and let the story naturally unravel. Nothing feels contrived. I particularly love the intimacy in this chapter between Jarod and Miss Parker. Congratulations. You've been here for at least 10 years and I'm grateful you're still here continuously writing for us on this 25th anniversay of The Pretender. I look forward to your next installment.
Reviewer: Amelia Anonymous [Report This]Date: 07/10/21 03:00 am
