Whoa. You've updated my new favorite series ever, and I see you have a brand spanking new story for us. Thank you and congratulations are in order, so thank you and congratulations. This summer just got less dull. Thank you loads!
Reviewer: shauna Signed [Report This]Date: 02/07/24 02:41 am
I anxiously and eagerly await more of this series. Please continue.
Reviewer: Jillian Signed [Report This]Date: 01/07/24 11:03 pm
This follows Incursion seamlessly and is brilliant and makes me even more excited for the remainder of the serie. Merci! I love you.
I think you should know there are images of Michael T. Weiss that a reviewer put in their reivew. He has changed some I see. What do you think?
Reviewer: Garbiella Signed [Report This]
Date: 26/06/24 04:55 am
I see now that you have a lot of in process work. I won't read or review this series until it's finished. I want to fairly judge the entire piece. I will browse and see what else grabs my attention.
Reviewer: Mr PezHead Signed [Report This]Date: 26/06/24 04:16 am
A solid addition to the pretender and I can't wait for the series completed.
Reviewer: Jameason Signed [Report This]Date: 24/06/24 04:46 am
Ooh that last line. Jarod Jarod Jarod. More please?
Reviewer: Xena Signed [Report This]Date: 22/06/24 02:43 am
All of the wows!
You know how to grab my attention and hold my attention and leave me aching for more.
This is so special and important to me.
I can't wait for more and to see this in a series format.
Thank you for writing and sharing.
Please.
Author's Response:
Thanks, Lizzy.
Reviewer: Lizzy Signed [Report This]Date: 18/06/24 06:12 pm
Woot Woot! Mirage It's always a pleasure to read you. There is nothing to say that hasn't been said. I love this.
I need more.
Author's Response:
I'm glad you like it. Thanks, Melinda.
Reviewer: Melinda Signed [Report This]Date: 18/06/24 02:17 am
The way you've written this is brilliant.
You build up the tension and suspense slowly but you warn us in the first sentence that trouble is brewing. It's only when you read Jarod's parting words to Parker that the big boom comes down and he sucks the air out of the room.
I don't need to see Parker's reaction to know what it is because it's on my face. It's whatever the reader is feeling when they read/see him say the words. That reaction. Terror. A tiny oh no not doctor Jarod.
We know she doesn't like doctors. It's not really arrested development or inaibilty to grow as human on Parker's part. It's trauma, it's Raines, it's the way Raines perverted the profession.
Who can blame her if she STILL doesn't like doctors. That's not going to change just because Jarod's the one wearing the gloves and labcoat.
You describe everything perfectly. THis could easily be a continuation of the Pretender. For me it is.
I'm hooked. Bring more. Hurry please.
Author's Response:
Glad to hear it, Jana. Thank you.
Reviewer: Jana Signed [Report This]Date: 18/06/24 12:49 am
Uhhhhh godddd please don't ever stop writing!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Author's Response:
Thanks.
Reviewer: Monica_Bitch Signed [Report This]Date: 18/06/24 12:29 am
Jarod said what now?!! Oh my mind is blown. See you at home. So caszh- casssual. Everyone is behaving exactly as they should be in this scenario. She's very sane, and believes Jarod's the insane one and with him still thinking he's back doing CPR on her I can't blame her. That's how she would see it. Because she is her. WE love her tho. And Jarod is Jarod. He and Broots have been traumatized by this too. You show that. Some people will forget that witnesses are also traumatized by traumatic shit. Thank you! I've witnessed things that have scarred me deeply and people think I should be over it or it didn't happen to me so I shouldn't have a problem. It's not true. You nailed it. You nailed the characterizations. I see the actors in your characters. I'm impatiently waiting for more.
Author's Response:
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Leese.
Reviewer: Leese Signed [Report This]Date: 17/06/24 11:41 pm
Your voice writing is wonderful and the way you write these characters is perfect. Merci! I want more and more!
MERCI!!
Author's Response:
Aw, thank you, MlleParker.
Reviewer: MlleParker Signed [Report This]Date: 17/06/24 11:23 pm
I can't seem to escape this old fandom. I'll leave and think I'm gone off to greener pastures but you young'ns these days continue to liven things up here, bringing old men like me back into the excitment to relive the golden times. These are the greener pastures and this old mule is loving every word. I try to watch things on streaming services but I'd rather read your work because right away I'm watching your work instead of reading. Your writing has that kind of quality. You have managed to write the characters the way they are, and have infused your stories with the same substance and life that the television series had. This old mule is thankful for you and to you. If you'll post more I'll read and review. I might forget to review but I'll be reading. If I can find my eyeglasses.;)
Author's Response:
Same. It's because there's no escape. The Pretender is the Hotel California of fandoms. I'll be posting more probably, I'm afraid. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: James Signed [Report This]Date: 17/06/24 10:29 pm
Oomph Jarod bringing down the hammer hard with that last line. It's a truly gentle kind of tough love. He knows he has to approach this differently, and with more care than normally. I can imainge him backing off here the way he did in the Risque Business episode. At one point in that episode Melissa Blass couldn't deal and he agreed to go. He doesn't back all of the way off, just enough to placate Parker, and present her with the options.
Jarod already knows that this is Miss Parker and her brain is wired differently. She's already trained not to trust him and they have a relationship and they have feelings and I think it would unprofessional of him to take her home and be her doctor, or doctors PLURAL because he'll be bringing a lot of specialities to be able to fully care for her properly. He gives her choices always and this is another choice. He's trying to save her from being sent back to the place where sedation and restraints were the remedy.
This is what happens with patients in subpar facilities who are a danger to self and others and they do have a zero tolerance policy on violence. I can see Broots' point. She isn't suicidal but clawing out sutures because the threads look like spider legs and oh, baby, you are clever. The way you set this up with Asphyxia and Incursion is genius. You've truly refined your craft too.
Even Broots knows and fears he will cave to her and that it wiill be a bad thing if he does. Jarod plays the only card there is. He can't let her be trapped in her mind sedated and restrained 24/7 and he knows she won't allow him to take a step in her direction let alone be her doctor.
I love this and will be adding it to my favorites. Thank you forever!
Author's Response:
I'm glad you like it, Kat. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Kat Signed [Report This]Date: 17/06/24 09:03 pm
Oh my gods!
You're always on top form, always captivating.
I can't get enough!
Author's Response:
Awesome. I'm glad you like it. Thanks.
Reviewer: Miss Shanon Signed [Report This]Date: 16/06/24 04:30 am
Bravo! You're a hell of a story teller and author. You've exceeded my excitement and expectations again. I'm never able to predict where you'll take them next. When I think I can you surprise me all over again.
I find see o much stunning ybeauty in your work. Sadness sometimes too. You stick to canon and I appreciate that more than you'll ever know. Please keep doing. I can't imagine not having your work to read...and I don't want to imagine that either . Thank you eternally.
🙏 Top
Author's Response:
That's a LOT of pink. Ha.
Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Kyle McLane Signed [Report This]Date: 16/06/24 01:53 am
I need more of this now.
😍 😍
Author's Response:
You'll get it. Thanks, Lisa.
Reviewer: lisa Signed [Report This]Date: 15/06/24 07:51 pm
Oomph! Right in the Pretender feels Mirage.. again. I do hope you'll respond to my other reviews. More of this please?
Author's Response:
Oh. About your other reviews. I'll respond to them all here. Someone emailed me regarding your (heavily cropped) image. Apparently, there's an uncropped version of that image, and in it three "weirdly pretender-related" (fandomly) (I'm quoting you) gentlemen are seated below that quirky decor.
Wild, huh? One of them looks, I kid you not, exactly like The Pretender. Yeah. For real. Evidently, all of this is "common knowledge already" (*to everyone except me) "and has been for "several years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Date: 13/06/24 05:14 am
You always leave me in awe Mirage. Your plotting is brilliant, everyhting you do is on point. The characters are so in character it stuns me. You're a genius aren't you? I'm addicted and hopeless. Please post more.
Author's Response:
I'll do it. Thanks, Sydney.
Reviewer: Sydney Signed [Report This]Date: 13/06/24 02:51 am
Thank you for this exquisite masterpiece Mirage. I love the series, and I look forward to reading more of it. It's refreshing to see the characters all in character and to feel the Pretender feels.
With gratitude as always.
Author's Response:
Gratitude rght back at you.
Reviewer: Amelia_ Signed [Report This]Date: 13/06/24 01:38 am
Oh. Oh Mirage. I love this. The characters. Oh, you write them perfectly. My heart my heart. What can I say? More please? It's perfect, beautiful, painful, heart shattering, mind blowing. You never disappoint.
Author's Response:
I hope I never disappoint. Thanks, April.
Reviewer: April L Signed [Report This]Date: 13/06/24 12:01 am
Here am I again because of you pulling me back into this fandomly. I heard you updated and that it's amazing but it's better than amazing.
I neeed more and more. Why are you so addictive? Why can't I stay away? I love this. Update soon!
Please!!!
Author's Response:
I'm so glad to hear it, Jarod.
Reviewer: Jarod Signed [Report This]Date: 12/06/24 09:23 pm
"See you at home" I'm dead. OMG! The choice is clear. I guess most of us would be checking out right then to be cared for by Dr. Jarod. Would you do that? I think I would meet him back at the house but I'd probably ask him not to wear the gloves and be so doctory lol but that's me. Parker isn't ready for that kind of deal with Jarod. I'm hella impressed with this and with how Jarod Jarod is, and how Broots Broots is and how Parker that Parker is. You do them justice and beyond. I want more.
Author's Response:
Ah, no, don't be dead. Be alive. You'll get more.
Reviewer: Imogen Signed [Report This]Date: 12/06/24 08:13 pm
Top SHELF mate! Keep it on!
Author's Response:
Will do. Thanks.
Reviewer: Jeremy Signed [Report This]Date: 11/06/24 09:50 pm
Oh my wows. All of the wows Mirage. You have everything in perfect balance and you've really developed your craft and the characters and you have that thing that the best authors have. You keep them in character regardless of what happens and that's where some authors slip up and insert some of themselves. You don't do that. You keep a strong narrating voice. I get a sense of action and time passage too even when no one is running or wrestling. It's a different kind of action that keeps the story moving forward. You instill intrigue and make know how to hold interest. I'm impressed as hell. I'll be here waiting when you update.
Author's Response:
Thanks, Valerie.
Reviewer: valerie_ Signed [Report This]Date: 11/06/24 08:47 pm