Amazing. You take the genre, the characters and make them yours. You're the reason I still come here and that's enough said.
Reviewer: Con-O Signed
[Report This]Date: 24/06/14 03:25 am
What Twisted said!!! There is nothing else that can be said that hasn't already been said already..you should be a writer, you write eloquently but without being boring. You are a genius!! Never stop writing.
Reviewer: d_el1 Signed [Report This]Date: 21/06/14 06:58 pm
I had a bad feeling when the morning sickness went away that something was wrong with their baby but aside from that, you kept me guessing and hanging on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. More sexy Jarod scenes please!! lol. I'm guilty.
Reviewer: JarodandParker4ever Anonymous [Report This]Date: 21/06/14 03:57 am
I'm still around just not as much as I once was. Totally forgot my d*** password......hope you don't mind but I seriously love this story. I hate the story because it was sad at times but I love the story!!! How are you not a best seller author already???!!! Or are you a best seller author and you write here on the downlow? Seriously! You write circles...lol no pun intended...around famous writers it's not even funny!!! I d*** LOVE that apron of Jarod's, could imagine MTW in somethn like that. Keep going!!
Reviewer: pretenderoxx Anonymous [Report This]Date: 20/06/14 01:23 am
It was a long wait but at least the wait was worth it. Your stories are original. We never know how they'll end but only that there will be twists. I love the dialougue. You invent your own quips rather than use the same tired ones from the serie. You write my favorite characters perfect. Please don't ever stop writing for us. Sorry about my english. Merci!!
Reviewer: MlleParker Signed [Report This]Date: 19/06/14 02:46 am
Elegant and intellgently written..like another reviewer said, there was no dragging, no dulled out point in the fic. I envy your ability to transition seamlessly between scenes, past and present tense. You are master of the craft, what we used to call a wordsmith.
As a lifelong fan of the show (until recently) I have to say that I love the way you write the characters, no one writes them better.
You know these characters Mirage. You write them exactly as they are on the series with flaws, banter and dysfunction and that's exactly what I want. Thank you for completing the story. Please update your other fics.
Reviewer: Imogen Anonymous [Report This]Date: 18/06/14 06:11 am
Congrats on finishing this...another one under your belt. I know there were times you wanted to stop and write something else but you made it and you should be proud of yourself. :) I love dark but I'm still surprised it ended this way and I think it was a stroke of genius that you did end it this way, and it makes sense cos circles, love and hell don't end and the series never did either .. it doesn't look like steve and craig are going to end it any time soon. I was so sure you were going to do something else and then you surprised me with this. You're amazing, so talented. I can't wait for you to update your other fics.
Reviewer: TheDarkAngel Signed [Report This]Date: 18/06/14 12:40 am
Beautiful. I love your writing style, your voice. The talent is strong with you, young jedi! Love this statement... "-all which, Jarod opined, were rather redolent of self-flagellation;" Mirage that is brilliant. The banter was classic Jarod/Parker and all original!!! You write the characters better than anyone else and flesh them out like no other. I love that you are still writing for us but I do feel sorry for those who haven't read you..I guess that's anyone who isn't a pretender fan since you've said before you write for only this fandom. I do hope you'll write more happy themes for us even if it's not usually a happy themed show. More please and don't ever stop writing.
Reviewer: needlepoint Signed [Report This]Date: 17/06/14 04:15 am
Mirage I love you! Agree with everything twisted said..you certainly need a book deal m'dear. Honest I like hell, love dark Jarod after watching MTW on Iowa and seeing dark Jarod on the pretender. You are the BEST pretender author ever. BEST. More please!!!
Reviewer: Angela Penn Signed [Report This]Date: 16/06/14 03:24 am
Well I didn't think it could possibly get MORE depressing but it did! I am sure you know I mean no offence but I am so happy that this is over. Your writing skills remain unparalleled but I prefer your less hellish writings.
Whilst I am on the subject of your writing skills I really do think you could do this for a living. If some One Direction fan can get a book deal (what is this world coming to?) then surely you can as well.
I look forward to your next story or perhaps a continuation of one of your unfinished ones. Thank you as always for writing and a HUGE thank you for ending this HELL! :-)
Reviewer: twisted Anonymous [Report This]Date: 15/06/14 08:45 pm
And that apron is awesome!!
Reviewer: Christoph Signed [Report This]Date: 15/06/14 07:48 pm
Top notch as always Mirage, a very compelling tale that takes a person by the heart and never lets go. That was one HELL of an ending, I love it! I think they will never be ready to end it, they'd keep coming back. You were true to the characters, the dialog was brilliant, your plots are always so intriguing. It was an intelligenly weaved story but I expect nothing less from you. If anyone should be on Steve and Craig's writing team it should be you!! Please please update your other fics too. I love your writing style and voice.
Reviewer: Christoph Signed [Report This]Date: 15/06/14 07:48 pm
Holy wow! That ending was a killer one woman! Some authors drag in the middle and the end. Your stories never drag. Nailed it. Thank you thank you thank you thank you! This is why you are my favorite author. Oo ooh I love Jarod's apron so that must have been for me lol! Please update your fics too now!
Reviewer: Lorraina Signed [Report This]Date: 14/06/14 06:06 am
I love the back info and traveling to Africa and then the way you effortlessly bring us back to present day. The tension in that room is crazy. I love IT!
Reviewer: needlepoint Signed [Report This]Date: 02/06/14 11:39 pm
This was highly recommended and pulled me in from the word 'it'! You some how write the emotion in to the story so that readers feel the tension and gloom..and everything. You have all the characters fleshed out and Jarod and Miss Parker are exactly the way they should be. Your writing voice and prose is something I marvel at. It's incredible. Not something I expect from fanfiction..you definitely broke out of the mold. Fans are still reading I want you to know that.. so please don't let us down!
Reviewer: needlepoint Signed [Report This]Date: 02/06/14 11:35 pm
This was highly recommended and pulled me in from the word 'it'! You some how write the emotion in to the story so that readers feel the tension and gloom..and everything. You have all the characters fleshed out and Jarod and Miss Parker are exactly the way they should be. Your writing voice and prose is something I marvel at. It's incredible. Not something I expect from fanfiction..you definitely broke out of the mold. Fans are still reading I want you to know that.. so please don't let us down!
Reviewer: needlepoint Signed [Report This]Date: 02/06/14 11:35 pm
I will give you a proper review on all chapters but for right now I need the end. Please just make sure Miss Parker is happy. Please!
Reviewer: Angela Penn Signed [Report This]Date: 19/05/14 11:49 pm
Wow was all I could think for a while after reading. I don't like dark stories and I know that's got to be crazy because most of the show was dark and the show was about a boy kidnapped, imprisoned, and abused but I still don't like darkness. I read it anyway. With the first word, you pulled me in and kept me there. No other author has ever done that. The story is written so well that I don't want to stop reading. You caught the show's intensity, the characters and their mannerisms. I hope you'll finish this soon.
Author's Response:
Hi, C, and thanks for reading and the review. Oh, now, I wouldn't dare refer to anyone as crazy; the show is dark, however. Admittedly, I could live without the dark fics myself, as you pointed out: the show is dark. The Centre is dark. Catherine Parker was for all intents and purposes raped/impregnated against her will to create Ethan (my penname has absolutely nothing to do with Ethan/The Pretender btw), J was abducted (is a supposed "sociopath"), Lyle eats people for pity's sake, et cetera. Dark, indeed. I will continue to write it as such, with of course, the random fluffy stuff tossed in for good measure. I will finish. Thank you for your support.
Reviewer: Con-O Signed [Report This]Date: 06/05/14 02:55 am
WOW! You nailed them again. They are so complicated!! It's been some time since I've reviewed but I'm still here reading I promise. I think you are underrated, I think you should write with Steve and Craig. I wanted to say that. I know some people have problems they don't seem to understand teh darkness of the show and give you a hard time. Don't stop writing. You write the best pretender stories, better than one I paid for recently and I won't make that mistake again when I can read you instead.
Author's Response:
Aw, thanks for the kind words/emails. A death in the somewhat extended family has taken me away from home; I've had to travel a bit (dusty Dixie roads/no towers out here, y'all) and I'm still wrapping up some unfinished business (sending thank you cards, etc.) which fortunately (thank God) I can do from my own home.
On to your review: I am not going to pester C&S- I can't reiterate that enough. You are awfully sweet, nevertheless. Everyone is lovely, our Pretender family has been generous; I assure you: no one has given me a "hard time" about my fics, um, well, with the exception of one fellow fic-er who lamented via email:
"brown nosieng" (sic), "begging/stepping on backs of other ff writers to write pretender fiction, et cetera, blah..yada, wants only cannon (sic) material/written only by C&S.. blah yada yada.."
and I don't know what he's on about/has no credence, therefore is negated haha; I've spent many a night R&R-ing/emailing/NOT stomping on backs and (this should go without saying) I'm ALREADY writing Pretender fiction, here at missing pieces; I don't have to beg, stomp or defile my nostrils.
Otherwise, reviews/emails have been about par for the course, more positive than not; reviewers are thinking, the dialog has been rather profound even if at times it was political in nature, and some readers are intending to take their concerns to the voting booth (I'm thrilled by the feedback).
I have no intention of abandoning my fics (in response to your emails) or defying the characters, the muse. What is that quote? Something along the lines of: "do what you want and at least one person will be happy"- words to live by. Again, I appreciate your concern, and I'm glad that you are enjoying this fic. The story is complete (must be typed and posted) and I hope the ending isn't too disappointing. Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Christoph Signed [Report This]Date: 27/04/14 08:58 pm
There's no relationship like Jarod and Parker's and you portray that perfectly. The writing is really well done and the story is captivating and keeps us wanting more. Tiny request: don't take to long to publish the next chapter :)
Author's Response:
Thank you, Vania, for reading and for the lovely review. The final chapter has been complete for some time now. I hope to find time to post it soon. Thanks again.
Reviewer: Vania Anonymous [Report This]Date: 23/04/14 08:40 pm
Zoes dead. I'm glad you killed her. She makes me sick I can't believe she was ever put on the show !!! You are my favorite author and I don't like seeing Parker and Jarod treat each other cruelly ...the way they were on the series to each other.. but this is the way they were and with his inner rage and as steve says he's a sociopath and the way she easily forgets what happened on earlier episodes for instance when her father disappointed her and she forgot all that in the very next airing and she was never strong enough leave the Centre and the lies. It's all so believable and you are an amazing talented writer. WRite more, but yes please also write us some smut!!!! And update A hero's heart too!!
Author's Response:
Oh, poor Zoe. I like Zoe, I hated writing her out of the fic but alas it had to be done (just don't blame me for inviting her to the series haha). This was pretty much how they were on my dvds (there is only version of the show, yes?); Jarod isn't going to be the perfect sweet guy all of the time (especially if he is indeed a sociopath- he's not btw), the demons are bound to yank them back to hell from time to time and poor Miss Parker does indeed tend to completely forget her father's misdeeds. That's her motto: "just forget what happened", "I'd really rather just move on". She could have at least shot Jarod once, in the arm perhaps, and made good on her threats. I will write more. You don't really want smut? Ha. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: MlleParker Signed [Report This]Date: 23/04/14 04:23 am
Hey, yay an update! Jippy!
At the same time though... urgh, Jarod is such a creep! And I'm angry at Parker that she hasn't grabbed Astra and ran away from him a long time ago. If he can't control his anger around Parker, who is to say, that he can around Astra? I had to skip several parts because it just wasn't sexy at all when they had sex.
Author's Response:
Hi and thanks for reading and reviewing, Leonie1988. I know. Ugh- my response after reading over what I'd written. It will all be over soon. Not soon enough. Thanks again.
Reviewer: Leonie1988 Signed [Report This]Date: 22/04/14 11:16 pm
Awesome update. Just when I think I know where you're going with a story, you pull the rug right out from under me.
Can't wait for the final installment!
Author's Response:
Thank you for reading and reviewing, KSPretenderFan, and for all the kind comments.
Reviewer: KSPretenderFan Signed [Report This]Date: 22/04/14 03:23 pm
This one is definitely living up to the name. Hell! You've nailed their love/hate relationship, the trying to help her by tormeting her, you nailed the characters, their relationships, their passion and dysfunction. Great balls of fire! You write it showing the dysfuntion and not glofiyign. I adore the angry sex, the way it IS between them, the way it always was. Amazing. This smut was perfect. This is one way the story could go. I wish you were on the writing team. More pelase!
Author's Response:
Thank you, Lorraina. I promised hell, and I am a woman of my word. Thank you thank you thank you for all the kind words. I will post the final chapter when I have time. Thanks again for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Lorraina Signed
[Report This]Date: 21/04/14 06:24 pm
Oh, man, I hate to be a buzzkill and I want to love Parker/Jarod smut, but I can’t. Perhaps in some other fics, but in this one I find it disturbing, and all the more disturbing in this chapter for how rough and seemingly boderlining rape again they mostly were (even if Parker never said ‘stop’). It just kind of makes me sick to read it, and just makes me want it to be over between them once and for all. And now she’s pregnant. Really, I hate, hate, hate her in this fic. I don’t want to, but I’m sick of her not growing a bloody spine and finding a way to be happy, either with or without Jarod.
And it’s so wrong to hate Astra, but I hate her so much when she’s being such a manipulative little prick. I know she’s very precocious, but she really is no adult and she shouldn’t be consulted on the matters of Jarod and Parker, which is more than most adults can probably handle, never mind a kid.
Author's Response:
Hello, thataafonso, and thank you for reading and reviewing. Oh, no, you're no buzzkill. Everyone has their own opinions; the world still spins and life is too short to be put off by reviews. I confess: the varied reactions fascinate me and while I'm probably supposed to be taking this all seriously, I find it all intriguing. Your assessment is a fair and accurate one. As the title suggests, this is a rather disturbing fic- and that absolutely is the consensus among pretenderites. Who am I to disagree? I truly appreciate your taking the time to read and then that extra effort to review. It's a small fandom, after all, and feedback is crucial and hopefully my muse will get the message and stop pestering me to write these dark fics. Thank you again, thataafonso.
Reviewer: thataafonso Signed [Report This]Date: 21/04/14 06:30 am
