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Characters: All the characters
Classifications: Genres: General
Warnings: Warning: Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed:No
Word count: 36694
Read Count: 74563
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Awesome. Perfectly written and beautiful so far even if painful at times. You really KNOW these characters and you know what to do with them and flesh them out so well, bring them to life. Amazing writing Mirage. I do appreciate how quickly you're writing too and know that can't be easy. A new favorite, easily an all star rating. Wish I could give you MORE. Congrats.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedSuperb Mirage. Top notch as always. My gf read this and said Jarod makes her heart skip a beat just like when she watches the Pretender on the dvds and there's no higher compliment. You capture the characters perfectly. Love it and want more.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedHoly Mother! To all of those who wondered if you could write Jarodnormal and not just Jaroddark and Jarodevil and Jarodbroken... here we are. Again. Jarod is all of those things all of the time, some traits come out to play at different times with different people. but he's always dark, broken, and a little evil and a little normal. He's matured in this and seems prepared to accept responsibility. Mirage Mirage you write them so perfectly. I don't even miss the tv series anymore. It feels like I"m watching it every time I read you. More of this please?
Reviewer: Gunner SignedMirage thank you for writing and sharing your talent with us. You're keeping these characters alive and it means so much to me. I love this story, the clarity with which you write, and how in character the characters are. Thank you.
Thank you, Gunner.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedJarod thinking (in bold? I think I'm right?) that Parker is trying to silence the voices in her head...lol. OMG. I'm thinking he's right about that. Or that she can't endure his voice while having sex with him.. because she would probably be trying to concentrate on the act and he won't let her detach from the act with him... which goes back to earlier in this chapter where she's thinking those can be anyone's hands.... he must know what is in her mind. That must be terrifying for her. You always make me think so much about these characters and oh.hh he is so gentle with her... but she wasn't gentle with her or him and almost broke him. I like that she has all of the power including the power to break his certain body part ;) and I need more. What are they going to do now? Have more sex I hope. It's way overdue. More please!
Reviewer: Gunner SignedI'm loving Jarod's candor. I always have. You are a wordsmith Mirage one of those authors I will always keep coming to over and over. I'm reading Circles of Hell again... lol but don't be too angry. It's amazing it's really disturbing tho but it's plausible. I can't get anough Mirage.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedThese chapters are TOOO short. Other than that this is perfect. I know life's crazy now so I wont' complain too much. Post more soon.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed"That sounds NOT fun" I laughed out loud at that and it's inappropriate laughter but I've been doing that often. She is a victim of Centre tinkering, Eli is proof of that, and was a Centre prisoner and everything she's gone through she finds out Jarod is a victim specialist. I know it must feel to her that the roof caved in with that news from Jarod but she handles it well and goes on acting like everything is fine. Amazing! I love it.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed*bows* You rule! I can never get enough your writing. You know the characters too well maybe but I'm defo not complaining. Avery is so perfect and chaotic. love Jarod's reaction lol. even though she isn't his child he knows what parker has been through with an equally gifted and special Eli. more please?
Reviewer: Gunner Signed
I love this. No twist? Seriously?! Biggest twist ever. Amazingly well written and capturing the characters perfectly and the atmosphere of the show and the chemistry between Sydney and Miss Parker. This is brilliant and a new fave. New to me anyway. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this with us and thanks to the person who asked you to post your early work or we might have never seen this.
And Whatever you do Mirage don't look at twitter right now. Eeks. Good God but you are a smart one for steering clear. Stay well and take care of yourself. Much love and peace.
Okay, so, in hindsight it might have been misleading of me to introduce this as twist-free.
Oh. This. You were the eleventh person to warn me about twitter on 17/10/18. Thanks. I will continue to avoid the second circle of hell--- or at least I'll be wary if I stumble onto some odd truism (composed by twitterGod) and feel compelled to cast away good sense, log in, and retweet.
Thank you for reading and reviewing, Christoph.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedWild Horses prequel.
Dark + Lyle =extra dark. Parker adds a deadly combination and she did promise she'd keep an eye on Lyle's homicidal exploits! You follow along with canon and give us the what ifs? that I never even considered. So plausible. You always deliver for us and I'm so thankful. Happy hols!!
Reviewer: Gunner SignedNothing like her mother.
I am having feelings...like so many feelings right now. Your writing is amazing. what you write is amazing too and sometimes so amazingly heartbreaking. I hurt for Jarod. Uhhh. Mirage Mirage. Big sighs. You break me. I want you to break me some more. I love your writing.
Should I apologize?
Thanks for reading and reviewing, Gunner.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed-
Jarod arrested for murder.
Sign me up. Please continue this.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedI was afraid it was Miss P that was missing and maybe not murdered??? Jarod was really arrested though. I can't tell where you're going yet. You usually keep me guessing until the period at the end of the final sentence of the final chapter. I love that Miss P is the one pretending in this. Her deadpan delivery is brilliant. "dead for keeps" lol. Top notch mate. You are brilliant.. More more more!! Happy xmas!
Reviewer: Gunner SignedHoly cows my sista from a fandom mister.
Jarod is our father sort of.
Guess that makes Miss Parker our mums 😂 😂.
You blindsided me with this. Parker is blindsided.
Jarod got blindsided.
Even Lyle seems blindsided!!
I think they would and SHOULD celebrate and crown their treasured assett!!
I'm glad Jarod will be all dressed to nines and treated like a king.
This could be what was in the scrolls.
Jarod chosen to run the Centre.
Do you have theories? Please share with me and the rest of the family class 😍 I pray you will!!
Tell me more about the feral 😺 cats in your garden too please.
Keep going.
Please never stop writing and sharing with us. Please.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed
Finished business.
Succinct and beautiful. I'm used to only seeing poetry this short and you tell us everything we need to know. I'm curious about the arrest. I just rewatched this episode and it fades out with Jarod putting a duck on the tub. Did Jarod walk away and leave Arnett in the tub? The episode cuts from the tub to Parker and then to Jarod at Melissa's house.
Tell us what you think happened in that episode? We all know that the tape of a forced confession won't hold up in court, and if the police saw Jarod sedating, handcuffing, and almost drowning a man they would arrest Jarod for at least assault.
Arnett later dies of what is commonly called dry drowning so Jarod would be arrested for murder. So I think Jarod gave that tape to the guy doing all that "cheery" reading and research, or to Melissa. I thought Jarod said "cherry" stuff the first time I watched that episode and I vomited in my mouth some. She's a victim but.. would she have to report it or tell the police she remembered it was Arnett? Or would Arnett be so afraid of Jarod that he sings like a canary. I think I would turn myself in to police just to get away from Jarod and ducks if I was Arnett.
Can you talk about Arnett's death some, too. I'm just so curious to know what that looked like. I know this story is just about Melissa being happy that she's free and has her life back and that Jarod is also free and justice is finally done and the business is finished and it is what was absolutely necessary. She had to intercept the tape somehow and did that mean leaving her home? I'm so curious.
Just respond please if you can or just say hi if you can have time to do that. You don't have to write some long reply to make me happy. I know life is hard and you're busy. Love you and thanks for not letting this series dry drown.
Reviewer: Gunner Signed
A last resort
You always were one to break from the pack, and I'm so thankful that you do. Your insights are razor sharp and exciting and your prose is all grit and wit. You're the best! More please?
Thanks, Gunner
Reviewer: Gunner SignedWell, well, well, we meet again. You're a wordsmith, Mirage, and a virtuoso. What else is there to say? Please update again soon.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedThe tension and longing in this between them when they don't realize the space be them is decreasing... uh-huh ! You gave! Thank you for it! I love that Parker is so perplexed that it's the price of the knives that gives Jarod pause 😂 and not that he's afraid of her. He hasn't been afraid if her in a long time. After season 1 it was just fun and games for him.
But I should start at the beginning and say how I love the explosive talk, and how parker calls Jim me bombswaud.
And love parker saying "instead of blowing up his man cave " lol. All pretender feels and perfect.. Can't get enough. Happy hols Mirage! You're the best!
Reviewer: Gunner SignedI love how it's just them talking at the end and then Isaac comes along with surprise spice. This is my favorite thing ever. I'm sad it ended and excited to know how the plan deviated and what happens next!
More please!
Reviewer: Gunner SignedThe pursuit for Jarod turns deadly in this present day Dystopia. Who will die and who will live?
Let's find out.
I was put off when I saw post-rebirth because I read enough rebirth and luke to hate those novels and don't consider them canon. They're like fanfic written by the creators and I think their names listed as fanfic authors here makes my opinion more concrete. After reading I took the post-rebirth warning as your way of saying we've moved on from there and you won't be including any of those characters or references I hope from those novels. I hope you won't. As this is I like that you explore the what if of the orange former Florida retiree P****Y grabber criminal rapist. That "Oz" guy...not the wizard of, but the quack running for election now must be in charge of the food because dogs in hot dogs.. he's a dog torturer and killer. Great job with this.
Reviewer: Gunner SignedPart six of The Return series.
Brilliant. 😘
I feel Broots so much here as he's already been more normal, way outside of the Centre.
It was a stroke of freaking genius to make him a govt. infiltrator and now in control of keeping Jarod and Parker ahead of the govt.
I love this.
Thank you for writing it and sharing it with us!!
More please?
Reviewer: Gunner SignedThis scribblet follows Asphyxia.
How much do I love this Mirage??? Let me count all of the wayzzz. I love everything about this. Dreams can be like this, and brains can be like that, trying to make sense out of the senseless that are subconsciouses get up to. This is deep and dark. It's beautiful and horrific. I love it. It's so pretenderY too. More please? I can't wait for more.
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