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Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jul 16, 2018 1:44 pm Title: Growing and Groaning

Okay, I know you like to keep secrets and am greatful that you gave us who Mrs. T. is.  But I seem to have lost a player in all this.  Who is Caleb working for?  I'm still having a hard time wrapping my mind around how dense Mikey is.



Author's Response:

That will become clear in the next chapter...his back up is going to be a surprise to everyone. Dense and possessive and borderline unhinged...yep that's our Mikey!

Happy reading.

S&M Babes

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 09, 2018 7:44 pm Title: A Friendship, A Lesson in Cigars and Dining in Gucci

What a pain in the ass! How can people stand him? Who said "Well, at least that one is genuine!"?

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 09, 2018 5:36 pm Title: A Friendship, A Lesson in Cigars and Dining in Gucci

Great update.  Love when Michael is left out of the good things.  It is what he deserves.

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jul 09, 2018 1:20 pm Title: A Friendship, A Lesson in Cigars and Dining in Gucci

Sadly Michael is all about ...  Michael.  Can you make him worse?  Everyone else seems to be getting along.  Do we know where Teddy is?



Author's Response:

We can if you want <evil grin>. As for the last of the lost boys...he's coming and he's bringing a little surprise with him.

Happy reading

The S&M Girls

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 03, 2018 4:16 pm Title: The Night, The Whine and Do The Clothes Maketh the Deal

Fantastic chapter.  Love how this story is moving along.  Can't wait to see where you go with it.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 03, 2018 2:38 pm Title: The Night, The Whine and Do The Clothes Maketh the Deal

Michael is such an embarrassment.

Except for him, some couples are starting to form and Rage is doing a comeback. Interesting rewriting of the series.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 02, 2018 8:09 pm Title: Happenstance and Circumstance Lead to a Hello

Emmett is fabulous!

Molly and Jennifer are spitfires: so funny to see how Lindsey reacts to them and their news.

Reviewer: bec2224 Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 02, 2018 3:23 am Title: The Siren Call

I love your stories because I love seeing Michael and Lindsay get their butts kicked over and over again.  Usually ending up with the two of them in jail, which I like, no I love.

BUT...

and not a BUTT which I would enjoy better but am I missing something on this website...does EVERY story have to have a woman sidekick?  In every story it's a woman character that does the ass kicking, usually someone from Brian's past.  Very rarely do Brian and Justin do any actual butt kicking after the introduction of said woman character then Brian and Justin are regulated to the kitchen or the bedroom (or any room they can reach) either fighting over food or fucking, they usually sit back and have sex while the woman takes care of doing away with Lindsay and Michael, sometimes only after knowing the gang after only a few days.  I would really like to see Brian and Justin have more of a hand in getting rid of the terrible twosome.  I'd like to see them central to the story-line, but just not in the scene for sex, and sometime that sex is even in rooms right next to the kids, in one story Jenny could at age 12/14 tell who was moaning, Hunter or Justin.  That left me with a big sqicky feeling.

I come for the ass kicking but I truly wish it was Brian and Justin issuing the ass kicking, not a female character that I really don't care  as much about doing all the important things, I wouldn't mind if she helped, but in a lot of the storylines they don't even know about it till it's over.  Sometimes Emmett and Ted have more to do than Brian and Justin. Also I've gotten to the point in my fanfiction life after over 20 years of just by-passing the sex scenes, plot has become more important to me than sex, sex that's not really why I'm here, I'm here for Brian and Justin scenes of them growing, of getting closer, of becoming a true couple, scenes of them doing the major carrying of the plot lines and story.  I'm seriously not trying to sound mean, like I said I really like the kicking of Michael and Lindsay but I'm loosing interest with each story because to me it seems like my boys are there less and less, I'd really like to see more of them.

 

bec



Author's Response:

Thank you for your review. In answer to the questions raised, yes there will always be a female sidekick/friend for Brian or Justin - be it from their past or having just met them. I thought that the women were sorely underwritten in the series and want to redress that balance in my stories. I agree that in Zee, Slick and Ruth there was a lot of ass kicking on the boys behalf from them but in more recent stories, especially the current ones the boys are fighting their own battles. For Smoke and Mirrors [which Don't Know Why But I Do: Smoke and Mirrors will be shortened to] where this review appears, the female character is not a friend of Brian's nor is she going to take care of anything for him. He will most definitely be doing that himself. With Emmett and Ted, they are back up for Brian and Justin. Supporting them in their battles, not battling completely for them.


With regards to the closeness of Brian and Justin, I think there are plenty of examples of their closeness and growing as a couple, in Moonlight, Thief and DATE and prior to them in The Stud, The Buds and The Duds, Carbon Copies and especially in Taxi.

You mention that the kids, specifically Jenny could tell the difference between Hunter and Justin when it came to sex. Yes, Jenny was pocket dialled by Hunter, but all you read was her reaction to it. It is Zee that said she could tell the difference between the two of them. And yes Gus walked in on the boys once, but that was mentioned in passing in the context of Brian telling them about Gus learning to knock next time, in the WWE series it is never described.  My friends/betas/co-authors would not have allowed that to be posted.

I hope you continue to read but will understand if you do not.

MissMerlot

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jul 01, 2018 10:25 pm Title: The Night, The Whine and Do The Clothes Maketh the Deal

I may have to read this from the beginning again.  Is Mercy a good guy err...girl or not. Love how Michael is not getting that he's not wanted.  Could you explain a little more about the clothing? 

Reviewer: Rejori Signed [Report This]
Date: Jul 01, 2018 8:32 pm Title: The Night, The Whine and Do The Clothes Maketh the Deal

I normally read all of your stories, but I'm going to be honest here, this story has confused me from the beginning. I just might wait till it is finished and then try again.



Author's Response:

I hope you do read it once completed. 

MissMerlot

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 24, 2018 10:32 pm Title: Happenstance and Circumstance Lead to a Hello

Great update.  Any story where Michael is a jerk is a favorite of mine.

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jun 24, 2018 8:38 pm Title: Happenstance and Circumstance Lead to a Hello

So Mercy is not a bad guy, but someone she knows is?  How does Lindsay think she's going to get close to Justin is she is married to Dixon.  Michael doesn't realize how awful he is acting.

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 18, 2018 5:18 pm Title: A Step Back in Time Brings in a New Player

Oh, a cliffhanger.  That is great.  Keeps the story interesting.  Great job.

Reviewer: sophiesmom Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 18, 2018 11:01 am Title: A Step Back in Time Brings in a New Player

Ben and Michael have been together for 5 yrs? Wby?

Why is everyone out to kill Brian? Seems to be the current storyline these days. Whatever, Justin will be there to save him this time too.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 18, 2018 10:50 am Title: A Step Back in Time Brings in a New Player

Another intriguing chapter that raises some new questions. Let's see how you play it.

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jun 18, 2018 1:49 am Title: A Step Back in Time Brings in a New Player

Okay.  If I'm reading this right Mercades knows who shot Brian and is going to try again.  Why?

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 13, 2018 3:44 am Title: Setting up the Chess Board

Brian and Ben for their fitting? Are they getting married?

I love the way you are reorganizing the characters.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 13, 2018 3:02 am Title: The Siren Call

Interesting and intriguing beginning!

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 11:20 pm Title: Setting up the Chess Board

Read both chapters and just love this new story.  Can't wait to see where you go with it.

Reviewer: Fantgirl Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 10:45 pm Title: Setting up the Chess Board

This is fun Can't wait for update...I am a Michael hater LOL

Reviewer: chadmom63 Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 4:21 pm Title: Setting up the Chess Board

Nice start!

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed half-star [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 1:00 pm Title: Setting up the Chess Board

I love Mysterious Marilyn stories and this looks to be a doozy.  So many twists.  Daphne and Chris.  Brian an artist and shot.  Justin visiting Brian in the hospital.  Ben spiking Michael.  Love it.

Reviewer: sophiesmom Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 12:38 pm Title: Setting up the Chess Board

Like that Craig is finally a good guy. Ex cop, ok then that's probably how Jenn knows Carl.

Ted still troubled me though. Ok he and Cynthia are running Kinnetik. It must be successful. Maybe Ted wanted it for his own.

Does Brian know Lindsay? Maybe it was Dixon. Maybe she called out Brian's name or maybe Brian turned him down once.

The list can go on an on.

One thing I didn't get was what Brian and Ben were being fitted for.

Reviewer: sophiesmom Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 12:19 pm Title: The Siren Call

Was a bit confusing at first but I got it eventually. 

The regular cast of characters were there except Ted. Where was he?

This is really a twilight zone story if Lindsay is married to a man and Michael is in love with Brian. Ha!

Now we have to find out why it happened.

Reviewer: sophiesmom Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 12:19 pm Title: The Siren Call

Was a bit confusing at first but I got it eventually. 

The regular cast of characters were there except Ted. Where was he?

This is really a twilight zone story if Lindsay is married to a man and Michael is in love with Brian. Ha!

Now we have to find out why it happened.

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