Fic: Ponderosa Showmance (Survivor: Gabon, Marcus/Charlie)

[mosca]

Egregious pre-fic pimping: if you don't know this fandom, don't worry about watching the show. Just go here and watch the online Ponderosa clips, especially for weeks 9 and 10. Seriously, I am not the kind of girl who top-pimps fandoms before fic, but this is fifteen minutes of your time for which you will thank me later

Comments

[sp23]

Ah, this is great! I'm usually not into RPF, but I've been shipping Charlie/Marcus since day one of Gabon, so this is perfect. I totally think Marcus would turn gay for Charlie! *g*

[mosca]

Yay, so glad I could feed your 'ship love!

I've said it elsewhere, but I think the situation is something like, Marcus wishes he were gay so he could be in love with Charlie.

[valderys]

Aww. This was adorable, and sweet, and I really liked it, despite not spending those 15 minutes of my time, and not knowing who either of them are :)

On the other hand, it's also really dark, for me, at least, because I have a horrible feeling Charlie is going to have his heart broken, and that really informs my reading of it.

Thanks, this was brilliant!

[mosca]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed despite the lack of canon.

One thing that does come across from the show is that Marcus is an extraordinarily kind and upstanding person, so if he breaks Charlie's heart, he'll do it gently.

[rysler]

Of course we read dropyourbuffs! We are truefans.

Man, this was a thing of beauty. So true and accurate to those Ponderosa videos, and I could see Marcus and Charlie right there. I don't know if I expect realityTV RPS to be so dead-on, but there it is.

I even loved the beach and the cameramen and the lighthouse. And Randy.

Randy would totally say those things!

I am so happy. What a thing to behold before the big showdown.

[mosca]

It is good that there are truefans. Sometimes I wonder.

Writing Randy was the most challenging part of this fic, since I kind of hate him but Marcus and Charlie both seem to like him.

So glad you liked it! Yay! Thank you!

[spikedluv]

This was lovely! I have not watched Survivor (and dial-up keeps me from checking out the clips) but I really enjoyed this story. *g*

[mosca]

Thank you so much!!

[annadraper]

This. was. amazing. I'm so glad I found it!

Charcus is love, yes? <333

[mosca]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it, too. :)