andthatstheword | Needs Met, page 04

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Needs Met, page 04

Title: Needs Met, page 04
Rating: PG (post-coital cuddling)
Characters/Pairings: "Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/"Stephen"
Disclaimer: This is a work of parody. Although reference is made to real persons, the dialogue, actions, and content are products of the artist's imagination only.

For some reason LJ insists on displaying the strips at something like 90% size. Not a big deal, but if the text is ever hard to read or anything, try the DA link for the full-size version.

This is supposed to be a couple of weeks later, thus the changes in clothing.

Also here on DA, with links to the rest.

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I love that the fact that you drew Stephen a little hippy in panel 5. It's one of my favorite parts of his physique, and a shame that he works so hard to cover it up.

Waiting for more!

Yeah, I guess you could say each of the Jons has agreed to be cheated on...although it doesn't make much sense to call the Stephens "cheating" when they don't realize the switch has happened.

It is a good movie :D

And no problem!

Hear hear. (Now the only question is, will people consider the issues mild enough that the Stephens' reaction is overkill, or will they not feel like the Stephens take it far enough?)

It goes...unusual places. But hopefully while pulling off a few more cute/funny moments along the way.

Heh, I like hips =3

More is on the way!

LOL UNLESS THE ANSWER IS "THEY PRESS CHARGES AND JONS GO THE JAIL FOR A LONG-ASS TIME" I'M GONNA BE IN THE LATTER CAMP JSYK

EXPECT ANGER

NOT ANGER AT YOU

JUST JON

idk how about that healtcare reform

Yeeeeeeeeeeah, you're gonna be disappointed by this one.

Although (highlight for spoiler) there will be Sweetness, which might help.

...at least it isn't violent, right? And it's not massively traumatizing at the time, since they don't find out about the switch until afterwards? And it's something they would both probably have consented to if given the chance? So it could have been a lot worse, right?

...yeah, that healthcare reform is pretty awesome, all right.

YEAH I FIGURED, I FIGURED

OH WELL I HOPE THEY'RE PLENTY SCARED AT LEAST

...to answer that one would be very complicated and very spoilery.

So. Wait and see!

IT'S ALL COOL BB IT'S ALL COOL I UNDERSTAND THAT TALKING WITH AUTHORS OF A WIP IS LIKE *~*~*TALKING INTO THE WIND

You know, I really, really do love this little comic strip to pieces. And at first, when I realized what the Jons were going to do, I thought, "Oh, that's so cute, they're curious about the other half of their Stephen" which quickly turned into, "wait, consent, legal rape, crap," etc.

And now I just want to see if any of it is going to be worth it on the Jons' behalf and how the Stephens are going to react, because this entire comic strip has been like a little mindfuck of the good variety.

At first I didn't think that c!Stephen was going to let l!Stephen have at him, but he did. I think one of the things that made that incident a few weeks ago was so well thought out; 3/4 people had a safeword, and it had all this loving preparation, tender touching of cheeks, etc. I was also pleasantly surprised that l!Stephen let the two Jons play together, after that one chapter of that one story (specificity, ftw!) where we find that l!Stephen wants to give monogamy a try after admitting something to the effect of, "if I ever caught you [Jon] kissing anyone else, I'd want to smash his big, dumb head in with Sweetness."

So, yeah, no idea where this is going to end up or how things are going to end up (I don't know if it's because I'm more familiar with him, but I do really feel for c!Stephen when this all breaks down, if only because he seems like he needs a double layer of protection, having had two safewords and all,) but I'm looking forward to beholding the cluster!fuck or whatever may occur.

You know, I have to admit that I always did like in your fics how Jon was never the perfect saint, able to heal all. Of course I wish that the possible consequences weren't so grave, but freaking score for plot and interesting dynamics, at least, maybe?

Whoo, comic strip! Good luck, characters. I can't say which two of you are going to need it the most, at this point. >>

Man, that kind of thing would be almost a perfect comparison, too. Same appearance, different experiences= different person. Huh. I wonder if "bizarre alternate universe consent issues" will ever become a common warning on fanfic websites...nah, dub con covers that.

...have I mentioned how much I freaking love fandom sometime? We're talking about the social and legal ramifications of travel between parallel universes. XD

Ah, yes, the third chapter of Puppy Love :P I have a feeling that l!Stephen considers the Jons playing together to be basically masturbation, at least as far as "does it make me jealous?" is concerned.

I've been wondering if anyone would comment on the double-safeword thing. I'm pretty sure Stephen has never safeworded in the Needverse (oi,

sarcasticsra, there's a plotbunny for you), and while there's no indication in any of those stories that he would have wanted to, it's also not clear that he would if he did. And the fact that, here, Jon doesn't trust that he will, to the point of having a safeword of his own as a backup...

On one level, it's sweet and heartwarming that Jon is so in tune with c!Stephen's desires. But on another, the fact that c!Stephen is so heavily reliant on Jon to read his mind (and also makes l!Stephen guess what he wants, rather than spelling it out) is A Bad Thing. Especially when this story really drives home how badly Jon can screw it up when unchecked.

(The l!Stephen/Jon relationship has imbalances of its own, which will hopefully become clear in the next couple of strips, for people who haven't figured them out already...)

Yeah, this is going to be a catastrof@#k, all right. These crazy kids need all the luck they can get.

Since I'm not part of the culture...

Is it bad form for a Dom to have more than one sub? Or for a sub to have multiple Doms? Or does that really depend on the people/relationships involved?

I'm not part of the culture either, but my money's on "totally depends on the people." As with vanilla relationships, you get people who are into varying degrees of polyamory.

In my head, c!Stephen would enjoy the dynamics of having multiple Doms (as long as they were well-coordinated enough not to give him contradicting orders, because that would freak him out), but get jealous easily if any of them had other subs. While l!Stephen would get twitchy if there were other Doms in the picture (although he might turn that itself into fantasy fuel, as in "some evil Dom kidnaps and hurts my sub, until I come to the rescue"), and in theory would enjoy the idea of having a whole passel of subs, but in practice has his hands full with the one.

...because I really needed another plotbunny.

THANKS A LOT.

Ugh, now I'm thinking about this. I don't honestly know if Stephen would ever need to safeword in the Needverse. Jon is nowhere near as kinky as he is, remember, and he's rather uncomfortable with more of the hardcore stuff, so...IDK. Like, Stephen would probably enjoy being caned, but Jon would see the welts (and how Stephen winced when he sat) afterward and kind of have a minor l!Stephen-like crisis.

Assuming Stephen somehow talked Jon into something risker...I dunno if he'd safeword out even if he wanted to. (Which is part of Jon's fears, and probably adds to the uncertainty he has with doing more hardcore things.) I think something would have to go horribly wrong by his not safewording before he realized that he needed to do it when something surpassed his limits. But I have no idea what that could realistically be, because, again, Jon is much less kinky than Stephen is. He would not be the one to suggest, say, breathplay, and if Stephen did, he'd be like, "...no."

In my head, c!Stephen would enjoy the dynamics of having multiple Doms (as long as they were well-coordinated enough not to give him contradicting orders, because that would freak him out

I have actually RPed something like this! (Though in the D/sverse.) And I agree. Stephen being given contradicting orders would freak him out to no end, but being owned by more than one person? He'd love that.

Hey, my hutch is overflowing, I've gotta farm the darn things out somewhere!

Yeah, Jon's vanilla-ness makes it awfully hard to come up with a scenario where he would push things farther than Stephen. Although it might work if Stephen got sick or hurt in some way, so that their normal play was more painful/exhausting than usual, but he tried to pretend he was up to it.

Or how about, instead of a violent type of play, an endurance-based one? Like, Stephen being tied up in the next room and left to wait, and he's so determined to do it well that he doesn't safeword even when he starts losing circulation. And eventually Jon pokes in to check on him and goes "aknfdgpasdk your hands are white these ropes are coming off NOW."

They don't play when Stephen's sick. Part of why he wears pajamas when he is. But that other scenario could definitely work. Would it be catastrophic enough to kick sense into Stephen, though? That's what I'm wondering. Because Stephen is stubborn.

Maybe Jon could cease all play until Stephen demonstrated that he understood why his safeword was important. Hmmmm.

...I hate you. =P

A Very Special Fanfiction on the Importance of the Safeword.

That gave me the image of Jon making Stephen write a paper about it. =P

LOL I LOVE IT

"Jo-ooon, this isn't even fun!"

"Well, it's punishment, Stephen, you're not supposed to be having fun."

"Could we please just do that thing we did the other time with the--"

"No, Stephen, this is important."

"This is so stupid, I know when I need to--"

"Don't make me double your word count!"

HAHAHA EXACTLY.

I'm certain it would turn out to be the most bullshit essay ever.

("I haven't BSed this much since my final Media Credibility exam in college!")

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