And That's The Word

Title: Family Reunion (1/4)
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale, fake news, The Magic School Bus
Characters/Pairings: Cecil/Carlos, Jon/"Stephen", Ms. Frizzle, other crossover cameos
Rating: T
Contents (across the whole story); moderate sexual situations, canon-typical character death
Disclaimer: None of these series and/or people are mine.

Cecil brings Carlos as his date to a family reunion. He can't wait to catch up with his journalist cousin Stephen, and he's sure Carlos will get along great with his scientist aunt Valerie.

( 'You have to not...freak out. Or scream. Or hide. Or run to the nearest phone and call up the SCP Foundation. In fact, you really shouldn't let on that you've ever heard of the SCP Foundation.' )

Title: Shout*For, Act II, Chapter 1: It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Jimmy, Tucker, Olivia(/Kristen), cameos, OCs.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

And we're back! With brand-new art of the band, from one of their newer and increasingly more suave photoshoots.

With their vacation over and their next album about to drop, the band is back to work, starting with a round of promotional events in New York City. You'd be surprised at how many ethical dilemmas can be packed into a couple of late-night talk show appearances (and one later-night raid on their suite's minibar).

Musical accompaniments: Stephen and Jimmy singing with Taylor Hicks; Stephen singing with Dolly Parton.

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Title: Shout*For, Intermission, chapter 4/4: The Ties That Bind
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Killer, Anthony, family, others
Rating: PG-13
Contents: Foreplay, alcohol
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

In which Jon finally has a couple of coming-outs, along with a couple of much-needed heart-to-hearts.

With a brief detour involving cameos from The Jaquie Brown Diaries, a New Zealand comedy starring a self-centered, status-obsessed, needy, pouty, and hilarious TV news correspondent played by an actress of the same name. If you enjoy shows with that premise, look this one up some time.

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Title: Shout*For, Intermission, chapter 2/4: Seaside Bar Song
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", family, Anthony, Killer, others
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

Jon juggles awkward and/or truthy relationships with friends and family. When the whole group heads out to the shore for a few days, it just adds the complication of trying to guess which public places he can visit safely. At least Anthony's got his back. (And, increasingly, his merchandise.)

Involves some callbacks to the Stewart-versus-Cramer interview. The song given to Shout*For is Michael Stanley Band's "All I Ever Wanted"; just imagine a more sparkly-pop cover, with lyrics tweaked to fit California in the '10s rather than Ohio in the '80s.

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Title: Shout*For, Act I, chapter 19/19: We Take Care Of Our Own
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Jimmy, Olivia/Kristen, Tucker, Anthony, cameos, OCs.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

Stephen's determined to do anything necessary to look out for Jimmy and support Jon. Olivia tries to give her fake boyfriend solid advice (though it would be easier if she weren't drinking so steadily), and to be a good guest with her secret girlfriend's over-defensive family. And Jon discovers that an old friend from Jersey still has his back, in spite of everything.

All the South Park references are adapted from that episode they did starring the Jonas Brothers. For your reference: teenage Anthony Weiner.

Programming note: Because this AU is getting crazy long, I'm splitting it up into parts. This chapter is the end of Act I. Coming up next is a short Intermission, covering Jon's turbulent New Jersey vacation. Then we'll be jumping back into the celebrity action for Act II.

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Title: Shout*For, chapter 17: My Best Was Never Good Enough
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Jimmy, Tina, Olivia/Kristen, Wyatt, Tucker, Brian, cameos, OCs.
Rating: R
Contents: Sexual predation (on-screen), fantasized violence
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

Our heroes juggle their developing relationships, professional demands, private traumas, a less-than-ideal discovery, and, in Jon's case, some fake yogurt.

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Title: Shout*For, chapter 16: Give The Girl A Kiss
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Jimmy, Tina, Olivia/Kristen, cameos, OCs.
Rating: PG-13
Contents: Mild creeping, more drinking
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

Stephen has a birthday and a concert, Olivia has a stumble and a revelation, and Tina just has really awkward timing.

Bonus art: Portrait of Jon and "Stephen" (with the new dye job).

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Title: Rogues' Gallery (3/4)
Rating: PG-13
Cast: Jon & "Stephen", others
Contents: Sexualized brainwashing
Disclaimer: #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement. Characters belong to the Report. Names of real people are used in a fictitious context, and all dialogue, actions, and content are products of the author's imagination only.

Four vignettes about four different villains, from the universe where "Stephen" is a forcefield-generating superhero and Jon is his Lois Lane.

Fills some squares from my hc_bingo round 4 card: "brainwashing" is #3.

( III. Militant homosexual activists who are out to turn everyone gay. )

Title: Shout*For, chapter 13: Don't Look Back
Characters/Pairings: Jon."Stephen", Jimmy, Tina, Olivia+Kristen+Wyatt, Tucker, Brian, cameos, OCs.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: See series Table of Contents.

In which Stephen's friends welcome him home, season finales are filmed, and Olivia focuses hard on everything except her actual problems.

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Title: Rogues' Gallery (2/4)
Rating: PG-13
Cast: Jon & "Stephen", others
Contents: Drugging, baby-kidnapping
Disclaimer: #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement. Characters belong to the Report. Names of real people are used in a fictitious context, and all dialogue, actions, and content are products of the author's imagination only.

Four vignettes about four different villains, from the universe where "Stephen" is a forcefield-generating superhero and Jon is his Lois Lane. (A very belated response to some OT prompts.)

Fills some squares from my hc_bingo round 4 card: "making deals with demons" is #2.

( II. "Satanic Feminazi Baby-Killers o b v i o u s l y." )