And That's The Word

Title: Silent (3/4)
Rating: G
Cast: Jon/"Stephen" (eventually), John Oliver, Wyatt, OCs
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.

Stephen's Daily Show goes through growing pains. Also, some literal pains, in the form of broken wrists and striking writers. At least it keeps picking up awards (for achievements in English and ASL both) along the way.

AO3 mirror | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

( 'I can understand why you're enthusiastic about this, Stephen, but think about what you'd be asking of people.' )

Title: Silent (1/4)
Rating: G
Cast: Jon/"Stephen" (eventually), Kilborn, Madeline Smithberg, Steve, Sam, Chuck, Jimmy, Bobby
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.

Alternate universe. In 1998, the staff of The Daily Show (including star correspondent Stephen Colbert) gets a new addition: deaf writer Jon Stewart. Cue an otherwise familiar blend of jokes, politics, a young series finding its feet, and a long-term intimate relationship starting to bloom.

For purposes of this story, ASL will be indicated by italics, spoken English by quotation marks, and typed English by being set off in various ways. There's a lot of cross-language communication in here, and it should be easier to follow if it's instantly apparent which lines can be understood by which subset of characters. Credit and thanks to ASLU (Lifeprint) for providing vocabulary and grammar.

AO3 mirror | Part 1

( 'M thinks it's a good fit for my sense of humor, and she's worked with me a bunch so she would know, but if this is going to be a nightmare, I won't shed too many tears if they dump me.' )

Title: You're Sexy When You're Enfranchised
Rating: G
Characters/pairings: Jon/"Stephen"
Disclaimer: Work of parody; work of fiction; the characters aren't mine.

Post-election. Stephen cannot believe he's been roped into dressing up for Jon's sick fantasies like some cheap tart. (Also on dA.)

( 'Can't I please trade it for something less humiliating?' )

Title: It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's...A Chair!
Rating: G
Characters/pairings: Jon, "Stephen", the Obama that only Republicans can see, Stephen Junior
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.

Prompted by kribban, a sequel to the AU where "Stephen" is a superhero. (Hat tip to politicette for the title.)

Jon, the new reporter in town, has already been rescued once by blowhard superhero The Eagle. Now it's time for him to meet the conceited crusader's sworn arch-enemy....

( 'Maybe I think this city deserves a better class of journalist.' )

Title: Needs Met, page 13
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Jon/c!Stephen, Jon/l!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.

Our heroes begin to come back together. (And, with only two more pages to go, not a moment too soon.)

( 'Jon -- my Jon, I mean -- come here.' )

Title: Needs Met, page 02
Rating: G (thus far)
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", alt!Jon/"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.

You all knew this had to happen eventually.

C!Stephen and l!Stephen, naturally, hate each other on sight. I think everyone and their dog knows where this is going.

( 'Stop laughing, Jon! This isn't funny!' )

Title: Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Rating: G
Characters/pairings: Jon, liberal!"Stephen"
Disclaimer: Follow the fake cut.

Summary: Asked for ficlet prompts; anais_rhys responded with "Liberal!Stephen takes Jon on a camping trip."

( 'We're really in the wild now! Nature at its finest!' )

Title: Boundaries
Subjects: Jon, "Stephen", liberal!"Stephen"
Disclaimer: This is a work of parody. The characters aren't mine.
Rating: G

A comic. In our universe, Jon is afraid Stephen works too hard to keep people out. In the Liberalverse, he's worried that Stephen lets too many people in. (Mmm, parallel narratives.)

( 'I'm always up for a good conversation. I get to do half the talking, right?' )


Title: Free Iran
Subjects: Jon, liberal!"Stephen"
Disclaimer: Second verse, same as the first.
Rating: G

Liberal Stephen figures that if Jon really cared about the people of Iran, he would turn his hair green too.

( 'Less talking, more dyeing.' )

The first one is here on DA; the second one is here.

Title: Why More Other Words Need Me?
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Fictional characters, not mine.
Warnings: Large images.

The title is from episode 3120. To the middle-act guest, from the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, Stephen protested, "English is good for talk I make. Why more other words need...me?"

So here's a foreign-language mix for a man who doesn't believe in them. Features singin' in Latin, Japanese, Hindi, French, Polish, Swedish, German, Arabic, Sindarin, and, yes, Korean.

(I had a lot of help compiling this, but unfortunately I didn't write down who recommended which songs. My apologies; this mix owes a lot to you. If you remember nominating one, please say so!)



( There's something marvelous within me / Where is anyone who's as charming as me? )

Medium: Art
Rating: G through and through
Disclaimer: This is a work of parody. Although reference is made to real persons, the actions and content are subjects of the author's imagination only.

Three cute pictures inspired by last week's interview with one of my favorite guests.

( 'You look so summery and so nattily dressed, like we're about to go boating.' )