And That's The Word

Title: Homecoming Queens
Rating: Soft R
Contents: Homophobia, D/s, iceplay, allusions to domestic violence
Characters/pairings: Jon/liberal!Stephen, Stephen's fictional family
Beta credit: politicette
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.

IT'S DONE.

The liberal AU version of "Stephen" brings his queer kinky Jewish boyfriend to a Fourth of July barbecue with his old-fashioned Southern Evangelicatholic Republican family. Hijinks ensue.

This is unrelated to previous connected liberal!Stephen stories: it's post-divorce for Jon, a wifeless AU for Stephen, with them in an established relationship featuring BDSM using stoplight safewords.

And seriously, having it finished is a minor miracle. This poor fic has been a WIP since 2009. The It Gets Better Project, same-sex marriage laws in New York, and Anderson Cooper all came out while it was in progress.

Also goes in my hc_bingo round 3 card, for the prompt "heat stroke." Major much-belated thanks to ladyanneboleyn and politicette, who made this story possible by being willing to educate me about their culture.

( 'Jon, I know my family isn't the most progressive group of people in the world, but if just for today you can be tolerant and nonjudgmental of their intolerance and judgment, we can have a not-terrible time.' )

Title: Five Times Stephen Got A Green Light
Rating: R
Contents: Sex, D/s, forced femme, bondage, post-roleplay aftercare, language
Characters/pairings: Liberal!"Stephen"/Jon
Disclaimer: The Report characters and their universe are property of Stephen Colbert, the other Report writers, and I presume Viacom. The real person(s) are used in a fictional parody context.

Fic from TCR's liberal mirrorverse. In which Stephen is still not quite comfortable with kinking on being a Dom, and Jon provides constant reassurance via the stoplight-based safeword system.

This poor fic has been languishing half-finished for aaaaaages, until a certain recent sequence made it fall into place.

( Stephen drops both the half-tied knot around Jon's ankle and the heavy bondage manual he had been consulting while tying it. )

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 08
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: c!Stephen/Jon, l!Stephen/Jon
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.

Those of you who have been waiting for l!Stephen to let out some of his anger...I think you're gonna like this one.

There's also a bit of bonus l!Stephen art over here, and some Liberalverse sketches here.

( 'You don't have to worry about upsetting me. I'll be fine.' )

Title: Needs Met, page 06
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: "Stephen"/Jon, l!"Stephen"/Jon, Sweetness
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.

The Stephens react to the discovery that their Jons have switched places.

( 'Who are you and what have you done with my Jon?' )

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.

( 'Why are the Jons taking so long?' )

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: Five Gifts Stephen Gave Jon, Because It's No More Than He Deserved, And It Was Nothing, Really
Rating: PG
Contents: A very sexy massage.
Characters/pairings: Jon/liberal!"Stephen", that puppy again
Disclaimer: Follow the fake cut.

Summary: Where the regular version of "Stephen" stingy, self-absorbed, and demanding, the AU liberal version is generous, thoughtful, and giving.

(I'm worried that I've been putting too much emphasis on ways in which liberal!Stephen is annoying, so this is the flip side.)

( 'Uh, Stephen? The whole reason college kids offer each other backrubs is to get in each other's pants.' )

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: A Modest Proposition
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Swearing, violence against tables, past violence against people, rage, some blood.
Characters/pairings: Jon/liberal!"Stephen"
Disclaimer: Follow the fake cut.

Summary: I know, I know, I planned this to be a happy month. But sometimes you can't help being upset.

Trouble is, the alternate-universe liberal version of "Stephen" doesn't think he's allowed to be. No matter what happens with Proposition 8.

(Please be warned that this is all kinds of angry.)


( 'Sure, America came pretty close to turning into a fascist dictatorship under the Bush regime, but at least being gay has stayed legal!' )