[wcbryant]

So it does (with your replacement code as above -- for those who follow this thread after the fact). Not as 'slick' as being able to take straight URLs, but does the trick.

Do you know if the oEmbed response will get cached through vB that way? Don't want this to be calling for results to the same request on every load.

Thanks for that update!

--edit--
Oddly, for me, the tweet renders properly within the BB Code Manager page in the admincp, but shows up blank in posts (even after a refresh). I wonder if that redirect bit "/redirect-to/?redirect=" of vbSEO is somehow getting in the way. Doesn't seem like it should, and why in posts but not the admincp (I ask, rhetorically). Can't wait to be free of that (vbSEO) disaster.