#Kon and Conner twins??

[lynnrawr]

How I imagine the superkids frfr

Featuring 90s! Superboy and YJ! Superboy

Jon: (tearing up) no matter what I do, no one wants to be friends with me :(

Kon: (leather jacket ver) : Yeah, I literally can’t relate to that problem at all, but you know who no one likes?

Kon: Hey Conner!!

Conner: First of all, how dare you!

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​i know that they are same person but they’re so different that I don’t care

They would try to get along for Jon’s sake but their personalities would clash I think(??)

Also I love the idea of Conner being like “yeah I have a brother but I never really mentioned it cus he’s annoying”

And everyone’s just like

“…what?”

Or Kon crashing a YJ meeting or something and everyone mistaking Kon for Conner 💀

[catgrandpa]

I need a fic where Bruce realizes this kid who shoved his way into his sidekick roll will not be leaving anytime soon, and instead of emotionally distancing himself he becomes a combination Helicopter Mom and Shotgun Dad.

☆彡

Tim: Bruce, I’m headed out to meet my friends at the mall.

Bruce: Is that Kent boy going to be there?

Tim, rolling his eyes: Yes, Kon is going. And so is Bart, and Cassie, and maybe Bernard if he can make it.

Bruce: Hnn. Do you have everything? Coat, scarf, keys, wallet, tracker, pepper spray, dagger, kryptonite shard, emergency beacon, first aid kit, fire starter, extra pair of-

Tim: Yes, Dad! I already went through the list with Alfred. I’ll be fine.

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Kon: Hello Sir! I’m here to pick up Tim!

Bruce: Follow me.

…

Bruce: Sit down.

Kon: In your study? Is Tim on the way, or…?

Bruce: I just thought you might need reminding of the fact that I have a vault downstairs full of items specifically designed to take down a Kryptonian.

Kon: Whuh?

Bruce: You should probably ask your father about the time I was slightly annoyed with him for encroaching on one of my cases.

Kon: Why are you telling me this?

Bruce: Now just imagine what would happen if someone were to hurt my darling little boy.

*door opens*

Tim: Hey Bruce, Alfie said Kon was here, have you seen him? Oh! Hey, why are you two in here??

Bruce: Oh, hey sweetheart, we were just chatting. Have a good time at the carnival!

☆彡

Dick, pouting: I don’t understand, you’re not this protective over who Jason or I date.

Bruce: Don’t be ridiculous, Jason and I may have our problems, but he would never betray me by gallivanting off with someone I disapprove of.

Dick, who covered for Jay sneaking out to visit Roy Harper just last night: Mhm yeah, sure. And you’re not worried about me?

Bruce: Chum, I’ve known who you were going to marry since you were 12 years old.

Dick: WHAT?

Bruce: I have the whole ceremony already planned. I’ve got Gotham’s best wedding planner on standby. You have a very nice house waiting for you both, 20 minutes from here. A modest 7 bedrooms on 5 acres of land.

Dick: I’m not even dating anyone?!

Bruce: I can’t wait to meet my 3 grandbabies:)

[fairygothmotherisgay]

DC Social Media AU Part 7

I'm back

[hyperblue]

You're baby daddy, Kon. Mama - Tim Drake, he cloned you and used his metachondriac dna.

Kon - I have a child...

Bart - Was he named after me? What does the baby look like? Is it a boy or a girl? Would I have been made a godparent if I hadn't been dead by the time they were born?

Kon - Lex and Superman have a grandchild together... Tim promised he never do that to me...

Bart - I HAVE TO BUY A GIFT! BOTH THE CHILD AND TIM! KON GET YOUR ASS UP! WE'RE GOING TO BUY FLOWERS FOR THE NEW MAMMY!

bold of you to assume that tim wouldn't have made bart a godparent despite him being dead, i mean kon being dead did not stop him from having a child with him. it's about dedication

[fae-morrigan]

Superfam and Found Family: What it Means to Choose

I have seen a lot of my beloved mutuals talk about adoption as a theme in the superfam, and thats true, thats very much a thing, but thats more a subsection of the larger idea with the superfamily: You get to choose your family, and define your relationship to them.

Clark and Kon come to mind. They've been discussed a lot lately, huh? Namely people saying Clark does not treat Kon well. This is false, by the way, they get along great.

But let's sort of dig into the actual story told by their relationship here: Kon was created by Lex without Clark's consent. Clark had no say in how part of his DNA would be used to create a new life.

(This is coincidentally why it irks me that certain fans will act like Clark is a monster for even HYPOTHETICALLY not wanting a relationship with Kon. Guys, you sound like pro-lifers. Lets watch it!)

Despite this, Clark accepts Kon with open arms. Now, as myself and others have pointed out, Kon's technically... he's not a clone, he's a test tube baby. Technically, biologically, he's Clark & Lex's son. D.. diversity win...?

But thats not how Clark and Kon choose to define their relationship. They instead decide, hey, we were raised by the same people, we're brothers.

Kon is not an outsider to the Superfam, even as he is an outsider to this world- He is welcomed with open arms once it is clear he needs a home. And with Clark and Kon, they get to choose how they define their relationship, not Lex, not anyone else.

Then, John Henry and Nat. John Henry is not Natasha's father, but their relationship is very complex and often veers into that territory, for the simple reason that he shows up for her in that capacity when Natasha's own father fails her.

Even while their relationship has its ups and downs (read 52 guys for THEM), they manage to forge a relationship based on mutual respect, enough to the point where during Steelworks, she is not just his niece, but his partner in building a better tomorrow. It is a fatherly/daughterly relationship built on mutual respect largely independent of their blood relation, built on the security that Clay failed to provide Natasha with.

Of course, to talk about adoption, Clois adopting the twins. I think Phillip Kennedy Johnson handles the topic of adoption EXPERTLY with Otho-Ra and Osul-Ra, specifically as a metaphor for transracial/transethnic adoption.

Clark's relationship with the twins is built throughout the Warworld saga, and does not start... great (they discuss looting his corpse lol), and often they. But Clark understands that the kids are traumatized, and seeks to guide them to a better situation.

Now I would be irresponsible to not mention that, during this time, Clark is still struggling with Jon's age up. He mumbles, disoriented during their first meeting, that the kids are the same age as his son (no they are not). In a less tightly written book by a worse writer, it'd be a thing where Clark completely uncritically finds 'replacement kids' in the twins... Which is NOT what happens here, because PKJ is the GOAT.

In the end, his relationship with the twins is built not only independently of his struggles with Jon, but the way he connects with them helps Clark realize that whats done is done. They need him to be Clark, not a man hanging onto the past he will never get back. To move forward, they must do it together, it won't work if the twins remain on Warworld and he remains mentally in Hamilton. Its why it is SUPER important, also, that in the end, Clark doesn't ask them to come with him- rather, they ask to go with Clark.

(Sidenote: The twins lost not only their parents on warworld, but an older brother, too. Clark isn't the only one who finds a healing way forward via the Ra-El relationships, but that's gonna be another post!) And their hero names, Red Son and Starchild, are from their original culture (the Phaelosians), a culture that was systematically robbed from them when Warworld trafficked them into service. Rather than forcing them to conform to the house of El and their legacy, they help the kids reconnect.

These are his children. They found each other in the scariest place in the universe, and together, they find a way past the things they've both suffered through.

I'm afraid I don't know much about Kara (kara mutuals, reading recs appreciated! i've only ever read WOT and a few issues of the most recent Supergirl run) but I do know that her relationship to Clark is inherently different than it was supposed to be, and she has to roll with it and redefine it accordingly. She was supposed to be older than him, be able to take care of him, but by the time she actually finds him, he's the one doing that for her.

(I dont really have a panel here I fear, so look at the pretty art from Woman of Tomorrow. If someone wants to say more on Kara, you're welcome to hijack my post for a bit!)

Kenan is an example of this theme going kind of sideways and being examined from another angle- He's forced to choose between his two found families, and with either choice, he stands to lose something. Either his connection to Superman, or his connection to home:

Kenan already has a messy relationship with family, considering the soap opera level drama his parents inflict on him in his solo. Now, separated from his culture by circumstances he can't control, Kenan's relationship with the Superfam is forced by circumstance, even as it isn't unwanted. He's forced to make the most of what he has.

Then you have Clark and Jon, where the 'and define your relationship to them' part of my thematic statement REALLY becomes important.

I've seen it argued many times that giving Jon the Superman mantle weakens the theme of found family, but I'd argue it strengthens it, because Jon not having a choice in becoming Superman is EXPLICITLY framed as a bad thing.

Jon's not ready to be Superman. He doesn't even really WANT to be superman. But because of the circumstances of his birth, the world, and his father, push him into it. Clark never asked Jon to be Superman, during the Son-of-kal-el + Warworld era. He assumed he would be.

It tarnishes Clark & Jon's relationship, actively preventing Jon from connecting with his father and the WORLD fully in the way they both want. This is a key theme of Superman: Son of Kal El, from the very moment of Jon's actual birth:

All throughout post-age up Jon is the idea that Jon is just as burdened by the expectations placed upon him by his blood as he is comforted by what the mantle represents.

(I know I use this panel like every analysis but its a GOOD PANEL, SHUT UP) And there's of course the fact that... y'know. Well. Y'know.

Y'KNOW.

I think there's a potentially strong story in either Jon walking away from the mantle entirely, or redefining it to be his own. But first, he's going to have to suffer for the fact he wasn't ready for what many people call his DESTINY, including his abuser.

And where does this leave Jon and Clark?

Here.

The last note before Absolute Power of these two is this bittersweet moment where Jon still isn't fully heard. Where he still doesn't get a full say in what he and Clark's relationship will be. And judging by THIS interview from Mark Waid, this particular idea is about to finally come home to roost:

Lastly, there's of course the Most Found Family Thing Of All that i basically see NO one talk about: The fact that the Irons and the Kents just. Share all their big life events with each other. They're literally not related to each other by blood at all, but throughout PKJ's Action Comics, they ARE family!

Teamwork makes the dreamwork guys!

The superfamily is a wonderfully diverse cluster of relationships and examinations of the way family finds each other. Even moreso than the Batfam, which is often defined by their father-son relationship with Bruce in fanon, the Superfam displays a wide array of the various ways non-nuclear families can build each other.

This is all to say you guys should read PKJ's action comics run. It rules.

(This is also to say Superman 2016 sucks ass.)

[superfamilyweek]

Poll of the Week:

[dailydccomics]

Kara and Kon are in a horror movie Action Comics #1065 art by Miguel Mendonça

[qulans6ri]

Ik people tend to joke about Tim being eternally seventeen,like for example Damian has aged in the last four years in the comixs while Tim is stuck in 16-20 cycle but, so have the rest of young justice.

Sure,Bart’s age is due to the speedster thingy and flashpoint etc etc and he kind isnt really affected by the forever 17 thing because age is just,generally weird for speedsters but some of the characters still have aged,look at Jon and Kon for example,same thing as Tim and Damian😭

Not to mention Cassie too like??

Which is why young justice probably angered some witch and now theyre eternally stuck in the college years ranging from 16 to 20,but never older than 20… imagine the comedy of damian growing older than tim but also the tragedy of them outliving their loved ones

or never fully experiencing joys of aging lol

[momachan]

"I've fought alien hordes, was stranded outside of reality, and I've explored the multiverse... Still, even with all the adventures I've had, right now feels like the most epic moment I've ever had in my life. I finally have my place in this family and in this universe... I can't wait to see where it brings me."

Superboy: The Man Of Tomorrow (2023).

This is a great comic.

[kara-zor-els]

With the results of the interest poll being positive, it's time to ask:

*February and June were not included due to me (host) having uni exams then. Also note that "August" is August 2025

Please consider reblogging so it can reach more people.

[thenonbinarydetective]

What do you think of superfam? They seem to be more neglected ones in DC Canon

I love them. I’ve made quite a few posts about them. DC is weird with Superman’s family. But Phillip Kennedy Johnson really tried to uplift them, now they’ve been getting pretty consistent attention. Even though some writers aren’t good at including all of them. The only issue is the twins being left out even though they have amazing potential.

All of them do really, but people are just bad at imagining Superman with a consistent family

I know some people think it “gets in the way of the last son of krypton” thing but no matter what he’s the last male Kryptonian. Everyone currently in his family is not a male 100% Kryptonian. We got two halves, his cousin (only other Kryptonian), several humans, a dog, a cat, and two Phaelosians. He’s still alone, just not alone.

I don’t know why people struggle to see how much his family works for his character. It honestly feels so obvious to me

[noreen-seee]

Hi! this is my drawing for the @superfamsecretsanta exchange event! I had fun making thism I hope you like it!

Happy Holidays @bernardsunglasses!!!

[kal-ly]

I will complete it one day

[evilhorse]

You can’t just accuse somebody of being a spy!

(Action Comics #1058)

[hyperblue]

what's that about both birdflash and timkon that they're giving off "would probably have twins" energy

[burritowitch]

Tim, walking into mount justice: my brother just tried to kill me lol

Bart: which one lmao

Kon, distressed: what? oh my god, are you okay?

Tim: oh yeah im fine. it was damian btw

Bart: damn sucks to suck he cant even finish the job lol at least thad knows how to get shit done

Greta: yeah my brother killed me lol. average sibling moment.

Cissie: why are you three so chill about your siblings trying to kill you??!

Tim: only child moment

Cassie: fr. y'all are just only children and kon's brother is an absolute ray of sunshine.

this is just based on a conversation me and my friends had. i personally fight my sister on the regular, my friend kazoo threw her twin brother off the top of her bunk bed when they were like four, a friend of mine punched her brother in the dick a few months ago, and another friend got punched in the dick by their younger sister a few weeks ago. our friends who were only children were horrified.