#btw. tysm for the ask anon <3 it's nice to talk abt my beloved and misunderstood blorbo.

[halion-halion-aito]

sorry

Why is that person afraid of Kon superiority? He was better when he had more independence. The character of Kon El was a independent kid power fantasy. A young person who lived fairly independently. But they then just shoved him into a more common mold of what a child hero is, living a incredibly similar life to a young Clark Kent. Viewing character development as negative and wanting to go back is normal, comic writers fuck over so many characters because they don't necessarily capture what the audience liked about them.

holding u in a big hug rn. ur so right anon!!

the problem is that it is barely character development; if anything, it's character regression.

the independence bit you brought up is something i soo love about it!! also bc not only bis independence, but the way he lived it in itself was a big theme. the way he lived this big autonomy like a fantasy, like you said, but then he found out he was more than that… left to himself. that he did have a good relationship with clark but, we must admit, he wasn't as present as he could've been. that the agony of the last issues came from everything that was built up in the previous part of the run- he'd spent so much time being free that he lost the direction he had. and in the end he broke down

it would have been nice to witness a process of healing, i think. like seeing the way he would have rebuilt himself finding out who he really was, growing up and stuff. but noooo. let’s make him obsessed with clark kent and oh my god i will never stress this again WHY LEX LUTHOR. WHY OUT HIM THERE. i feel like the attention was so much more focused on building the legacy of the heroes than the character themselves and it sucks, especially when you are dealing with character of a complexity like kons.