#it's been so long!! since i've gotten good timkon angst!!!!

[heartpilled]

I’m an olddddd old fan of Timkon, and something I love about their relationship is just like. The unconditional love they have for each other and the purity and strength of their bond, versus the absolute mess of emotions and shame and unspoken words that had built up between by the end of pre-Flashpoint. I think so often about their conversation in Adventure Comics #3, when Tim could barely stand to look at Kon because he knew what he was really admitting to when he was confessing all the things he did in reaction to Kon’s death. When the first preview for the Dark Crisis mini came out, I know most of us had a suspicion this would be touched upon with the kiss between Cassie and Tim being shown. I was actually a preteen during this era and at the time I was convinced it was leading towards Tim coming out, and I feel very lucky that Meghan cares enough to go back in and re-explore it now that Tim is out of the closet.

And I think...it should hurt. It absolutely should not be easy. I think we as fans deserve for it to be complicated. People who are concerned mainly with ships and sexualities being confirmed should probably brace themselves for disappointment. Not because I don’t think either of those things could happen, but because those things won’t be the point of the story. And I really really want more stories in comics where things like this can be given the space and patience to be properly explored.