#journalist damian and superman jon

[satoshy12]

Time-traveling Chibi journalist

Jon x Dani Time/Dimension Travel

Jon:" I don't think this is a good idea." Dani:" What we have already learned in the past, we can have fun too! And your mom and dad don't let you be a journalist. Saying it would be too dangerous." Jon stopped for a moment. " Yeah, but I mean, we are now in the past? Would that not change it?" Dani:" Clockwork would make sure it's nothing bad! It's time for us! The second Lois and Clark! BUT Much Younger and cuter!" Jon:" You really waited long to say this, didn't you?" +

Dani and Jon did go around as journalists and became pretty famous very fast. As being small and cute!

Jon has yet to notice that he doesn't exist. But Damian does.

Dani already noticed it but didn't care much; she is wondering why it takes Superman/Clark and Lois so long to notice Jon is their son; I mean, they even worked with him a few times!!

[karaspal]

here is a reading guide for post-age up jon, including the good parts only so you guys could appreciate him more.

THE UNITY SAGA

superman (2018) #7 - 10 this is the story that started it all. jon goes on a space journey with his grandpa and comes back seven years older with enough trauma to last him for the rest of his life and more.

THE ONE WHO FELL

superman #29, action comics #1029, superman #30 - 32 during his time in the future, jon discovers his father might not have much time left in the present. worried about his dad, jon tries to warn him and prevent the inevitable. this story is cute and shows clark's love for his son and how proud he is of the man jon has become.

WARWORLD RISING

action comics #1030 - 1035 follows up the pervious story. clark and jon find refugees who escaped warworld. while clark is ready to help 100%, jon thinks it's a trap to lure his father and is vocal about his suspicions. this story lets jon have flaws, and they make complete sense for his character. while he isn't the main main character, it's a great read to help you understand his character.

SON OF KAL-EL

superman: son of kal-el #1 - 6, annual 2021, #7 - 8, nightwing (2016) #89, superman: soke #9 - 18, action comics #1050 after clark leaves for warworld to help the people there, jon is left in charge as the main superman on earth. with his dad gone, his identity being public and the weight of the world on his shoulders, jon tries to figure out the kind of hero he wants to be. this series also introduces jay nakamura, a journalist and a freedom fighter jon falls in love with. the final three issues is jon's reunion with his dad.

DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS

dark crisis #1 - 7 with the whole justice leauge dead, jon tires his best to keep the world spinning and the people in it hopeful. he goes around, trying to form a new justice league. this story shows how jon truly is his father's son and that he deserves the title "superman", as well as his strengths, and his undying spirit.

RISE OF METALLO

action comics #1051 - 1056 clark comes back from warworld with twins, whom he and lois later adopt. jon struggles seeing his parents raise the kids in a way they couldn't raise him because of the time they lost. still though, jon tries his best to be there for his new siblings.

this is jon's main timeline since he came back from his space trip. those are the required stories. bellow, i'll list some comics that aren't necessary to understand him, but are nonetheless good.

THE SUPERMAN OF METROPOLIS

future state: superman of metropolis #1 - 2 this is a future state story that isn't canon. jon bottles the city of metropolis in hopes of saving it. the story follows the consequences of his choice.

OUT THERE

dark crisis: worlds without a justice league - superman #1 do you wonder what would've happened had jon grown up with his folks? do you wonder what he would've been like had he not spent his formative years in a volcano prison? well, this is a story for you. this is clark's perfect world, and in a perfect world, he gets to see his boy grow into a man.

NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS

nightwing (2016) #101 - 104 (back up story) nightwing investigates a mystery in the circus and calls jon for help. the story is a cute team-up between the two.

A HEART IN METROPOLIS

action comics #1059 - "a heart in metropolis" (back up story) jon and jay struggle to find time to spend together, with life getting in the way. finally, the boys find the time to go on a date.

MAGICAL MYSTERY CUBE

superman & robin special #1 cute jon and damian team-up. if you like the super sons, this is a story for you. it shows that their friendship can still work, even with jon being older now.

ELECTRIC

lazarus planet: assult on krypton #1 - “electric” during the lazarus planet event, a common criminal gets powers and decides to join jon in helping people. their dynamic is fun: a righteous hero and a flirty villain. even though i don't particularly ship them, i still enjoyed their interaction.

this is it, guys. this is the list. happy reading! :)

[bloodyshadow1]

i really love Batfamily stuff, it's so much more interesting than Mary Sue Batman, but I feel like people don't get how the batfam actually interacts with other heroes. Specifically Clark and Diana.

I see so many posts about how the Justice league knows nothing about the batkids and I'm sorry, to me that's the most boring way to do things and completely against characterization and history if it's just the whole league. If you think Clark and Diana don't love those kids as family it's not really my cup of tea (to a lesser extent Barry and J'onn).

I get that there are a lot of batkids and a lot of different comics with different minds behind them so I can only reference what I know and from what I've experienced. Still, I read comics for a while and I feel like my personal headcanons are:

Nightwing should absolutely adore his aunt and uncle, he's nightwing because of a conversation he had with Superman. He was the first Robin and adored in the superhero community. He led the titans, was best friends with Donna.

Red Hood, I think Jason might be a bit more chilly towards Clark, Like everything, after he came back things went to shit, especially after he found out Clark stopped Bruce from killing the Joker to avenge him. but has a lot of fond memories towards Clark when he was Robin. He still has a real love for Aunt Diana, probably avoids her though because she is a reminder of the good times he had as Robin.

Red Robin, things are complicated with him as he was on the Outsiders with Connor and Cassie, and later on the Titans with them. When they were the outsiders, the Justice League probably felt more like the man trying to control them. Later on during the titans, things get angsty so I think that might color Tim's perception of them and favor the way his friends describe them more than what he's seen of them. I think he has good memories, but not nearly as much as Jason or Dick

I don't think I've read any comics about Spoiler, Black Bat, or Signal's interactions with them so I would leave that to those who know more. That being said, I think their interactions would be fun, I think Cass would respect Diana as probably the world's best warrior and I think Duke would really look up to Clark, partially because he's superman, but also he's fun and light, not to mention they both have light powers even if they manifest differently. I don't really know much about Stephanie and her interactions with other heroes tbh

Damian, I think is interesting because I think he actually respects Clark more as a journalist and as Jon's father than he does as Superman. At least at first. Superman has all these powers but doesn't really do a lot of what he sees as big changes so I think at first he considers his powers a waste on small potatoes stuff. He does come to respect him though. Diana, I think Damian adores pretty quickly even if he says otherwise, I think they bond over their love of animals. I also think that Damian respects that Diana will kill if necessary, he was trained by the league of assassins, I understand that as a member of the batfamily he doesn't kill, but I don't think it's right for him to be as antikilling as the rest. I think out of respect for Dick and his father he doesn't kill but he understands that some people need killing.

I'm not trying to yuck anyone's um, your headcanons are your own, but I see so many posts that just don't get how fun interactions with characters are with their canon personalities.

[fae-morrigan]

hi! could you elaborate on the "jon beefs w batman" thing?? id love to read it, but i don't know much about comics so i wouldn't know where to look :(

IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ITS LITERALLY THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO ME.

So, the series that introduces this is largely Son Of Kal El. It's Jon's big 18 issue solo book, its super fun, there are gay people, there is dismantling a colonialist government. More specifically the Beef Inciting Incident begins issue 10, takes up most of issue 11.

So, Jon's dating Jay Nakamura. Cool guy, refugee from Gamorra (place that is colonized that theyre trying to fix), independent journalist known as The Truth. He works closely with this group named the Revolutionaries.

Super cool, right? Jon's having a golden time.

Then, Lois pisses off Lex (long story but its equally hilarious), bad enough they're worried about the family's safety. So, Batman shows up to whisk them to the safe house.... but Jay's not allowed to come.

Jon's pretty miffed about this, and then Batman decides to be Batman and drops THIS bombshell:

We get his reasoning the next chapter: Jay's buddies, the Revolutionaries? Yeah, well, lets say they believe in DIRECT action. They've killed a lot of people (Pssst, you can read more about it in Suicide Squad: Bad Blood, which is one of my favorite books).

Jon does not buy what Bruce is selling. He argues with Batman about it, DESPITE NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT BATMAN IS WRONG, because the idea of BRUCE telling him who and who not to make out with is SO EXISTENTIALLY INFURIATING that he just. Straight up runs off.

Now, this gets resolved pretty quickly. Pa tells Bruce to knock it off because he's not exactly better in love, in a great scene that is one of my favorites from the book. Jon talks to Nightwing, then talks to Jay, and Jay is like, "yeah. They are kind of violent extremists, but they were also the only people who helped me when I was fleeing systematic medical torture and ethnic cleansing, so." We don't really get Jon's thoughts on this, but he ACTIVELY works with them in the finale with the stipulation they don't kill anyone, so we can kind of assume that even if he's not down with them murdering people, he's DOWN down with their Liberation politics. Which is neat!

... But Jon holds a grudge against Batman. Big time. Like, seriously. We really see it up close in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, where he's just... Dude. This isn't even YOUR batman.

^ Like, I think we all know he's referencing what happened with Jay here. Its VERY on the nose.

Even Injustice!Bruce is like "Dude, I literally just met you".

Like, seriously. Not even his Batman. Just batman-shaped. And he's catching CONSTANT strays from Jon. Its a whole thing. Before that moment, Jon and Bruce were actually quite chill: Jon even made him tea during the SOKE annual! Up until that point, Bruce was kind of just "damian's scary dad". Ever since That Exact Moment where Bruce was like, 'your boyfriend is a terrorist,' Jon has been like:

[sicariodechinchulines]

Damijon headcanon: Dami doesn't flirt, he COURTS.

•We tend to forgot WHERE and HOW Damian was raised. He just doesn't get the concept "Highschool sweetheart". when he first mentioned that, they were at a gala.

"-Im not interested on playdates, that's a waste of time.-" and they nodded because that's SOOO him, but then... "-If someone is interested on my being and dare to ask for my hand, I expect them to be ready for marriage. If not, then is just to be mean a ephemeral game that I won't even bother to remember, they shouldn't either."

Unnecessary to say that reporters we're so fucking excited with that response, so much that they didn't notice Dick Grayson hanging from a chandelier.

• and yes, he had a girlfriend before, even shared some kisses with other ladies and acted like a gentleman for them, but the truth is: he didn't take them seriously.

• Dami was ready for living alone and single, that's not the big deal, but Jon appeared again, and things started to get weird... in an amusing and warming way. Jon was now a mature good looking man, strong and good-natured as always. The little naive and childish boy was gone, and now was a man; a man worthy of his attention, in any areas.

• Without saying ANYTHING about his feels, he started to court Jon in the way he learned was appropriate, the problem is: Jon Kent is not a lady.

AND IS NEITHER SINGLE.

• Flowers, luxurious gifts and expensive jewelry. People started to suspect if Jon became some type of sugar baby for Damian, but when is questioned, Jon unsuspecting, answer "I don't know, rich people are weird"

• yes, people, Damian does HOLD the doors open for Jon, while ignoring the people behind, usually ending on them smashing their faces with the door.

• They rarely travel on cars, but when they do, Dami open the door for him; the bats are BEWILDERED by that.

• Needless to say that Jay DOES want to beat the shit out of him. (I don't blame him, if a sort of Arabic prince- heir of one of the biggest fortune in the world- a fucking Robin is trying to conquer MY boyfriend, I would love to beat the shit out of him too.)

Even if he's mad at him, don't see the point on competing with a child, because after all he's not even 15.

• Everyone knows that this boy is weird in SOOO many ways, but waiting 4 years until the object of your courtship is legally able to touch you, is little to much... even for Superman, who lost his virginity in his late twenties.

• Clark never say anything about that matter, first because he doesn't want to feed rumors, and second..

Because if he ADMIT that he would be okay with Damian marrying his son, Batman will KILL HIM.

•Even if he is worried about the future that Damian and Jon hold as best friends or partners, he can't denied that Damian devotion to Jon is cute.

Sorry but Clark is a hopeless romantic who loves his wife DEEPLY

(and he doesn't like Jay at all, he doesn't knows him as much he would like, neither is happy with the amount of info about his son that is on internet now thanks to jay's activism... but this ray of sunshine don't talk about that because, wHAT IF HE IS BEING HOMOPHOBIC OR SOMETHING?? Don't want to stress his boy with that.)

• after the SHOW Damian Wayne gave at that gala talking about his expectations on a partner and the PROPER way of courtship, the rumors about the younger Wayne being a heartbreaker like his father were over. NOW, they love to talk about how amazing and romantic Damian would be as a boyfriend.

When in an interview, a reporter mentioned Tim Drake-Wayne the titular "The teens dream: A prince like Damian Wayne. His thoughts about dating and how court a lady" he dissociated for 1 whole minute.

• the worst-best come now. Still hanging from that titular a journalist did DARE to ask about PRE-MARITAL SEX. (yes, Bruce demanded that journalist, yes, Bruce won.)

"- Isn't obvious? I'm against it, at least for myself. I don't find shame on waiting the proper person to lost your virginity with... even if I fall in love with SOMEONE who isn't virgin anymore, I'll wait anyway."

And yes, that was a hint for Jon. Jon didn't get it, but the press did.

It was funny how teen boys were so spiteful towards him and how teen girls were so delighted. Damian set the bar so high for Gotham boys.

• even with all the gifts and flowers and food, Jon is the ONLY ONE who don't notice. His mother did, his father did, Batman, Redhood, RedRobin and Nightwing DID, even StARFIRE AND THAT'S A LOT. a night after a mission she just said "Correct me if I'm wrong... but the little Robin is courting Superman according his culture standards, isn't?" And the whole Bat Boys just stared.

"That's adorable... a little gentleman!"

• They usually cuddle. It was hard for Jon getting used to it after YEARS gone, but Damian was weirdly okay with it, even pleased Jon can say.

But there was something unsettling. He don't cuddle him as before, instead he do it in a way that makes Jon feel incredibly conscious about himself, but safe anyway.

Damian does it on purpose, holding Jon head close to his chest when they are on the couch, caressing the side of Jon's jaw and lightly touching his temple.

If Jon is being lucky and Damian too tired, he will press his nose against his curls and close his eyes, answering anything with a lazy "mmh"

• Bruce is worried. He's not Clark, he's not tHAT optimistic. He knows his son and how unhinged and dangerous he can be, and see this said devotion as a time bomb. What if Jon is not that good??? Or Damian manage to CONQUER the teen's heart and decide to guide him into a darker path???? Jon probed that he can DIE for him in most of one occasion, Damian is starting to act the same and is unsettling.

Sorry if isn't readable, my mother language is Spanish and i learned English from comics, translator and weirdly poetic AO3 p0rn. If you're that kind, please point out my mistakes or care to give me an advice so I can better my grammar, ty so much!!!!

[kimbapisnotsushi]

hi! please share your headcanons about jay. thanks!

ooooooooh sure thing let's get it!!

(also please keep in mind that soke was literally my first time dipping back into dc after a LONG while, so i have a bit of catch-up to do in terms of characters and stories, and thus some of my knowledge might be outdated!!! also i love jay but i do consider myself still very new to understanding him and thus most of these will be silly fun :333)

damian makes fun of him for that all-black ninja-esque stealth suit he wore to sneak into star labs because there was literally NO POINT in jay trying to disguise himself like that when he didn't bother covering up his BRIGHT FUCKING PINK hair

yes i'm still mad about yes i would like to know his thought process

is it natural btw??? i've seen different takes around where people think it's dyed bc of his other version in aos:jk, but i feel like that's pretty unlikely considering it was shaved all the way down when he got taken prisoner and experimented on and it grew back exactly like that

for the record i'm not a hater i'm just saying 1) it made him a walking beacon and 2) it being natural is so fucking funny to me since he clearly didn't inherit it from his mom, which begs the question:

who the fuck is jay's dad

while jay does care for all of the revolutionaries as their ally and everyone at the truth as their boss, and as an overall friend, i think that wink and the aerie are especially close to him and they consider each other family. they were pretty much the closest thing to adult supervision jay had for a while, and he relied on them a lot when he was settling down in metropolis and figuring out how to live alone

this meant that he called them for stupid things like "if something explodes in your microwave do you call the fire department", and not-stupid things like "help me open a bank account because metropolis bank has laws that won't let me do it by myself as a minor"

they were also the first people he came out to

jay loves them even if they CAN be really annoying

jay: "are you—are you guys ACTUALLY planning on shovel-talking superman" wink: "technically, he's superman's son" the aerie: "and if he's late to the coffee shop, i'm taking points off"

i think jay would get along with tim actually

the dude is an underground hacktivist refugee, investigative journalist, and a former president's son. he's probably used to always looking over his shoulder, ready to be jumped at a moment's notice. he's got a plan for everything but the plans only exist inside his head because he can't risk hard copies being found or digital ones being hacked. he's memorized them all. they're either alphabetized or mentally color-coded. we're talking levels of elaborate just-in-case getaways and meticulously planned investigations that would get a normal reporter killed if they asked the wrong question. it's dedication to a terrifying degree

yeah tim would definitely rock with him

jay has this neat little trick where if he's in a situation in which someone's poisoned his food and he has to eat it/can't let them know he knows, he just partially phases his organs so that the food falls through his body a little bit at a time and never enters his digestive system

jon is HORRIFIED when he finds out. damian is really fucking impressed

does gamorra have its own language???? i feel like jay would be fluent in it if so. of course he would be. he'd do anything to keep part of home as close to his chest as possible

oh that's another thing i'll probs mess up on btw i am legit so confused on gamorra considering it's apparently in asia and i would assume has its own distinct culture? but jay's surname is japanese and that random kid on the boat has a japanese name so are they like. japanese-adjacent??? or is gamorra made up of multiple asian identities blended into one (read tags for clarification)

i should probably read absolute power shouldn't i

okay sorry that got WAY off topic but yeah jay is definitely someone who loved his home despite not being able to go back and did everything he could to maintain his ties

ALSO can we talk about jay being a student at metropolis college at seventeen???? did he skip a year of school when he got to the u.s.??? did he lie on forms or something??

like i don't think he's taking extra credit classes as a high school student because he was also advertising the media department when we saw him, and i don't think he'd be doing that if he was in high school

jon makes sense because he had a fake identity which COULD put him in college. but jay???

honestly lying on paper is such a jay nakamura thing to do if he doesn't want people tracking him down by cross-referencing his birthday with government records

jay nakamura's number-one tip of running an anonymous underground activist stream: hide all identifiable information from the government

(this does not work when you are widely recognized as superman's boyfriend)

also now that dick is backing the truth can we PLEASE get tim in on it. i think it'd be so fucking funny. i think he and jay would have a grand old time breaking into firewalls and digging through internet archives and exposing corrupt people

tim is like "FINALLY i have something fun to do at all those fucking galas bruce makes me go to" because jay needs some rich guy's vacation itinerary so he knows the prime time to break into his house and gather evidence for something

i just have so much appreciation for jay nakamura you guys i love him so much

[bobbinalong]

Do you have any more story of your Earth-2149 that you could/want to share?

I don't remember what I said here and what I said on Twitter, so I'm just gonna recap everything, lol.

So, to start, there's this guy:

The one on the far left. His name's Jonathan James Kent and he goes by J.J. -- or Superman, depends on how you met. As you can see, he's 34, a photo journalist just like his (middle) namesake and recently got divorced from this woman:

Kathy Branden. You're familiar with her, I assume. She still runs her late grandfather's dairy farm. They got married fairly young and had the two kids above, Jacob "Coby" Branden and Orla "Ori" Martha Kent, whose powers are still emerging and who occasionally get to join their dad (and grandad, until he gets killed, and larger Superfamily) superhero-ing as Superboy and Supergirl. If their homework's done. J.J. was their primary caregiver when they were little (read: stay-at-home-dad) but he's fully back ot photography since Ori started school. J.J. and Kathy are still very close; there's just no romantic spark anymore.

J.J.'s best friend (and Coby's godmother) is the lady on the left:

She's Earth-2149's Damian. She's not a vigilante anymore, instead just living her best life as a rich person and helping Gotham monetarily while her family keeps kicking villain ass. She's an artist and very invested in Gotham's artists. She's also still/again (I haven't decided) with Nika/Flatline, who's on the right above.

Last but not least, Jay (and Asra again):

Jon and him didn't meet as teenagers. Bendix doesn't take over Gamorra, so he doesn't have powers. Absolute Power doesn't happen, so his mom's alive and well and delighted by the build-in grandkids when Jay "brings home" J.J. for the first time; they meet through Natasha (Irons) because this Jay does still eventually end up working for Steelworks. They don't meet until after J.J. gets back from his hunt for Ultraman, though.

Apropros Ultraman, until he appears on the scene to kill Clark, this Universe is ... relatively calm and cozy. The villains are more Condiment King and less Doomsday. It's all a little bit less life and death (though obviously there is still life and death, lol).

Aaand that's as far as I've tought. If there's anything specific you're interested in, feel free to ask and I'm sure I can come up with something haha.

[baambastic]

Thoughts on Battle of the Super Sons (major spoilers for the entire plot):

Grazer is great as Jon

Laura Bailey’s Lois is great

I don’t particularly care for Travis Willingham’s Clark. His Superman is fine, but his voice sounds wrong coming out of mild-mannered journalist Clark Kent.

Love the whole opening. Especially love the old comics-style (complete with benday dots) montage of Clark’s life up until Jon’s birth

Glad to see we’re skipping the complicated multiverse stuff

Jon immediately jumping to “cosplay” as the reason for the Superman costume under the bed has made my day

But also Clark why was it just under your bed. Presumably while you were on a League mission for two weeks.

“I don’t care that you’re sorry! I just want you to be here!” OOF

The child is very sad, but at least the cat’s alive!

Jon feels like an actual kid, constantly excited by all the superhero stuff

They mentioned Kon!

Oh wow this movie has blood in it. I’m a bit surprised, even with the age rating

Tom Kenny Penguin! Haven’t heard that since 2004

Troy Baker doesn’t really sound like he wants to be here

It’s not Super Sons if Damian doesn’t make me want to punt him out the nearest window at first

Damian continues his bad habit of pushing kids to their deaths in the Batcave.

They did not make Jon an uwu soft bean, and for that I am grateful. He dishes out sass equal to or greater than Damian’s.

Also Griffo really sold how Damian felt about being rejected by the Titans. Really solid

Griffo’s Damian voice sounds like Damian’s trying to copy Batman’s gruff voice. I like it

Why is Damian the only person in this movie who says Jon and not Jonathan?

BAT-COW!!!!

Using two members of each main young hero team (Teen Titans, TT2003, YJ Animated (not the ‘98 version bc of overlap with TT2003)) for the Teen Titans is an interesting idea

Kind of surprising that Ollie and J’onn are the only other League members we get to see on the Watchtower

Blue Beetle and Hawkman (and I think the Atom?) were also shown on Starro’s hitlist, so it’s weird that they’re nowhere to be seen

I still need to get my hands on a hoodie like Jon’s

Those students have really low standards for insults

Bruce Don’t Beat Up Your Son Challenge (success on technicality of mind control)

Also, really effective body horror for something so bloodless

Damian you big softy

More body horror. yay

I dunno why i’m surprised Damian suggested killing Lois

Yo they made Krypto scary. Nice

Jor-El why did you send them to the watchtower if you thought they were probably gonna die

Lois continues to be awesome

Nice to see you, J’onn. Too bad you don’t get to do anything.

The dynamic between Lois and Lex is always fun to watch

Interesting Starro design. A bit too spiky for my tastes tho

“I’ve eliminated all human-based problems on your planet.” “You’re going to eat the planet!” “Correct.” Love that

Aw, poor baby demon brat

Oh, I never thought I’d see the day that Lois Lane used a DIY flamethrower on Lex Luthor. Incredible

I question the decision to include two green-skinned shapeshifters in the same fight scene

Speaking of, that’s a really cool effect they’ve got on J’onn when he’s burning

Jesus. No punches pulled on the sons v dads fight

Batman got punched out by an 11-year-old farmboy. He’ll never live that down

Man, this evacuation scene is wholesome

“I don’t know” *pushes all the buttons*

This whole Starro burning scene is very visceral, I gotta say

Jon and Dami are adorable, even when they think they’re about to die

Superdad to the rescue, with Jon looking like he’s about to cry with relief

Bathug! (they’re so awkward lol)

Starro covered in charred flesh? No thanks, I’m good

I think that lake water might be one of the few 2D animated things in this movie

Even with the character development, Damian’s still a demon brat (positive)

Aw, he’s so excited to go to Jon’s game

“Gotham’s Billionaire Prince Bruce Wayne Spotted With Son Damian at Middle School Baseball Game in Smallville, Kansas”

“Still can’t fly” *pained groans can be heard from the ground below*

They really didn’t mention any of the other Bats, huh? That’s surprising.

I’m guessing, since Jon can actually control his powers, all that stuff with Kathy and the milk hasn’t happened here

Battle of the Super Sons was a ton of fun! It has good writing, good humor, good emotional moments, and is consistently nice to look at. Shame it’s only got a 6.7 on imdb. I honestly might prefer this over the original Super Sons comics run

[ultfreakme]

You know, I've been thinking recently about the fact that Damian and Flatline and Jon and Jay are very much like their parents. Like, the obvious similarities between Jay and Lois, Clark and Jonathan (Like father, like son), Damian and Bruce (Like father, like son 2x), and Nika and Talia. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it.Maybe someone has talked about it, but know I'll be the second person to do it :)

P.S I like the parallel between Jay and Lois the best. People who will fight to the last for their cause, ideals and the people they care about. Both are very smart, brave, cunning and strong individuals who will tear down everything in their path. Especially, Jay is a fan of Lois, which makes this even better for me. It's like his character was built on the Lois archetype, but with a few differences. How can I not love them, bro😭

YESSS!!! Anon a lot of people have mentioned these comparisons so we aren't alone in this, but this is the first time I'm seeing the Talia-Nika comparison. I'd love to know more, since I'm not really an expert on Talia. It's very fun.

I know Jay and Lois the best and I really like it too. Jay feels like a standout to me because there are a lot of characters who are based on the Lois archetype. Lois and Clark/Superman are such huge pop culture icons, their relationship dynamic permeates every medium where there's even an inclination towards the superhero genre. Lois shaped plenty of character tropes.

A lot of love interests across Marvel and DC have been given the "journalist" role. It's often directly journalism, but writers try to copy by changing the answers a little by making the love interest's job journalism adjacent, like news reporter, writer, anchor, etc(MJ has been forced into that role, Linda Park-West was a journalist, and now a fiction writer. It's a trope to a point it got parodied in Phineas & Ferb and a bunch of different shows).

Jay is the first male character to be given the archetype, and it's done in a really innovative way. His journalism doesn't exist solely to fulfill the role of being a superman love interest. His interest in it stands independent of Jon and has longstanding effects in the story of DC overall, as we see in the current events with Waller and Suicide Squad.

Lois is the character who upholds 'truth' in Superman stories. Her desire for this comes from her rebellion against her father and her disapproval of corruption and American imperialism. But she is often a white American woman. She has to go to other places, she is not a part of the struggle. She's a medium of sorts.

Jay, on the other hand, lived through the news story Lois was reporting about(she actually investigated Gamorra on her own waaaay before). He's an amplifier, he's the story. His drive to be a journalist comes from a deeply personal place, and his desire to deliver truth is an act of rebellion and liberation for his people. He highlights the voice of a marginalized community the DC Universe. And yeah its a fictional country but Gamorra's struggles are so easily spotted in the real world, it's uncanny. With Jay, it's a lot more focused, it isn't about just a news story anymore. Jay's struggle and the story of Gamorra is ever-present in the DC universe. I think Jay really elevates the "journalist" archetype.

He's also got powers obviously, so he isn't just reporting, he's also taking direct action. It's amazing rep and I think jay and Gamorra's story is really relevant to current times which is why I love it even more.

[ohmyfairies]

If I were writing comics I would’ve aged both Damian and Jon up to 15, stuck them in a school together (undercover or not doesn’t matter) and have them both grow together given that they were way more popular characters as the super sons then separately. I’d have Jon grow up, discover his attraction to boys and then question whether he wants to follow his parents footsteps to be a journalist and/or superman or not and also be wildly popular at school and contrast that with Damian being an unpopular loner (because he’s an introverted dick) struggling with his conflicting loyalties between Talia and Bruce and also dealing with jealousy and possessiveness over Jon getting a boyfriend and new friends and leaving him behind so to speak. Also aroace Damian rep!! Throw in some flavour of the week bad guys for some action scenes and identity reveals and I’d say that’s a pretty solid base for a character-growth focused comic run.

[elvesandlanterns]

Reacting to the DC- Verse

DC-Verse Theater

A Theater appeared in front of more than a dozen heroes. They were seemingly teleported in the middle of the day, none of their phones worked past the camera and the bats were slowly starting to tear the building apart. All of the doors were locked and none of them could open them, even with kryptonian strength.

The most concerning part was that they were all dressed as civilians.

Everyone in the room; Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, GL Hal, Green Arrow, Flash Barry, Aquaman, Dick, Jason, Tim, Stephanie, Cassandra, Damian, Duke, Barbra, Wally, Roy, Jon, Konner and Bart.

“Well we might as well raid the concession stand,” Wally could hear the other heroes eyes roll and can’t find it in him to care. Impulse beats him to the popcorn maker and screams as he opens the cabinet.

“Bart!” There on the floor hair tangled on the edge of door of the cabinet splayed out was a girl. She wasn’t breathing. “What the fuck what the absolute fuck.” Wally had seen plenty of horrible things in his job both of them but this entire situation unsettled him completely. “Barry I think you need to see this.”

The heroes knew better to crowed a body and allowed Barry and Batman to pass freely… they still stared tho. She looked short, half of her body still stuffed into the drawer making it hard to tell. Barry reached out and flipped her over. He need to check if maybe just maybe she was breathing. Flash stopped at his colleges intake of breath. Face up everyone could see a stained patch of her black hair was white.

Jason cussed up a storm.

Before Barry could begin touch her, the body arched up and gasped loudly.

“Holy shit back up man.”

Oh she was a live. That some how left the group with more questions.

She contorted, pulling her body out of the space. She looked …normal. Short, black hair, black eyes, tawny skin scarred. She stood up and stretched.

Clark blanched, “She’s breathing.” They got a few looks, “She definitely wasn’t breathing before.”

Jason couldn’t take it, “What are you?”

She stopped mid stretch, and shrugged, “I’m a chimera.” Her grin was all teeth.

“Well then let’s get this over with.”

“Get what over with, do you perhaps know why we are here miss -?” Journalist powers go!

“Well to watch the multiverse of course! Or at least that what I assume my boss wants me to do, can’t really think of another reason you lot would be here.”

“The multiverse? What’s that…” Clark asked.

The girl stopped and stared at him, “Tugh, you can all drop the act. I know who all of you are.”

“I don’t know-“

She pointed them out, “Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, yadda yadda yadda. Come on the faster we do this the faster you get sent home.”

The heroes started spewing outrage.

Diana spoke directly to her first tho, “Who are you? What is your bosses plan?”

The raven haired girl walked up to a seat and sat down, “Like I said I’m Chimera, and my boss probably wants me to show you guys the multiverse so you guys can I dunno learn a lesson or become stronger or some bull crap like that.”

Diana nodded, “And you have that ability? The ability to just see these things?”

“ I’d be a pretty bad Watcher if I didn’t!”

“Watcher?”

“Yup it’s like my title and rank, the infinite cosmos to watch and no one to share it with. “

Diana was growing concerned sure the girl knew things she shouldn’t but-

“So no worries about me spilling any secret identities, I’m entirely constrained to this dimension.” Her voice got softer annoyed, “Trust me I’ve tried.”

Diana really didn’t like the way that sounded.

“Oh and don’t worry about your world catching on fire without you it’s on pause till you get back.” The girl said flipping the screen on her phone, that presumably worked.

The heroes all looked around at each other, were they really doing this?

Roy was done, “As intriguing as this all is what if I don’t want to? Time being paused or not I have a baby at home to feed.”

She kept on scrolling, “Funny you say that as if we have a choice.”

“We?” Diana shared a look with Clark, she really wasn’t liking how this all sounded. Did they need to save this girl?

“Yup,” she made a popping sound on the ‘p’, “We, what part of this being my job do you not understand ?”

Diana didn’t have a response ready for that.

Jon floated over to the girl and sat down in the seat next to her, ignoring his dads whispers (and Damian’s yells) not to approach.

“What are you doing?”

“Looking at our options.”

-

Note: Feel free to send me anything you’d like them to react to!!!

[stoptellinglieslois]

Principal of pleasure part 56

Clark goes back to the cabin and finds Dick and Jon making dinner.

Superman x Nighwing pairing

Dick

As me and Jon prepare dinner for when Kal comes home.

I told Jon when Kal got home he would explain something to him when got back here, I didn't tell him the details on what and he accepted Jon was so accepting even at a young age.

I hope Lois was ok and she pulled through this for Jon.

I hoped it wasn't me and Kal that caused her resulting in overdosing but I knew better.

I knew I was the one causing her fallen state that, Me and Kal pushed her to that of Kal's silence and him breaking her heart.

I will not take all the blame but I am hoping she does not die for the sake of Jon.

I don't want this to change Jon but if anything happens to her it will change him forever like it did me and my parents.

As I contemplate Jon and Lois and chopping tomatoes Kal's cell rings he left it here when he went to Smallville.

I looked at it and Jon looked at it as well and went for the phone, I didn't say anything or had enough time to protest but what good would that be if I did.

"Hello." Jon answered.

My fever has improved a lot since I've taken the echinacea Kal had other pills for cold and flu but I needed something more than that. Jon continued his conversation on his father cell.

"Oh hello Mr. Wayne." Fuck it's Bruce I look at Jon and he looked at me his eyes understood something when he looked at me he bit his lip.

"Well I am by myself Mr. Wayne can I leave him a message."

"Mr. Wayne.... it's best you tell my father this." Jon sounded nervous.

I stopped chopping and put down the knife on the small wooden chopping board and listened.

"I don't think my dad is a journalist anymore he says he wants to do something else....... My mom is at home right now Mr. Wayne....... I don't know about those things Mr. Wayne I am sorry......... How's Damian....... Oh....." It looked like Bruce was fishing for information and Jon was just playing dumb or didn't know how to answer Bruce's questions.

"I will tell him when get's back ok......... Mr. Wayne thank you for calling." Jon replied and put the cell down on the kitchen table signalling the conversation has ended.

"Wow he wants to do a tv interview with my dad that's so cool." I was shocked to hear that but Kal said he wanted out of that life of reporting and started fresh, He hasn't told Perry yet about him resigning but he will do it soon.

"He wants to pay my dad a lot of money to go on tv." Jon said and came by my side at the kitchen counter.

I feel like this is so all of a sudden like this so out of the blue and out of depth for Bruce, He usually does not do this for anyone but I could see why he would do this or even go there for Kal.

He was still reaching out his tentacles at Kal trying to pull him back trying to retrieve what he could never have.

"Well when Kal comes home you could tell him what Mr.Wayne said." Jon looked at me a look I never thought a child his age could have but then again I saw many things in my life this is the first of many.

"Do you... are you Mr. Wayne good."

"I don't think we are on bad terms but right now I don't want to talk to him." I said smoothly.

Jon changed the subject. "What else should we put in the pasta." As we continued on making dinner the door opened. "Hey boys." Kal exclaimed at the door the wind and rain wafted in I shied away from the breeze.

"Dad Bruce called and he wants you to do an interview on tv with him and, I told him he should talk to you about it." Jon said not excited and not overly upset just neutral as he talked to his father.

Kal on the other hand is shock he wasn't expecting that type of news at all.

"I will call him later wow you boys prepared this for dinner It looks good." Kal said rubbing my shoulders and went to sit down at the table.

Rubbing his temples he was stressed something happened at the hospital.

I could feel it.

And that's when my cell phone rang on the counter it was Barbara.

I picked it up right away. "Hey Bab's."

"Don't you fucken say hey Bab's to me you low life trash eating scum." I was shocked and stunned at the same time at her voice and her profanity.

"I found your boyfriend at the hospital in Smallville and he said I could give him a call I would rather call you MY EX-HUSBAND INSTEAD." She yelled at me through the phone.

I looked at Kal who was looking at me Jon looked at me to and we all looked at each other in silent.

"Well cat got your tongue."

End of part 56 next is part 57

Thank you for reading

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

You are (Not) Offensively Ignorant, Infuriating and Lazy.

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/tNAUseL

by Ironaman010698

In Clark’s defends he never actually intended any of this happening. He was actually happy and content with living in his old apartment after his divorce with Lois. Close enough to visit Jon every day, and he actually enjoy his job as an investigative journalist. The problem was that without Lois there to act as his impulse control 24/7, he tends to do reckless thing. It started really small actually, annoyance, Clark was annoyed when he wrote the article about Bruce Wayne being offensively ignorant, infuriating and lazy. He was annoyed that instead of real-world problem like the current war between Ukraine and Russia or even any other project, Clark was tasked to write an article about “The Gotham Beloved Prince” Bruce Wayne. In his defence, Clark believes 100% of what he wrote based on his investigation, regardless how generous Brucie is he is still ignorant airheaded billionaire that has never actually experience working in a minimum wage job. 

The problem is Jon convinced that his new day-care teacher, Mr. B, is the perfect stepfather for him

Words: 1633, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M, Other

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain, Duke Thomas, Alfred Pennyworth, Jonathan Samuel Kent

Relationships: Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Protective Siblings, Protective Jason Todd, Damian Wayne is a Little Shit, Romani Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson is a Ray of Sunshine, Misunderstandings, Enemies to Lovers, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Cute Damian Wayne, Baby Damian Wayne, Tim Drake is So Done, Father-Son Relationship, Sibling Bonding, no beta we die like jason todd

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/tNAUseL

[robinrequiems]

journalist dami and superman jon

• damian goes by damian head in this au, mainly because he stays with his mom in this au more than his dad.

• no batman but other superheroes exist

• his parents separated when he was 5, he stayed with his mom til 10, went back to his mom when he was 15. now, at 19, he ran a blog dedicated to his cities protector, superman— or the new one anyway.

• he does it for fun, he is in a gap year currently, his parents have the money anyways, and he doesn’t cost much, but he has no idea what he wants to do in his life. until he reads about his idol, lois lane

• he wanted to report like her, okay? so.. he did. it started out on tumblr

• and then his tumblr fans told him to made a website, and he did.

• www.journalisthead .

• he mainly wrote about superman and his newest save, critiquing him.. and criticizing him.

• he didn’t say he was nice, his fans liked blunt honesty.

• people knew his face though, he was a wayne when he wasn’t a head

• he got invited to things, important events, that’s the first time he saw him. superman

• someone crashed the event. a big baddie. kid amazo- stupid name.

• damian has said that it’s a stupid name on his blog too

• which was probably the reason he was being used to lure superman in.

• “YOU! YOU MOCKED ME ON YOUR BLOG.”

• “you read my blog? thanks.”

• granted, damian should really not.. be that stupid, but he is

• so now he’s held captive, having to smell kid Amazon— who smells fucking awful

• “ever heard of deodorant?”

• *WACK*

• “all you had to say was no.”

• damian had a concussion probably, but oh my god, there he was. superman

• “hey!”

• “oh superman! you’ve finally shown up!”

• “i was busy, sorry— but cmon, surrender. it doesn’t have to end in a fight”

• it ended in a fight, big surprise

• but now damian was sitting outside, an ice pack to his head as he got checked over for other injuries.

• “hey. you’re— damian head, right?”

• “yes. would have been really embarrassing for you if i wasn’t.”

• “you dubbed me as hot superman, do you think im hot?”

• was superman flirting with him

• is this seriously happening

• “don’t get too big of a head, superman.”

• “you’re supplying my head here, mister head.”

• “am i?”

• and apparently, then interacting has caused damian absolute

• it’s funny though, by time jon takes out the kidnappers, damians out of his restraints

• “how’d you do that?”

• “I’m a wayne, too, my father made me take self defense courses.”

• damian got to meet lois lane once, and her husband and son— but he didn’t care about that

• jon, on the other hand, told lois all about damian and how amazing he was

• “mom! mom! look! he wrote about me again!”

• “that’s great sweetie”

• he went on and on about him, it was nice

• but here’s the thing, as soon as damian looked at jon, he felt something weird.

• deja vu

• “do i know you?”

• “um. no— no i don’t think so”

• somethings to know about my iteration of jons superman, he’s way more confident than jon kent and slightlt flirty

• “hey, my damsel”

• “it’s like you just flew into my arms”

• “are you from heaven?”

• damian rolls his eyes at each one

• damian is a freelance journalist, he’s just vibing out

• but there’s one time where damian nearly dies

• but jon saves him. jon always saves him

• and holy shit damian head is kissing superman

• “this will be a fun article to write..”

• “what’s the title? hot superman kisses me?”

• “shut the fuck up”

[speedierthanasubmarine]

Ash’s Bruce Wayne headcannons, because why not (not a complete list, I just got bored):

- Messes up Hal Jordan’s name on purpose to screw with him, calls him hale, gal, hill, etc. drives him mad.

- Cannot figure out a contingency plan for if Alfred goes rogue

- Has his own crowbar fear after Jason was beaten to death

- Has a fake Twitter he uses to troll the justice league

- Regularly makes appearances at gun ranges and subscribes to gun magazines to throw people off that he’s Batman

- Doesn’t subscribe to plastic bottled water, not sure why

- Installed butt coolers in the batmobile

- Needs Alfred to give him a manicure every few days because anyone else would get suspicious about the callouses and stuff.

- “I beg your pardon?!” Bruce, without missing a beat “Then beg.

- Has terrible posture- all the work he does combined with little to no sleep and hours spent at a computer at his age? Nah, that guys spine is SCREWED UP. This is cannon.

- Has hinted in interviews that he is Superman

- Leaves a tracker on Jon Kent to track Damian because they’re always together and Damian would find it if he hid it on him

- Pays flash (Wally West) 1000 dollars every 10 seconds to pick up bullet casings and batarangs from around Gotham

- Has gone to business casual brunch with Lex Luther several times

- Personally thinks that Harper Row should replace him as Batman

- Has intense vivid fantasies of how he’d torture and kill the joker

- Edits Clark’s Newspaper articles with a red pen and sends them back to him, occasionally gives them grades. He’ll even write letters to the editor about how they’re stupid and boring and totally not realistic, like “has this guy ever even seen Superman? He’s not 6”3, he’s 5”10 at best. You need more reliable journalists, this is ridiculous.”

- Has imaginary arguments in the shower

- dresses as Robin on Halloween

- Will only drink alcohol with Alfred, no one else

Might keep doing these, might not.

[raphael-angele]

POV: Damian and Jay (Nakamura) go shopping

Getting Lunch:

Damian: Okay. They said our order will be ready in a minute. They'll bring it to our table.

Jay: Great. How much do I owe you?

Damian: No, it's okay. It's on me.

Jay: Aw, thanks.

---

In an anime merch shop:

Jay: Oh, look *points to shop*

Damian: Let's go in. I wanna see if they have merchandise of my favorite anime.

Jay: Hey, they have the new (anime name) merch here. I'll just take one.

Damian: Take as much as you want. I'll pay for it.

Jay: ...you serious?

Damian: Yeah. Just pick what you want.

Jay: Okay...

---

Jay: *outside a tech shop* Oh cool, they have the new XX PC out.

Damian: You gonna buy it?

Jay: Ha! I wish. I'm barely into my allowance this month. Plus, I even if I did have my allowance, I can't afford it.

Damian: I'll buy it for you.

Jay: What?

Damian: Yeah, pick out the color and style and everything. I don't mind.

Jay: Whu- What the- ...Are you serious?

Damian: Yeah, go ahead.

Jay:

---

Jay: Are really sure this is okay?

Damian: I told you, I don't mind. It's not like I'm gonna run out of money anytime soon.

Jay: Geez, who are you? Bruce Wayne?

Damian:

Jay: ...wait, what?

Damian: Jon didn't tell you?

Jay: HOLD UP! *calls Jon*

Jon: *picking up his phone* Hey, Jay. What's up?

Jay: HOW COME YOU NEVER TOLD ME DAMIAN IS A WAYNE?!?!?

Jon: I...what?

Jay: I'm a journalist, Jon! Connections matter! Even though he's from Gotham, you still should've told me. Do you realize how much I could do, knowing my boyfriend's best friend is the *to Damian* what's your relationship with him?

Damian: Son.

Jay: The son of Bruce Wayne?! I could've made a whole ass newspaper with that.

Jon: I'm sorry, okay. I just didn't think it mattered. Plus, you said you're a journalist. Can't believe it took you a while to figure it out.

Jay: Oh, please. You can't tell me it didn't take your mom some time before figuring out your dad is Superman.