#kid jon could have that too if tomasi wasnt such a. i cant say the words i want to say

[fae-morrigan]

i think kid jon really only works for me specifically in the context of teen jon. without bendis + taylor + pkj + maines/grace's additions, the story of kid jon is a fuckin horror story where lois gets reduced to a mother (and nothing more) and clark keeps burdening, um, a 10 year old with the literal weight of existence and the last remaining house of krypton, and then ignoring/punishing him when he reasonably lashes out in accordance with that weight. kid jon's narratives propose a story where superman is the inescapable destiny of a child at the whims of fate and any action jon takes of his own free will that contradicts that must be shut down immediately because he WILL grow up to be his father again, whether he likes it or not, look he'll even be shoehorned into a friendship with Future Batman by the will of his parents

with teen jon, its like the writers finally asked, hey.... what if...... that was a BAD idea? what if maybe thats a bad thing to ask of, again, a ten year old? what if all that pressure pushed jon into bad situations that were bad for him, as they realistically would? and also what if he liked boys