I’m gonna be honest I didn’t realize the new 52 messed with Kon that much till I read your post and now I can’t get over the potential. I’m a Tim/Kon girly at heart so I would devour anything you write exploring the 52 vs typical Kon. Also Time being in a clone sandwich is 👌.
the new-52 messed Kon up SO bad it's ridiculous. like, to the point i would personally argue he's a completely unrelated character to pre-Flashpoint/Rebirth Kon. his personality, his suit, his origin, all different. the only real similarities are the name and powerset. and even New-52!Kon's powers are slightly different from pre-Flashpoint!Kon. New-52!Kon is a clone of a future version of Jon Lane Kent, cloned by N.O.W.H.E.R.E. to provide genetic material to Jon Lane Kent, whose body was not handling being half human/half Kryptonian well, it was a whole thing. New-52!Kon is also where we get the infamous "Kon-El means 'abomination of the house of El' and Kara basically named him a slur in Kryptonian culture" tidbit, because that is the only time that's canon. (originally Kon-El was a name gifted by Clark to accept Kon as his family way back in the 90s) he also never went by Conner Kent. New-52!Kon just straight up didn't have any real human identity or connections, outside of being very close to Tim and some Titans.
the very TLDR of Kon's history is: during post-Crisis/pre-Flashpoint, a clone called Superboy is created by CADMUS. at first, he's considered to be a clone of a dude named Paul Westfield and is not Kryptonian whatsoever, he was simply made to look like Superman and only has Tactile Telekinesis as a power. then, it was made canon that actually he was a clone of Lex Luthor and Clark Kent, but Lex hid this fact and slowly, Kon developed more Kryptonian powers. he's given the name Kon-El by Clark, and is taken in by the Kents, getting the name Conner Kent. then Flashpoint happens, we get the New-52, and we're given the above version of Kon-El, who is a clone of Jon Lane Kent, created by N.O.W.H.E.R.E. who has mostly very strong telekinesis powers and some Kryptonian powers. he's with the Titans for a bit, then at the end of the New-52, he kills some aliens and feels bad about it so he decides to fuck off and is never seen again, it's presumed he's dead but never confirmed. then Rebirth happens and DC makes Jon Kent the current Superboy, we get Supersons and all that, and it's assumed that no version of Kon-El exists. just at all. he's not around whatsoever, Jon is our only Superboy. *but* in 2019, we get a new Young Justice run and the pre-Flashpoint Kon-El is back, and we're given the explanation of: Kon got accidentally teleported to this alternate realm called Gemworld and then Flashpoint happened, and since that was a Crisis Event that changed the timeline, the poor lad got *erased* from the timeline, causing most people to *not fucking remember him* and for him to remember a timeline that no longer exists. some of the Young Justice team vaguely remember him, Ma and Pa Kent remember him, but notably, Clark *does not remember him*. it's not an issue of "Clark ignored Kon in favor of Jon" it's an issue of "Kon was erased from the timeline and didn't exist for years bc he was stuck in Gemworld and Clark just doesn't remember Kon or Kon's timeline" which to me, is far more tragic but i digress. since then, Kon has been back and is present in most significant Superfamily runs, with his own recent mini-series, Superboy: Man of Tomorrow. (which was very good btw)
so basically: the New-52 fucked Kon up so bad they wrote him out of comics for years and then brought back the pre-Flashpoint version, but never *explicitly* killed the New-52 version off. so hypothetically, it's possible that there are currently two characters existing in the DC universe named Kon-El who have been Superboy. and like i said above, one of New-52!Kon's only real significant relationships was with Tim, it was the only thing the New-52 managed to get right about Superboy, his closeness to Tim. they have a *lot* of moments that read incredibly queer. and ofc, it's just outright confirmed in Dark Crisis: Young Justice that Tim had a crush on pre-Flashpoint!Kon at some point. so while comics are intent on pretending New-52!Kon doesn't exist, i am intent on putting Tim in a clone sandwich.
because i do think it's fun to play with Tim having genuine feelings and potentially a relationship with both of them. and the fucked up nature of him not fully *remembering* his relationship with pre-Flashpoint!Kon (which is a canon thing, in YJ(2019) Tim has vague memories of Kon he's struggling to piece together and understand why he cares about this guy he doesn't recognize so much) and how frustrating that is for Tim. he knows he loves Kon, but it's all foggy besides that. and so it's even *more* fucked up if Tim dated New-52!Kon before he got emo and ran off into the unknown. obviously in canon no one has told current Kon about New-52!Kon bc comics are doing the good ol' tried and true of "sweep that shit under the rug" but for fanfic, i think it's fun to ask the question of: would anyone *tell* Kon? especially Tim? who now remembers dating both versions of them? would he admit to Kon that briefly, he had another Kon? how would Tim cope with that and move on? personality wise, they could not be more different. they dress and act and look different. they're not the same person, but there's certainly a questionable factor of Tim's dating history including two Kon-Els.
the idea i've had for a while is Tim slowly starting to date pre-Flashpoint!Kon again. it feels familiar and like home. and Tim has grieved and accepted that wherever New-52!Kon is, he doesn't want to come home, he didn't love TIm enough to stay and try. so Tim takes the Kon he has, and genuinely has a happy relationship. like for once, life is good and things almost make sense for Tim. but then, of course, New-52!Kon comes back. he decides he wants to try again and he finds Tim. only to find well. he's been replaced. and technically, he's been replaced with the *original* that he didn't even know *existed*. and if being a clone is bad enough, that just makes it a hundred times worse. because imagine knowing you're actually the second Kon-El your boyfriend who you never *technically* broke up with fell in love with. that's gotta give you some kind of complex.
so i think it's fun if both Kons try to step back and let the other Kon date Tim. both of them have reasons to feel like the "replacement" or "fake" Kon, and it makes them incredibly awkward with each other. do they count as the same person? bc they definitely don't *feel* like the same person to each other, but with weird timeline stuff, who can really say. them settling on an awkward throuple that's really meant to be Tim just dating them both but somehow they end up dating each other too is so fun for me. they both feel like imposters to the Superboy name but are so deeply in love with Tim Drake, it's the one thing truly connecting them. and then of course, Tim feels bad in that somehow, he's betraying both of them for having feelings for the other. but they make it work, with a lot of awkward angst and miscommunication. i just think it'd be fun. very difficult to write to get all the weird timeline nuances down in a way that's understandable in a fanfic (bc you can't just. infodump like i did on this post) but doable. also difficult to tag, because even though i argue these are two different characters, i'm pretty sure Ao3 groups them under the same character tag. so it'd be difficult to convey it's not *really* as selfcest-y as it would imply. comics, man. DC will never acknowledge New-52!Kon again, and he's admittedly a terrible adaptation of Kon-El, but. i think he was sort of neat in his own right and i'd *love* for DC to just inexplicably bring him back and make the current Kon deal with the consequences of all that. and them make Tim kiss them both. obviously.
His skin has gone soft and wrinkly, his knees crack every time he crouches down, his steps have become slower, his arms weaker.
But that's okay, that's just what old age is like. He's just lucky he gets to experience it at all, and with Cas by his side - equally grey, equally wrinkly. Getting old really isn't all that bad when you get to watch the love of your life doing it alongside you.
Today, Jack has told them. Dean had known it was coming, it's alright.
"You ready?", Dean asks that night, a wrinkly hand searching for Cas' under the blanket.
"Yes." Cas squeezes his fingers, smiling calmly. And despite the lump in his throat, Dean isn't afraid, and he knows neither is Cas. "I've been ready for some time."
"I know, sweetheart."
"Are you scared?"
Dean's heart is beating a little too fast, but he shakes his head.
"Not really", he says truthfully. "Bit nervous, maybe. But hey, that's what imminent death will do to ya."
"It'll be fine, Dean." Cas pulls Dean's hand to his lips, presses a kiss to skin marked by age spots. "We'll be together in the Heaven our son built for us. If you know it's not the end, death is nothing but the next great adventure."
Cas is right, of course.
"And I can't wait to go on that adventure with you."
"See you soon", Cas smiles right before they close their eyes. "I love you."
"Love you, too."
Dean falls asleep with a feeling of peacefulness filling his whole body, and when he opens his eyes again, their bedroom is gone. He stands on a bridge surrounded by forest, body young and strong. Baby is there, but he doesn’t get in. He waits.
There's a shift in the breeze, a presence in his back.
If Lestat had really wanted to deal psychic damage to Armand he could have mentioned that another vampire whose blood he has flowing through his veins is Marius.
completely ot but let me say this never been happier that my favorite oasis song is don’t look back in anger and that i went to an u2 concert with noel gallagher opening so I actually heard it live so now I am here watching the reunion tickets thing like i’m so glad i’m not even trying
A fairly personal piece of my persona John that I like a lot.
It's her FF7!AU version.
Lyrics are from the song "Good in Red".
Prolly making this her theme for this AU since the lyrics resonate a lot with me.
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Who doesn't love the cute and colorful aesthetics of Mickey and Minnie, one of the most iconic couples in pop culture! This lot is residential but can be converted into a rental if you wish!
Sorry the screenshots suck, I'm still very bad at freecam
the fact that this was a possibility is the scariest thing i’ve ever found out. never mention this in front of me if you don’t want me getting extremely violent. i had to pixelate the picture because the edit i made was so horrifying i couldn’t let anyone else bare witness to it. think our timeline is the worst one? no. it’s the one where this happened.
5. movie crowley
why did crowley tell aziraphale to khs, why was that a thing? that’s literally all i know about what was planned for the movie but it’s enough. that is kinda funny though.
4. musical crowley
a step up from the more disgustingly terrible ones. he’s only fourth because i have no way of listening to or watching the whole thing (and if you do please dm me how). i really do love him, he’s silly and has a hangover when he hands over the antichrist to the nuns. a more grey-ish variation of the demon, like a refined glass of wine.
3. book crowley
listen, i love this guy. obviously i love this guy. however i have adhd and it took me a full fucking year to read the book because i HATE READING. him and the next one are so very close in ranking but i simply hate reading so much i’m putting him here out of spite.
2. bbc radio drama crowley
still haven’t listened to this, i very much want to. but from every single clip i’ve seen (or rather heard) of him, he’s my best friend, my pal, my rotten soldier, my sweet cheese and good time boy. also i love peter serafinowicz’ voice.
1. tv show crowley
obviously he’s here. who do you think i am? i really have nothing to say, you know why he’s number one, you’ve seen the show.
Well, here it is! The interview with Juan Amador Pulido on Twitch on October 18 answering my question about working on Punch-Out!! Wii. I went ahead and (did my best to) translate what was said.
Interviewer: Here we have, beatlesgirl [note: my username is beatlesgirl90] who says "What was it like voicing Don Flamenco in Punch-Out!! Wii? That is if you remember. He is the character that made me a fan of yours!".
Juan Amador: Yes, yes, wow. There's a lot of, there are many people who are fans of this character, huh? I was surprised. I recorded for this many years ago, not sure when to be exact. It could have been practically ten or twelve years ago.
It was recorded at Pinknoise [Studios] and I really wasn't aware that I was going to do Don Flamenco either. I remember that it was not a very long session, and they were very short phrases that he did. And well, I remember, as you know for video games we normally record looking at the audio waveform on the program that each studio uses to record for a video game. But in this video game, I do remember that there were quite a few cinematics and I saw his face. But I didn't think I had to worry because there are people who have written to me about this character.
Interviewer: That's good. I understand that you have a clear memory of this due to the fans writing to you about him?
Juan Amador: Yes, I believe so. Yes. *chuckles*
Interviewer: Do you remember a phrase or a word you said from this or no?
Juan Amador: Somewhat. What I do remember is he is always thinking about Carmen. In his beloved named Carmen. *in Don's voice* Carmen!
*laughter*
Juan Amador: My wife's name is Carmen, too.
*laughter*
Interviewer: Here, they put "olé!", in quotation marks.
Juan Amador: Oh yes, "olé!". That's another one of his phrases he said *in Don's voice* Olé!
*laughter*
Interviewer: Well, beatlesgirl says "thank you for responding to my question". She's the fan of the character who says "olé"...Don Flamenco.
Juan Amador: Yes, Don Flamenco.
Interviewer: They have put another phrase, "Carmen, mi amor".
Juan Amador: *In Don's voice* Carmen, mi amor! *normal voice* Yes, of course.