#superboy 1994

[onlymethateverwas]

it's actually wild how well-written kon's self-loathing is whenever he's angsting over tana, cuz it's like, he thinks he's the reason why it always goes bad. it's never tana's selfishness, or her inability to catch spence's game, or her being so hard on kon despite his very blatant social ineptitude. it's heartbreaking bc it's not all him, but he never really sees that. even when he's dying in infinite crisis, somehow it's always him that's in the wrong and has to do the fixing. im so sorry the gods hate you, kon 😭

[bald-bart-allen]

I thought putting Bart here was fitting.

I really wish they would address all the grooming. Miss Tana Moon was 23 when they met I think.

just started reading superboy (1994) and the way kon's preyed on by all these grown ass women is so crazy . . . DUBBILEX DO SOMETHING

[dailytinies]

Superboy (1994) #8

[oneshotprincess]

timkon fans we do NOT talk about this parallel enough like

what do you mean in one world kon died and tim adopted his colors to honor and mourn him

and in another world, tim is the one who died and kon adopted his robin mantle in all but name and moved to gotham and started working with batman in order to honor and mourn tim.

like...wow. they are so normal about each other :)

[cherrie-blue-s]

Fly little bird

Ref:

[palmanatomy]

Nathan Casey must've been devastated with teen titans 2003 bc ik i was

[crow-eyed-art]

remember when Kyle taught Kon how to draw?

bc it was the cutest shit

[fishyfcuk]

superboy 1993 #85

[peacerisendove]

Superboy (1994) #70

Superman: Of everyone who's ever worn the S-Shield— I feel closest to you.

[strange-0]

Surfing time

[onlymethateverwas]

dont know how to explain this to people nicely anymore so i will simply be an asshole and speak in bullet points. getting sexually abused and preyed on in his early years is kon’s canon event. what you see in the retconned/softbooted versions seem confusing and or antithetical at times because editorial routinely ignores his sexual abuse. his youthful arrogance cannot be separated from his sexual proclivities. he desires women carnally, but does not know how to be around them without being weird about it because of his history. he sucks at holding down a girlfriend and being a good partner because his formative experiences were with an abuser and with an older woman who had unfair expectations of him. he would have ended up with knockout in another world because he doesn’t perceive her preying on him as anything bad. all his writers between 1993-2002 (except didio) have consistently highlighted that knockout and tana contribute to his depression, feelings of helplessness, and abnormal sexual behaviors. say it with me, lads. kon el is a victim of child sex abuse. it warped his ideas of sexuality, his performance of masculinity, and his idea of what constitutes a ‘normal’ life. due to being a clone (regardless of which dad-canon you prefer), the abuse is foundational as to why he struggles so deeply with the women around him.

[lemonlimestar]

i’ll be suchhhh a good sacrificial lamb dude i promise

[kryptonbabe]

Too eepy

From Superboy #83 (2001) by Joe Kelly & Pascal Ferry

[dailytinies]

Superboy (1994) #3

[oneshotprincess]

i still can't stop thinking about these panels and how much more powerful the knockout storyline would be if superboy had an age-appropriate girlfriend (or no girlfriend at all).

the story actually does do a good job of showing how a predator isolates you, tells you that you're special, that only they can understand you and everyone else is wrong...but it all falls apart when the 'correct love interest' is supposed to tana, another adult who not only doesn't treat superboy as an equal and also acknowledges that he is just a kid

[cherrie-blue-s]

Soulmate AU! Timberkon mini comic

Kon couldn't help it, he was just born a few years ago

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