#the rebooted answers

[cursed-spectre]

[.]

It's been a bit of time after the group returned from their first expedition, and from Cassidy's closed room, the sounds of cracked glass, metal, choking, coughing, and hurling can all be heard.

Alex had taken time to work on something, while also setting up the paint kit for whenever Cassidy might need it. On her way up, she could easily catch the sound. The door hadn't been closed all the way, and the human wasn't as distracted as she usually was.

"Cassidy?" She spoke, a little carefully as she gently knocked on the door. "You good in there?"

She looked at the oil and grease on her hands and reached for the cloth that was still tucked well into the back pocket of her jeans. Might have been a bit redundant, but... one's hands to be clean meant it wouldn't slip off the freaking doorknob and leave her wrestling with the apparatus with her wrists.

[cursed-spectre]

Jyx teleports into Cassidy’s room, this time wearing bags on his shoes to not get them stained. He had to clean them for hours and he wasn’t up to it again.

“Hey Cassidy, was just thinkin’ about our conversation, and-“

Jyx turns the Solver inside Cassidy’s head into a solid form, in the form of a small drone body, wearing a coat, with hair that looks suspiciously like Cyn’s. From the back of it’s body, a tail, and several claws extend from it.

“There, now you two are separated. Don’t worry Cassidy, you’ll still be able to use your limbs.”

Jyx leaps onto the Solver, and immediately starts beating the everloving shit out of it.

The Rebooted doesn't physically react to the hits, but does speak, and with each hit, it goes

ow

ow

ow

ow

Cassidy falls over onto her bed, suddenly not used to her limbs having only her influence.

[sandeewithtwoe]

I saw that comic about Blue asking Color to join the Stars, and I wanted to ask if you could do a similar comic, but it's Delta who is asked to join the Stars( by either Dream or Ink)

There’s no license to kill in the Star Sanses unfortunately

I think at first they would accept him gladly, but then realize that he kinda has… murder tendencies

And for those who don’t know, the anon was talking about this comic

Delta belongs to Animated Zorox

Dream belongs to Jokublog

Color sans belongs to Superyoumna

Transcript:

Blue: Hey Dream! I found someone to join our group!

Dream: Really?!

Delta: Heya! The name’s Delta

Blue: <- proud of himself

Delta: No need to introduce yourself, I’ve already heard so many stories about you!

Dream: So it’s true? You want to join the Star Sanses?

Delta: Absolutely!

Delta: Saving AUs from evil guys is just what I do

Dream: That’s so great-

Delta: And I’ll KILL anyone who dares disturb peace!

Delta:… What? Why are you guys looking at me like that?

(Some time later)

Delta: (grumble grumble…) Bunch of cowards… Not like I wanted to join anyways…

[chiscribbs]

I come bearing amenities for our little AU competition. Good luck in the preliminaries ;)

- REBOOT: Second Chance AU Donnie

He came this close... 🤏 (Thank you! Congrats on making it into the main bracket! Good luck in the competition! :D)

More @tmntaucompetition shenanigans!!

[Grown Apart AU] [INTRO]

<<PREV / NEXT>>

[roomtemperaturesuperconductor]

I know the new Saw movie is probably going to ignore the horribly convoluted nonsense plot and just take place somewhere vaguely “before John died”, but in my heart of hearts I want to believe they’re gonna find a definitive spot in the continuity to cram it into, and keep doing the bullshit they were doing in like Saw 4-6 where all the movies are happening on top of each other and you get to watch new versions of old scenes from the perspective of side characters like it’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”

[cursed-spectre]

Okay, let's do this one last time.

"Hi. My name's Spectre, and welcome to the cube. Here, you can ask questions to me, Ai, and Cassidy."

Don't forget me.

"They can't hear you."

"I'm a strange shadow thing, but I'm still a girl, and use she/her. Uh, by some strange er- miracle, I guess, I'm, uh—"

"She's dating Tera and Kiara from @ask-elliot-doorman-fam."

"I was getting there! Ugh, but yeah."

"So, Cassidy."

"No."

"Since you decided to speak up,"

"NO."

"Why don't you introdu—"

"I SAID NO!"

"I'll go!"

"That works."

"A-hem. Greetings, everyone. My name is Ai Morgenstern, and I'm the daughter of Spectre. I'm also a girl and use she/her. It's so very nice to meet you all. Hehe, I hope we can be best friends."

"..."

"Cassie?"

"Ugh, fiiine, I'll do your stupid introduction."

"Yay!"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Cassidy. She/her. Bye."

"..."

"What? Hey don't look at me like—...fine. And wipe that grin off your face, shadow."

"I'm Cassidy. I use she/her like everyone else in this damn place. Seriously, Spectre. You couldn't have made a son and not a daughter? N-no, I didn't mean it like that Ai.

Our pronouns are they/them.

You can be quiet. I am not saying I use they/them just because you're here. We aren't—I'm just gonna ignore you."

I wish to answer questions.

"What?"

The Rebooted demands questions.

"You don't have a vocal voice. That would be impossible."

Then you can speak for me, fwiend.

"... I'm going to hate this, I just know it."

"She's a nice girl."

(Mod Stuff underneath Read More)

So yeah, this is my RP blog. My personal blog is @spectral-squid, and I'll usually use (blue text in round brackets.)

As for rules,

Suggestive stuff is fine, and I'm okay with certain nsfw stuff, but I retain the right to give a warning if I don't like where something is going, as well as just stopping a chain if I feel it's needed. I will try not to do that, though. I don't really like to.

I won't tolerate straight up homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc. Clearly fictional stuff like regarding Spectre's views of drones are fine, but if you are genuinely any of the above mentioned, I would rather you not interact. I myself am Transfem, so transphobia especially is not something I'd like to deal with.

I try to answers any asks I get, but sometimes one may go unanswered if I literally just can't find a way to respond to it. I'm very sorry.

Tags

The general #(Character) answers tags will be there.

Tags using "cursed" with the exception of cursed jelly, cursed doughnut, and cursed jelly doughnut will refer to me as a mod, not a character.

"#cursed gallery" is used for reference art of Spectre and co by me and others as long as it is still used for reference. These are commonly picrew edits, but may include reference sheets in the future.

"#cursed fan gallery" is used for fanart of the crew made by others

"#tales of a spectre" is used for short stories that show a bit of background into the lore of Spectre and her world.

"#cursed snippets" is used for short scenes within The Cube.

"#character trivia" is used for small bits of trivia regarding characters.

Some quick details (totally not because I always forget)

Spectre's human and drone forms are around the same height as V.

Ai is the same height as Uzi in the show, being smaller than the average worker drone.

Cassidy is almost N's height. (Yes, she is taller than Spectre.)

[randevu-01]

Q: For how many kidneys did you buy your trailer and the TV to go with it?

📻Everything Goes Cold — I've Sold Your Organs On the Black Market To Finance the Purchase of a Used Minivan

A: Three.

A: Everything went well for the first time... But what came next...

A:

"Hey, haven't I seen you before?.."

"You have not"

"Ok then"

A:

"Alright, that's clearly some bullshit"

"Listen, do you need the fucking organs or what?"

[cf56]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it just occured to me that Yakko's the least "personal" one among the three Warners. I'm mostly referring to the 90s version, but we see glimpses of Wakko's daily life without his siblings several time in the show (ten short films about Wakko Warner, bingo, ups & downs, etc) and Dot has her little poetry corner and songs about herself (I'm cute, Dot's quiet time, etc). Meanwhile, it's as if Yakko never drops his "persona": he never sings about himself, we never see him alone unless it's for an educational song or a sketch where he's speaking to the "camera". The only exceptions are his therapy sessions with Scratchy, but even then, those typically end with him introducing the next cartoon. Am I missing some moments? (I know this is probably to highlight he's the "spokeperson" of the group, but it feeds into the fanon idea that he never lets his guard down)

You're very right! This plays a big part in where that fanon idea comes from- you never feel like you're seeing the real Yakko, at least not all of him. His entire life seems to just be his siblings and his show. He talks a lot, but it's always about others, rarely revealing anything about himself or his inner thoughts. I don't recall a time in the original show where we saw any of his personal hobbies, except like, playing paddleball? Meanwhile, like you alluded to, we know Wakko and Dot's hobbies pretty well. This leads to his characterization in fan works as being someone who puts almost all of his time into his "work"- writing songs and taking care of the sibs.

He didn't really have any individual segments in the original show, as you said. I guess because he was already seen as the face of the show, the one who got the most focus by default, so they didn't feel the need to carve out time to specifically focus on him. There is one personal activity I'm remembering right now- sometimes we see him reading newspapers by himself. That's about it.

Yakko is also a very social creature. He probably has a hard time having fun if there's no one around to enjoy it with. Wakko and Dot have solitary activities they do, but he always prefers to spend time with his siblings, or pick on some stranger, because silent alone time is probably boring for him. This is why he can sometimes be portrayed as clingy or overly protective of his sibs- without them constantly around, he doesn't see much fun in life. Besides the fact that he canonically deeply loves them, of course.

We get a more personal glimpse of Yakko in Wakko's Wish. Even then, his life pretty much just seems to revolve around caring for his siblings. So yeah. That's pretty much just how he is. In the reboot he still watches the news and also watches very long educational documentaries by himself.

You could pretty much say that when it comes to his rare alone time, he prefers to consume chill content that makes him learn something. That's about it.

I enjoyed thinking about this ask, thank you!

[cursed-spectre]

Cassidy eventually fell into sleep mode, a smile adorning her face, which was burried in her pillows.

[Giggle], happy Valentine's Day.

[.]

(For Valentine's Day)

"Aaaand, done," Ai said, holding an applicator and bottle of silicone tint.

Cassidy sighed. "Finally. I can't believe I let you talk me into wearing this."

Ai smirked and smugly said, "Iiiiiiiiii didn't have to do anything. You were happy to let me doll you up for Shuriken."

Cassidy's artificial blush was covered by a real one.

"I-I was most certainly not."

Ai's smirk only grew. "Suuure you weren't. You didn't fight me at all this time. Heheheh, if anything, it threw me off just how cooperative you were. I think I saw you smile as I did your wings." She giggled.

Cassidy grumbled before looking at herself in her bedroom's full body mirror, which Ai had begged her to get, even paying for part of it.

She was in her grey sleeveless dress, her legs in their heels transformation. Along with the usual brushing, her hair had been styled, the long black locks now just a bit wavy. Her visor displayed both of her red eyelights, each with a wing that was a tad bit more intricate and fancier than the usual ones Ai would draw, and her cheeks displayed a faded blush effect. Finally, her lips had been stained with a crimson silicone tint.

"I still feel like the red tint is a bit much," she said.

"Hey, T and Harlow both agreed with me on it being a good choice. And besides, this is a particularly romantic day, so if you're ever gonna get some use out of it, it makes sense to use it now."

"Whatever you say." She smiled at her younger sister. "Now are you done 'dolling me up' so I can leave?"

"Why do I feel like I should be offended in some way?" Ai shook it off. "Yeah, I'm done. I'd love to do more, but I can't hold you up."

"Thank you. I'm pretty sure Harlow left half an hour ago."

Ai stopped her sister. "Wait. Don't forget your purse."

A heavy sigh came from the older sister. She walked back to her desk and grabbed the purse sitting next to the sleeping Kobi's enclosure.

"I hope you have a great time, Cassie. Remember to give them to him."

"Yeah, yeah. Have fun at the festival."

The two sisters left the apartment and smiled at each other before heading their separate ways. Ai back to Door 1 to wait for Spectre to pick her up, and Cassidy to the gymnasium, where her first proper event in her new home was being held.

It was held in the gym. The lights were dimmed low and a bunch of drones were already there. The stage was dark, but it seemed to be getting prepped for something.

Cassidy would see the group hanging out at the now drinkable punch bowl.

Harlow was laughing with Brianna, who was wearing a nice light orange mini dress. Her hair was down and her eyes had wings on them. Abbey, who was wearing a strawberry coloured knee length dress was talking with Shuriken, who was wearing a grey tuxedo with a black tie. His hair was let down, with no beanie covering it.

Jonah was chatting with Maryam. He was wearing a maroon red tux with a navy tie, while Maryam was wearing a dark green tux-dress combo.

Brianna noticed Cassidy and smiled, beckoning her over.

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

Hi, just want you to know that I LOVE BARA, he's beautiful 🥺. I just wanna know Where is he come from, East Java? Central Java? West Java? DKI? DIY? Or outside Java?

Don't get me wrong, i just get the Surabayan Vibes from him ✌️😔. And in your last post of him, he's definitely has a 'Kuli Jawa' vibes.

Sorry for my nonsense, I just love him so much ❤️

Hello!! OMG AN ASK ABOUT BARA LFG

and WRONG, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong ❌

His full name is Barandos Tarigan, and yep, if you're Indonesian you'll get it! He's from Medan, North Sumatera 👁️👁️. Bara is NOT a 'kuli Jawa' he's a 'KULI BATAK' 😎 LAE-LAE GOMOS NI 😎

He's actually a spin-off version of my Call of Duty OC with the same name (because I'm uncreative like that ok)

Anyway have this sketch of them together! CoD Bara is basically just the older and colder version of the comic Bara 😂

Glad you love him!

[askwonderpets]

You guys got any thoughts on this?

(Wonder Pets: In The City coming to Apple TV+ in December.)

Linny~ We're all very excited! We'll, except for Ming-Ming.

Tuck~ For obvious reasons.

Ming-Ming~ They weplaced the bird with a wabbit! A WABBIT! This is bird ewasure! I can't take it-

[boasamishipper]

i wasnt a hardcore ted lasso enjoyer i watched p casually can u remind me what happened in 2x04 and/or explain why it needs to be disavowed /genq

on a 1977 episode of the hit tv show happy days, the fonz (played by henry winkler) travels to LA with the gang and, when his bravery is challenged, water-skis in swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket while jumping over a live shark. the show went on for another 7 years, but in 1985, radio personality jon hein used this moment to coin the expression jumping the shark - that is, a clear moment when a creative work has "exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with or an extreme exaggeration of its original theme or purpose."

when ted lasso premiered in 2020, it was warm, witty, and winsome - the balm many needed after the exhaustion and cruelty of the covid-19 pandemic and the last four years of the trump administration. the show was quickly renewed for a second season, the fourth episode of which was their christmas special. said episode focused on the afc richmond found family and ted and rebecca doing good deeds and ended with everyone singing christmas songs outside the higgins' house, at which point one of the higgins boys sees santa's sleigh flying across the sky.

that episode, to me, marks the exact moment where the show jumped the shark.

from that episode onward, the show became less grounded in reality. the writers downplayed or ignored heavier plotlines with massive implications (sam accused the nigerian government of corruption in a press conference and lost the team a major sponsor in dubai air...and then faced no consequences whatsoever personally or professionally) in favor of elevating silly scenes that did nothing to move the plot forward (ex. the majority of 'beard after hours', the afc richmond team's plotline in the infamous amsterdam episode, the scene where the team tied strings around each other's dicks and practiced that way). the heavier themes that the writers did attempt to tackle (racism and homophobia in british football, sexism, etc.) were done clumsily, with the in-world implication that such systemic issues were the result of a few bad apples and could be solved with teamwork and togetherness.

s1 of ted lasso was so good because for all its focus on kindness and warm fuzzy feelings, the show was still grounded in reality. it still had stakes. the threat of richmond getting relegated was tangible. the consequences of people's actions were real. s2's focus on whether or not the team would get promoted to the premier league was what saved it, but once the team returned to the premier league in s3, all was lost. what was the show's goal that season? to beat west ham? to beat rupert? to get one over on nate? to win the whole damn thing? even characters in universe didn't seem to know. s3 was as aimless and disjointed as it was bloated, with episodes regularly clocking in at over an hour. the show had, very obviously, run out of things to say, and did its best to hide that fact behind season-long mysteries (what did the psychic's prediction mean??) and scenes in the locker room written with all the grace and charm of a 1990s after-school special.

s3 was shut out at the emmys, and didn't make a splash with audiences or critics. and despite the change of setting (ted's coaching the women's team now!), if the writers don't abandon the aimless bloat and exaggerated saccharine that permeated the show from 2x04 onward in favor of real stakes and real character growth and tipping the scales back in favor of realism, s4 will likely go the same way.

[cursed-spectre]

"Of course. Hope you catch her." She waves.

...

We're hungry.

"No. I will make you submit to my control if I have to. I'm not eating a core right now."

We do not want cores. The Rebooted demands... nuggies.

One morning in The Cube, T sees a tall drone exit the room across from hers and start walking to Ai's.

She has the body of a worker drone, but her limbs are that of a male disassembly drone and painted completely black instead of the usual white. Her long messy black hair frames her broken visor, with only one visible red eye light, the other half being covered by bandages. She's just wearing a faded yellow top.

She hasn't noticed T.

T was feeling a bit mischievous , and turned into caT, and slowly follows the new drone.

She remembers that there's another drone who lives here, so she has a good idea who this could be.

[inanimate-reboots]

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

[CONNECTION MADE]

Hello, viewers. I am Mepad.

You may be confused how I contacted you. I simply connected to the original servers Inanimate Insanity had been broadcast on. Do not worry, it’s not connected to MeCloud. Mephone4 had made sure I wasn’t connected in that capacity.

As you can see, the contestants are currently... lost.

. . .

Lost on what to do, I mean.

So, an activity for them could be talking with you, the viewers.

I'll be able to broadcast whatever message you wish to send to them. I'm sure they'd appreciate the attention.

And if you wish to send them anything, that would be a pleasant surprise.

With that said, I hope you have a good time with the contestants.

Asking the Reboots is Open!

✨���Recommended you only focus on asking the following as the rest aren't designed yet:

Fan, Test Tube, Lightbulb, Paintbrush, Balloon, Suitcase, Softball, Quarter, Knife, Microphone, Soft Taco, Mepad

Enjoy!

[cursed-spectre]

Wanna hear something neat Cassidy, Spectre?

They can both suddenly hear a portion of Tera's thoughts....

Carry the four....

Five Six Seven Eight.

There's a groan.

I'm just doing fucking homework!

And it's making you frustrated, it's great.

I'm struggling enough with it as is, buzz off.

...

...

...

5 times 8 is-

You know what would be really good right now?

...No...

If we would crack into Ash's stupid chassis and suck out his core~

No.

Awwww, but you don't like him! I'm not even suggesting Kiara this time!

Because it's gross! What's your obsession with cores anyway?

Yummy.

Not helpful.

Spectre tilts her head. "Is that Cera? She's around even during this kind of stuff?"

Cassidy's eye looks at Spectre. "Cera?"

"It's the nickname I gave the solver thing inside Tera."

"Hmpff. So she has a solver that wants to eat cores as well."

Fwiend

"I'm going to pretend I didn't just hear you say that."

"I've been wanting to talk with her for a while. Just can't think of a way that doesn't seemingly hurt Tera."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Wanted to vocalize my thoughts."

[necrotic-nephilim]

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.