so, there may have been some asks about timkon
and I am going to use this as an excuse to rant about them
TimKon is about soulmates, about a relationship transcending time and space, about an ultimate human experience of wanting to know another soul and wanting to be known
I mean, how can you not get invested, if they
started out with this👆 amazing bickering\banter but also working well together, even despite driving each other MAD, and finishing their first meeting with
not just Superboy saving Robin,
but also Robin saving Superboy in return?
They’ve also self-assigned themselves the roles of Bart’s parents even though it was the first time the three of them were together
They can be the ultimate childhood friends to lovers au, not only because they literally grew up together, getting those experiences of friendship like never before, where they didn’t have to hide their superhero identities , but also
because they’ve shared a lot of secrets (like that time when Kon found out that he’s got 50% Luthor’s DNA and Tim was the only one who knew) and shouldered responsibility together
Even before I start anything about the undeniable romance that’s so visible in the way they just are around each other, the bond between them as friends, each other’s confidants and support, is so, so important, to the smallest detail
(like when in the 90s comics Tim took the time to record the episodes of a TV series Kon loves, when Kon was lost in the other dimension and couldn’t watch it)
because they always have each other’s back
(would you guess that Kon’s the invulnerable one, when Tim feels like he needs to hold him after they both suffered from the same blast that threw them like 20 feet back?)
This is a relationship of trust and equality and mutually supportive partnership.
This panel looks super fun, just two friends goofing around:
but, if you look closer, there’s this:
Because they know each other, the good and the bad and all that’s in-between, both being able to recognize when the other needs help, when something’s not okay
This is a page from Tim’s Red Robin run, the worst year of his life, the year of bad decisions and multiple near-deaths. Here, Kon’s just come back from being dead, and he managed to figure out Tim and what’s bothering him in a matter of seconds - something no one else, neither Tim’s friends nor his family, managed or cared enough to do during that year
‘I know what guilt can do to you, Tim‘ - do you understand how important this is for Tim, a kid whose parents never cared enough to get to know him, a kid who still thinks that people want him around only for his usefulness? Because what Kon is saying here is I know you, I see you
Because, honestly, they’ve always been looking at each other?
Even in the smallest ways
(this👆 panel is from Red Tornado’s, the first mentor of Young Justice, thoughts about them. This is an outsiders perspective on them)
They are always there for each other, always each other’s first choice
Because they also can’t really be without each other - this bond between them transcends death itself.
I mean, Tim doesn’t know how to live without Kon:
‘I couldn’t lose you, too (…) I know it wouldn’t have been you, but it would’ve been something‘ - have you ever heard anything more romantic in your life?
And, yes, let’s not forget the cloning attempts
and what Kon’s death did to Tim
(note how there’s a photo of just the two of them at Tim’s bedside table):
and also how Tim changed his costume because red and black were Kon’s colors?
The connection they have is so special that they tend to gravitate towards each other in all of the different continuities, even when they don’t really know each other
(👆Kon’s a clone who’s been alive for just a few month, and he and Tim’s barely just met)
Let’s also not forget that there’s a universe where Tim died
And Kon took his place at Bruce’s side
(do you want to think about this with me? How he probably wore Tim’s utility belt after Tim died? Good, now we’re both sad)
Comics establish this unimaginably close relationship between the two of them, the one that brings them together throughout different universes
in the Rebirth continuity, where a lot of illogical and weird things happened and Tim forgot about Young Justice for some reason, the alternative universe evil!Batman Tim talked to him about Conner
‘You know how much he matters to us‘
no wonder Kon’s the first person Tim remembers when Zatanna brings his memories back
And also Kon rushes to the rescue as soon as Bart mentions that he’s not alone in this weird alternative dimension where Kon’s been stuck
Kon and Tim love and trust each other
The chemistry between them is so obvious that even some of the DC authors admit it
This two literally do not know how to live without each other, they grew up together and respect, love and trust each other. No matter the circumstances, the universe always finds a way to bring them together.
And that’s probably why I, as a writer, find them so compelling, why I haven’t let go of them for so long, why I keep putting them into different Alternative Universes, into different circumstances with the same outcome, again and again - the two of them always finding the way into each other’s arms.
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