SUPERMAN!!!

THE LIES OF THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

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WALLY WEST. * — ❛ dude, dude, i gotcha’ ! i’ve been pretending like i know how to divide for like, ever. ❜ psh     liar. he could’ve finished his bachelors in STEM by the time he was fourteen. you don’t replicate the accident that gave your uncle superspeed with just raw luck! granted, it was a lotta’ luck, but it took more than a google search to remake that little miracle. but y’know what they say, blondes have more fun, & red-heads can do everything way better.

                       ( no one said that, but he firmly believes it. )  

   ❛ & i’ll be sure to make a counter controversy with my nine accounts. ❜ kon, c’mon, dude. this is the guy who sees the world in slow-mo half the time. of course he’s got around 200 posts drafted up & ready for posting! each, of course, is either bicep shots, blurred bicep shots, food shots, or celebrity butt comparisons, & a running theory that tom hanks is kid flash. yeah, that one was fun to start. ❛ Bet I got more followers than you. ❜ shots fired. shots fucking fired.

‘ i bet chicks LOVE people who can do math , ’ kon agrees . he can’t do math . he barely even remembers his multiplication tables from the hodgepodge of things he got taught when he was younger - elementary and middle school , at best , the basics . then he pats wally’s shoulder in thanks . that’s a social skill he mastered pretty early on , he thinks , helpful for when he’s just saved someone and has to comfort them . except now it’s friendly .

‘ you’re the real bro .  - hey .  hey , i got all of lexcorp’s publicists on my ASS trying to get me to get more followers . no WAY you have more than i do . ‘ he waves his phone in front of wally’s face , open on twitter , hastily dismissing a call he knows he’s supposed to be taking . does wally get ADVERTISING GIGS? kon thinks probably not . ‘ you can only choose one account to count up .’

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╳ ── ჻ HIS BODY GROWS RIGID WITH TENSION. ready to strike out at a moment’s notice. for now, red hood holds his position. in spite of what the bats && birds are so eager to tell the world, red hood isn’t as trigger happy as the rumors claim. he doesn’t shoot unless there’s a clear active threat. the vigilante remains silent while scrutinizing the other male– his gaze lingering for a few seconds longer on that unmistakable logo on his chest.

          ❝ relax, kid. ❞ his voice scrambles as it runs through the voice modulator of the red helmet. ❝ not gonna shoot unless there’s a reason to. don’t wanna hurt ya. ❞ not once has he taken his eyes off the young man. red hood shifts his weight onto one side. ❝ who are you ?? ❞ he’s almost tempted to ask ‘ what are you ?? ‘ as well, but that’s just fucking rude. he may be an on/off crime lord, a vigilante with questionably violent methods, && a man with a seemingly infinite body count— but he’s still got fucking manners

kon ROLLS his eyes . he bristles a little at the word KID . he’s not a KID . kids are - born and grow up and have kidhoods. childhoods . kon’s not old , but he’s old enough . ‘ you can try and shoot me if you want . the bullets don’t hurt . they kind of . . . tickle . ‘ like someone tapping him on the chest , maybe , the amount of force hard to feel the difference in at so small a size .

once again , kon taps the symbol on his chest . ‘ see this ? i don’t know if you’ve been hiding under a ROCK , but this stands for Superman . I’m superman . ‘ his bright eyes dare the strange man with the helmet and the radio-voice to argue the point with him . it’s not a lie , even though superman is BACK now . kon’s just as much superman as he is . literally .

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‘ hey, hey, hey! ’ kon’s x-ray vision flicks on and off , giving him a good look at what the man has in his jacket . metal , curved and vicious . a gun . dangerous to humans , if not to kon . he whips forward , arms spread out so that the man can’t go any further . he wishes he had a sign to point to , but lex obviously wouldn’t give him the set up to such a good line . ‘ there’s not a sign , but there should be . in case you were CONFUSED , this is a no-gun zone . ‘ he wags a finger at the man . ‘ you have to put that stuff away . ‘

‘ and in case you were thinking about SHOOTING something  - ‘ kon taps the Superman symbol on his chest - ‘ you can’t shoot me . ’

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@daringyoungman | cont

for ONCE, kon doesn’t dispute the use of the term “superboy” . he’s too focused on the other words . “i don’t want to join the circus.” it sounds fun, maybe, in another lifetime. but the thrill of the fight? saving people? the lights and the camera and the people shoving microphones in his face? kon isn’t giving that up. not on a stage THIS BIG. a stage as big as the fucking world .  “i’m superman. i have . . . a responsibility .“ kon is superman, literally, body and - well, clones probably don’t have a soul. he can’t just run off and desert lex and lexcorp and all his . . . well . .  . fans.

nightwing’s words make sense, almost, in a theoretical level. “that’s all easy for you to say.” but in practice they’re just words . kon has things he has to do, things he was MADE to be, and no amount of hedging will get him out of that . kon floats in front of nightwing’s for, arms crossed, thinking to himself . “i was made for this.”

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‘ i am not accustomed to love. this is a learning experience. ’ (oh my GOD)

for ONCE, kon doesn’t have anything to say right away. fingers fumble with the edge of his leather jacket, his thumb rubbing on it as if intent to burn his fingerprint off, staring down at it as if it’s the most fascinating thing in the world. kon doesn’t even realize he’s hovering a few FEET off the carpet  his glasses rendering wide eyes inscrutable to the rest of the world. lex can’t be talking about - him?

“love?“ he asks cautiously.

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‘ burning it all to the ground & force them to start again. they made you lose everything. now return the favor. ’

“yeah. yeah, i should, shouldn’t i?” the last word is hissed out between his teeth , face twisted into pain. he’s not even listening to where the words COME FROM, just hearing them echo in his mind over and over, repeating themselves with vicious intensity, whispered words in his ear. something burns behind his eyes, and he rubs at them viciously. he will not cry, he will not -

kon’s eyes flicker red as he lets the anger take him , mouth in a vicious line , fingers clenching and unclenching.

then he deflates.

the red light, dull and with no effect, fades from his eyes . “but … i can’t . i can’t. i’m superman.”

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‘ please tell me you’re here to help , ’ kon begs . he rubs dirt off of his cheek , positive that his phone is shattered in the pocket of his leather jacket . he thinks he might be bleeding , licking the blood off his lips , and he bets that one of his ribs is cracked . this isn’t good ; there are too many civvies in the area running around screaming , and kon can’t get to all of them by himself and distract giganta .

‘ not that i can’t handle another enemy , of course , ‘ he QUICKLY corrects . ‘ just the people need help , ya dig ? ’

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and tim reacts to the shaking as he would to his own super without thinking - he flicks the little ‘ superman ’ right in the center of his forehead , scowling . it’s light - no need to break his fingers on the shield or the invulnerable kryptonian skin - but gets a point across .

then he remembers . not conner .

“ don’t shake victims , they might be concussed , ” he murmurs instead , not apologizing as he turns back towards the building . if this one’s calling himself superman , he’s relatively young , in a phase tim doesn’t have very fond memories of , not early on - conner had been cocky , bratty , and generally fucking annoying , as well as poorly adjusted to people and hero work . tim had also gotten hit on . a lot . “ unless you recently came in contact with something reality-bending , i’m assuming whatever i was looking after for intergang in that building where i’m from is what landed me - ” he glances back at the little super , eyes narrowing a fraction , “ - here . ”

‘ hey ! ’ kon flinches back , half expecting it to hurt , but it doesn’t . instead he just feels the light tap of human fingers , scrunching his forehead up . it’s not angry or hostile , like he’s been grabbed before , just . . . strange . ‘ what was that ? ’ he rubs his forehead , glaring , but is immediately distracted by the advice . it’s not mean , either , just something that kon takes note of . oh , it’s gotta be another superhero .

‘ are you a superhero too ? ’ he asks . ‘ this is earth , ’ kon offers helpfully , seconds later . ‘ 2017 . usa . all that good stuff . do you think you time traveled ? ‘ the league talks about time travel sometimes , but kon’s never been invited in on it . or let it happen to him . ‘ lex said there was some weird crap going on around here . ’

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based on this suggestions blog.  warning:  these are pretty dark/angry  &  could be triggering to some people.  please be cautious before proceeding!!

‘  all i want in my life is for my friends to be able to touch me suddenly  &  me to not flinch away without meaning to.  when will this stop affecting me?  ’ ‘  all i want is to be soft  &  gentle,  but i’m made out of steel  &  anger.  maybe in another life,  i guess.  ’ ‘  beauty is in the eye of the beholder,  so choose to see beauty in everything.  ’ ‘  burning it all to the ground  &  force them to start again.  they made you lose everything.  now return the favor.  ’ ‘  do i ever even cross your mind or do i do all the thinking of us on my own?  ’ ‘  do you trust me enough?  do you trust me at all?  ’ ‘  don’t you dare abandon me.  ’ ‘  even after all you have done,  i will always want you fighting on my side.  ’ ‘  every time i see you smile i fall in love with your brightness all over again.  ’ ‘  everyone i have ever loved is long gone.  i sing to the sky alone.  ’ ‘  everyone i touch gets hurt,  but i can’t stop.  i touch  &  i touch  &  i touch  &  people get hurt.  why can’t i ever stop?  ’ ‘  everyone says i used to be a hero,  but i can still taste the blood in my mouth  &  still feel bruises blooming because of my fists  &  my eyes are still stretched wide  &  terrified.  ’ ‘  everything i love has been taken from me.  what do i have left to fight for?  ’ ‘  fall in love with someone that makes you feel strong.  ’ ‘  friends are more important than any material object will ever be.  ’ ‘  i am aching to hold you  &  keep you safe,  to be pressed against you so that nothing can harm you.  ’ ‘  i am divine  &  you will bow before me.  ’ ‘  i am fucking divine.  ’ ‘  i am in control  &  i listen to no one.  ’ ‘  i am not a good person.  don’t pretend i am.  ’ ‘  i am not accustomed to love.  this is a learning experience.  ’ ‘  i am not worth saving  &  i am not worth redemption.  let me stay in the dark.  ’ ‘  i am so tired all the time,  all i want to do is rest.  ’ ‘  i am too tired to deal with any of this.  ’ ‘  i bow to no man.  ’ ‘  i broke into sharp pieces when i broke  &  i expect someone else to hurt their hands on my edges just to put me back together.  i’m sorry.  ’ ‘  i can give you your wings back  &  i can show you to fly once more,  if you only believe in me.  ’ ‘  i cannot be saved.  ’ ‘  i can’t ask for help because if i ask for help it hurts people.  i can bear this weight on my own.  i have to.  ’ ‘  i could taste the lies in your mouth every time i kissed you,  but i loved you too much to notice.  ’ ‘  i crave affection in the simplest way.  ’ ‘  i deserve to hurt.  i deserve to bleed.  ’ ‘  i didn’t ask for any of this so don’t you dare blame this on me.  ’ ‘  i don’t care if you say my name like it’s poison or like it’s a prayer,  as long as it leaves your lips.  ’ ‘  i don’t fight for you anymore.  ’ ‘  i don’t want to let go of you.  not now,  not ever.  ’ ‘  i don’t want to talk about it.  i don’t want to remember.  i don’t want to heal.  all i want is for it to go away.  ’ ‘  i don’t want you to touch me.  please don’t touch me,  just go away.  ’ ‘  i feel anger deeper than my bones.  i feel anger in my very soul.  ’ ‘  i feel nothing at all,  except for when i feel everything all at once.  ’ ‘  i have fallen  &  though i may miss the sky,  i belong here now.  ’ ‘  i have fallen from a height your mind cannot even imagine.  ’ ‘  i have no home anymore.  ’ ‘  i remember collapsing in the flames with a sword in my hand  &  then i remember nothing.  ’ ‘  i see beauty in everything,  but especially in you.  ’ ‘  i should never have fallen in love with you.  ’ ‘  i thought for a long time that i was so terrible no one would look at me.  now i know it’s because i shine so bright they are forced to look away.  ’ ‘  i was so caught up in the feeling that i forgot how to breathe.  ’ ‘  i will never amount to anything.  i am a failure in the worst type of way.  ’ ‘  i will tell myself that the burn of my loneliness in my chest completes me  &  maybe someday it will be true.  ’ ‘  if that’s what a hero is i’m glad i’m not one anymore.  ’ ‘  if you ask me to,  i will set the whole world on fire,  my dear.  it’s all for you.  ’ ‘  is it my fault?  it’s my fault.  it’s always my fault.  ’ ‘  it’s not murder if they deserved it,  right?  ’ ‘  i’m drowning in emotions that don’t belong to me,  choking on anger  &  suffocating on sadness.  ’ ‘  i’m in love with everything that hurts me.  ’ ‘  i’m okay.  i’m alright.  this is all in my mind.  ’ ‘  i’m ready to give up everything i’ve ever had if it means someone will love me.  ’ ‘  i’m so cold  &  i can’t stop shaking.  i am not who you think i am.  ’ ‘  i’m so tired all the time  &  i just want to be awake again.  ’ ‘  i’m tired of fighting against the pain of being forgotten.  i just want someone to remember me.  ’ ‘  i’m tired of fighting everything in my life.  just make it stop.  ’ ‘  i’m too tired to care.  blow up,  get angry at me.  i’m sure someday i’ll realize i deserved it.  ’ ‘  jealousy burns within me.  ’ ‘  just let me go in peace for once in my damn life.  ’ ‘  loneliness is a disease  &  it leaves me empty  &  hollow,  like sound goes through my body  &  bounces back.  ’ ‘  made of starlight  &  sunshine,  i shine brighter than they all know.  ’ ‘  my anger is righteous  &  my actions are pure.  ’ ‘  my chest aches  &  my lungs burn.  this sickness comes from the inside.  ’ ‘  my chest hurts  &  all i need is some comfort  &  understanding.  ’ ‘  my chest hurts  &  i ache to go back to the sky.  ’ ‘  my shoulders are aching where wings used to be  &  all i want is for them to stop hurting.  ’ ‘  pull me apart  &  piece me together in your own way.  make me perfect.  ’ ‘  righteous fury throws through my veins  &  if you touch the people i love i will destroy you.  ’ ‘  rise up.  you can’t keep being small when you were made for so much more.  ’ ‘  say my name like it’s the only one that’s ever been on your tongue.  ’ ‘  so much blood has been spilled in my name.  time to make you believe it was in yours.  ’ ‘  so you’ll worry about me when i fall silent,  but not when i scream  &  plead for help?  fuck off.  ’ ‘  sometimes people have to get hurt for me to get what i want.  ’ ‘  stay away from my fucking friends.  stay the fuck away or so help me i will destroy you.  ’ ‘  stop treating me like i’m an idiot.  you aren’t better than me in any way  &  you better remember that.  ’ ‘  the bitter taste of regret is ever present on my tongue.  ’ ‘  the world is spinning far too fast for me to stay on it.  ’ ‘  to love them is my divine right.  ’ ‘  voices whisper from the shadows  &  they fill my mind with thoughts of you.  ’ ‘  what did i to wrong to be so unloved?  ’ ‘  what is the point of power if i’m not supposed to use it?  ’ ‘  who the fuck do you think you are?  ’ ‘  why can’t i ever fucking stop crying?  ’ ‘  with a new year comes new tests  &  triumphs.  let’s try to make the most out of it.  ’ ‘  would it really kill you to be honest for once?  ’ ‘  yes,  i remember my wings breaking  &  being destroyed.  i was powerless to stop it.  ’ ‘  you are not required to love your parents,  or to even like them.  ’ ‘  you can’t hate me more than i hate myself,  but you are more than welcome to try.  ’ ‘  you may say you love me,  but you love only a part of me.  i am too complex for you to ever love my entire being.  ’ ‘  you never fucking cared about me.  don’t fucking lie about it.  not to me.  ’ ‘  you remind me of mint.  fresh,  sharp,  kind of cold,  but in a nice way.  i always knew there was a reason mint was my favorite.  ’ ‘  you shine light in even the darkest parts of me.  you are my sun.  ’ ‘  you should fear me,  but you don’t.  i will be eternally puzzled,  yet grateful.  ’ ‘  you touch me  &  my skin burns  &  it burns for you,  always you.  ’

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“ shit . ” tim’s eyes are still adjusting to the blinding light of the explosion when his motion is stopped by something - someone , he thinks - at his back , still struggling to catch his breath from the force of it as they set him down . there are a few superficial scratches on his gloves , his coat, and he can feel the sunburn-esque warmth of a light flash burn , but , for an explosion ? he’s not looking too bad .

he turns , sees the ‘ s ’ , the lexcorp patches , and a smile breaks over his face for a moment - “ thanks , conner - that could’ve suc - ” and then the smile falters , taking in the boy in front of him . he’s familiar - he’s conner - but he’s NOT. there’s so many little things that let tim know , the lack of scars , of stretch marks , his body language , the youth , but - all tim can do is stare , mouth still slightly ajar , stomach twisting uncomfortably . he’s not conner . tim’s not home anymore .

“ double shit . ”

‘ who’s connor ? ’ kon stares at the person that he holds in his arms . they look pretty normal , all things considered , but that’s , he’s learned , A RED HERRING . lots of perfectly dangerous people look normal . mercy looks normal , but she’s wacked out . ‘ i’m SUPERMAN ! ’ he gestures to his front , grinning at him , slicking his hair back with one hand . then a thought occurs to him -

‘ he’s not left behind , is he ? ’ kon stares back with worry towards the building the explosion had come from , which now looks like a wreck . he’d checked the place , known it had been abandoned , but if someone was left inside, he couldn’t just leave them there .he SHAKES the person in front of him to get him to answer , hoping he’s not stunned . he only shakes very lightly , though , still hovering - he knows how FRAGILE humans are .

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Superboy in Reign of the Supermen

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“ something…  "  rose just muttered the word under her breath.  true,  she did have people who cared about her but,  there was always that voice in the back of her head that said they’d get sick of her eventually.

she leaned back a little, lone eye watching as kon offered her the cigarette.  well,  she was never one to turn down a smoke,  so she took it.  those dark red lips curved into a smirk at his flirtations and then grew even wider when he starting hacking after just one drag.  

“  can’t say you didn’t cheer me up.  “  .she lit her own cigarette,  inhaling deeply before sighing out a steady stream of smoke.  “  shouldn’t you have like…  super lungs or something?  “

kon DOES have super lungs . but at the end of the day he’s only half kryptonian , a fact he likes to pretend doesn’t EXIST . it’s embarrassing , it’s ridiculous . kon doesn’t want lex’s dna . in fact , lex SUCKS . thanks to him , kon’s probably going to go bald . or something awful like that .

‘ can cheer you up even more , darlin , ‘ kon tries , trying to avoid the faux pas with the cigarette by dropping it and grinding it as suavely as he can under his boot . he winks , slow enough that he thinks a human should be able to see it . ‘ there’s more SUPER to me than just my logo . ‘ he taps the S on his chest , grinning widely . that’s a pretty good line , he thinks . he should save it for later .

maybe he should ask how she lost her eye . he wants to know , but that would probably earn ire like the time he’d asked lex how he lost his hair . people are sensitive about things they don’t have , like kon’s sensitive about heat vision .

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                        priv., exclus., KN - 13 from REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN

                                                  trigger heavy. cloned by robin.

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@caelestalis | WALLY WEST

kon finally puts his phone totally away , tucking it into his leather jacket and zipping it UP . lex lectured him for fifteen minutes the last time kon lost one , and threatened not to pay for another one . as if the fucker doesn’t have ENOUGH money already .

‘ twitter controversy , ’ kon explains , as if kid flash will understand . ‘ anyways , the thing about women is , they LOVE it when a man knows everything . or else people wouldn’t be all over lex , even though he’s bald . so the key is pretending to know things , even when you don’t . trust me , women will be all over you . ’ kon nods knowingly .

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