old friend ~ timkon
happy birthday tim drake!!! only one day late, so not too bad! the final panel isn’t my favorite but I didn’t want to redraw it for the millionth time
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I really love timkon, so this is my little dedication post to them. But also, I love the idea that they’re a high school situationship and they don’t end up together despite their love for one another. I just love doomed romances. I think mitski’s old friend really encapsulates what I think their relationship is post timber. this is from the perspective of kon, even if it is a Tim Drake birthday post because 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️. Chose old friend because mitski :) Now I am going to rant! I may not have much to say that’s unique.
the first line “we nearly drowned for such a silly thing” shows Tim and Kon watching a sunset while in their awkward closeted relationship. Not much else to say for that panel? They’re destroying themselves for a “silly” teenage relationship
then “someone who loves me now better than you” is alongside a photo of Kon and Cassie. Cassie is able to love Kon better than Tim is because Cassie is open about her love. Tim is closeted when he’s with Kon, which puts a strain on their relationship. I don’t like Kon and Cassie together, but I do love them as close friends. I don’t like the way I drew Cassie because I don’t think she looks as cool as she really is
“and that pretty friend is finally yours” is a reference to Tim getting together with Bernard, his high school friend. I used this cute couples photo I found on Pinterest as reference for them. They’re my everything. I wholeheartedly believe that bernard liked Tim from the beginning, but Tim liked Kon during his time at Louis e. Grieve. Something something temporary unrequited love. Also Bernard is absolutely playing up the straight man character during his time at Grieve because why was he talking about Dana like that 😭
“and I’ll be around on Sunday if you’ll meet me at blue diner” is Tim and Kon meeting up after timber(n) and talking about, as mitski puts it, nothing. They’re both happy in their respective relationships, but I think there’s this reconciliation that happens at blue diner