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[ultfreakme]

happy valentine's day-month!

[dailyjonkent]

Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1, Art by Steve Pugh and Romulo Fajardo Jr.

[gossamerblue]

thinking about how jon's love didn't make him braver and it makes me want to throw something because!! because. that's all you ever hear in the stories and that's all you ever see on tv. and that's what every hero has ever said and that's what every hero has ever told jon. that they're driven by love for people and love for places and love for friends and family and the whole damn earth. that it keeps them going. that it saves the day. that's why they do what they do and why they keep doing it. it's all in the name of love. and it sounds like the easiest thing in the world, to love someone so much and to fear so little. jon loves jay. and maybe that should make him brave. but instead the sky cracks open and smoke fills the air and jay doesn't believe in him anymore. doesn't believe in the love that jon has for him, because it isn't enough to make jon brave. and jon has to live with knowing that—just for the briefest moment—love made him afraid most of all.

[mavericks-circuit]

AU where the planned attack on Metropolis College never happened on Jon's first day and he actually gets to live civilian life as Finn Connors. He goes to college, meets new people, makes friends, and is very active in the college's media department!!

The media department that Jay is head of 😋

And "Finn" obviously takes an interest in Jay. He's funny, laid back, but knows when to be serious and when not to budge. He's a wonderful leader and very passionate about the things he loves plus activism. "Finn" and Jay get closer, and Jon gets to learn about Gamorra and Jay's friends outside of college. Even though Jon is using his (obviously) fake backstory (and the urge to tell Jay real things about his past gets stronger every day), they continue to get closer until Jon forms a big ol crush. But there's the big issue that

"Finn Connors" has a fat, OBVIOUS crush on Jay Nakamura

Jay Nakamura does NOT have a crush on Finn Connors

Add in that maybe Gossamer (as The Truth, not the hero) and Superman begin to work together and collaborate, Jay begins connecting the dots, and everything comes together

This idea specifically makes me think of this one image of golden age Lois like

[optichocolate]

Oh they’re in for such a bad breakup :(

[bobbinalong]

boyfriends

[kimbapisnotsushi]

just imagine like. you're seventeen and desperate and angry and hurting for the truth. you're largely underground and unheard of and you have no power other than slapping on a mask and telling the truth over and over again, hoping that someone will hear. and you will NEVER, not in a MILLION YEARS, guess who DID hear! because the next day superman—not THE superman, it's his really cute son who you met literally a few days ago when he saved you from being shot, and you still have his fake hair—shows up in metropolis lugging a boat full of refugees that you thought would die out in the ocean because no country would dare go looking for them. and he burns the handcuffs off of them, and demands that they be treated with kindness and compassion, and doesn't seem to give a damn about how many international laws he just fucked up. like, wow.

and then you go to talk to him and tell him who you are and oh my god you're FLIRTING with superman. over his fake hair. and when you call him to protect a protest he comes right away, and he stands at the front, eyes blazing, and tells the police to ARREST HIM TOO? so THEN you go to bail him out and meet his dad (actual superman, but whatever) who invites you to dinner. and you get to meet LOIS FUCKING LANE. YOUR HERO. you then embarrass yourself in front of lois lane. the house explodes. superman ( jon, not clark) flies off to confront the guy who almost killed his entire family, and who also happens to be the evil president that overtook your country. superman comes back different. you watch through dimly-lit screens as he runs himself ragged all over the earth trying to save people. burning out like a dying star. he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders, you think. so you have him brought back to your dark apartment, a space just for you and now him, but not "him" as in "superman", it's "him" as in "jon kent"—because you're the one person he never has to worry about, and you want him to know that. he doesn't have to be superman with you. he can just be jon, and jon is beautiful and bright and everything you dreamed of.

"you've got the world," you say. "i've got you."

and hoLY SHIT YOU'RE KISSING HIM. YOU'RE KISSING JON KENT. AND HE LOOKS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. HOLY SHIT. you know, at this moment, that you trust this boy with your life. you're going to take on president bendix together and you're going to save your people. and so you make a whole plan that even ROBIN gets involved in (and holy shit you meet robin!! robin almost DECKED you!! and seems to like you? and approves of your relationship with jon?) and set sail for home. jon carries you into the sky. he doesn't want to drop you; you can see it on his face. it's cute. superman is used to catching people, after all, so you smile and let yourself fall. you'll see him on the other side. you believe in him. you have hope, for once in your life. you know he's right by your side. you know he'll be there when you call.

you love him.

and suddenly the battle is over, it's done with, bendix is gone and your people are free and you get to introduce jon to your mother! it's the best day of your life. but when you look around, you see that everyone is watching you. the whole world is, probably. they'll know who you are. they'll know who jay nakamura is.

you don't care. the truth doesn't have to hide anymore. and what is the truth, after all this time? what does jay nakamura have to tell the world?

jon takes your hand. you kiss him, and the truth is that you never want to stop.

[faemorrigan]

gmorning