#trans lex luthor

[yeetus-feetus]

Clex fic idea where Lex Luthor is transmasc and Kon is their bio kid. But Lex got pregnant before he started physical transition and he left Smallville when he found out he was pregnant so Clark doesn't know about Kon.

Clark also doesn't know that Lex Luthor used to be the pretty redhead that he shared most of his highschool classes with.

The pretty part hasn't changed, actually, Lex is just pretty in a different kind of way now, with his sharp jaw, no good smirk, perfect suntan and defined muscle barely hidden under his crisp, expensive suits.

And there's definitely something familiar about Lex, something about his eyes. But Clark can't put his finger on it and it's driving him insane. No, that's the least of his worries - what's really worrying is the way he's falling for his arch nemesis and the most infuriating man he's ever known.

And really, unknown to Clark, he's already fallen for Lex once before.

And then one day, Clark wakes up after the end of the world, and there's a mini-me version of himself trying to help him save the world again. And the kid is calling him dad.

And this Superboy has very familiar eyes.

He finds out about this kids involvement with Lexcorp. And he immediately assumes this another clone of his- like the many other clones of himself he's had to face before. And he's ready to come down on Luthor with an almighty fury for cloning him, because this kid has the same clear grey-blue eyes.

Luthor has always wanted Superman's power, or at least control of it, and it's not a huge leap to assume he's made a clone so he can do just that.

But when Superman confronts Lex? Well, he finds out a lot more than what he was prepared to. And he wants to be angry, that his son was kept from him until now- but this is the first time he's ever seen fear in luthor's eyes.

And that makes a pit open up in his stomach, this sinking guilty feeling that Lex was scared all those years ago and felt safer running away than talking to him. That Clark hadn't felt like a safe enough person to tell all those things too.

Then it starts to make sense why Luthor's attacks had greatly decreased in lethality during that year leading up to Superman's death. Because Conner had developed his powers, but Clark was his other father, so the only possible conclusion was that the big blue boyscout is actually that dorky kid from Kansas that had accidentally blown up their middle-school science room that one time.

In the end, things work out and Clark and Lex try to go on dates as Lex rekindles the feelings he had from highschool and Clark falls all over again, as they stumble through their relationship and what this means for their public personas. And some cute, slightly sad stuff about Clark trying to catch up on all the years he's missed with his son, trying to find out what things he likes and how he's been doing with school and what his favorite movie/food is, and they stumble their way through father-son bonding time.

It's hard at first, because Conner likes a lot of things Clark is unfamiliar with, and he has no interest in fishing or sitting still long enough to play a board game or read a book. But Conner does teach Clark how to play Mario Kart and Clark sits through one of Conner's favourite shark documentaries on YouTube, he also gets introduced to TikTok dances and becomes familiar with the words 'rizz' and 'speedrun' and- during many missions 'yeet'.

In return, Clark teaches him about Krypton, takes him to the fortress of solitude, gives him a Kryptonian name, and takes him for a tour of the watchtower.

There a growing pains, yes, but Clark is just happy to know his son. Is happy to be getting to really know Lex, handsome and more confident in himself now, than he ever was as the redhead in the back of class.

Also wingman Lane Lane! She is the fun aunt who buys into Conner's mischief whenever she's got him for the weekend while Clark and Lex go exploring (ifykwim).

[i-am-trans-gwender]

I have a theory

[jonathan-s-kent]

I support trans wrongs

[arianna-creates]

Tim starts shoving pastries into his purse just rawdoggin it and Lex feels a disturbance in the force

He hates this stupid gnc nepo baby so goddamn bad that he's willing to abandod all of his carefully thought-out (shut up Mercy stop laughing) anti-superman schemes in order to spend his time coming up with ways to take. Tim. Down. Clark is extremely concerned over this development and Bruce is blocking his phone calls and please Clark can you just fucking talk to Lex yourself it is 8am who in their right mind wakes up at 8am on a suNDAY-

...Unfortunately, Kon decides this is the perfect opportunity to get attention from BOTH of his dads, starting with scheduled dates at the one spot at Wayne Manor that Paparazzi are known to lurk about

Based on @cr1mson5returns 's post:

Og post + alt pic^^

[fe-jackson]

#SupermanForPresident2024

@justiceleaguefanalsofreepalestine

Anyone else pissed that both of the main candidates for president are actually evil? Let’s see, should I vote for Biden, who is funding the genocide in Palestine and letting states criminalize being transgender, or Trump, an idiot, bigot rapist who wants to take away everyone's civil rights except for rich, cis, straight, non-disabled, white, Christian men? Fuck this, I’m voting for Superman. #SupermanForPresident2024

@imtoosexyformyshirt

Replying to @justiceleaguefanalsofreepalestine

Hell yeah! Superman cares more about this country than any of these assholes #SupermanForPresident2024

@ivegotapocketfullofsunshine

Replying to @justiceleaguefanalsofreepalestine

Holy shit why didn’t I think of that? I know who I’M voting for now #SupermanForPresident2024

@TheRealTimDrake

Replying to @justiceleaguefanalsofreepalestine

You know what? I’m in. #SupermanForPresident2024

@LoisLane

I’m loving this internet trend of voting for Superman to become president. Superman, I know you’re reading this: you know what we want. #SupermanForPresident2024

@LexLuthor

Superman for president? Need I remind everyone that you need to be a United States citizen to be president and that Superman isn’t even *human*? #SupermanShouldNotBePresidentEver

@BruceWayne

Replying to @LexLuthor

You know, I think Superman deserves to become a U.S. citizen. Anyone else? Petition here. #SupermanForPresident2024

[volleypearlfan]

could estrogen save lex luthor?

[cerealboxlore]

Captain Marvel & The Switched Minds Trope

Have y'all ever seen that episode of Justice League Unlimited where Lex Luthor switches minds/bodies with the Flash and a whole bunch of shenanigans happen? Yeah, I barely remember it, I need to do a re watch of the show some time, but it gave me a neat little idea.

What if that trope was used for Captain Marvel, with one of three people

Batman

Black Adam

Mr. Mind

If Captain Marvel switches bodies with Batman, imagine the hilarity if it happens while they are out of costume. Billionaire Bruce Wayne suddenly being mind/body swapped into the body of 10 year old homeless kid Billy Batson, and each of them having to navigate a day like that. Bruce wouldn't be happy, but at the very least he'd get a day of returning back to his childhood, getting to be a kid for just a little bit again. Or. We could go for the route where they mind swap while in costume, and Batman in Captain Marvel's body tries to investigate who his secret identity is, all the while hating that Captain Marvel in his body and making himself look like a fool in Gothom. (Which then results in a Batman (Captain Marvel) in Fawcett and and Captain Marvel (Batman) in Gothom. Ohhh, and the delicious angst of when Batman says shazam and finds out about Billy Batson!

If Captain Marvel switches minds with Black Adam, there are just so many fun and dark opportunities to show off just how malicious Black Adam can be once he has his hands on the powers of the Champion of Magic, even if just temporary. He'd wreck havoc and become a tyrant, striking terror into the world and earning the concerned and anger of the Justice League, who are under the impression this is still the real Captain Marvel. Black Adam won't even try to lie and attempt to remove them from his path, but when his fist is met with his own, Black Adam will learn the true meaning of never underestimating your opponent, especially yourself. Could definitely bring in some possibilities like showing off how strong Billy Batson is and a cool identity reveal.

As for Mr. Mind, I'm really interested in seeing a mind swap happen with him. Seeing as how their bodies and selves are drastically different, and how his mind control powers could be a factor in this. Kinda like that Kafka situation, if i remember the name right, there could be some amazing parallels of written well enough.

Billy in Mr. Minds body trying to warn the JL of Mr. Mind's plans, but, he is but a worm. He'd have to rely on using Mr. Mind's monstrous powers to relay the information needed, and maybe get the help of a certain pair of supersons (Tiny worm and tiny super powered children team up). Mr. Mind in Captain Marvel's body would be....

A threat.

Oh, there's also the option of Billy swapping bodies with Lex Luthor. Haha. Now THAT would be a rollercoaster of fun.

Anyways, that's all my thoughts for now, and just me saying that I really want to read/write a fanfiction where Captain Marvel (Billy) mind swaps with someone. Might not have expressed everything that I wanted to say correctly, but it's late right now and I am full of oatmeal, so I'm quite sleepy.

Please send me y'all's thoughts and opinions, I love it when y'all include your own things!

@wolfsbanesparks

especially you wolf, I was gonna send this as an ask to you but it got way too long in the end

[why-i-love-comics]

Green Lantern: Alliance (2022)

written by Minh Lê art by Andie Yong, Sarah Stern, & Carrie Strachan

[sharonisthebettercarter]

Peter b. a transman because Petussy!

OH MY GAWD~!!

YES! i'm sorry my brain totally blanked out--REAL LIFE MPREG IS A THING AND THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS LMAO!!

ugh, so beautiful, i will have to remember this. tbf i don't normally focus on trans characters just cause i'm not sure i'd do the best but also i LOVE the element of a man *not* meant/able to bear children suddenly finding himself in the family way, although i DO LOVE boypussies (and girlcocks) too, but i normally end up going the intesex and fantasy route lmao (love nature and exploration and genuine hermaphrodites and trans animals in nature~<3!)

and if you couldn't tell, i absolutely ADORE fantasy exploration<3

but yeah, trans boi peter def works for the vampire au and since you gave me the idea, i'm definitely leaning towards him now~<3 ;)

i DID have a different sorta trans idea too but for a trans GURL getting their happy ending and *actually* legit getting to experience the miracle of life~<3 cause the BOIFRIEND is a freak of nature<3 but in a good way<3<3<3

that idea was for clex tho with trans gurl lexi and clark with his fuckin' supersperms because YES and i still wanna do it<3<3<3 leik could you IMAGINE? she'd get the full transition in the most perfect way with her boyfriend's help AND be able have baby conner and GAH<3! idk, i think it's cute and i loved the idea<3

especially if lexi's dickhead father is doing everything he can to prevent her transition and here comes clark helping her right under his nose ;)))))))))))))))))))

[yeetus-feetus]

help transmasc Lex Luthor is haunting me. Clex is also there but it's mostly he/they Lex with ultimate bad guy swag. I don't where he came from but I don't think he's leaving anytime soon! Honestly I'm with Clark here his confidence is kinda hot ngl, he's definitely ruined the careers of many bigots and terf reporters who seek to knock him off his Almighty self-proclaimed golden pedistal. A slay honestly.

Trans president Lex Luthor???

Yes he still clones presumedly dead Superman they have a complex relationship and Lex won't let himself admit he created baby Superman for anything other than his own gain. (Lier lier pants on fire, he missed Superman).

The media has something new to throw at Lex tho now. Would make a good comedy fic maybe.

I think I love you trans Luthor.

[summerstrash]

there's something buried deep in the connections between Alex, Maddie, Cable, Kwannon, Mystique, Destiny, Kurt, Forge and Greycrow (and a little bit Betsy & Rachel, too) in the Krakoan Era, and I think it's going to take a lot to unpack but for the moment, suffice to say:

it's somewhere in the idea of women bearing messiah-children they will never raise, women losing their children, the spectre of catholicism juxtaposed with ghosts and devils in the machines, women lost in the desert, the destruction of the body as the creation of the weapon, blood and destruction and undying love and mirror images and queer women and the men who love them —

it's all here and I wish I had better words for the web of connections I see in my head, but I don't, it's not a thing I can express in an essay form yet but it's so vibrantly present and I'm expecting it'll take me five more years to unpack it all.

[kbirbpods]

Chapters 1 and 2 are up!

Original Work: Baby Fever by hoebiwan

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Relationship: Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lex Luthor, Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor/Clark Kent (past), Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent

Tags: Crack, Alternate Universe, Really stupid coping mechanisms, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent Tries to Be a Good Parent, lex luthor tries to be a good parent as well, everyone point and laugh, Trans Clark Kent

[Current] Audio Length: 24 minutes, 8 seconds

[Abbreviated] Summary:

In which Lex is sad after Clark stops returning his calls and Jon publicly says he wants to slap Lex’s bald head on twitter. So naturally, he decides to make a baby.

Notes: Starting in Chapter 2, when he first appears in the fic, Tim is voiced by @flowerparrish!!

[incorrectbatfam]

Who's on Dick Grayson's long list of exes (wrong answers only)

Roy after a bet

Taylor Swift because he wanted a song about him

Maroni's secretary

Tex Luthor, Lex Luthor's gay cowboy cousin

Jimin, also after a bet

Mark the Batburger cashier

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's trans daughter

Jimmy Olsen on three separate occasions

Cupid, the Roman love deity

Bonnie and Clyde on a time travel mission

A random heiress at a Wayne gala

Matt Murdock on a multiverse mission

Legolas on a different multiverse mission

Han Solo on yet ANOTHER multiverse mission

Jake from State Farm

One of Jason's goons

[gnomewithalaptop]

I'm still too distracted to write so here have a list of YJ-cast centric fics that make me froth at the mouth

Kon-centric recs:

I Want It That Way (1990s Tim/Kon) by WynterSky / @wynterstars -- A revamped, 90s-style Superboy origin story with added Lex Luthor AND a lil bit of 90s Robin for spice and flavor. Honestly, this whole series is so elite -- goes hard with the Superboy mythos + angst PLUS the third fic leans hard into the secret identity shenanigans in a way that'd make Miraculous Ladybug jealous. The first fic splits its attention between Tim and Kon, but the latter two are solidly Kon-centric

one plus one (easy math) by connerdrakewayne / @comphetkoncass -- Cassandra Cain and Kon go to a gala together. I'm always a sucker for a good Cass + Kon friendship. This one's very short and sweet, and it gets the job done -- 10/10 would read again

a timeline can be a haunted house by connerdrakewayne -- post-universal reset Kon angst + terrible coping mechanisms! This one goes so hard I read it three times. Tbh this author has an excellent handle on Kon as a character in general, so I honestly recommend just checking out their whole fic stash

Tim-centric recs:

Top 10 Secret Identity Fails by @havendance -- Tim's new English teacher is his on-again-off-again superhero teamup Helena Bertinelli (aka the Huntress). This one's just fun, okay -- the whole thing reads like it could be straight out of Tim's 1993 solo run, plus I love the dynamic between him and Helena. Overall just a very cool vibe

only the dead stay 17 forever by Sky_Dust (couldn't find their tumblr sorry) -- Listen, I've really been restraining myself here, because I realize my love for time-travel bullshit is not universal, but I genuinely couldn't not include this one. This bad boy is a Tim-centric time-loop featuring a seriously unhinged Tim -- definitely a darker tone, but I can't stop rereading it

Bart-centric recs:

reflections on respawning: a gamer's uncertainty by merils / @mamawasatesttube -- Bart has a hard conversation about his death and subsequent resurrection (feat. Kon) man, I just vibe with this one so hard. It's such a thoughtful take on Bart's more contemplative side, while still managing to keep his personality intact

the backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun by @kermit-coded -- trans/gnc impulse my beloved <3 also we get some funky Max & Bart bonding, made much rawer and more real by the fact that it's the 90s and nobody knows what they're doing. Again, feels like it's straight out of Bart's solo series

Cassie-centric recs:

you and I, we are more than just this armor by @suzukiblu -- KonCassie bonding + gender feels. They're both so trans in this, and the author does a great job of really digging deep into their complicated feelings (both about gender and about each other)

(also PLEASE somebody give me more Cassie-centric fic recs I'm literally begging you)

Team recs

I'm all yours but you're all mine by suzukiblu -- Poly Core 4 Soulmates AU! Essentially, everybody gets their 'soulmark'/soulmate-identifier (not really, but the best word) right when Kon wakes up in his pod, and because Superboy hasn't really made his big splash yet, they misidentify their soulmate as Superman; this is an issue mainly because 1) they're all 14-15 and Superman is roughly 30-ish, and 2) by the time this fic takes place, Superman is pretty verifiably dead. Currently in-progress, but this is such an interesting and fun take on the usual soulmates trope. I pinky promise you won't regret reading it

Love, Not Loved series by @popsunner -- hoooomygod this series makes me cry literally every time I read it, it's genuinely one of the most realistic representations of grief I've seen on AO3. Basically explores the general fucked-up-edness of pretty much the whole YJ Core 4 Squad dying one by one, with each fic focusing on a different funeral (complete with survivor's guilt, regular guilt, and just plain old complicated feelings). We get Cassie feels, we get Tim feels, we get Bart + Kon feels -- it's the whole shebang. Don't worry -- there's a happy ending eventually, but you def gotta work for it. This series beat me up and stole my lunch money and I'd happily do it all over again

Lost the Last Piece of Me by InsaneTrollLogic / @last01standing -- YJ Core 4 Animorphs AU! I'm sad to say I've never read the original Animorphs series, but every single Animorphs AU I've ever read has been such high quality. Unsurprisingly (I love this author, okay), this fic is no exception to that rule. Solid alien-invasion plot, character driven, and the world-building is explained well enough that even a newbie like me can understand (feat. some TimKon, but it's not the main focus)

Ikonoclast by anantipodean (couldn't find a tumblr) -- Tim and Kon get sent to an alternate reality that's almost (but not quite) like their own. This one's just fun for me -- I love the TimBart buildup and the worldbuilding on the other Earth is a funky time. Also, the other universe's Tim is goth and absolutely cannot stand mainstream-reality Tim, and I find that extremely funny for some reason

[jesncin]

Okay, I'll bite, what are your feelings on the trans conner pitch?

Oh boy! Thank you for tossing me this bone because I have a lot of mixed feelings!

I notice that people online are very hot and cold about the Trans Superboy Pitch, they either love it or hate it and that doesn't leave a lot of room for nuance + discussion. So to be respectful to a fellow trans peer in the industry, I want to do a fair review/analysis of Skyrocket: the trans Conner Kent pitch by Magdalene Visaggio.

My general takeaway from the pitch is that I like the premise, but the details fumble the execution for me. I can really feel from reading the pitch that Visaggio cares about Superboy. She understands that he's a very weird legacy character who has struggled to find proper footing in the DC Universe after all these years. An effective legacy character is one who is able to spin off and expand upon the themes of the character whose mantle they carry. But the cheesy whatever-goes 90's-ness of Superboy's original run didn't give future writers a lot to work with in terms of a Superman Legacy Character.

It's why I genuinely believe the later retcon reveal that -part of Conner's DNA is from Lex Luthor- is a fantastic addition to his character. It takes a character who was just kind of screwing off to gentrify Hawaii back into the center of Superman's good vs evil conflict. But now Conner's problem is that his story is too tied to his origin and Superman's shadow. Placing Conner with the Kents in Smallville afterwards made him narratively redundant. What's next for him?

So let's dig into the pitch!

I like what's at the heart of this pitch. It's a very season-3-ATLA-Zuko "honor wasn't all it's cracked up to be" arc and I think that suits Conner's character really well! It's the details I have gripes with:

"Conner has been largely relegated to the Jason Todd of the Superfamily" oof, haha that's not a particularly fair characterization.

The constant comparing of Superman to Christian imagery. He's described as basically "Jesus goddamn Christ" in the pitch. The Tyrannical Kryptonians are named Saint, Shepherd and Savior. No surprise I don't like seeing a character who allegorically represented Jewish immigrants to be constantly compared to Christian imagery and deified.

It's inevitable with pitching to the company, but the pitch is bogged down by a lot of convoluted plot points. I get that it's necessary to pitch event tie-ins and universe hopping shenanigans, but it's a lot.

Leland feels like a plot device in this. I'm sure there were plans to flesh out the brotherly clone relationship between him and Conner so that he can feel like his own character, but from the summary he just kind of revolves around Conner the way the pitch describes Conner revolving around Superman. Oops!

Conner's relation to Luthor and Superman works as a story about legacy, bloodlines and the things parents pass down to their kids. It's best when handled thematically and not literally because it's easy to get into essentialist "good genes" vs "evil genes" near-eugenics talking points. Unfortunately this pitch has a lot of that vibe. Leland has more Lex genes so he's super smart. Conner and Leland are able to start a schism in the Future Tyrannical Kryptonian House by "proving their truer genetic link to the original Superman, unsullied by thousands of years of tinkering" thereby gaining allies. Not great!

The part where Conner wants to find "his own Metropolis" by moving to Dripping Springs, Texas. That's Jinny Hex's field of operations, so is it really his own space? I would've just given Conner a new town so he can better stand on his own and build out a unique cast system.

Okay let's talk about the trans stuff!

I get that it makes for an Iconic Visual Superhero Moment, but I really don't like the part where Conner steps through a magical crystal and pops out the other side as a trans woman. It robs her of having that discovery on her own. The pitch says "I believe that this is as natural a move as Iceman's coming out". And just?? Man, remember when Jean Grey read Iceman Bobby Drake's mind and robbed him of his agency by outing him through that invasion of privacy? For a pitch all about Conner's journey of defining herself, it weirdly robbed her of that moment.

The pitch does such a good job talking about how Conner feels like her whole life revolves around Superman and how pointless wanting to be Superman feels now that Jon Kent has taken the mantle. She has Clark's genes, goes to Clark's hometown school, is raised by Clark's parents and all that. So then why is she eventually named after the women in Clark's life? Constance "Connie" Lara Kent. Clark's Kryptonian mom and human grandma? Was the world so small that she could not name herself after anyone else or come up with a new name? Connie doesn't even get to name herself, her new name is one Martha Kent bestows her with. It's hypocritical, and doesn't have the same impact that Superman giving Superboy a Kryptonian name does.

Speaking of which, this right here is my biggest gripe. It's not in the pitch itself but?? Wait- why go on about how Conner deserves a name that's not given to her and then turn around and make Martha name her? Sure, Connie comes up with the superhero name "Skyrocket" herself but surely she also deserves to name herself considering the thesis the pitch built up about self discovery and agency right?

Also with all due respect, this is the whitest queer take on Conner's identity. I wish white trans people could understand that you can have multiple true names that reflect different parts of you.

When Clark gives Superboy the name "Kon-El" it matters that it's given. It ties so well to the idea of familial acceptance into a nearly-extinct culture. You wouldn't know how to reclaim that part of your identity when that culture's been wiped out, so of course it's an honor to be trusted with a name that preserves Krypton's culture. This is a common practice with diaspora reclaiming cultural names from closed cultures, they are gifted their names by someone more culturally connected. I think the pitch having Martha name Connie is trying to echo this, but it doesn't hit the same without that cultural context. It also undercuts the genuine joy Conner felt from finally having a name he truly identifies with. Conner was only ever referred to as Superboy before then. When Clark gives him the name Kon El, Conner cries out that Kon El is his "real name". It's one of his defining moments, and to have that be diminished by saying "It's still a name someone else gave him" is so disappointing.

Then there's the design.

This is gonna lean more into preference, but I'm not the biggest fan of this design! I get what it's going for but it has too much going on everywhere. It also doesn't have that proto-punk look original Conner had, so it ends up not feeling like him. It's too superhero, and not enough casual-wear-on-a-supersuit that Conner sports really well. I see how it fits in with the everyone-in-Superfam-is-wearing-jackets-era, but I also think those new designs don't look good either. Especially Supergirl's. I feel like Conner should be more punk post transition. No respectability beam for her!

Also the name Skyrocket? It's giving knock off-brand toy vibes to me I'm sorry D: People on twidder suggested Supernova and that sounds way better! Even Visaggio stated she prefers that name so you can't be mad at me for this.

Overall big conclusion feelings!

I've been following Visaggio's work for a while because it's awesome seeing trans people getting picked up in comics. While there are some things about her writing I like, for the most part I've felt like her work isn't my cup of tea. I tried reading up a bunch of interviews she's in to try to understand why her writing wasn't clicking with me, and what I discovered is that we have fundamentally different approaches to queer storytelling.

From Paste Magazine. I get where she's coming from, trans characters deserve to have multi-faceted narratives that don't overly center how they're othered at the expense of further characterization. But also? I just actually find the interior lives of queer people and identity interesting. I like writing the kind of escapism and joy that's informed by surviving and inheriting hardships rather than erasing those things or skipping past it. I think this is why Connie is robbed of her trans discovery in the pitch. Why we don't get to watch her grapple with gender identity in a political way. Queer stories about queer struggles are considered archaic and unnecessary nowadays. It's part of the escapism Visaggio values in her work; to give a place of respite for trans readers from the cruelty they experience in reality, but I don't connect to stories like that personally. Whenever I try to share queer Indonesian art and writing with my peers, I'm often told it's too painful to look at. That our pain doesn't fit the modern expectation for happy, empowering queer stories. "trans people get enough hardships in real life, they don't need that in their fiction" Visaggio still talks about her newest projects like this btw.

I'd love to see a take on Conner that more holistically continues the political immigrant themes of Superman. The white parts of fandom love interpreting Conner's identity crisis as primarily a queer struggle, but it's also one of a person grappling with his mixed heritage. He's a diaspora kid separated by a generation away from Krypton. He has yet to make peace with the Luthor side of his identity, one borne of generational trauma and resentment for one's roots. Instead of a take where his queerness separates him from the pressures of legacy, I want to see a Conner take that has themes that are intersectional about his mixed diaspora and queer identity. I want his superficial punk aesthetic to graduate into actual punk ideals. The anti-establishment and radical love philosophies of punk culture would make such a cool extension of Superman themes and it would make so much sense that someone facing so many intersections of marginalization would be radicalized from their experience. I want a queer Conner who isn't just empowering and idealistic, I want one that also gives space for queer readers to feel like their pain is seen too. Conner isn't "Truth, Justice and the American Way" he's famously "Truth, Justice, My Way".

There's a tendency in media criticism to treat marginalized talent as infallible, and I don't think that fair to creatives like Visaggio. Being able to look at their ideas with nuance instead of essentializing it as being Good or Trash is the best way to respect diverse creativity. And my nuanced feelings are that a white queer person who looks at Conner's story and just sees the queer part and dismisses the diaspora mixed heritage side of him,,, is not going to give me the Conner story I want to see.

[suzukiblu]

your kon soulmate aus… he’s just a baby he needs love

I have SO MANY Kon soulmate AUs I wanna write at this point and they are almost all about how much he is a baby and needs love, hahaha.

Do you want to know how many I actually have concepts for though 'CUZ I'M GONNA TELL YOU:

the one where Kon thinks his soulmark is a fake copy of Superman's, and Clark and Lois don't know where their soulkid is

the one where Kon's soulmark IS a fake copy of Superman's, and then he meets Lex Luthor

Tim finds out Superboy is his soulmate five minutes into knowing him and just kidnaps him from Hawaii and puts him up in Drake Manor

the pocket-soulmate AU with the Core Four where everyone gets a tiny Kon in their pocket, except his identity issues keep happening to them

the one where Lex accidentally made his bodyguards a soulkid and now trans!Kon has a pair of Amamoms to look up to and aspire to become

the one where Tim and Kon are dating and Jason and Kon are soulmates, and Kon is not in possession of the latter information

TimBerKon where Tim and Bernard have no fucking clue who this "Kon" is and were already way too busy having a sexuality crisis about each other BEFORE an extra name popped up on their respective skins

brand-new baby "Superman" meets this very nice older couple from out of town while the original Superman is dead and whoops okay guess he's got soulparents now, and wow huh they sure know a lot about Kryptonian stuff, don't they??

. . . this is a lot but tbh I could come up with a few more, hahaha.