r/jonkent

Donna Troy, Roy Harper, Wally West, Tempest, Beast Boy, Raven and Starfire have all left the Titans. Cyborg is staying on as a mentor to the new team. Should Nightwing still be on the team?

DC keeps pushing Dick Grayson as if he was the best leader in the DCU and more than capable of leading the JL (as shown in Absolute Power and Obsidian Age). He is also busy with Blüdhaven and you already have another Batfamily character on the team. Isn't it time for Nightwing to leave?

No hear me out cause I genuinely believe this. No disrespect to PKJ but it’s plainly clear he’s the only writer who cares about the Super Twins at DC (because genuinely asking where Tf are they we see Lois is in Metropolis alone WHERE ARE THEY?) & it’s a tragedy because they are interesting characters imo but the problem is they were created at a genuinely controversial time. After Bendis had just aged up Jon and people were pissed about it, and DC went into overdrive with son of Kal El to try their hardest to make Teen Jon Popular/Successful PKJ made the twins. And despite being super interesting as a concept die hard Kid Jon fans refused to accept them. And even other fans felt like they were just there to replace what Bendis destroyed. And the writing for Clark & Lois didn’t help with this problem see in the panel the comparisons and regrets about what happened to Jon and inclusion of the twins. They just don’t have a solid foundation and with the over abundance of Superfamily at the moment they have no place.

Now you may ask that being said why would I say Kid Jon sticking around would fix that? It’s actually simple Damian is older now even if it is only a few years he’s still older plus he has “Tomorrow Man” to hang with. Jon’s only other friend Kathy would also be at least 2-3 years older than him now. So If Kid Jon sticks around he would need to start from scratch when it comes to friends. And who would better serve this purpose than the Super Twins! It would be perfect Kid Jon would have some new friends to make and it gives the Super Twins something to do and maybe establish an actual place in the DC Fandom instead the whole of irrelevancy they’ve stumbled into. I genuinely think it would be the best scenario for them imagine the conflict on both sides too kid Jon fresh from the volcano feels like his parents replaced him, and Otho & Osul feeling like they have no place now that the “REAL SON” is back it’s so much story potential in this dynamic!

Like Idk what yall need to process this. Jon’s bisexuality isn’t going anywhere it doesn’t matter how old or young he is. He was queer when he was a kid (even if he hadn’t figured that out yet) and he’s bi/queer now age does not change that fact, not does him wearing a mask as a new costume. The panic of thinking DC is going to erase that is so erratic and ridiculous. Like what would yall need to understand this? Do people wanna see Kid Jon start blushing around a boy just to feel comfortable in that fact? Like I genuinely don’t get the panic around this.

I’m seeing that a surprising number of Jon fans are upset that Tomorrow Man is sticking around, apparently because of his mask/suit? Because to them it feels like DC is “covering up” their bisexual Superman?

Jon’s queer identity is not and cannot be erased by a mask, guys!

This boy has enough problems as is, can we not add unnecessary fear-mongering about his bisexuality potentially being retconned to the list? He’s obviously still being utilized in Pride art/promo for this year (though they likely kept his old suit because the art was made months in advance), there’s zero reason to assume the worst just because of a costume change.

Also, Dan Slott (current writer of Unlimited) has done nothing to feed this fear. In Unlimited, Jon’s relationship with Jay has already been mentioned several times and a civilian male has expressed an obvious romantic interest in Jon — none of this points to Dan or anyone at DC trying to sweep Jon’s queerness under the rug.

I understand being protective over one of our few prominent queer heroes, but this doomsdaying serves no one. Much better to celebrate our bisexual icon Tomorrow Man with Pride just around the corner, IMO! Bring on the Tomorrow Man Pride art!!

I like to listen to music that remind me of certain characters or I think they would relate to while reading their stories. So after some time reading about Jon, I made him a playlist :D
Thoughts on the songs? Any recommendations?
I feel like I’m portraying him a bit depressed just by the songs