HelioMuse

My Adventures with Mad Science

First intro:

The Brain

Monsieu Mallah (Name given)

Mutants (not name, but created in tubes sooo)

CADMUS!!!! This is of course where Kon is made in the comics! It’s also the place where a lot of the tech in this world was developed especially for scientific discoveries! This could very well lead to being the location Kon is created either in the past or more likely by Lex when he is working for TFX or possibly afterwards if he takes over the old cadmus lab! It's also possible if he's not created by Lex or if he’s created by Lex and someone else that someone is an old Cadmus scientist. Most likely I see it as being that Lex creates him with most of the tech we see in episode 4 I talk about in my analysis of that episode, but with segments of tech or research from Cadmus that we see here that Luthor gets his hands on when with TFX! It’s also possible that Mallah and the Brain get bored and accidentally or are tricked into helping Lex make Kon cause SCIENCE!!! Idk I think it would be very cute and funny to see Cadmus help make Kon at least partially as a reference to his comic origin (And although they are very important to his history, I think you can leave all the stuff Cadmus does and make it so Lexcorps does it like in reign of the supermen and it has the same effect, I just think its silly if they have Cadmus and Kon in a series and don’t acknowledge the being connected at all), but also even better I really want monsieur Mallah and the Brain to be there or there tech be used in Kon’s creation so they can be like crazy gay science uncles to him and like show up and give him guns tell him he’s doing great and leave! Like wine aunts but uncles and mad scientists!

One piece of tech we will probably see Kon interact with either as part of Lex controlling or making him or just in general is the red sun omega field! This is of course using red sun energy to lower kryptonian powers and so I could see Lex using it while he's making Kon so he doesn't break out and maybe the NKL break the light or turn it off to help him escape or he uses it on him later to try to regain control of him or something fun idk! Red sun and Kon just makes me think of chapter 5 of the fanfic Buy Back The Secrets lol. (I was rereading it to a friend while writing this lol).  Imagine a scene like that!!! I'd love for a scene like that to happen with Timkon in this, but I know that's entirely unrealistic, but I could see a similar (Although Lois probably in a lot better shape then Tim was in that episode. Probably just knocked out and handcuffed), but it would be a cute way to give them a heart to heart with Kon without his powers maybe talking to Lois about his insecurities cause he feels he can trust her (a bit like he does in Reign of the supermen!) and maybe also we could have her realising he’s just trying his best and he isn't a bad guy, but actually just a literal child and then she goes you are my son now! And protects him! I could also see this being where he reveals the truth in portal theory about not being from here and tells her either about his Lois or his friends back home (COUGH COUGH BOYFRIEND TIM)

We see a black hole in this episode! And of course at the end it is stabilized into a wormhole and Monsieur Mallah and the Brain go through it! This is also what leads to Mxy getting into this reality! The fun thing with this is this could lead to Kon getting into the MAWS reality from another one! This is the basis of portal theory my good friend @heliomuse! This would help explain why Kon is here with a younger Clark and why Kon has more tan skin even though he was born yesterday and probably has Lex and Clark or parents. Now I also wanna suggest the tan could be due to come solar power being used for perhaps his advances in growth and testing or maybe even something to do with the red sun omega field like I mentioned earlier or if his DNA isn’t just 50% Lex 50% Clark (Which is true in the comics a lot of the time!)! Anyways! This could lead to a kon from another reality making his way into the MAWS one while being older and having a tan and possibly being from a different time period (so he can still be all his 90’s boy self) as well as throw in a bunch of fun references and sillies and just generally be the menace he should always be allowed to be! I love this theory and think it would be super duper fun to see! I don't think it’s too likely since we have explanations for all these things in the universe and I don’t see them super pulling into the multiverse, but I still think it’s a super fun idea!!! Also I wanna see Kon at his bratty arrogant fresh outta tube wants to be good, but needs to learn how phase as well as see Lex be a manipulative mean man towards him, so maybe it’s better for him to just be from our universe cause I see portal theory having a more mature (or how mature Kon can get) Kon and I’d love to see him early on when he’s still kinda an A hole and bratty arrogant teen and we get to see him grow into himself all while being quippy and sassy and silly and playful and spunky and beautiful!!!

Now this is something super small and not really gonna be anything, but this tree is floating in the one background! It’s a detail seen all around the military invasion site from task force X. It's never really explained and we don't really see anything else with the ability to lift things like that, and although it’s not exactly the same for some reason (Well probably cause I was just thinking about my Kon powers section for the Konpendium) my brain thought this looks very similar to how Kon lifts stuff with his TTK. This is like one of my most no basis not important things this episode, but I thought I'd write it down anyways cause I think it could be possible and would be very cool for TTK research to be done at Cadmus cause that would be a perfect way to group Cadmus research with Luthor making the clone! Cause in the original comics cadmus got a hold of superman's corpse and found a weak field around his body which they then amplified and put into their clone, so it could be that Cadmus did the research on TTK off of some of the kryptonian tech and then Lex finds it and uses it as a way to stimulate the kryptonian powers in the half kryptonian! Idk I just think Cadmus should be involved somehow in Kon’s creation and having it be old research that comes back (since Cadmus is no more and Lex has access to it through TFX) makes sense to have them included!

AT 6:53 WE SEE TUBES!!! Yeah fully expect me to put everytime I see tubes in this show down as potential tubes for cloning Kon. I don’t like these potential cloning tubes nearly as much as I liked the ones in episode 4, but they are tubes and they are at Cadmus AND… 

THEY ARE THE TUBES GROWING THE MUTANTS!!! Although back in S1E4 I theorized the material for the parasite tech that's being seemingly grown in the tubes seems organic, that tech and type of organism seems more like plant, fungi or maybe even some weird form of bacteria. And even then that material seemed more technological and mechanical in nature despite its squishy grow-y bits. These pods are growing the mutants and since they not only seem to move and think on their own (them helping in the fight later and the idea that Nessie and other mutants seem to have been lost in Scotland therefore having thoughts and feelings of their own to want to leave Cadmus and live their own life), but they also seem have their own little sounds and personalities further punching the idea this technology could be used to create the boy! 

I feel like (although since I want the NKL to find him and so have the lab closer to the action and all I would rather the tubes from S1E4) either these tubes are used to create Kon or better the technology used here is later studied and used by Luthor to make Kon. The fact that the technology Cadmus was given to work with also seems to have probably been from zero day and therefore kryptonian means that it would also have great connection to having Kon come into the story. Maybe the studies they performed here to create the mutants are found by Lex while working with Task Force X and then later used by him to make Kon! It would be a fun way to include Cadmus’s research, but still have his origin based in a metropolis with Lex and Lexcorp! 

It's also possible that with these experiments they did successfully create a clone and they can do something where that is Match, but he’s unstable and Kon was the second one kinda like in the young justice TV show, but I much prefer Match’s characterization in his earlier appearances working for the Agenda (Or in this case probably in a later season working for Task Force X or Lexcorps) and trying to take Kon’s place. I could also see them doing it this season I guess with them changing out Kon for Match during the season, but I don’t think it hits as hard if we don’t have time to get to know Kon first before he’s swapped out.

At 6:58 this computer is found in seemingly the same room as all the mutants and the tube, so maybe it is the computer we see Lex using or at least hacking into to find information on creating more life with kryptonian tech and all of Cadmus’s research! Cause at the end of this episode I don’t think they destroy any of their research so it would be cool for that to come back to bite them with Lex using that technology against our main crew!

At 8:37 we see a door that seemingly duplicates the person who walked in it! It’s not exactly cloning per say, but it's a duplication of peoples and could maybe be used to lead into some tech discovery by Lex? 

At 16:27 we see the Mutants outside of the tubes. They remind me of the failed clones in the reign of the supermen movie with their many different colours and forms. This could also be a callback to those or just show how kryptonian tech can create life or how Lex was able to make a successful clone in a shorter period of time since he already had the research about the mutants to use. This could lead to Kon seeing them as his brothers and Lex using them to build Kon and possibly manipulate him. Also the mutants who were created by Mallah and the Brain being connected to Kon and giving them a connection into the mad scientist gay uncles I want them to be to him!

NOW WE GOT A PORTAL!!! PORTAL THEORY!!! SO! Basically! This theory is one me and my good friend @heliomuse talked about back in the first week of 2026 and it’s based on the idea that the Kon in season 3 of Maws is gonna be from an alternate dimension! I’m gonna talk a bunch about the theory here, but I also plan on making a dive into each big theory I have over in the “The big theories” section (This was originally written in a google doc and that's another tab of the doc). Basically the idea in connection to this episode (cause I have another version of the theory with the LoLL in S1E7) that a (Probably more mature and developed) Kon travelled through a portal made by Mallah and the Brain and ended up in the MAWS world! This could allow us to have a more mature Kon as well as have a lot of funny commentary and references from him! Also makes the timeline nicer with him coming into the story with a less mature Clark (although I don’t think that's the end of the world and honestly like the room that gives Clark to mess up and grow) as well as possibly giving a good reason for him to be tanned (if he had the time in Hawaii like in the comics, although I don’t feel like those super need an explication as well as them being able to be explained in other ways (Ex. Kon has more of a tan because his half human DNA doesn’t give him the same sun protection even though he also absorbed the sun for his powers!)) This could also work with a younger Kon (taken from his timeline sometime after reign, but before the end of YJ and preferably before Sins of Youth). This could grow the multiverse we see through superman file X in S1E7 as well as give them an interesting relationship with Kon maybe having some resentment for how his Clark treats him vs this one and maybe Luthor manipulates those feelings, although I don’t think good any version of Kon (I can be proved wrong and I both mean good in the sense they're a good version of the character as well as good in the sense that im leaving out evil versions of Kon) really would act like that since they all seek Clark's approval and in comics Kon even has a friendship with kid Clark when he meets him!

I think portal theory could also connect to Lex if he finds the studies by Mallah and the Brain on the blackhole and uses it to bring in another version of superman (and ends up bringing in Kon) this could be a fun way to include this worlds Luthor in the story and have him still have some stakes. I also think this works if Lex finds a younger Kon who comes out of the portal and ends up manipulating him a bunch. It could also have him trying to bring another version of himself in and then Kon from his world follows to try to stop him.

Brain says the tech reacts to him, and I know that's just because he’s Kryptonian and all that, but maybe Lex used his DNA to activate stuff and then to make Kon too! Since the tech is reacting to him maybe he even sets up a tricky trap thing to get him to make the thing go off which then in turn takes his DNA and makes Kon that could be very cool! Either with Clark knowing about it when it happens or more likely Lex keeping it a secret!

Also I feel like idk if we see Lex at Cadmus in S2 (we don’t I’m pretty sure), but as their previous guy looking at the tech, Ivo, kinda went insane and Lex is kinda picking up from what they were having him do, then they probably brought Lex there or worse comes to worse gave him their tech.

Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal

First intro:

LoLL

Mr Mxyzptlk

Lois (LoLL leader)

Lois (Leather jacket)

Lewis

Jelaina

Kryptonite

Lois Prime (Mentioned)

Comet (Mentioned)

Krypton (Mentioned)

One of the Lois’s on the LoLL has a leather jacket. I know other people can have leather jackets, but since it's Lois I'd like to think that she has some connection to Kon. Due to her mistrust of Clarks, maybe she took care of her worlds Kon cause her Clark became a bad guy and then something happened to him and she has his jacket now! I don't think this is super important, but if we use LoLL portal theory then maybe she has some connection to that Kon or if the LoLL comes for Kon in any portal theory maybe she helps him cause she sees her son in him. Let Lois and Kon have a mother son relationship PLEASE IN ONE UNIVERSE AGHHHH.

At 8:57 we see a legionnaire's flight ring! Although this could be connected to a lot of characters, Kon did use one for a short time in the comics when he temporarily lost his powers! 

Mxy is introduced in this episode and he does have a run in with Kon and YJ early in the ‘98 run as well as his son? (I don’t quite remember it’s a bad comic) Micky is very important in the Dark Crisis YJ event (Although that comic sucked and went against a bunch of the lore and characterizations of the characters so :p)

Kryptonite may be used against Kon or to keep him restrained in all the same ways as the red sun omega field like I mentioned earlier.  Also could possibly be used in a termination serum like in the Reign of the Supermen movie!

Zero Day (1)

First intro:

The shock collars task force X uses to keep the inmates in line could be used on Kon later on. Though more likely they use the bigger modified collar Clakr has on in the next episode or even more likely something with kryptonite.

Clark unlocks his superhearing in this episode. It’s likely Kon will have this power too if not right away when he’s older (If his aging is stopped then much later, but it's in his genetic makeup in the comics I”m pretty sure so he should develop it later on theoretically. I think he has it in the comics later on, but I can't quite remember an exact instance so idk for sure).

When Lois first sees Vicky Vale she talks about how she broke the Queen inheritance scandal. This is of course a reference to Oliver Queen aka Green arrow which is really fun and I really want more Green arrow content and a MAWS style show would be so fun. What does this have to do with Kon?.... Uhhhh idk lol. Kon’s archer is Cissie, but she has no real relation to the arrows other than when Amanda made her that one time in recent comics, but that was just weird. Other than that I think Mia and him were on the titans together for a time, but that was in a weird era for his character and he and Roy and Artemis know each other and are even friends in the Young Justice Tv show, but that Kon is an entirely different character. Rich families could tie in to Bruce and more importantly for Kon, Tim and like I said I’d really love to see Tim and Bruce as civilians in season 3 cause I think having Bruce run around with Lois and Jimmy both helping and acting incompetent would be so funny and I’d love to have Kon there too and have him and Tim interact cause I just love them way too much. Also we've had a Vicky Vale episode every season and I think that would work perfectly for season three’s!

It’s mentioned that she took down the falcones too (which was probably more so Batman, but she got to write the article on it and take the credit because Batman wants to stay a cryptid in the shadows. But the Falcones are a big time Gotham crime family so this could be a direct tie in to Batman stuff and that means Tim and then we could get Timkon PLEASEEE.

In this episode we get to see Captain Imenant again. (Should this have been in that section and not here? yes, but I thought about it before watching this episode so it’s here now) This is the first person we see Clark save as superman (well after his introductory fight with livewire). In the comics, Kon’s first big screw up is letting a pilot die in an accident. It weighs heavy on him and actually leads to some very great character building on both his part and on his and Steel's relationship. I really want him to have a relationship with steel and I'm very hopeful he will so :D!!!

LEX IS BACK!!!! Yeah I’ m just gonna mention him like every time he’s on screen cause like. I feel he will be the one to make Kon. He is in the comics and him having his DNA makes so much sense and him manipulating him. I LOVE MANIPULATING AND MIND CONTROLLING THE BOY!!! Also just like 90% of my theories are surrounding Lex so I’m gonna talk about him when he’s here. He calls Clark the end of the world and it makes sense that he revisits that line in season 3. I see him saying it while Kon is on the floor trying to resist the mind control and then he says something about how “You're the end of the world. I’m its saviour.” and then sends mind control Kon after him. Honestly this whole monologue just sums up Lex’s motivation and all so I feel like it could be parallel in season 3 especially if the tower is used by Lexcorp and therefore becomes a primary location.

Also I still think this is the tower that is gonna become Lexcorp tower and where he clones Kon!!! (See my theories in S1E4) This room could end up being remodeled and reused for another fight in season 3. I think this tower will be a prominent location in season 3 and we will revisit it a lot with Kon. I can even see a scene similar to the one in the reign of the superman movie with him and Lois in front of the glass at Luthor's building or possibly a scene with Luthor and him. Idk I think big window scenes are aesthetic.

Maybe Kon fights some of these villain people? Idk im just enjoying the fight scene rn and think its possible depending on the theory that he either works with or fights many of these characters (War of the Supermen type you know) 

When Clark is fighting the villains in the Park he gets hit into a statue that oddly reminds me of the statue we see Clark was buried under in the death of superman. If Clark does die (Which I don’t think is likely) this statue (as it kinda gets broken in the fight) could get repurposed into the statue and place he is buried if he dies or a monument to him if he goes missing or something).

Zero Day (2)

First intro:

Park Ridge (mentioned, but we've probably been there before)

Midtown (mentioned, but we've probably been there before)

The NKL are here again so I just feel the need to say that they are important to Kon so LOOK AT THEM!!! PLS HAVE CUTE RELATIONSHIPS WITH KON NEXT SEASON!!! THANK YOU!!! 

The Red sun and restraint and parasite collar hold they have Clark in this episode could be used to keep Kon contained in S3. Although I feel Luthor will probably have a better and more streamlined solution. 

Zero day is where all the tech comes from so of course it’s important for that and for being what would bring the things to make Kon as well as adding to the fear and all that would lead to Lex or whoever made him feeling the need to do so.

Clark getting told he’s not a hero, he’s a weapon would be a very Kon thing to be told and therefore I can see it being parallel very nicely in S3. Especially since Kara goes through a similar thing they could tell Kon “We know what it feels like to be seen as a weapon. To be told your only purpose is to hurt people and cause destruction. But you can choose. Choose to be who you want to be.”

Ok I just had the thought that Ivo keeps yelling you promised me superman and if we get a Kon in season 3 who thinks he is superman, well he might say that and get attacked by Ivo. Could be a fun moment for him where he realizes being superman isn't all fun and fame and beating up bad guys and he might realise he actually has to be smart with his battle and use his head to defeat Ivo instead of going in all brash and headstrong. Also it would be fun to see him figure out how to take down Ivo cause he wouldnt know and somehow even the people who know how to deal with Ivo always end up just SUPPLING HIM WITH ENERGY.

OK MENTION OF THE NEWS KID CLUB HOUSE!!!! PLEASE TELL ME THEY BRING KON HERE IN SEASON 3!!! IT WOULD BE SO CUTE!!! I wanna see him just chilling in their clubhouse or sitting on the roof with Flip. Maybe when he’s angry a Luthor and wants someone to talk to they have a heart to heart on the roof or maybe if there's a time between him coming and Clark accepting him and letting him stay with Ma and Pa (although I feel this Clark will be much more accepting and I hope he gives him the name Kon-El!!!!)

This Drawing in the News Kid Club House seems to be of the NKL. I couldn't find any exact panel from the comics it was from, but  it would be so cute if they make one with Kon in season 3!

The “you’re not a weapon, you're a person” from Lois I would love her (or anyone) to say that to Kon in S3 PLEASE! 

At 16:21 we see the name Flamebrosephinecampbell is a reference to Josephine Campbell who is one of the series co-producers and writers! She is the one who said in an interview about S3 that she is most excited for superboy so I am very hopeful they do a great job and love seeing this little reference to her in the show!!! 

At 16:22 we see the name PeteRoss61. Clark has a childhood friend from Smallville who has this name and who is the ex husband of Lana Lang (who I'm pretty sure is possibly gonna show up in season 3 and is at least in a photo at the Kent’s in S1E10 (at least I’m guessing that’s her). Their friend group as kids in the comics was Lana, Clark, Pete and sometimes Lex (depends what continuity you're in for if they meet as kids, in MAWS we know they don’t so yeah. That's great and all, HOWEVER! There is another deeper cut character who also shares this name! In the Marvel and DC Amalgam Universe there is a character based on Peter Parker and KON and who is named Peter Ross and goes by Pete. This is partially a reference to Peter Parker as well as the fact that this version of the character is adopted by Thunderbolt Ross, as well as being a reference to that childhood friend of Clarks. His DNA is half Clark and half Peter (I think? And Peter is just a normal scientist in this) and I just think it's fun that right after the co-producer/writer who said she’s excited for superboy there's a name a variant of superboy has had! Although based on the fact many of the other usernames such as Bibbo and Lori (Who I mentioned in the timeline section when their posts were on screen with the time). At 16:23 we also see the name Lana Lang as someone commenting so I’m guessing they're just throwing around characters but like HAHDGHAGSHGAIDH I love the fact that it could be interpreted as a very deep cut Kon thing!!!

Random Cadmus mention in a username at 16:44!!!

Have to point out Lex on screen in some building (I can't remember if this looks like Ivo’s tower again? It kinda does, but I can't say for sure I’ll check on next rewatch) but the line when Lois says “but we humans are capable of causing hurt and pain too… because we wanna punish those who don’t look or act like us.” and it has Lex on the screen and I think that will play into his motivations and storyline going forwards and parts of that can come into his relationship with Kon. 

Idk why Clark and Lois standing next to each other is just making me think about how much I want to see Kon and Clark have a height difference!!! I want Kon to float above him at the start when they talk because Kon probably feels intimidated and wants to be higher than him (he would do this to pretty much everyone) and also just cause he is a floaty boy and as the season progresses and he learns to be a better person/hero he starts standing normally while talking to people and then he hugs him!

Amanda has taken over Task Force X!!! This is important for the future cause she will be the one to build up task force X next season as well as the one to hire Lex into task force X! 

The omega canon Ivo made could be used by Luthor or someone else in S3 against Kon to weaken him 

Hearts of the Fathers

First intro:

The General revealed as General Lane aka Lois’s dad

Lana Lang (In photo only)

This pretty much means nothing to Kon other than the fact that Lana I’m pretty sure is also said to be a character arriving in S3 so they might interact then. Also the fact this looks to be him around the age his powers manifested makes me worry maybe he pushed her away afterwards in fear of hurting her and that could be something he regrets and thinks back to in season 3 and then he gets to teach Kon to not do that and repeat his same mistake maybe after Kon accidentally causes some destruction and feels guilty about ti and is going to push people away so he doesn’t hurt them.

WE GET KRYPTONIE AFFECTING CLARK!!! We can imagine this is gonna have a similar affect on Kon as it does on Clark so fun painful times for the boy yay! I know I've already mentioned how the kryptonite could be used as a euthanising Kon thing like in the Reign of the Superman movie or how it could be used to keep him contained as they work on him or once he stops following Lex’s orders as well, but also it could just be used to hurt him! Or maybe even Lex makes him partially immune to it or something so he can stand next to his kryptonite metallos we see in S2E7!

Also of course in this episode Jimmy figures out that the Kryptonite can affect the tech too. This could be used either to destroy the lab Kon’s made in (assuming it uses kryptonian tech) or some other tech in S3.

Clark is fully ready to sacrifice himself at the end of this episode and I feel like Kon might do the same thing in season 3 (especially since Kara does it in S2 too and Ik too much repetitiveness isnt good, but if they change it up enough it can be more of a motif/ callback/ reference. (Especially if my mind control Kon theory I talked about back in S1E4 comes true (Which I really hope it does its one of my favs, gives a great story for Kon and Kara and also possession!))

OK SO! CLONES!!! Ive been saying this forever and talk about it a bunch in my everything in the trailer that could point to Kon thing that I really need to post on here at some point, but omg!!!

I've been on the him being a clone over him being from the future thing I've seen people throw around so I really hope this means that he is a clone since I think there are so many interesting things they can do with that and it is true to the comics! Also them using kryptonian DNA means they are most likely going with the newer origin with him having half Clark DNA and most likely other Half Lex MAYBE someone else, but I feel most likely it will still involve Lex over the original Paul Westfield origin! I think this is gonna be so interesting especially since in MAWS Lex and Clark haven't really interacted much so I'm really excited to see what their relationship is gonna be and how Kon will factor into it! Also I really hope they do still give Kon his TTK. I think it's such a cool and fun power and I really wanna see it outside the comics! At least we know he can fly and be a little floaty boy!!! That made me so happy seeing him hovering around Clark and Lois in the trailer!

I also think this makes it quite likely the guy we see at like 12 seconds into the trailer is a clone of some kind! Possibly even the MAWS version of Bizarro! I think it would be so cool to see how Kon interacts with the other clones especially since you could pull from so many fun interactions with like how he interacts with Match in the comics!

I feel like this is likely gonna lead to them finding or freeing Kon from his tube or where ever he is being kept which makes me so happy! In some of my other analysis I talk about the News Kid Legion freeing him since they do in the comics, but this works great to and makes me very happy especially if this is really early in the season (I talk more about that next paragraph) since that just means we get more time with Kon and the more Kon time the better in my opinion!

Also Jimmy and Kara's silly little outfits that don't seem like there normal outfits make me hope this is maybe even episode 1 with the little summary we got mentioning halloween being episode 1 maybe these are there costumes (Jimmy having a long brown overcoat thing makes me thing John Constantine, but the yellow tie is throwing me off and I don't think he would be like a known guy in the MAWS universe so). ANYWAYS! This could mean we get Kon in episode 1 and that would be so hype cause it would hopefully mean we get to see him more across the season so yay!!!