#osul-ra

branched off from a discord convo about Clark and Kara

Phaelosians come from a section of krypton that was banished many years before it was actually destroyed. they have a connection, but one severed while it was still alive and far before they were ever even born. Phaelosians did cling onto whatever traditions, cultural elements, and stories of Krypton they could. As explained later, the echoes of Phaelosians are pretty sparse from Kryptonian knowledge with only house fables or a different view on history (ex: Phaelosians prays to a woman Kara only knows of as a scientist and some speaking a dead version of kryptonese).

and then we jump ahead to warworld, the twins do not remember the surviving colony. they were babies when their people were taken so once again, they are stripped even more of the very small connections they have remaining as Phaelosian culture crosses over with Warzoon and other enslaved aliens because they simply have no other choice. With Otho and Osul specifically, they also strongly believe they want to be like Mongul until they realize what that means (spoilers…) and they can't live like that, but also spent most of their lives rejecting that

lastly, we get Clark and Kara. First rescued by Clark who similarly was taken away from his culture as an infant but still had the connection to learn over time and even taught them. maybe to the point of acceptance of a culture they didn't know they could. they get their first toys ever and they're kryptonian. they meet Kara and she doesn't just connect with them on a kryptonian level but a phaelosian level by bringing them their house fable. something they didn't even know existed because phaelosian elders lost hope in anyone ever knowing that again like their entire lives, something has been ripped away from them and just like thinking about how trafficking relates to their story…they're looking for something that the only person who can give it to them lost forever (explosion) but was also aware of how it was taken away in the first place (exile)

like look at their little faces. they didn't know

Superman family designs by Dan Mora

𝐃𝐂 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐂'𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐥-𝐄𝐥-𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 #𝟏 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐐.𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 & 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢 𝐁𝐚, 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐳𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥!