Jan 11, 2024
To @thefantasmarex and other Cap adopts Kon AU enjoyers
I just thought something, Captain Marvel isn’t an inherited title. In the OG comics and still in a lot of later ones it’s specifically a chosen one thing, we know that with Billy, but his entire family is honorary members and titles passed between close friends and family specifically to share the power. Not pass it on.
Billy has 3 potential candidates for succession depending on canons; The original being BillBat from the 30th century, Power of Shazam’s CeCe Beck from the 90th century, and Tanist of the 853rd century in the DC 1,000,000 comics.
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#long post#rambling#the crushing burden of expectations only applies to Billy in his family#everyone else has their own pressures to battle about their heroics#Clarks S is specifically for hope#his is meant to be a symbol of something greater than the man wearing it#and that has crushed Kon as he tries meeting that impossible standard only to keep getting isolated or phased out of necessity#Shazam’s thunder is a connecting force#from the beginning the council is one of people who see the others as family. all brothers and sisters with no shared blood#Only the Real Champion has an expectation to meet#Conner gets no burden from being Marvels kid unlike every other child sidekick inheriting a mantle that means more than them#Shazam is the bond built first and the magic gained second#///////#captain marvel adopts superboy#captain marvel adopts superboy au#shazam#billy batson#Tanist#CeCe Beck#BillBat#kon el#kon el superboy#thinking thoughts
