Bia

bruce finding out that jason is still a crybaby 🥹 jason act tough but if you push him a bit more in a personal arguments he'd start spilling fat tears down his cheeks and now you have an armful of sad boy in your arms. bruce forgot this fact every single time they fight.

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Superboy / Jonathan Kent

Jonathan Samuel ‘Jon’ Kent is the son of Superman (Clark Kent) and Lois Lane.  His birth was facilitated by the machinations of Brainiac during The Convergence story-arc.  In this tale, Brainiac had gained access to the ‘Vanishing Point,’ allowing him to view the various histories of the Multiverse.  Brainiac then collected various cities and inhabitants from different timelines, trapping them in domes on a planet outside of time and space.  Versions of both Lois and Clark were among those collected and deposited in a domed Gotham City.  Removed from Earth’s yellow sun, Clark’s powers as Superman quickly abated.  

The two were trapped in this city for many months and during this time, Lois became pregnant and gave birth to their child.  They name their son Jonathan Samuel after both of their fathers.  

Following the Convergence Event, the Kent family arrived at the beginning of the New 52 era. Superman and his family lived in secrecy for many years, moving to California and adopting new identities.  Lois became a celebrated, anonymous author, while Clark continued his superhero duties quietly and behind the scenes.  Young Jon grew up with a relatively normal life unaware of his nor his parents’ real identities.  In his early adolescence, Jon developed superpowers similar to those of his father.  

In the DC Rebirth continuity, the Post-Crisis Superman has been re-conceptualized as the main Superman, along with his wife, Lois and their son Jon.  The family resided on a farm in Hamilton County.  Jon’s powers continue to emerge and he joins his father on an adventure that pits the two against The Eradicator.  

Now going by the name ‘Superboy,’ Jon enters into a partnership with Robin (Damian Wayne).  At first, these two ‘Super Sons’ did not get along very well; with Damian seeing Jon as naive and undeserving of his great powers and Jon seeing Damian as rude and egotistical.  Throughout their adventures together, however, the two would become great friends, fostering an alliance very similar to that maintained by their fathers.  

Later, Jon’s grandfather Jor-El visited the Kent family and offered to take Jon on a trip to better educate him about the known universe.  His parents were reluctant to let him go, but ultimately allowed it.  It proved a fateful decision in that Jon ended up trapped in a black hole and marooned on Earth 3 were he had to contend with Ultraman and the Crime Syndicate.  He was eventually able to escape and return to Earth Prime.  Due to the time dilation of Jon’s encounter with the black hole, however, what was a years-long journey for him had only been a couple of weeks for his parents; and Lois and Clark were shocked to be reunited by their now older, teenage son.  

Jon would go on to have adventures alongside the Legion of Superheroes, the Secret Six and The Justice League.  He took on the moniker of ‘Superman’ although most continued to refer to him as Superboy.  Following the DC K.O. event, Jon began operating under the new codename of ‘Tomorrow Man.’  Jon’s boyfriend is Jay Nakamura, a young journalist who runs the ‘Truth’ online news site.  

I have brought this up before about the indoctrination Ultraman placed on Earth 3 Jon. That being pretending he is our Jon, who is Tomorrow Man. However, I never went into depth on how this could play into why this Earth 3 variant might’ve been able to fly around with the yellow sun. The answer is, of course, the kryptonite lying around and being freely available. However, let’s not forget the elephant in the room which is the “how the hell did Lois know to make sure Earth 3 Jon’s enclosure had red sunlight?”

Earth 3 Jon might’ve interpreted the red sunlight as a way to contain him, but I have my doubts. Steel seemed to have caught on that Lois might be aware that this is a different version of Jon. It’s definitely because of what she suggested or told Steel to place in that enclosure, which was red sunlight and with Beppo who is powered by Kryptonite. Mom’s intuition, of course, but let’s actually solve the mystery of HOW she could’ve known. The answer is that it was obvious to Lois. No matter how much Little Jon may hide it by controlling his heartbeat or pain tolerance, he can’t hide the fact the yellow sun is hurting him all the effing time. The only thing healing Little Jon is the green kryptonite, which he’s probably collecting and hiding. So yes, Lois would have definitely clocked that in too. In fact, I’m going to give her more credit and say that she clocked it in from day 1, being that Little Jon was introduced to her while the Sun was out.

The reason Older Jon didn’t clock in that his younger self was being weakened by the yellow sun is likely due to assuming it was from the kryptonite and having not clocked in yet that kryptonite doesn’t hurt him. He only found out that kryptonite doesn’t affect him much later without time to put two and two together. Older Jon isn’t the type to figure everything out on the go. He has to sit down and think about it before it comes to him. Older Jon likely got that from Jor-El. Whether it be from being partly raised by him technically or just personality inheritance, Jor-El comes off as the kind that doesn’t normally know everything on the go. He’s an innovator and likes to build and create things, which takes planning and preparation. You see this a lot in Superman: Father of Tomorrow. By the way, recommended read.

Now, for the better and more serious question: why didn’t WE clock in that Little Jon was being weakened by the yellow sun? The answer is our misinterpretation of Ultraman’s intention of drowning his son in the lava. Like why would this hurt him? The Red Sun on Earth 3 should be enough to protect him, right? RIGHT!?!

Wait… what’s this house looking thing in the background?

Wasn’t Little Jon trapped in a volcano? In fact, this volcano has an opening, so why couldn’t this Jon fly out if he’s powered by the Red Sun? And, in fact, Ultraman never even called this prison a volcano. It was a crucible. If we look at the walls of the volcano, they seem shorter than the one Older Jon was imprisoned in. I’ll place them top to bottom for comparison.

Also, how would this all be connected to Ultraman hunting down and killing other Superman variations in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent? Yes, I’m connecting this all to that one too.

Let’s start with this… background and explore it. It looks similar to the Kent’s farmhouse actually. Why would Little Jon be thinking about this specific location where he’s being tortured as soon as he’s surrounded by fire by a villain?

Fire, not molten lava as Older Jon stopped Volcana from releasing lava. I’m genuinely surprised no one picked up on this actually. Why would Little Jon believe he was going to die at the Kent Farm surrounded by fire and not lava?

My theory is that Ultraman was training his son to use him as a Trojan Horse. He didn’t train this kid in a volcano or just a volcano, he was constantly torturing him to prepare him to spend his days in the yellow sun. How? By… imprisoning him in a different Earth he destroyed where there is yellow sun. This was to train him, to make him stronger, prove he wasn’t so weak as to be taken out by the Yellow Sun. In other words, while Older Jon had been imprisoned in Earth 3’s volcano, Ultraman had been training and torturing his own son likely to replace Older Jon at the time when he was trapped in the volcano.

It’s likely why Little Jon crashed out at first and keeps saying he doesn’t belong in this Earth. He probably thought T-Man was trying to save the Older Jon trapped in the volcano, which wouldn’t be wrong. It’s especially the reason why he didn’t think he could release cold breath to stop the water from pouring. He literally didn’t think he could due to the Yellow Sun and was hesitant to tell his savior that the Yellow Sun was weakening him. He probably was afraid to tell T-Man that he was the son of Ultraman used to replace the other Jon of Earth 0. Earth 3 Jon would realize that there was kryptonite everywhere powering him up. It was probably something he learned recently or during one of the Earths he was imprisoned in. Worst case scenario, Earth 3 Jon was likely forced to watch his father destroy the other Earth he was trained in.

Now, the volcano or prison Little Jon was yoinked from was likely the crucible Ultraman tortured him in or something close to it as the walls are lower. Earth 3 Jon probably thought Tomorrow Man was Ultraman or Superwoman before realizing he wasn’t. Either that or he believed it was Superman. Whether he knew his savior was the Older Jon or not is irrelevant. What we do know is that Master Txyz only mentioned it was from Older Jon’s “best possible past.” He never specified which past and it would be ignorant of us to conclude that was a full blown lie if he tore a hole in the past that wasn’t Jon’s past. It can only be from one of the years he was trapped in the volcano or Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent. This leads to…

Remember when I said I’d connect Ultraman hopping to different Earth’s on a Superman killing spree? We never found a motive to that, did we? I was searching to find any possible clues to Little Jon and…

… well, fuck. I was expecting a nugget and got the whole damn mine. This completely changes everything.

If Ultraman mistaken Older Jon for his own son, that means he expects his son to be the same age as Older Jon. This can only mean both versions of Jon escaped at the same time. That narrows down the time Master Txyz created the time rip for being when Older Jon escaped. Whether Earth 3 Jon was on Earth 3 or a destroyed Earth is irrelevant. All we know for now is that it’s not the same prison Older Jon was in. The walls are too low and there is no landmass he’s ever on. Another difference I’m surprised no one pointed out. There was no landmass Little Jon was on. It was all lava. Then again, I suppose we all assumed the landmass was behind Ultraman.

This becomes the final piece of the puzzle. The time Master Txyz yoinked Earth 3 Jon from was literally the day Older Jon escaped. Ultraman had likely known Older Jon was alive due to…

I wanted to wait until this comic was available on Read Comics Online, but since they’re not posting it, I’ll just put a spoiler warning for now. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

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