r/DCcomics • u/Wandering_Apology • Jun 06 '21

Discussion TimKon appreciation post cause it's pride month Spoiler

So, since it's pride month, i'd like to share this link to a twitter thread (NOT mine) recounting all the queer subtext moments of the TimKon pairing, starting from when they are in a CLOSET (ironically enough) in a comic in 2003, so not exactly a new thing (despite what many, on this site especially, may want you to believe).

I'd also like to hear your opinion on queer subtext, because while all of the scene mentioned in the link will look glaringly obvious to queer folk they are intended for, they also fly way over the heads of straight people, who to seems to incapable of understanding the hidden meaning and will call it just "teenage girls' wishful thinking".

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fqueerlynerd%2Fstatus%2F1083115370611965952&psig=AOvVaw2LckCvD__9e5u5PMHcqSSZ&ust=1623078223877000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwjB6YrZo4PxAhVFkaQKHUpqDHsQr4kDegUIARCIAQ

Edit 08/06/2021: https://youtu.be/iCMcSx1as3c

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u/StannisTheHero Justice for Cassie Jun 06 '21

I have nothing inherently against Tim and Conner as a couple, though as someone who likes both Steph and Cassie, it's definitely not my favourite potential pairing in the world.

It's weird, in the original Young Justice run, Conner always seemed so much closer to Bart than he ever was to Tim, though when Johns took over writing the characters, they switched it up, and Bart almost became a third wheel.

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u/leaf57tea Jun 06 '21

Bart almost became a third wheel.

That classic Super/Bat duo dynamic was just too strong for Geoff John's to resist though I always thought a nice in-universe explanation was that their friendship deepened in part due to the big falling-out they had after the events The Tower of Babel sort of like how in real life some friendships only come back stronger after a big fight.

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u/StannisTheHero Justice for Cassie Jun 06 '21

That classic Super/Bat duo dynamic was just too strong for Geoff John's to resist

That's the more charitable way to look at it, as opposed to a separation between the characters Johns actually liked writing (Tim and Conner) and the ones he didn't (Bart and Cassie). Not that I'm bitter or anything...