Kon-El/Tim Drake

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Pairing
Pairing: Tim Drake/Kon-El
Tim Drake/Conner Kent
Alternative name(s): Superboy/Robin, TimKon
Gender category: Slash
Fandom: DC Comics
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Popular
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"Illustration of Kon hugging Tim from behind, Tim is in his Robin costume and Kon is dressed casually"
Tim X Kon - color by 09tuf (2015)
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Tim Drake/Kon-El, also known as TimKon, is the slash pairing of Tim Drake and Kon-El (Conner Kent) in DC Comics fandom.

Canon

Tim and Kon first met in World's Finest 3 (1996), and then were founding members of Young Justice (1998).

Fandom

The pairing began with Young Justice, although they did not have a very active fandom at first. The pairing's fan following grew, and it probably reached the height of its popularity during the early years of Teen Titans Volume 3 (2003 onwards), by which time Tim/Kon were canonically very close friends. They were probably the most popular Teen Titans pairing at that time. Despite their prominence dropping some since the 2000s, and issues around canon reboots that exclude Kon-El, they are still a very popular ship for these characters, this pairing being the most popular one for Kon-El, and the second most popular pairing for Tim, according to AO3 in 2022.

The character of Kon-El has rarely been adapted, the exceptions being the Young Justice animated series and Smallville, so their popularity is concentrated mostly within the comics fandom.

Common Tropes and Storylines in Fanworks

  • Fluff: despite Tim Drake being half the pairing, Tim/Kon fic is often rather sweet and upbeat.
  • Hurt/Comfort: most often with Hurt Tim and Kon providing the comfort, although them comforting each after traumatic events is also common
  • High School AU: common because of their relative ages, these may be stories where they are attending the same school and still trying to be heroes, or just them being ordinary students
  • No Powers AU: where Kon does not have powers and they are not superheroes, usually these works have them meeting under more conventional circumstances like through family or friends, various meet cutes are also common. In Mundane AUs Kon is often adopted by other characters like the Kents (Clark Kent's parents), Clark Kent himself, or on occasion he is taken in as a foster child of Bruce Wayne.
  • Mission Fic: usually where circumstances force them to face major villains alone, without the aid of Superman, the Batfamily, or other members of the Teen Titans
  • First Time: not just their first time together, but often times fanworks will have them having their first sexual experience ever with each other.

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