Kon-El/Tim Drake
| 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 |
| Archives: | |
| Other: |  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).
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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.
The pairing was also an entry in the first MLM Ship Bracket Tournament in 2023.
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.
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Close to Home by iesika. A murder mystery at Smallville High drives Kon to brush up on his detective skills – and his undercover work. He might need to call in some help. Good thing his best friend is an expert at both.
- Undercover by Shrift. Tim goes undercover as prostitute. Kon goes undercover as a customer.
- Scions by winterlive. Much recced AU/fusion with Teen Titans and Smallville. Kon (Connor Luthor) and Tim are the heirs to the Luthor and Wayne corporations.
- Alt Country by Betty and Zee.
- A Clarification of Range by Te. Identity porn nominally set during Young Justice.
Recs lists/Masterlists
- recslist by pan2dapan.
- Tim/Kon masterlist by meeya87.
Fanart
- Ante fancomic by chama
- Time After Time by lahteh
- Power Couple by ArcherOrin
- hold me tight by keerou
- Timkon by ectonurites
- 90s Rock and Time by andiusagi
Vids
Meta
- I Was a Teenage Superhero by zeelee_penguin for ship_manifesto (Nov 2004)
- Why I Ship TimKon by nuclidic (Oct 2013)
Zines
Example Art Gallery
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone by rokklagio (2011)
Cover of Super Lovers by cyanparade (2016)
90s Kon-El and Tim Drake by neukgol (2018)
Cover of the zine RSVP by Sonia Liao (unknown date)
Archives & Fannish Links
- Works on Archive of Our Own
- Tim and Kon Fans, a fanworks (mainly fanfiction community on Livejournal)
- Posts tagged Tim/Kon on Tumblr
- Tim/Kon tag on Delicious
- TimxKon on DeviantArt
- Loving Kon and Tim Archive (defunct)