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    After the death of Superman in 2023, Conner Kent is left to pick up the pieces he left behind. At 17 years old Conner is expected to defend Metropolis from invaders, parent his younger brother, maintain a healthly relationship, and somehow live up to the name of a father he always seemed to disappoint.
    At 17 Clark Kent was expected to finish his homework and avoid getting caught messing around with his friends.
    When a new threat to the Justice League sends Conner and Jon back in time everyone realizes just how different Clark and Conner's realities have always been.

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    01 Mar 2025

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    "Part of him, the Cadmus part, says that it isn't logical for for them to be clawed and rotted and gone. He knows, logically he knows, that they were alright. But another part of him can't stop worrying, can't stop asking "what if?"'s, and thats the part of him that won't let him go back to bed, the part of him that gnaws at his stomach. That part of him wouldn't let him be.

    Maybe that was the Superman part of him."

    Superboy has nightmares about his family, sometimes.

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    Kara doesn’t have a problem with Conner, exactly, but they don’t have as much in common as everyone assumes. She’s lived two lifetimes on two different planets and he’s just a baby by comparison. He's borderline boisterous, happily roughhouses with his superhero friends like a kid is supposed to, where she somehow walked into the expectation that she acts like an adult. He treats his superpowers like a given, a birthright, when she sometimes, even years later, feels like she’s still adjusting to them.

    He doesn’t know anything about Krypton.

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    07 Jun 2025

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    Conner had a pretty good life, all things considered. He wouldn't necessarily call it a great life, but it was good enough.
    Sure, living alone at Mount Justice with only a robot for company could get lonely sometimes, but he had his independence, his freedom from Lex, and his teammates on Young Justice.

    Unfortunately, no matter how content he was with his life, he could never quite shake the way he ached for Superman's approval. The way his insides twisted when his mistakes were met with harsh words and punishing hands. The way jealousy sunk its claws in deep every time he had to watch Superman and Jon interact. Still, he had a pretty good life, and that was all he needed.

    But when an accident ends with Conner being thrown through a wall and Superman learning that his clone isn't quite as tough as he seems, that pretty good life comes crashing down around his shoulders. Superman insists these changes are for the best, that he's trying to make amends and help, but Conner isn't so sure. Not that anybody ever seemed to care what he thought.

    At least Jon had a pretty cool video game collection. Maybe living with the Kents wouldn't be so bad.

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    05 Jun 2025

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