Shard
Kon, toss him a bone here.
Shard
This is why Tim and Kon take so long to get together. Neither of them are good at emotion stuff.
Tad Cooper
At least Tim recognizes the emotions
Tad Cooper
He just hits them with a shovel and buries them.
kaylin
heh, 'bone'
Shard
kaylin : THAT bone is just for Tim, thanks.
Throck
Kon
Throck
is just over here like "buddy I cannot oprah's book club this you have to do it for me"
Throck
he's a smart boy but ever so dumb about feelings sometimes
Tad Cooper
Kon got spoonfed raw knowledge when other kids get to grow in their emotions
Throck
That's exactly it
just Ken
Tim looked at emotions said "nope" and grew into the robin costume instead
Throck
He also has really sketch sex ed schooling so he didn't get a solid bit on sexuality. And also has probably avoided getting any sort of talk from the kents like plague because it's too awkward to get that from superman's parents.
Throck
I also think he avoided it for too long so Pa died and that means the only option is Superman's mom and he'd rather die, thanks
Throck
Like he might have eventually accepted homespun, if awkward, wisdom from Pa but no way in hell is asking Ma any questions
Throck
So he's struggling here bc all he has is the literal situation of "touched face by accident" and he's struggling to conceptualize how he'd feel if he'd been touched by non accident
Throck
He doesn't have the emotional awareness and vocabulary because it's more complicated than with a girl
Throck
And also he is clueless with girls sometimes too. he and cassie danced around each other for a while
Throck
he kept pissing off tana
Throck
because she was doing a shitty thing and was too old for him
Throck
knockout was a mistake
Throck
who also was a creep and manipulated him
Throck
So his problem too is he hasn't had good practice sorting out romantic feelings
Shard
And Dick's kinda feeling like he CAN'T say much because it's not his place to tell Kon that Tim is in love with him and has been for years.
Throck
He had one relationship where he couldn't keep up because of the power imbalance, an abusive relationship with an even worse power imbalance, a not-quite-a-relationship with a super unbalanced chick when he was a super at that building
Throck
Where he could never catch his breath because the chick was honestly nuts
Throck
(iirc she decked him at one point because ???)
Tad Cooper
just Ken : I blame his parents. They were like comically unavailable. Like DC looked at him said “we can’t make THREE of the orphans to start”. So they were just constantly on business trips.
Throck
and like 1 single relationship where actually had time to breathe and work things out as they came, but then dying and coming back messed it up
Throck
Dick's got shit-all to work with here
Throck
and it's a problem due to his life experience or lack thereof, and constant dysfunctional relationships where things weren't his speed and he had no time to figure out his emotions
kaylin
once your girlfriend joins a cult devoted to you, it's just too weird to date her anymore
Throck
yeeeeah
Throck
tbf
Throck
tim tried to clone him 100 times
Throck
His problem with cassie is for her the grief and fear of losing him is a touch too strong. there's no room for joy
Shard
Dick's just realized that he's been trying to lead Kon to this conclusion when he may well not have the basis to even think about it.
Shard
Like, Kon has had an even weirder upbringing than most superheroes.
Throck
what upbringing?
Shard
And, even if he looks like he's 19, he's only been alive for 4 or 5 years.
Shard
Yeah, exactly.
Shard
There we go. Dick's explained it as best he can without outing Tim.
Shard
Dick: Please don't make me try to explain the Kinsey scale. I really am not qualified enough for that.
Shard
Like, does he know it? Yes. Can he properly explain it? Possibly?
Tad Cooper
God. I want an AU where Dick and Joey put together Teen Titans sex Ed in the most body and sex positive way.
Shard
Kon: He's stuck on trying to fix things, isn't he?
Dick: Yeah, that's...kind of the entire family.
Shard
And yes. I would love that AU.
Tad Cooper
“This is ridiculous. One of them thought you can get herpes from trying on clothes.”
Shard
Dick seriously considers running for the school board just so he can try getting the sex education improved.
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