#Krypton

[friend-ofa-friend-ofa-friend]

Do you think Clark Kent had to be formula fed.

And do you think, for a moment, Martha Kent realized she was in over her head.

An alien baby, a canister of formula from the closest shop that she’s not even sure he can eat.

She’s just holding him in front of her with the bottle in one hand and his neck propped up in the other. He’s screaming his head off and she knows he’s hungry but she can’t bring herself to give it to him. She doesn’t know what he is, what will kill him. She may have met this baby maybe a couple hours ago but she’s already decided to protect him with her life.

Jonathan’s out in the shed trying to find any of the old baby clothes and pacifiers they were gifted while they were trying at least half a decade ago; Martha’s pretty sure she threw them all away the second the doctor broke the news.

She realizes that if they do actually do this it’s not going to be easy, and it’s actually going to be quite terrifying. They will always be waiting for that phone call, that knock on the door. From this point forward strangers and outsiders who come sniffin’ for one reason or another will terrify them.

She wonders if they’ll tell him how they actually came to be his parents, or let him live in blissful ignorance.

She counts down to three in her head. And gives him the bottle.

He drinks it happily; perfectly fine.

She can’t remember when she started holding her breath.

A loose curl of his blacker than black hair falls onto his forehead and covers his bluer than blue eyes. She brushes it away and he grabs her fingers with a grip stronger than she thought it’d be. It makes her bark out a laugh.

Something with those pudgy cheeks and that gummy smile can’t be all that terrifying.

#clark kent #smallville #martha kent #jonathan kent #ma kent #pa kent #superman #the kents #Clark Kent who’s hair is otherworldly #as dark as space #kryptonian #krypton #superbat

[dommnics]

I actually really adore Supergirl, and it's been so long since the last time I've drawn her. This was a little re-design for fun, and I'm so pleased with how it turned out!

Like Superman's trunks, I've gone back and forth on whether I like the idea of the skirt on her costume, and I think I have landed on digging it. I love that she goes into battle looking cute and kicking ass in a skirt.

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[bisexualwolverines]

i was reading a book about space to my baby sister and it mentioned how yellow stars are hotter than red stars and it had me thinking about the impact that has on kryptonians

earth in general is so much warmer than krypton, yes the yellow sun gives them powers and makes them almost invulnerable but it's so hot and they're so sweaty all the time

maybe someone like clark who has lived his whole life here has acclimated to the weather, but as much as he can do that the heat still doesn't feel natural to him which is why his fortress is in the coldest climate you can get on this planet, where he feels most physically comfortable

for someone like kara though, who grew up on krypton, the earth's heat would be absolutely unbearable, and would it increasingly more difficult for her to adapt to earth life, an unfamiliar culture, new unfamiliar powers she has to control and the heat just makes matters entirely worse. heat is uncomfortable, it's a stressor, it can lead to irritability and anger and aggression. all of that to deal with on top of the death of her family and her home

#dc #superman #supergirl #clark kent #kara zor el #krypton #my post #thank you liv for peer reviewing 💓

[cowboysorceror]

last lion of albion they'll steal your patent for the sun & you'll feel extinction 🙏🥲 thank you @clambuoyance for the inspiration!!! ID is in alt text.

#kara zor el #kara danvers #kon el #connor kent #supergirl #superboy #superfamily #superfam #krypton #dc #dc comics #dcu #fan art #fanart #art #dcu comics #comics #dc fanart #cowboydraws

[iril-the-warlock]

Consider: Danny's the spawn of all Kryptonians, sorta, (I'm behind on my superman lore, but hear me out)

Danny gets sent on a long term mission for clockwork, he's promised that he's going to be returned to his age and time when he gets back, but he needs to "finish the bootstrap, Daniel."

Cw helps convince him since he gets to go to space(!!) And live on an alien planet(!!!!) And only really needs to make exist there for a few years before coming home, and he doesnt need to protect his secret there either, he can be both Phantom and Fenton. (Clockwork does not elaborate on hoe long "a few" is.)

Danny gets sent to Krypton, years and years and years before the explosion that doomed the planet. Long enough back that he's one of the first establishing the great houses.

They ask his name, which he replied Daniel. It's written as Dan-El due to a translation error when his paperwork was first formalized, the reading listing the "i" as a hyphen in the Kryptonian language. Danny shrugs and goes on with it, since Dan-el was still better than just Dan.

Years are passing for Danny, he finally settled in, becomes a scientist studying the stars, started a family because if CW hasn't picked him up yet, there's not much likelihood it's happening right away.

He's eventually picked up after his kids are grown, his wife and husband have passed, and his age is showing in human form. He leaves a legacy, the great protector and scientist, with eyes of blazing green and crystal blue, hair of brilliant white and darkest black.

#iril speaks #danny phantom #dp x dc #dpxdc #crossover #danny fenton #dc comics #superman #Krypton

[browsethestacks]

World's Finest: Origins

Art by Steve Rude

#Comics #Steve Rude #DC Comics #Superman #Batman #World's Finest #Worlds Finest #Secret Origins #Art #DC #Science Fiction #Krypton #Gotham #Zorro #Jor-El #Lara #Before And After

[cerati-oficial]

Mixed feelings when people on discord are funnier than me

But yeah. The metaphors in this show aged so finely they're barely even metaphors anymore and just straight up show our reality 1:1

#superman #kal el #clark kent #jimmy olsen #clois #dc animation #krypto #krypto the superdog #superfam #action comics #krypton #elseworlds #superwonderbat #new 52 #lex luthor #crypto news global #global warming #climate change #climate crisis #climate action #climate emergency #climate and environment #environment #fossil fuels #science #donald trump #conspiracy #crypto #crypto bros

[nitpickrider]

You'd think, in this era where he seems to have unlimited knowledge of Krypton on demand, he'd just memorize the encyclopedia to quit it with the surprises. Action Comics 325

#dc #dcu #dc comics #dc universe #superhero #comics #superman #clark kent #krypton

[bibibusinessman]

#diana of themyscira #amazons of themyscira #Batman #batboys #batkids #batfam poll #batfam #the bars #the kryptonians #krypton #kryptonite #superman and lois #super boy #konner kent #Kon el #Superman #superman family #jon kent #Barry Allen #the flash #aquaman #Atlantis #dc impulse #kid flash #Wally west #diana prince #supergirl #martian manhunter #jon jones #young justice outsiders

[nitewrighter]

Okay so I've been thinking about this for a while. So back in the 80's John Byrne overhauled the Superman origin story to come up with the concept of Krypton as this cold, technologically-driven planet--and this was partially so that the ship Superman arrived on earth in was an artificial womb so that he would kind of, technically, be 'born' on Earth (which honesty cuts into a lot of the pathos of Krypton and Lara and Jor as parents and also cuts into the 'Superman as immigrant' narrative which we've come to love so much). And this did end up influencing Superman lore because, hey, Krypton as a technologically-driven society that is deeply flawed but also convinced of its own perfection is still really interesting.

Cut to Snyder making 'Man of Steel' in 2013 where he asserts that Kal-El is the first "natural" birth on Krypton in centuries. So basically because Snyder wanted to work in more of his Christ metaphor for Superman ("His birth is a HUUUUGE DEEAL"), you end up back with the lore that yes, Kal-El was a (born) baby when he got put in his rocket and thus it's back to an immigrant narrative.

Anyway, ANYWAY, my point is, even though both these writers were working from a weird conservative place that fundamentally misunderstands major points of Superman's character (In Byrne's case, Superman as an immigrant, and in Snyder's case, Superman as Jewish/Space Moses) it has resulted in what may be my favorite implication of Superman Lore: That Jor-El and Lara were considered pervert freaks for having a baby the old-fashioned way. If Krypton never blew up, Kal-El would have grown up relentlessly bullied, like "That's Kal-El, his parents had him by having sex, without input from the proper committees, he came out of a vagina, what a freak."

Sidenote but I'm actually really enjoying the "House of El" YA graphic novels right now, because it's basically Lara and Jor going, "The only way to save Krypton is by inflicting ADHD on random teenagers."

#superman #DC #house of El #also I love how Krypton has these kind of... Dune-adjacent vibes #like part Dune part Ender's game #jor el #lara el #pregnancy cw #krypton #lara lor van

[kirain]

I think about this exchange a lot, actually. 😅

#superman #clark kent #dc comics #superman the animated series #batman #bruce wayne #dark knight #robin #boy wonder #tim drake #tim daley #kevin conroy #aliens #krypton

[swan2swan]

"Kal-El. My Son. Live."

These words are the key...the key to

Why the Kryptonian Language Sounds Like That

"Filo", Jor-El says. And we know that he's saying "my son". "Rapide!" he says, later, and we know that he's telling Clark to hurry. So many words sound familiar...is it Latin? Portuguese? A Romance language? Why does Kryptonian resemble so many languages from Earth?

Well, the truth is...it doesn't. What we're hearing isn't Actual Kryptonian. We're hearing Kryptonian as Clark Kent hears it...and it's something familiar. He can't place it. He can't understand it. But he can vaguely understand the meaning and intention. His father spoke to him as a baby and called him "My son", but Clark couldn't understand it properly because he was too young. So when he hears the Kryptonian word "Son," he hears "Filo"--a word that tickles the back of his mind and tells him that it's connected to his relationship with his father...but he doesn't Get It.

Other words sound familiar. They send sparks through his head. "Krypton" especially. But there is no fire. None at all.

Until he lies dying and the world is collapsing around him. As the dread fingers of death reach for him, and his world becomes a tomb of metal. And he hears it, then. Words that he recognizes...and remembers.

"Kal-El." His name.

"My son." This is what he has been saying.

"Live." The same word he spoke over two decades ago. The last word a father spoke that reached his son's ears.

#my adventures with superman #toonami #clark kent #jor-el #kal-el #krypton #IT'S ALL MEANT TO BE FAMILIAR BECAUSE HE HEARD THE LANGUAGE BUT NEVER LEARNED IT

[dommnics]

Here's another Superman redesign for fun. Something a lot simpler than the last take I had for him.

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[mias-deardens]

something about how Dick Grayson chose the name Nightwing because of the Kryptonian hero/god, proceeded to fall in love with a woman who can fly and wield fire, ie the personification of Nightwing's lover Flamebird

i'm just so emotional about them

#dickory #dick grayson #koriand'r #nightwing #starfire #flamebird #krypton #op

[theshadowrealmitself]

Current thoughts: Superman making shit up about kryptonian culture all the time to cover his ass, especially if it’s about something embarrassing, and no one really thinking about it even when they find out Clark actually grew up on Earth, until someone says something about one of those things to Supergirl and she’s just like “???????”

#Superman #Supergirl #clark kent #kara zor el #kal el #krypton #kryptonian culture #except not

[domnorian]

Have you ever thought about making Clark or Connor look more extraterrestrial or having Connor go through a part of Kryptonian puberty that even Lex was completely unaware of for angst or?

You've been many to ask this so... here we go!

Since Krypton was under a red sun, I made the assumption that most of the planet's fauna would be in shades of blue or white to better absorb the light. As for the photosynthesis ability, I thought making Kryptonians reptiles would make sense. And also because dragons. I like dragons.

Since in my headcanons Krypton's mass was heavier than earth, most of the Kryptonians who were raised on their home planet were more muscular and would tend to walk more often on four legs rather than two which made their back slightly bent like the drawing I made below. But Clark being raised from a very young age on a planet with a lighter mass, he would be thinner, his back straight and perfectly bipedal.

Their "hair" would actually be proto feathers who shimmer like crystals so they can hide in their environment (mostly crystal mountains and forests). Most of the time, their horns are the only way to determine males from females (bigger for the males) because they have a similar build.

I'll answer about Hybrid Conner in another ask because I lack the space here.

Bonus: Martha loving her baby despite his alien appearance.

#my art #dc comics #reptile!kryptonian au #superman #clark kent #kal el #dru zod #general zod #krypton #martha kent #jonathan kent #thanks for the ask!