JFKonfucius

JFKonfucius is the slash ship between JFK and Confucius from the Clone High fandom.

Season 2
SLEEPOVER

Joan is avoiding JFK after her fear and shame of having a sex dream about Abe instead of JFK. She agrees to a sleepover with Frida and Harriet to avoid him, and she tells him that he should spend time with his guy friends while Joan is with Frida and Harriet. JFK starts freaking out because he thinks Joan is pushing him away and he doesn't have any close male friendships in the same way that Joan has close female friendships. When Confucius goes into the bathroom to take selfies, he hears JFK crying from a stall. He is sympathetic to JFK's struggles and asks if he's okay. JFK confides in him that he's upset because he doesn't have any guy friends after he spent all his time sleeping around instead of making meaningful connections. Confucius hesitantly relates, but clarifies that he doesn't have any meaningful connections with others because he spends all his time online instead. Confucius then offers the idea of the two having a sleepover of their own that night. The two sit on the toilet together and Confucius puts his arm around JFK as JFK says that he'd like that.

That night, JFK and Confucius eat pizza, talk and listen to music together. After a point, JFK asks what to do next, assuming that they'll play sports together. Confucius then introduces him to the idea of mindlessly browsing the internet to pass the time instead. He then introduces JFK to FlipFlop, the show's version of TikTok, and JFK is enthralled at the flood of content. He asks how he should send his support to the creators of the content he enjoys, and Confucius shows him how to leave comments. The two then spend hours watching and commenting on videos when they find a particularly funny video of a woman dumping hot food on herself. JFK leaves the comment "that's a spicy meatball," which Confucius finds hilarious. However, Topher happens to be in the comment section of the same video, and takes offense to JFK's comment as he thinks that it is discriminatory towards Italians. JFK then gets into his first online argument and Confucius coaches him through it. JFK and Topher seem to be equally matched, but Topher ends up beating JFK by commenting about the fact that JFK has no friends. Confucius and JFK think that JFK is beaten, but at the last moment Confucius notices a minor spelling mistake Topher made in his comment and corrects him, defeating Topher and comforting JFK.

ANXIOUS TIMES AT CLONE HIGH

In an attempt to show his love for Joan, JFK makes her a giant chain of their ship name, JoanFK. He gives it to her proudly, but he starts getting anxious when he doesn't get the reaction from her that he expected. He then goes to Confucius at their gym period to ask what he should do when Joan texts him that the two need to talk. Confucius worries for him, because he is aware of the negative implications a partner saying that phrase could have, and because JFK is not aware of those implications. However, since Confucius doesn't have experience dating, he gives an anxious JFK the ill-conceived idea that he should just avoid Joan at all costs to ensure that she can never break up with him. JFK goes along with the idea and the two hide from Joan at all costs.

SPRING BROKEN

The clones get into a bus crash on their way to their Spring Break trip to music festival Arroyofest. They are stranded in the blistering hot desert, and the heat causes JFK's brain to swell, making him both incredibly booksmart and emotionally intelligent. The students split up into different groups, with JFK, Joan, Confucius and a few others stay with the bus wreck while other groups leave in other directions. Smart JFK comes up with the idea of using the wreck from the bus crash to create a gadget to connect to Frida's smart watch. Harriet and Confucius both ask to use the device to check their social media accounts. When Confucius asks JFK, he adds that he needs to check his accounts or else he starts having anxious breakdowns. JFK, now more emotionally aware due to his expanded brain, tells Confucius that he wants to listen to more of Confucius' worries surrounding prolonged separation from his social media. Confucius starts crying in joy and hugs JFK. JFK then creates a sharing circle with the clones staying with the wreck to talk about their feelings.

SEXY-ED

JFK is devastated after Joan breaks up with him because he's not as smart as his big-brained version from the Spring Break wreck. Mirroring JFK's sadness about his breakup, Confucius is worried about potentially getting together with Harriet after he decides to reveal to her that he's been the person behind the account that Harriet has been catfished by online. At their lockers, Confucius asks JFK for advice on how he should come clean to Harriet about being the catfish and his desire to be in a relationship with her. JFK, sobbing, sounds upset over being asked for advice. He suggests after a misunderstanding of Confucius' online lingo that Confucius meet up with her to tell her as soon as possible. From that, Confucius comes up with the idea of orchestrating a large public reveal for Harriet.

CLONE ALONE

Because Harriet is hyper-focused on being smart and making it to college, she gets upset that Confucius is overly blasé about going to college since his parents are rich. When the students are tricked by Candide about their supposed college entrance exam and instead are sent to a Death Maze to find who will make it to college, Harriet breaks up with Confucius because of his disinterest in pursuing college, since he doesn't feel the need to hurry to make it into the timed Maze. However, Harriet breaking up with him at the gates only makes him slower to get in, since he is frozen in disbelief and sadness. JFK is running with the Bronte sisters on his back and he grabs up Confucius to carry him with him to the gates. They make it in at the last second, unfortunately leaving the Bronte sisters behind in the process. JFK and Confucius then join Abe and Topher in making a small group to traverse the Death Maze together. While going through the maze, Abe and Topher get annoyed at Confucius' constant misery over his recent breakup with Harriet. JFK is the one to stand up for him to them, talking about how he relates because he's still upset over his breakup with Joan.

Fanon
JFKonfucius is a growing ship in the Clone High fandom. Unlike characters like Joan, JFK hardly has on-screen friendships with other clones, and this is true in both the original series and the reboot. The love for this ship is driven by the fact that Confucius is the only character seen to be JFK's friend and confidante on-screen. In addition, the two also share more physical moments, mostly on Confucius' end. Confucius frequently touches or holds JFK, showing physical connection that is very rare when it comes to usual non-canon couple and character interactions in Clone High. As with most other Clone High ships, fan art for the ship greatly outweighs fan fiction. There are currently only 5 fan fictions about JFKonfucius on AO3, making it a rarepair. However, there are more pieces of fan art and screenshots of background interactions between the characters on Twitter and Tumblr.

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