⎣ matt ryan, cis male, he/him ⎤ I just saw JOHN CONSTANTINE walking around new york they’re 52 years old and go by HELLBLAZER . they had kids with ZATANNA ZATARA and I’ve heard they’re MARRIED . they’re also AN OCCULT DETECTIVE. at their best they’re PERCEPTIVE & WITTY but at their worst they can be SELFISH & DECEITFUL. ( savannah, she/her, 21, gmt )
tw: death tw: depression tw: smoking tw: child abuse
BIO
💀 John Constantine is a walking talking mess from Liverpool, England. He’s an anti-hero, a semi-decent magician, a great exorcist, an excellent con artist and the former leader of Justice League Dark. Also, the former lead singer of occultist punk band Mucous Membrane.
💀 Constantine has always had a bad reputation thanks to his usually highly questionable methods and his incredibly bad luck. Neither other magicians or dark creatures like him.
💀 Although he is a magician, John prefers to win fights by lying his way out of them. For example, he has faked selling his soul to poor unsuspecting demons countless times.
💀 Speaking of demons, John’s body is tainted with demon blood. (That he never lost or recently reacquired oops.) The demon blood allows him to cast (some) spells without a cost.
💀 He has suffered from intense self-loathing his whole life. His mother died giving birth to him and his stillborn twin brother. John was raised by his drunkard, abusive father who blamed John for the loss of his wife.
💀 He began experimenting with magic as a young child. (Yes, this will be a mix of his og origin story and his new 52 origin story, come @ me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) John tragically lost his remaining family when he tried casting a spell that would make him a powerful magician. What John hadn’t been told was that the spell required a grand sacrifice in order to work. John’s childhood home suddenly caught fire and burned to a crisp. That night John lost his remaining family.
💀 As a young adult, John formed a punk band with his first love Veronica and his friend Gary who shared who shared his interest in magic and occultism. The band fell apart when a spell gone wrong caused Veronica love to become a monstrous spirit-killing ghost. John was unable to save her soul.
💀 Afterwards, John focused his energy on studying magic. Once he had learned everything that there was to learn about magic in Europe, he headed to New York to study under a powerful mage, Nick Necro. Unfortunately for Nick, John fell in love with his girlfriend, Zatanna Zatara. John ended up dating Zatanna once Nick betrayed his pupils and disappeared.
💀 John and Zatanna broke up when Zatanna’s her father was tragically killed in a seance gone wrong, all thanks to John. Needless to say, Zatanna wasn’t happy with him. Heartbroken and tired of New York, John returned to England and began working as an occult detective to make a living.
💀 The fate of Astra Logue will always haunt him. Astra was an abused girl from Newcastle who was accidentally sent to Hell by John when he tried to free her from the clutches of demon Nergal. John spent the next two years in the Ravenscar Asylum.
💀 He will also always regret the fate of Oliver, his boyfriend who also ended up being sent to Hell thanks to John.
.💀 He was the leader of Justice League Dark (read: the emo version of Justice League) for a short period of time until he ruined everything (including his sort of rekindled relationship with Zatanna) by acting like a selfish jerk.
💀 Anyways, much to everyone’s surprise (including John’s), he somehow managed to make Zatanna like him again. The two of them somehow ended up getting married and had twins. When John found out that he was going to be a father, he considered fleeing. After all, most people he associated with ended up getting hurt and he doubted his luck would spare his children. (Spoilert alert: he ended up staying.)
💀 He became the kind of father that shows up to a PTA covered in sacrificial blood because he put down the wrong date. He loves his children more than anything and he wouldn’t hesitate to let the world burn in order to save them.
💀 John quit smoking when the twins were born. Well, he tried to. He still smokes in secret whenever he thinks that Zee can’t see him.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
ROSE PORTER (-CONSTANTINE) — John’s semi-canon secret daughter from the Injustice comic verse who would be around 24 -30 years old. :’)








