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Story idea I have based on the John Constantine headcanons I made the other day. It's been living rent free in my brain. I like the drunk trench-coat sad man đ
And yes, this is based on the headcanons list I made the other day.
Story idea:
You and John Constantine have always had a complicated relationshipâequal parts rivalry, reluctant partnership, and something neither of you wants to name. You're a witch, more skilled in magic than him, and that fact infuriates him. But when one of Constantineâs old mistakes comes back to haunt himâa demonic debt that even he canât wiggle out ofâhe comes to you for help.
The problem? The demon in question doesnât just want Johnâs soul. It wants you.
Endless Banter & Snark â Constantine would never admit it outright, but the fact that you're slightly better at magic drives him insane. He hides it behind constant sarcasm, throwing comments like, âYeah, yeah, show-off, letâs see if you can also make a pint appear in my hand.â (You do. Just to shut him up.)
Reluctantly Impressed â He watches you cast a spell heâd struggle with and just lights a cigarette, muttering, âBloody hell...â before pretending he knew how to do that all along.
Competitive as Hell â He keeps trying to outdo you, even in the most ridiculous ways. If you exorcise a demon in five minutes, he tries to do it in four. If you fix a broken ward, heâs suddenly acting like it was faulty in the first place just so he can redo it.
Protective in His Own Way â He wonât admit it, but he worries about you getting tangled in the same kind of magical disasters he does. He warns you about messing with certain forces, even though youâre arguably more capable than him. If something actually does hurt you? Hell hath no fury like a pissed-off Constantine.
Drunken Magic Debates â After a few drinks, you two get into long-winded arguments about magic theory. âThatâs not how that bloody rune worksââ âOh? Then why did it just work when I used it?â He groans and orders another drink.
Demon Magnet Duo â Demons and other supernatural beings hate you both but also find you very interesting. Sometimes they even try to pit you against each other, which is hilarious because you just team up and make their existence miserable.
The One Who Fixes His Screw-Ups â He wonât say it, but having you around is incredibly useful because, occasionally, even he digs himself into magical trouble he canât get out of. You casually fix things, pat him on the shoulder, and say, âYouâre lucky I like you.â
Constantine Being a Mess, You Being Over It â He shows up at your door, bloody and half-cursed, expecting a place to crash. You sigh, let him in, and then spend the next hour undoing whatever hex he pissed off this time.
The One Who Can Actually Call Him Out â Constantine gets away with a lot of things because heâs so good at talking his way out. But not with you. You see right through his crap, and the first time you call him out, he just stands there blinking like, ââŠShit.â
Unspoken Mutual Trust â He never really trusts people, but you? Youâre different. He wonât say it, but he knows if things go really bad, youâll be the one standing by him, fixing things togetherâeven if it means pulling his reckless ass out of the fire again.
(I'm ashamed to say I am actually a fake fan, I drew this because I knew it would make my friends (the actual Constantine fans) smile)
For @ratblazerâs DTIYS that I was kindly sent the link to, love her artstyle, much charming skrunkly, the original is under the cut for reference.
They call me the doodle master (I havenât made a serious piece of art in months)
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Bart looks so cute, damn ! I love those drawings T-T
Reading Justice League unlimited :
can we talk about the way they drew John Constantine ? Like, yeah, I know he's one of my DC blorbo, BUT STILL ????
Did they really had to draw him so well ?????? Hot damn
ok, and flash ? I know this one isn't Barry, but wow ? Did I ever said I loved the grafics in this ???
Reading Justice League unlimited :
can we talk about the way they drew John Constantine ? Like, yeah, I know he's one of my DC blorbo, BUT STILL ????
Did they really had to draw him so well ?????? Hot damn
Reading Justice League unlimited :
can we talk about the way they drew John Constantine ? Like, yeah, I know he's one of my DC blorbo, BUT STILL ????
Did they really had to draw him so well ?????? Hot damn
idea from Prompt for @silverblueglitter
part 2 and 3 are out Masterpost
The summoning circle glowed an eerie green, casting sharp shadows around the Justice League's meeting chamber. John Constantine, sleeves rolled up and cigarette dangling from his lips, muttered the last words of the incantation. The room held a tense silence, broken only by the faint hum of the magical energy.
When the green smoke cleared, instead of the imposing figure of the Ghost King theyâd expected, a scrawny teenager in a black jumpsuit with white gloves and boots appeared, looking distinctly unimpressed.
âSeriously?!â Danny Phantom groaned, throwing up his hands. âItâs a school night!â
The room collectively blinked. Superman and Wonder Woman exchanged confused glances. Batmanâs eyes narrowed behind his cowl, while the Batkidsâperched around the room like chaotic gargoylesâleaned forward, intrigued.
âThis⊠is the Ghost King?â Nightwing asked, his voice skeptical but amused.
âGhost King?â Danny repeated, holding up a hand. âNope. Wrong guy. Try again.â
âClearly, this is a child,â Robin said flatly, stepping forward with his arms crossed. âEither the summoning ritual failed, or weâve been deceived.â
âWho are you calling a child, mini-Nightmare?â Danny shot back, floating an inch off the ground to look taller. âIâm fifteen. How old are you, eight?â
âI am fourteen, you insufferable spirit,â Robin snapped, glaring daggers at him. âAnd you are woefully unqualified to speak to me in such a tone.â
Danny rolled his eyes. âYeah, okay, Robin Junior. Let me know when you grow a sense of humor.â
Red Hood, perched casually on a table nearby, barked out a laugh. âI like this kid already.â
Robin scowled. âYou would.â
Red Hood swung his legs off the table, standing to his full height. âAlright, Casper, if youâre not the Ghost King, whyâd this ritual grab you instead?â
âThatâs a great question! Wish I knew!â Danny said, throwing up his hands.
Constantine frowned, stepping closer. âYouâre definitely ghostly, mate, and half-alive by the looks of you.â His sharp gaze softened just slightly. âYouâre a bloody halfa.â
Danny froze, eyes darting to the swirling green barrier still holding him in the circle (not really). âIâm a ghost. And yeah, Iâm alive. Whatâs it to you?â
Batman loomed closer, his deep voice cutting through the room. âIf youâre not the Ghost King, why does this summoning work?â
âGreat question! Wish I knew!â Danny threw up his arms again, his ectoplasm glowing faintly in frustration. âI donât even know who you are, and youâve already ruined my night! or Maybe the universe hates me. Thatâd explain a lot!â
âWho even made this circle?â Red Hood asked, pointing at Constantine. âDid you check it? Itâs glowing green. Thatâs ghost vibes, man.â
âThanks for the observation, Red Hood,â Constantine said dryly. âWhat gave it away, the ectoplasm or the ghost?â
âYou are in no position to demand answers,â Batman growled.
âOh my god, youâre worse than my parents,â Danny muttered.
Before Batman could respond, the air grew colder. A heavy, oppressive presence filled the room as green flames erupted in the middle of the chamber. From the flames stepped Pariah Dark, fully armored and radiating raw power, his glowing eyes zeroing in on Danny.
The League tensed, weapons at the ready, but Pariah didnât even look at them. Instead, his expression softened in a way that could only be described as paternal as he reached out and plucked Danny out of the circle like a child grabbing a stuffed animal.
âWho dares summon my child?â Pariah rumbled, his deep voice shaking the room. He cradled Danny in one massive hand as though he were the most precious treasure in existence. Danny, for his part, just sighed and leaned against one of Pariahâs fingers.
âDad, chill. Theyâre not trying to hurt meââ Danny shot a glare at Batman, ââyet.â
ââDadâ?â Robin echoed, utterly baffled.
âThey stressed him out,â Pariah continued as if Danny hadnât spoken. âThis is the third time in two weeks. Do you know how much sleep heâs lost? He has school!â
Pariahâs gaze darkened. âThe third summoning this week,â he growled. âAnd for what? To disrupt his rest? His studies?â
âStudies?â Robin repeated incredulously. âThis alleged âGhost Princeâ is concerned withââ
âSchool,â Red Hood supplied helpfully, smirking. âThat tracks. Heâs just a kid.â
âIâM NOT JUST A KID!â Danny protested, his voice cracking slightly. Jason snorted.
Before anyone else could respond, Fright Knight materialized beside Pariah, his armor gleaming and his sword crackling with ghostly energy. He took one look at the summoning circle and grimaced.
âShall I eliminate the offenders, my liege?â he asked Pariah, his grip tightening on his sword.
âNo!â Danny yelped, waving his hands frantically. âNo eliminating, no smiting! We talked about this, remember?â
Pariah sighed, his massive shoulders slumping. âThey stressed you out,â he rumbled. âThey should pay.â
âTheyâll be fine,â Danny muttered. âJust⊠let me handle it, okay?â
ââFine,â he says,â Red Hood muttered. âWeâre seconds away from getting blasted into the afterlife.â
Robin's hand drifted toward his sword, his eyes darting between Pariah and Fright Knight. âThis is absurd. We are the Justice League. Surely, we are not so easilyââ
âShut it, kid,â Consttantine interrupted. âUnless you want to test if weâre actually âfine.ââ
Danny groaned. âCan we not do this right now?â
Wonder Woman stepped forward, her voice calm but firm. âWe summoned you because we need the Ghost Kingâs aid to stop a catastrophic magical event threatening the world.â
âThen why not summon him?â Danny snapped. âIâm not the king!â
âYet the ritual brought you,â Batman said, his voice a mix of curiosity and accusation.
Pariahâs gaze darkened. âThe crown does not transfer unless challenged. And none shall dare challenge my son.â
Danny squirmed in his ghost-dadâs grip. âOkay, Dad, they get it. Can you not threaten to destroy the world for five minutes?â
Pariah huffed but gently set Danny down, though he remained close, a looming shadow of protective menace.
Constantine rubbed his temples, muttering something about âbloody teenagersâ and âoverprotective ghost tyrants.â Meanwhile, the Batkids exchanged glances, clearly plotting something.
Danny sighed. âLook, Iâll help you guys with your big, scary magical problem, but can we make it quick? I have a chem test tomorrow.â
Danny: "So, let me get this straight. My dad is a supernatural con artist with a death wish, and my mom's ghost-hunting tech is probably illegal in three dimensions?"
Constantine: "Oi, kid, it's not a death wish. It's called living dangerously. Plus, you got my charm."
Danny: "Yeah, sure. Charm totally stops ghosts from trying to eat me every Tuesday!"
Constantine: "You're doing fine, lad. Half-ghost, half-magician-what could go wrong?"
Danny: "When you're the half-ghost son of the world's most irresponsible magicianâŠ"
Lay Me to Rest- DCxDP Prompt
Warning: Blood and gore
There has been a series of murders across the country. Each death was varied and self-inflicted. At first, they all seemed like suicide but each had a strange range of symptoms before death.
Sudden paranoia, incoherent mumbling, screaming or yelling, going in and out of their homes sporadically, random fixations, and finally self-harm.
The victims were teachers, parents, businessmen, truckers, and even a crime novelist. All unrelated and in different states.
Each victim didn't seem to have a connection until an investigation discovered that each one had been an active serial killer. The body counts ranged from as little as 5 to as much as 23. The killer was named the Serial Serial Killer which wasn't creative but it was catchy. Some called them the Angel of Vengeance but most thought it was cringy and overdramatic. Many people didn't want them to be caught but others hotly debated letting a killer dispense justice when their crusade could easily turn into them killing people for innocuous things.
The police were still questioning whether this killer even existed. One thing was clear, there was a trail and it led straight to Gotham. A goldmine for them. Naturally, Batman had gotten a hold on the case and began an investigation.
The biggest question was how the killer found their victims and how they knew that they were killers.
The answer was obvious. They didn't need to figure it out. They just needed to wait. Why just in the effort to investigate when a serial killer tries to convince you to leave with them? So bars are the obvious place. But that's shaky at best since there is a period of torment that takes place that allows the victims to return home. The killer doesn't care if the victims could call the police, perhaps because they know their victim won't.
Bruce started to build a profile. He saw a pattern here. Each of the victims had a preference for their victims as well. They targeted young people, mainly boys. Odds are the Serial Serial Killer matched that description or age range. So bars weren't the hunting ground. So parks were more likely to go unnoticed and boys tended to hang out there longer after dark.
The killer was more than likely a victim himself so he may have a few scars but probably not noticeable enough that his would-be assailants would be turned off. There is no ignoring the predatory nature of the victims. Each killed children for gratification in some form. It's not that the boy is attractive but he probably has traits that the victims found attractive in children. So babyfaced, short, native, and polite.
There was much else Bruce could get. There was nothing concrete and he still didn't understand the method that was used. So far this was guesswork.
It wasn't until a few weeks later while he tracking another killer that he found his answer.
Dr.Kinder a Biologist by day and a killer who experiments on his victims at night had picked up a promising new lab rat a week ago. He had intended to slowly dissect the boy. He had gotten so used to the screams he stopped using anesthetics besides he wanted to see how the fear response caused the organs to shift.
To his surprise the boy didn't fight, in fact he seemed to jump to the table and say he didn't need restraints. Disturbing. But he was restrained anyways.
As the doctor cut him open the boy didn't react, only humming to himself as he watched the doctor.
"What are you hoping to find?" He asked. "I'm getting bored and this bearly hurts."
The boy annoyingly never stopped talking and never missed a chance to ruin the moment. There were never any screams or cries but incessant talking.
Dr.Kinder found the boy disturbing so he simply took an axe and chopped the boy into pieces. Not once did he make a sound. The doctor thought it was over but the next day the boy was back. He sat on the autopsy table kicking his feet in nothing but his bare skin.
"What the hell are you?" The doctor gasped in horror.
"I'm bored. Play with me again." The boy purred.
Bile crawled up his throat as the doctor restained this...thing again.
This time the boy spoke differently.
"You cut me up last time. Did you do that to the last boy. After you...you know." A sick grin spread across his cheeks.
The doctor cut open his neck this time and let him bleed out.
Everyday he came back and every day the doctor killed him until the time between his death got shorter and shorter. The days began to blur and he had no idea how long he had been doing this. But that thing kept talkimg to him.
Dr.Kinder stared down at his desk at the papers trying to think of anything but-
"I wonder what people would think about what you've done. You're a disgusting and depraved man doctor. Look at what you've done to me." The sing-song voice of that demon called out.
He could feel those blood-soaked arms wrapped around his neck.
He flinch as he pushed the thing away.
"Oh, are you going to beat me or stab me this time? Ooo, or are you going to put me through the woodchipper again?" The demon asked as the doctor wrapped his hands around his throat.
He just kept squeezing until the boy went limp. It never ends. The blood never goes away. It covered every surface of the room. Dripping, conjugating, and spreading into every corner. Whenever he turned his head he could see body parts spread across the room in the pools of blood he could they the faces of the others that he had killed. Each face wretched in agony.
"You hold on better than the others. I've been eaten, torched, and disemboweled before but after coming back a few times they usually end it after a few words. But every time they don't feel guilt. They just don't want to face consequences." The boy said. "Do you even remember my name? The one I told you when you picked me up on the side of the road or was I just another body to use and discard? I used the name of your first victim. I hoped you'd notice."
The doctor knew he couldn't kill the boy but he could end himself. He had tried it once but just like the kid he came back without a scratch.
"Not yet. This is your life now. Come on, let's taste death together. Again and again and again and again and-" he repeated over and over.
This was hell. This was his hell.
But it came to an end eventually. Dr.Kinder put an end to himself in a gruesome display.
Batman had only caught the tail end as he faced a young boy standing an a pool of blood.
****
"Yeah, that thing is like a worse version of a revenant. Doesn't really have a name yet to describe it. It's undead for sure. You kill it and it just comes back." Constantine said "Why did you bring it here?"
After a long bath and some new clothes, the kid looked normal as played on a phone given to him.
"Look, I didn't know what else to do." Bruce explained.
"You leave it alone!" Constantine said exasperated "Look they are harmless to anything they don't bear a grudge towards. Think of it as a force of nature." Constantine said.
"I just want to know how to stop him." Bruce said.
"Well you can't kill it but you can't bring him back entirely. You can just soothe it 'till it stops targeting its victims. It must have died pretty gruesomely to go to these lengths. You need to find where it died and lay it to rest. Properly." Constantine sighed knowing that appeasing this soul would be more than just difficult.
"Danny, come on. Let's go." Bruced said putting a hand on the boy's head as Danny stood up to leave.
"Okay. Bye!" Danny waved to Constantine.
John Constantine has done a lot in his life. Some good, some bad but most have been dangerous.
He sold his soul to as many powerful beings as he could so that they could fight each other over it and keep him in a safe-ish stalemate. It was a risk, one where he had to sweet talk, maneuver, and sometimes seduce his way through, but he's always come on top.
Waking to his wards broken as easily as someone walking through a still river meant he had finally met his match. John woke to the Time looming over him in its adult form.
Clockwork, the physical concept of Time, smashed into a body and consciousness. It's so rare to see the god outside his tower; to even be in his presence was such a high honor that families would keep proof of the encounter for generations to brag about.
"Hello, Johnny," Clockwork said in his specialized adult form. The nickname curved with fondness. This form is an even rarer sight to behold. Clockwork looked about to be in his late twenties, dressed in a Victorian-era suit with dark black hair, he would look human were it not for his pure red eyes and time staff.
He looks gorgeous.
John smiled nervously. "Clockwork. What do I owe the pleasure?"
The ghost hums. "I have come to make a deal with you."
See, that's not something John would like to hear from the second-strongest being in the multiverse. He was second to the Ghost King. Some would even argue that Clockwork was stronger were it not for his desire to remain neutral in conflicts for the sake of different timelines.
"What kind of deal?" John asks with a lustful grin, running his eyes up and down Clockworks form. It looks like he may have to seduce his way out of this again and hopefully could convince the god of Time that he was a great time in bed instead of dead once more
The Master of Time appears amused but unwilling to climb under the sheets with him. Bollocks, if he wasn't back for another month of pleasure then the deal would likely be unpleasant.
Even if Clockwork could be considered a past fling, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't ask for something harmful. John had less powerful exes who would gladly have him killed just as likely as they would key his car.
To make thinga worst, Clockwork reached into his gentleman jacket to pull out a small jar. John's heart leaped in horror at what was inside.
"I have collected every piece of your soul through challenges, purchases, or even offerings. I own you entirely, John Constantine," Clockwork said, his warm tan skin rippling into blue as the Ghost turned the jar this way and that. "I wish to return it to you, with my added protection, should the old contracts which you swindled will not seek out revenge in exchange, you must take responsibility."
John can barely breath "Responsibility of what?"
Clockwork gestures behind him, and out of the shadows step a human boy. A human boy that looks precisely like human-Clockwork as a teenager but with John's eyes and the shape of John's nose.
No.
He knows that despite how similar they look, Humans and the citizens of the Infinite Realms aren't biologically the same. He just didn't think that meant this.
That he could be so careless it resulted in this.
Clockwork waves a hand between them. "Jonny meet your son, Danny."
John choked as Danny awkwardly waved at him. He even stuffs his hands into his pockets the same way John would stuff his hands into his trench coat.
This can't be happening.
"Our son is half human, and it's unhealthy for humans to remain in the Infinite Releams for long periods. I now require you to raise him on Earth until his core is ready. The day our son is of age, you will have your soul back with my Infinite protection. Danny will take the throne of the Infinite Realms upon his marriage so do help him find a good suitor."
Clockwork considers the rapidly paling human with large amounts of glee. "I trust this would be acceptable? I must warn you, I have raised him outside of time, so he is a bit behind with modern technologies and references. He also has a ghost form he must use for his health. Oh, and, Danny has a peanut allergy, so keep that in mind for his meals. If anything were to happen to Danny while he lives with you, I would erase this entire place and not through time manipulation. I will simply kill everything. Keep you alive so I can kill every version of those you love across the multiverse in front of you. Try not to slip away from your child support to prevent that, yes?"
John faints.
Danny Fenton had to be removed from his dimension to erase Dan from existence. His future self had nearly escaped the Clock tower they couldn't risk a second time. Clockwork had told him removing him from his dimension, his timeline, would never allow Dan to exist. It broke his heart but to save the many lives that Dan took Danny had agree.
His friends and family were devastated even if Clockwork told them Danny would be allowed visits. Just nothing longer than a week and six months between visits. He had moved into Clockwork's haunt, becoming an assistant to the master of time. He helped weave timeliness, and suggested possible choices for various creatures of various situations across the multiverse.
Danny helped Clockwork control fate, if that wasn't ridiculous. He even tried his ghost powers, to the point he felt he could truelt match his mentor in a fight.
He spent two years like this- or two years in his home dimension. Time didn't move in Clockwork's tower so despite the amount of time he lived there Danny didn't look a day over fourteen still. It irked him like nothing else to see Tucker and Sam as sixteen year Olds while he still looked like he was a freshman.
(It also hurt to see them move on without him.)
However, due to his halfa status, his human side was starting to fall apart. He needed sun, food, sleep, and other humans. He would go mad otherwise, and none of this would matter if it resulted in Dan.
Clockwork couldn't put him back home. He couldn't even put Danny in an alternate timeline, for he could not be close to people he knew.
He had to go to one that had no various of anyone Danny knew. Thankfully the Infinite Releams is connected to plenty of places that fit the bill. All Clockwork had to do was twist a few small events, and boom, Danny Fenton would have a perfectly legal background with everything he need for survive.
If only his mentor wasn't such a michivious prankster.
" You want me to pretend to be your love child with some random magic guy?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Trust me Danny, it's going to be hilarious."
(Part 2)
The entire Justice League have been on edge lately watching as a giant creature the size of planet dart around the Milky Way galaxy in an almost panicked state. Despite it's very appearent size it hasn't done anything harmful, passing through planets and stars with intangibility.
Constantine on the other hand was freaking the fuck out. There was a giant realms being with a crazy amount of power searching for something and it felt like the universe itself was holding its breath. He was honestly at his witts end when he felt it.
"YOU! What do you have?" He stopped his pacing to look at Batman's traffic light child.
"That's none of your concern." Robin snapped back.
"Robin." Batman's voice cut through their little conversation. By now every JL memeber was watching them.
"It's nothingâ"
"Oh yes it is, now let me see it."
As if on que a tiny glowing humanoid creature popped into view ontop of Robin's head cooing and making warbled noises.
Constantine paled.
Robin took the being from his head and held it in his arms, pulling out a batarang and giving it to the thing which then began to bite it.
"Robin." Batman started, voice firm but sounding tired.
"This one found me first." He countered.
"It doesn't matter how you found it, we need toâ" Constantine's words were cut off as the large creature released a noise that sounded almost like a whale but something like warbled speech mixed into it. What happened next sent his heartbeat into a marathon and his stomach to a deep trench.
Robin's little creature stopped chewing on its toy and responded with a cry of its own.
Welp! They were fucked now.
The large creature's head snapped to their direction, eyes directly on the watchtower as if it could perfectly see them from such a distance and sped towards their location.
Labor 4 and 5 - King Shark x Constantine
And we have the first baby! Well done Constantine! Now we know what one of the twins is like, how will he go with the other?
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Poor King Shark, Constantine is taking all his pain out of the ... well, at least it's for the greater good.
Page 3 of my King Shark x Constantine comic - mpreg
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Hi my loves! finally we have new pages, soon the babies will be born! so I must go thinking about what new comic I will draw.
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I was reviewing old unfinished sketches and stumbled upon this, I got nostalgic and decided to finish the idea, to see if I can finish the Constantine comic.
Helpline part 2 âWhy the hell is a child here?â Hall yelled! Constantine rolled his eyes, âAge is relative ⊠tho even by demon standards I assume youâre rather young eh Sheila ?â
The demon pouted, âMy name isnât Sheila, I told you call me Konstelacio!â
âRight my apologies.â
Damian sneered,âIdiot.â Only to have Dick elbow him,âDonât.â
âNow then! What do you need?â The girl crossed her arms and slowly paced by the edge of the circle.
âWait wait hold up! What is the Infinite Realms?â
Demon girl kept on examining the circle, âExactly what it sounds like.â
âWhat are you?â
âRudeâ
âHow old are you?â
âDependsâ
âI thought this spell was supposed to be random?â
Dick groaned, âWally-â Zatanna put her hand up, âHold on that actually is an important question. Why did you show up?â
The demons face contorted. âUh because itâs my job?â Her hands coming up to her chest.
âHow do you get a job like this Konstelacio ? This doesnât exactly seem like a safe job for a kid?â Superman pondered.
She shrugged, âEh, community service.â
The heroes gapped. Halâs ring shone, âAnd what exactly does a demon have to do to be sentenced with community service?â
âNone of your business!!!â The girl grew flustered shoulders tensing.
âWas it a violent crime?â Batman questioned
âThatâs it Iâm leaving!â She stepped closer to the middle of the circle âYou humans are so rude!!!â
âWait wait,â Constantine pleaded âI apologize on behalf of my colleagues. They have simply never met anyone asâŠâ weird, different, odd âmagnificent as you o great one!â
She hummed, âOh no! The Great One is my uncle!!!â
Uncle? What did that even mean?!?! John was gonna have a heart attack at this rate.
âYes well please donât leave we truly do need your assistance!â
Batman cleared his throat, âWe were trying to reach someone to help us with several world ending threats that have appeared.â
âYes, you said that you were uh a helpline? Could you connect us with someone else?â Superman spoke in a kind tone.
âWell duhâ the girl relaxed, âYou need to actually talk about the issue tho and what exactly it is youâre looking for these things can be tricky.â
âTell me about it. âŠ.owâ
Batman continued, â There seems to be some sort of disease spreading everywhere as well as a monster running rampant.â
âIf itâs a magical monster why not have your magic users take care of it?â
âCaptain Marvel and Dr Fate are both currently of world. We also think the disease may also be magic in nature.â Superman butted in.
The demons eyes lit up at the mention of the Captain only to turn to stone right after. Interesting thought Damian this might be useful information.
â Alright then Iâll need as much info on these issues as I can! Tho I already do have a few ideas on who to contact about it!â
âThis is the monster,â Aquaman pulled up photos of a blue glowing dragon in a gold amulet on screen. âIt first appeared in Atlantis wreaking havoc in it wake as it took over the mainland along the coast of California. Our magicians were in able to harm it at all! One second it was there the next gone.â
âUuughgghhhh Aragon!â
Necks almost broke looking back at her.
âOh great you two know each other,â Constantineâs voice began to rise in pitch, âlovely.â
âWhat is he? My magic barely did anything to him too!â Zatanna asked
âYeah,â Wally backed her up, âWe couldnât do anything against that thing!â
âHeâs not a thing! He is a ghost his name is Arragon!â
Flash paled, âA ghost?? That thing couldnât be a ghost !â
âThatâs it Iâm leaving! You are being rude again!â
John ran towards the circle, âWait wait hold on now..â
âYou are all being so rude! We are people! We have sentience Aragon is a person!â Red hot anger flushed her cheeks as her eyes wavered.
Flash went up to the circle, âYouâre right youâre right itâs my fault entirely Iâm sorry! Konstelacio!â Barry felt awful the young girl reminded him of Wally before the adoption. Sad and joking. Sad and demanding to be seen for what they are.
âYeah whatever,â she looked away, âwhat about the illness ?â
âIt started around the same time as the mons- as Aragon arrived. The illness seems to be random causing deterioration of the skin and violent outbursts,â Batman threw the file over the ring of the circle, âHereâs more info.â
âHhhmm Iâm going to be honest I donât understand half of this stuff. You said it might be magic based?â
WonderWoman nodded, â Yes I use to hear tales of something similar back on Themyscira. Supposedly it is one of the illnesses Pandora released from her box.â
âWell why didnât you start with that ? Iâm sure NanaDora will be happy to help!â
See the tags say he assumed he was a revenant but I propose this
Because he used magic like that while singing, they think heâs a type of banshee or siren
This is only later more likely when ember pops up and uses her own music
Dp x Dc wherein learning magic is similar to learning how to play music.Â
So basically, the creation of a summoning spell is like a full composition/song made of smaller components or ânotesâ for things like gravity shifting, and geolocation, and transportation etc. which is why Magic can be taught and spells can be man-made.Â
Danny, however, is the equivalent of having Perfect Pitch. He can compose entire songs of spells without really thinking about it due to his royal titles (ambassador/king/high prince) but doesnât really know how to be specific which lands him in some trouble with Clockwork. His portals are coming along a lot better with the help of Wulf but its critical that Danny learns how to control the range of his magic *something something, for the timestream something* *blah blah according to the will of the ancients blah blah*.Â
So put on the course to learn Magic, Danny decides to hunt down the House of Mystery and study up by himself. Heâs doing community college online, what could a little bit of Magic self study really do to his schedule? This place has literally every magic resource he could need!Â
Turns out he has a roommate in the House of Mystery- John Constantine does not take well to the fact that half of the spells Danny is creating are causing him issues with the JL. Random shit appearing, random shit disappearing, portals everywhere and donât get him started on the fucking ICE present on every bloody thing the magic reaches. Not to mention there is no reason a normal human kid should be able to have this much power behind his spells.Â
John attempts to teach Danny the basics like a little kid gets stickers placed on the keys of a piano. The problem is Danny has the ability to compose entire scores of Magic all on his own, and absolutely abhors the training wheels John is putting on him.Â
Danny: Youâre patronizing me!Â
John: You deserve to be patronized.Â
Just like, Danny learning Magic in various ways that you might teach kids to play musical instruments from the various Magic users in the JLD. Causing chaos along the way, found family, the whole nine. Stickers on the instruments for notes, taking away guitar strings that are âmore advancedâ and replaying Twinkle, Twinkle little star over and over again.Â
Danny can play the Magic equivalent of Tchaikovskyâs Swan Lake but cannot play Chopsticks.Â
Yeah, from what I know, Constantine is like, 70 or 80, but ages really well because of the demon blood. Iâm currently just picturing Batman just squinting at him suspiciously after that statement. đ
I made another post about Danny and about how the justice league believes that something exists in the ghost zone then that makes it exist, but I had an idea since then.
So as a joke, John and Danny claim to be related. (Jazz, Dan, and Dani get in on it too.)
Batman: ...you have a family.
John: what? You think you're the only one with kids?
Batman: that *points at Dan* is a grown ass man.
Dan: hey dad, Jazz wants to know if you'll pick up some milk from the store, she says we're out.
John: sure, she want anything else?
Dan: nah but Dani wants you to grab some pizza while you're there.
Batman:....
And at some point, they start coming to him with their problems.
Dan needs a place to stay? Johns couch is free.
Danny needs help with schoolwork? John might not know what the answer is, but he'll try and help.
Jazz needs someone to rant to? She'll call John.
Dani needs help dismantling a cult? John will be right there in an hour.
They don't acknowledge it outloud, but if they have a problem John is the first person they think of to call for help.
The ghost zone and it's inhabitants also accept John as the ghost kids parent, like if they say it's true then it must be true.
Then they start changing just a bit.
Their hair gets lighter (closer to blonde) their eyes change by a couple shades, and unknown to them, their DNA changes.
And they don't really notice it...
Until they start developing magic.
And Jazz nearly kills someone with that magic when her breakfast attacks her.
I like this thread from the post. I would like to raise you, 1 John Constantine who was freaking out, not because of the way Danny was acting, but because he saw that Danny looked like a teen. He was worried how the other heroes would react, but his panic made them panic. Constantine 100% knows that Danny thinks theyâre just cute little children, but itâs too late to calm the rest of the League down now. đ
you know what's funny? all the Justice Leage|DC x Danny Phantom crossover fics, that start with or otherwise include the premise of the Justice League (often led by Justice League Dark, and John Constantine in particular) summoning the new Ghost King to ascertain his threat status.
like. there's something very human about that. believing that, because you have named yourselves the defenders of your world, that you have any authority to demand answers of interdimensional royalty -- of anyone, really. the Green Lanterns, sure, they're quite literally a universal force and are such recognized. but only thru the lands that agree to that or are included in a sector that is under any Lantern Corps jurisdiction.
the Infinite Realms are under no one's jurisdiction but their own, so the thought of the justice league demanding answers from them is akin to a random child coming up to you in the airport and demanding you give them something. like, I'll entertain this conversation cause you're adorable but also, you have no power here, child. where is your adult?
and, from what I've seen, no one can get Constantine to do what he doesn't want or need to do. not even Batman, who is just a man.
so he'd love to be holed up in the House of Mysteries, leaving the capes to mess around and find out. but then that would make it his responsibility, so he's there to oversee the summoning and step in if neeeded, but personally has no desire to add another curse to his coat.
anywho, I'm just imagining the Justice League summoning Ghost King Danny and demanding answers and, like any teenager who knows he'll have no repercussions for doing so, he tells them to fuck off (imagine, if you will, the same joy you feel when your parents say that you're allowed to go against the rules in school because the rules are arbitrary and self-serving at best and harmful at worst, and you won't get in trouble for it even if you get detention/suspended at school)
and they're all aghast cause, what? who do you think you're talking to? and Danny's all, no, who do you think you're talking to? I am the King of the Infinite Realms, Protector of Amity Park, Keeper of the Stars, *insert all his other random titles a la Thor and Loki stalling*, and you do not make demands of me, mortal. then he just dips, cause really? a tiny lil containment circle? ha!
Yâall since bets can be made legally binding through contract too, what if Danny deals in wagers. This dude basically died on a dare. Iâm picturing eternally 14 Phantom refusing to take deals because of the upkeep. Like you made a deal and own me a favor/your soul/your first born, now that is a pending investment to be monitored until assets can be collected. Danny says ainât nobody got time for that and instead he deals in these wagers. They range to a multitude of things. If you can guess my living name(3 tries rumplestilskin style), beat me in a duel, catch my child in an earth hour, etc Iâll grant your favor. Since the summoner technically always chooses the place, Danny always chooses the activity(of course he always chooses things heâs confident about winning unless he wants to lose). And the punishment/Dannyâs prize for them losing the wager is just whatever random thing he thinks of at the time. One time he takes a jacket off a dude. With cultist he normally has them turn themselves in.
Anyways the entire point of this is that Constantineâs whole schtick is making loopholes in deals or making conflicting contracts but he canât do that so much with Dannyâs straightforward no nonsense approach to his wagers. Just John Constantine being totally unable to deal with Phantom and taking it personally and either becoming obsessed with being able get something out of him or refusing to have anything to do with him when the JL ask him to summon him for whatever reason.
Danny's halfa status gets discovered by his parents and they go full trigger-happy on him. He barely manages to escape, but he is severly wounded still. He's sixteen.
Dani (or Elle or however you wanna call her) finds him by chance (oh nononono Clockwork had nothing to do with this, wink wink) and yoinks him up to bring him somewhere safe. She's a little distracted, so she doesn't notice when she runs -or, well, flies- into a house. Literally. (nop definitely not Clocky's fault)
John Constantine nearly has a heart attack when two fucking ectoplasmic ghosts, the most solid, most radioactive, strongest, most destructive fucking ghosts crash through his window and land right in front of him. For some reason, the House of Mistery hasn't even cursed them despite being uninvited. He's like "welp, guess I'll die, but I ain't going down without a fight" until Dani starts crying and begging for him to help her brother. Then he's panicking because holy fuck these are kids, there's a bleeding dead child in his house.
Then Dani de-transforms and Danny's trandformation breaks as he falls unconcious and holy fuck now there's two very alive kids who used to be dead like, a minute ago and fucking shit that's a lot of blood.
So Constantine patches Danny up and Dani tells them they've got nowhere to go. She's a clone with noo family except for Danny and, well, his parents are the ones that almost make him go from half-dead to fully dead. On a whim, John decides fuck it and lets them stay at his house however long they need to. The House of Mistery is really fucking big after all nd it's already full of monsters and shit, what's two more ghosts to haunt it?
So they spend time together. Shennanigans ensue and a pranking war or two happen at some point. Those fuckers cause him so much trouble he's sure if he hadn't tricked his way into inmortaality he would be getting gray hairs.
Then, at some point, the ghost siblings do something that's incredibly fucking stupid like open up a book of spells constantine hadn't taught them yet and going ballistic through the house, chasing monsters and playing with literal fire. He fixes whatever nonsense situation they'd gotten themselves in (since when was he the one to fix other people's problems?) and scolds them for being dumb and irresponsible when he hits that oh in italics moment and realizes oh shit, I'm a father now.
He scoops them both up in an embrace and tells them thay could have gotten hurt and they both go oh shit, we have a father now.
Basically their dinamic doesn't change, except Dani and Danny call him dad sometimes. They talk about life and death and dying when he finds out they don't have a grave, not even a cenotaph!
The Phantom duo hadn't really thought it was that important. Sure, they were half-dead, but not all the way, why would they need a grave? They didn't even have a body to bury!
But their dad, with his magic, makes them each a gravestone anyway. He puts their names in it, on Danny's he puts his date of birth and death when he was 14, and on Dani's he puts the day she was created and the day she fell through his window.
"Why that day?" she asks. "I was already dead then."
"You were born dead. The dates on a grave are to mark a person's journey and tell their tale. I put the day yoour journey started, and the day it enden, when you came here to rest."
And that was that. He put their graves on the house's prettiest spot on the garden. He placed flowers and lit up candles on them. He put protections on them so nothing would be able to harm them.
Danny and Dani felt lighter, as if a weight they didn't know they carried suddently lifted. Their bodies filled with warmth and love everytime their dad left flowers on their cenotaphs or they left them for each other. They were thankfull for them now.
Meanwhile, the JL and the JL Dark were both getting worried. Sure, Constantine was always sectretive and distant, but this was already excessive. He barely picked any calls, and when he did he barely talked and sounded incredibly tired (Dani and Danny's fault). When they had a meeting, he looked like death warmed over. Tired, disheveled and depressed (damn he missed the little shits, he couldn't wait until the meeting was over to get back home) and he always got a longing look every time he saw one of them with their protegés (he really misses his kids, damn he's got it bad for them). This has been going on for a few months and he's only getting worse.
So they ask to go visit him. Y'know, to go check on him. Just to see if he was okay. Constantine's annoyed but his kids convince him to let his friends visit him. They don't want to be seen by them (they're kinda scared of strangers) but they think their dad should hang out with his co-workers. It's not healthy to be cooped up in the house, even they get visits from Sam and Tucker!
So the JLD came to the House of Mistery. They were just catching up a bit when some magic fuckery happens and somehow they end up on the gardens outside the house (which is really just some grass and wildflowers John calls a garden). Constantine tells them to stay there untill he comes back from fixing whatever the fuck that was.
Of course, they don't stand still. They go fuck arround the "garden" while they wait for him to get back, and they come across two tombstones. Their blood runs cold when they read the names.
Daniel and Danielle Constantine.
Daniel had been dead for two years, but he was only fourteen. Danielle had been born a month or two after Daniel had, so whoever their mother was had been already pregnant when Daniel died. The girl, just two years old, had died very recently. She died just when Constantine had started to act strange.
Their friend was grieving his kids. Fuck, they didn't even know John was a father! Where was the mother? Was he married? Why didn't he tell them? Was the mother dead? Why wasn't she burried there, then? Had she left? Was their friend grieving alone?
They got back to where their companion told them to wait in. Now they understood why he didn't want them snooping arround. They decided to help their friend however they could.
Misunderstandings happen.
I? Just remembered that Constantine's "Laughing Magician"(?) title is... f*ckin HEREDITARY?
Like?? As in The Constantine Meances have been out here, harrasing divinity and demons alike for GENERATIONS on behalf of a Good Time, the Lols, and probably Humanity if they can be arsed and you make a good case.
W... What chance would there even BE of at least like? HALF those f*ckers(conflicted but affectionate) NOT becoming Realms Ghosts? With the sh*t they're exposed too? With THEIR luck??
You think DEATH can trick them? Take them away for good? Take away the local Rat B@stard, Tricks Gods Just To See If He Can, Fate Is My Second Mistress and I Cuckold Glory On Your Mother's Bed, Constantine?
They run down main street, *ss in the breeze, wearing someone else's shirt and two shoes that don't match, not a stitch else, like run away lovers. Let Death TRY and catch them. Sorry, Luv, it's not them, it's definitely you.
No joke, I bet they set up a whole *ss TOWN of Constantine.
Where the odds are in THEIR favor, gods fear to tread, and reality straight out stops working right. Like Diagonal Ally for B*stards, extended to a whole floating island. Everyone's related. It's Chaos. They can barely stand each other. Would sell each other for a toothpick.
Mess with ANY off them... and you can kiss your afterlife good bye.
They have NO neighbors because both no ones dumb enough to get NEAR them AND no one can stand to be around that many Constantines at once. The physical Manifestation of Fate wants to take the whole LOT of the handsy F*CKS to court for child support and a restraining order.
Somehow... they keep getting Earth Booze.
They SHOULDN'T have access. It's been anywhere from decade to centuries since they died. Millennium for a few. Howms't The F*CK, do they keep getting cheap gin and vodka? Bourbon and beer? Even the odd fruity cocktail for funnies.
Please... PLEASE! Tell the Zone at large, that their innate birthright powers STOPPED at Death. They... they are just REALLY good at smuggling right? Excellent con men?
Tell us they can't f*ckin PREDICT AND INFLUENCE Natural Portals!!!
*smug sipping noises from a large room full of Dead @ssholes*
Okay... They Won't Tell You~ đșđșđșđșđș *siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip*
Now! I hear you ask? Why are John's Terrible, Terrible, God Awful Ghostly Relatives relevant? Absurdly powerful as they are... they seem to take the afterlife as an extended "Ha! GET F*CKED, DEMONS WHO WANTED MY SOUL!" Vacation/Family get together.
Minded their business and expected everyone to mind THEIRS, or ELSE.
Didn't give two solitary SH*TS that Pariah woke from his little nappy-poo to cause a tantrum. After all, in their family? When DOESN'T some "great and terrible Power That Be" get itself in a snit? Meh... it's baby Johnny's turn to clean sh*t up. Best of luck to 'im~I'm!
But THEN!
They must've been drinking... making out with their equally terrible and bamf trainwreck significant others... sitting around playing "who can cheat best at cards"... when? Huh.
Never seen the Fate and The Odds... STRANGLE like that.
Billions of billions of What-Ifs, Maybes, Could-bes, and more... suddenly YANKED towards a single spot. The allowance of Only One Outcome. Almost like what they can do, but... not, WRONG, per say...
Just... impossible.
There's NEVER.. JUST one way this plays out. You can control the big notes. The script. But the details and set dressing will always decide themselves.
NO ONE can just... Decide What Will Happen. And yet?
...............was....... was that Little Johnny? Has to be. Right? Where's his old man? Oi! Was that your Kid??! John's closest relatives are baffled. Nope. They can still feel him laying a beat down on some demon in Norway. So then? Who?
How?
Well mark them CURIOUS(tm).
They decide to actually get up. Put their various drinks and cards down. Put pants on. Somebody's done something... INTERESTING(TM) and they want to know what's up. So? Off they trot.
It's traumatizing from everyone who sees them. The Constantines have breached f*ckin B*stard Containment and are spilling into the Zone. On this! The DAY Pariah Waged A War! THEY JUST GOT RID OF HIM!
And Danny? His everything hurts. The Eyeballs are starting to come out of the woodwork and ARGUE about him like he's not even there. He's DANGEROUS blah blah blah. Give them the crown. Right now! Etc etc.
Somethings telling him not too.
It's... it's HIS isn't it? Has been for centuries and seconds. And... and... everyone one of him is King. There is only one of him. The Zone covers all the multiverse and all of the Hims that were and aren't here and helped and... and...! His head is starting to hurt.
But the more they try to push him to hand it over, the less he feels like unhanding the dang gaudy thing. No. His now. He'll use it as a DOOR stopper if he dang well feels like it! Stop yelling.
Then all these blonde ghosts saunter in... and all he can think is "F*ck. I think they noticed."
Huh?
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