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Through the looking glass
John is well acquainted with desperate gambits. He's a big risk player. All or nothing. Right now, though, he's just hoping this balances out in the end. If so, maybe he'll never be back here again. A man shouldn't have to visit hell too many times in a lifetime. It can't be good for the mental and spiritual health ( Read more... ) -
Down where the dead men go
Outside of the physical, time and distance distort. They stretch and collapse and the grand vastness of all that exists is clear, as is the smallness, chaos and fragility of it all. That's enough for existential thinking, though. Perception may alter, but it's no more the answer to the universe than a handful of mushrooms or a few tabs of LSD will ( Read more... ) -
You must be at least this smug to ride
Once he has enough people to assure he gets the job done with minimal collateral damage and, more importantly, with his own ass in tact, John gets together the material components. It's a minor demon. Shouldn't take much. He imagines he'll be dealing with the twins himself. They wouldn't be stupid enough to go running after a dangled rabbit. He's ( Read more... ) -
Attention: Under New Management ((OOC))
This puppet now has a new maestro at the strings. Little of note should be changing, this is just a notice for your convenience. Have something to say about it? Want to vent some bile or just toss out a few questions? Toss it here.
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Quotes
Issue 3, Going for It by Jamie Delano John: [Thinking] I've never bothered with the cats for this ritual - too hard to catch, and they shriek like fury when you impale them. Anyway, all that messing about with rotten corpses and pain stuff is just to impress the marks - all you really need are the right contacts and a bit of nerve ( Read more... ) -
Alternates
* The character of Jack Carter in Warren Ellis' graphic novel series Planetary is an analogue of John Constantine. Ellis had previously written several issues of Hellblazer, a run which ended when DC Comics refused to publish his story "Shoot" because it dealt with the sensitive subject of high school shootings (such as the Columbine High School ( Read more... )