Tweak says, "Plural of thesis: thesii?"
John Constantine is most easily described as a bastard. By pretty much everyone, himself included. And that’s a pretty fair first assumption — he is, without a doubt, a man who can be greedy and incredibly self-serving. He plays his life out like it’s a long-con and will choose to fuck someone else over time and time again if it serves his own health and best interests. He’s occasionally prickly and he believes firmly in his right to be untrusting upon first meeting and in telling people to fuck right on off if he thinks they deserve it.
He’s also incredibly charismatic. Maybe he was born with it, or maybe it’s maybelline just his magical aura at play (or both) but despite his very obvious flaws, people tend to just like Constantine. He’s got a sense of of humor and a fun, dangerously mysterious spark about him that makes people just want to be around him. He’s aware of it. He likes it. Sometimes, sadly, he uses that to his advantage.
While John would describe himself as a realist (and a cynic — but he’s pretty positive that’s the same thing so long as you’re smart enough to realize it), he’s also a humanist. He genuinely loves people — enough to try and be a champion and hero for them. It’s just a generally unfortunate thing for him that his own luck doesn’t play out as well for others as it does himself and everyone he seems to get close to ends up meeting a fate that they just don’t deserve.
Watching his friends and loved ones die bloody and cursing his name isn’t something that does wonders for his outlook on life, and even if he never outwardly admits it, its worn on him over the years. He’s scarred, and there are marks and stains on his soul that he knows he’ll never, ever be able to wash away. John struggles heavily with his mental health, particularly debilitating depression and he doesn't think that it's something he'll ever fully be able to get under control, not with the life he leads.
John grew up hard, because he had to. With an abusive, alcoholic father who was fully at fault for his mothers' death, he learned early that there was just no sense in being innocent or vulnerable (so much so, that his very first planned act of magic was to lock those things away from himself in a box). That doesn’t mean he isn’t occasionally (possibly stupidly) hopeful. No matter how much he wants to keep himself locked away from his feelings, John genuinely wants to make friends and connections with people, even though he realises it's probably a bad idea for everyone involved.
He’s also a thrill seeker. John lives for, above all else, a sense of danger and excitement. It’s probably the worst thing about him - his absolute greatest downfall. It’s the reason he’s always in a mess and a bind, the reason that all that trouble and death follows him around. He can’t stop himself from doing stupid, dangerous things. He knows, he’s tried. It didn’t end well.
Rules Lawyer Knowing how magic, the supernatural, and all occult things work is pretty much John's superpower. His ability to fight back against those things depends heavily on knowing how they operate and how to find weaknesses and loopholes. By knowing the rules and how to break the rules, John Constantine can find a way to be Crazy Prepared enough to take on God, the Devil and literally anything in between. His major troubles come from going up against things that don't have rules. Usually people.
Casual Kink + Anything that moves John isn't picky, he likes pretty people and he has a very strong preference for them being in charge, and he isn't shy about saying what he wants. John's very nature is one where he (thinks he) has a better time with one-off relationships, and he isn't opposed to paying, either.
Manipulative Bastard and Magnificent Bastard in equal measure. John is smooth, savvy, charismatic, and makes life look easy -- but only because he's studied the hell out of it first to make sure he gets what he wants out of it. While he generally tries for good results for everyone deserving of them in any particular situation, he's also very, very guilty of considering himself the most deserving.
Tragic Hero For all his ability to make his own luck, John still somehow manages to be tragically unlucky. Even when he wins, it doesn't really feel like it. He's always losing something, whether it be a little piece of himself, a friend or a lover. His own hubris makes him doomed to fail.
2. Despite his very punk aesthetic, John has one singular tattoo: the silhouette of a pine tree on his left ass cheek. Thanks, Swamp Thing. He isn't opposed to more tattoos or even piercings, he's just... never gotten around to it, weirdly.
3. John hates driving and will do most everything in his power to avoid it. He's very good at begging rides off of people even at odd and unfair hours of the night. He has not driven once since the invention of Uber.
4. No one hates John Constantine more than than John Constantine. Seriously. You can't even compete, do not try. Or do? Because John is super competitive and ready to win.
5. John tends to be cagey with most about everything and will happily lead any and all conversations away from himself. He's pretty masterful at this, and just comes across looking like a very good conversationalist!
6. John loves music, and is knowledgable about most punk, rock and metal bands. He can go off the beaten path with other genres, but is less likely to be a savant and more of a tourist there. Pop has it's place, but it's not usually in his heart.
7. Don't let this man into a kitchen. If it doesn't have instructions on a box, it's likely he can't do it. Nor does he have any particular interest in learning.
8. John is weirdly competitive and that trait shows up in just... really stupid ways sometimes. He's sorry in advance for the fact that he will always feel like he needs to have the last word in conversations, and therefore will not know hot to stop responding on Network threads.
9. Happily answers to either his first or last name, and kind of has no real preference for which he'd rather be called. Will also happily answer to Johnny, Scouse, Bastard or Hot Stuff.
10. John's considers himself a blue-collar sort of guy. He's pretty happy to ruin the lives of the rich and affluent just because they deserve to be knocked down a few pegs. It's nothing personal, the 1% just needs to be drawn and quartered, is all.
11. John’s just the sort of guy who makes it a point to know everyone, every thing, every secret. He’s the guy to go to if you want knowledge, answers or advice. If you’re willing to trade more knowledge or favors in return.
12. Constantine’s a weird mix of extrovert and antisocial. He loves people as much as he hates being bothered. So often times, he’ll be out and about and find it within himself to complain the entire time while he enjoys himself. It’s incredibly contrary and there’s no trying to explain it, it’s just… it’s how he is.
13. Will fuck around. Will find out.
GAME ENTRY. The irony here, is that John ended up in Dunwich on a perfectly normal sort of night. Which isn't something that he normally even has. It would have made more sense if he'd opened up a door to hell, or summoned up a demon in a mess of mist and smoke, and ended up here instead. But that wasn't the case. He was simply just ... taking a walk to the nearest convenience store in the middle of a damp, foggy night and let himself be entirely too curious about a bit of mist that looked thicker than it ought to have.
That's just his luck, isn't it?
Synchronicity Wave Traveling: This is John’s signature magic. It’s instinctual rather than something he chooses to do. It basically slightly warps reality in order to for him to make his own luck. It makes him extraordinarily lucky at things like games of chance, allows him the ability avoid and escape harm, to meet the right kind of people to help him solve a problem, and to reshape fights as they're happening. "Stage Magic" Sleight of Hand / Hypnosis / Escapology Magic circles/wards basically, sigils and protection magic - most notable is his magical fuck off circle. Tainted Demon Blood He’s got some demon in his blood. It helps him heal faster than an average human and has made him age slower. He’s not immortal, but he’ll last a good long time so long as nothing kills him first. He's also poisonous to vampires? Sorry guys. Divination He can use a pendulum and map to find the location of a magical disturbance Demon Summoning self explanatory, usually never works to his advantage, if he's being honest. Black Magic Cursing Varies. It is never, ever nice. Occlumency Mind Control + Memory Altering Necromancy Raise the dead as Ghosts. He's really not a fan of this one. Exorcism Although the Pope probably hasn't approved of him. Illusion He can make things or himself appear as something or someone else. Pyrokinesis He can create fires or hellfires. Frankly, it's just an easier way to light cigarettes. Witchy shit Just the in betweens, really. Party tricks. Refills on drinks! Dry cleaning this shirt! You know. The important stuff.
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