#Cheryl Masters

[jesncin]

Hi! I’ve been reading Hellblazer lately, and I was wondering if you had any thoughts regarding John’s relationships in the comic? Either romantic, platonic, or familial (I know you’ve already talked a lot about Goldie especially, but I’d love to hear your thoughts about Cheryl and Gemma, too!)

My ghost sensitive friends can see ghosts in photos so this works actually. Tony Masters was not invited to the family photo because Johnstantine really doesn't want a photo of or with him haha.

I'm only about a hundred issues into Hellblazer but I love Cheryl and Gemma! I like that John cares for his sister and niece to such a point that if he learns his niece is in trouble he'd drop everything to save her even when he's about to get funky-style with someone. I find his relationship with these two just so endearing. They're a nice break from his other abusive family members. Other opinions on John's romantic partners under the cut!

Emma: excellent. I hope she keeps haunting John forever.

Zed: I think she's fun and a great love interest. Mysterious, cunning and tragic in a way that reinforces Hellblazer themes really well. I don't really like her return with that sort of culty following afterwards, just in terms of vibes. Idk I don't trust that brand of white woman haha.

Marj: Also a great love interest! I like how she contrasts Zed as the more down to earth hippie one. While I think she's sweet, I do agree with John's later assessment that they're not a fit realistically. Somehow I still don't trust this white woman. Just a vibe.

Kit: Icon. Queen. She should get to dump John and break his heart as many times as she wants.

Sarah: You deserved better, narratively. The minute this character showed up I took a long break from reading Hellblazer cuz I knew she was going to be Disposable Black Love Interest and yep, she was. John spent his whole time with her fixated on his ex-gf Helen, instead. The only saving grace is at least Sarah dumped John before meeting a worse fate by sticking around.

Chas (lmao): never did anything wrong and should be allowed to beat up John whenever he wants.

(Honorable mention since I'm also reading Spurrier's Hellblazer run too) Liza Ikumelo: I love her as a tragic mom to Noah Ikumelo and I like that she and John had a fling resulting in the tragedy that is John being an absent dad to Noah's younger years. Did she have to be a cop though. Spurrier is so much more critical of american cops in comparison for some reason >_>

Those are my thoughts so far!

[mutalieju]

Hellblazer 31

[pablohunie1993]

me outside of mark waid's window every night: has cheryl met zatara ii? has gemma? do they know he exists? do they know he's john's son? did john tell them? does he have any connection to his paternal family?

[thelaughingmagician]

Hellblazer #44

[naoa-ao3]

A young punk and an old bastard

[nerdybitch]

Made a fanfic!!

HEED THE TRIGGER WARNINGS

Okay so I didn't just make this, it's been up for like...almost 2 months, but I realized I forgot to advertise on Tumblr!

It's just a nice series of drabbles involving John Constantine, some bits of his backstory etc split into different years and ages. It's a work of love bc I adore him and reading the comics has made me go absolutely insane I'm so hyper-focused on him that I'm legit considering opening an In Character roleplay ask blog for him.

[wolfbearingroses]

Hi do u have any gemma headcanons

I do have a few actually! Gemma's a character I feel pretty attached to despite her few appearances. I'm a bit rusty on some of the older Hellblazer so some stuff might be contradictory

•On the rare occassions John was in charge of babysitting her, he'd take her to get ice cream, always at the same place. It wasn't good ice cream but she liked it anyway beacuse it meant spending time with her uncle.

•She has a few tattoos, but not in very visable places. Some are related to magic and enchantments (or at least an attempt to get one with magical properties), like what some versions of John have, whereas others are the usual "dumb teenage decision" ones.

•Her and Chas's daughter, Geraldine, are canonically around the same age, so it would make sense that they went to the same school at some point. They were friendly with each other but not quite in the same circles.

•Magic aside, as a teenager she had a habit of picking up a lot John's old interests. Like she'd listen to simlar songs, or buy a jacket that looked like one of his. She never realised what she was doing, but it quietly scared Cheryl, fearing it was a sign she'd take an interest in the occult.

That's all that comes to mind for now, but I might end up thinking of or remembering more some time.

[excessively-english-jd]

Hi sorry to bother, I saw you said you had 2 fics on Cheryl Masters’ and John Constantine’s relationship and was wondering if you could link them. If not that’s cool!

No problem!!

Lessons Learned technically features Chas and Cheryl, but the focus is on John and Cheryl's relationship.

Another Fence We're Mending is a scene between John and Cheryl taking place after Hellblazer #100 Sins Of The Father. (Mind the tags on this one, but there's nothing worse than the comic)

Chapter 7 in my ficlet collection Never Mind The Bollocks also features John and Cheryl (and Gemma).

I do also have a WIP which features our OC Amon, John's son, which again has a lot of focus on Cheryl and John's relationship which I.... should really fucking finish lmao. If you're interested, I could drop a little preview of that.

Hope you enjoy!!

[outfitpolls]

BONUS POLL: Cheryl

[destinywillowleaf]

i fORGOT TO POST THIS BEFORE BUT HOLY SHIT I WAS R I G H T

THEY GAVE HER A DHELMISE AND MADE HER A PIRATE

i think i'm like. legally obligated to pull for her now.

(this actually is supposed to go with the special costume roark from february who's also a pirate but i never got around to actually finishing the other two ^^; was gonna be roark, gardenia, drake, and flannery, all in more pirate-y clothes (drake got less of a boost cause like Look At Him) and very much be "please take care of the ocean" the event with a side of calling it treasure for fun)

[yellow-gardenia-48]

Why Nintendo shouldn't give (me) photo shoots mechanics: I present to you "Pokemon (Taylor version)"

Shout out to the person who made the edit of Geeta as the cover of The Tortured Poet Department, I saw it and thought "haha wouldn't it be funny if somebody made the other albums?" And here we are

[talentforlying]

john and his niece going for a walk, arm-in-arm, so gemma can confide in him about her ghost problem without worrying her mum......i'm severely unwell about them.

[nonovyabuisness]

April Fools = Halloween for Pokemon Masters EX.

It’s scarier than the Halloween event.

[pablohunie1993]

EPISODE THIRTEEN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT HIS SISTER/NEICE WHERE IS CHERYL WAITING FOR THE MAN MORE LIKE WAITING FOR CHERYL

[debtsunpaid]

the steve dillon constantine siblings live forever rent-free in my head, they both just look so alive.

cheryl just looks so darling, all big soft eyes and chatting away with kit, and john's kinda got this cover-of-a-romance-novel vibe going for him that belongs to such a specific, relaxed, happy version of him. the red sweater and the pink shirt remain some of my all-time favorite outfits for them.

[naoa-ao3]

The Kids are Alright

Gemma's got a boyfriend and Cheryl isn't sure what to think about him. Worried she calls her brother but Gemma's new boyfriend seems to be playing a game all of his own and neither adult knows what to think. Is John heading off against another magician or is the boy just a little smarmy? When his niece is involved the difference doesn't seem so great.

Gemma's got a boyfriend and Cheryl is concerned.

The boy is nothing but smiles and friendly comments, he helps around the house when he comes over and he's everything she should be wanting for her daughter except he isn't. There's just something off about him. Something she can't put her finger on.

Maybe if things were different and Tony. . . well fuck if things were different then she wouldn't have to feel this way all on her own.

Alan however is always smiling and charming and she wants to like him so very much except she just doesn't.

Gemma get's angry when she mentions it. She wants to live her life and she wants to make her own decisions and Cheryl remembers what that's like. She wants to let her but Alan is starting to creep her out and she can't say why and that just seems to piss Gemma off.

She never imagined her daughter ever being angry. When she was a baby she seemed so happy but like all Constantines she eventually got her share of the bad and now Cheryl just hopes she'll finish school.

She wonders sometimes if Gemma can picture her when she was her age. She does know what it's like to be young. She had a whole world of hell to live with back then. . . she doesn't tell Gemma this, let her think her grandad was a good one. Keep the demons down and the doors locked.

In the end she calls her brother, the only person left now who remembers her at Gemma's age. The only person who knows what kind of hell went on behind their own closed door.

He's cheerful when he picks up, talking animatedly until he senses something's wrong.

"It's Gemma, she's got herself a boyfriend." She say's.

He laughs but it's shallow. "You don't sound too glad of that." He say's. "What's the trouble?"

She shakes her head and sighs. "I don't know. He just bothers me. There's nothing wrong with him, he's polite, he's nice, he seems to treat her right I just don't know."

"Does she like him?" He asks.

She sighs. "I've never seen her like this. Maybe that's it. She's growing up. I don't know John I just. . ."

Maybe it's her voice but he clears his throat, reminding her of when they were kids. "You want me to come by?" He asks. "Maybe meet the lad and see what he's about?"

She nods. "Would you?"

It's selfish. John is on the other side of the country. He doesn't need to come all the way here just because she can't the number on a teenage boy.

Who could though?

Yet he does come, right as Gemma and Alan get out of school.

He's in her kitchen when they come home and Cheryl see's Gemma smile. It's not the same smile from when she was little. She used to adore her uncle but Cheryl thinks in recent years she's started to get a little cold with him.

Maybe it's just moody teenage years, lord knows she had them herself.

It was different then though, back then she'd have done just about anything she could not to stay in the house. She'd hated it there. Her drunk dad and her brother always in trouble. She'd gone out with school friends and boys who'd thought she was pretty. Left them to the stink of drink and their misery.

John shakes Alan's hand and the boy smiles, polite and charming as ever.

"You must be the uncle." He say's. "Very pleased to meet you."

John shrugs. "Gemma told you about me?" He asks.

The boy nods, pearly, white teeth showing. "She did indeed. Gemma spoke very highly of you, sir."

Her little brother who used to steal her make up and use it for paints put's his hands up. "Easy with the 'sir' stuff." He say's. "I'm not that old."

"Oh no sir, didn't mean it like that." Alan say's and there's just something Cheryl doesn't like about him.

They let the kid's go into the sitting room and stay at the kitchen table.

"What do you think?" She asks, her cup of tea cold in front of her.

There's a chip on the table.

One of Tony's leavings.

John shrugs. "Seem's like a descent kid to me." He say's. "Trying a bit hard but that doesn't make him bad."

She taps her knuckles on the table. "Maybe I'm crazy." She say's. "But John I swear it. There's something about that boy."

He softens a little. "I'll spend a few days, try and talk to him. I suppose he comes round a bit then?"

She nods. "Funny, I've never met his parents. He doesn't really talk about them but they're kids so I try not to pry. . ."

John gives her hand a squeeze. "I'll stay a few days." He say's and she's glad of him, grateful for him.

Glad and grateful she's not alone.

She wonders if John knows some of the thoughts that live in her head, the memories and the awful little things from their childhood she can't forget. The paint on their front door and the floor boards that squealed. . . the anger inside.

She's made a good life for herself, had a family even if it's turned to shit of late.

John's the last link to who she was then and she's always loved him. She thinks he might be why she did so well with Gemma. . . she got a trial run on her baby brother. Had to raise him in some ways because dad wasn't going to do it.

Now she's just a mum worried about her kid and her brother is the only one she knows she can turn to.

She worries about Alan but she'll get her brother's opinion before she makes up her mind, after all mums are supposed to worry so maybe it's all just normal.