#RATTLING THE BARS OF MY FUCKING CAGE THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES IS A PODCAST AND HELLBLAZER FITS TOO WELL

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hold please for magnus archives. HOLD PLEASE FOR MAGNUS ARCHIVES.

Web-aligned avatar of the Eye john constantine, marked by every entity but the End, with whom he made a deal: he stays alive, and unmarked, as long as he spends the rest of his days preventing the ritual of the Watcher's Crown from ever taking place.

qualifications: frequently appears in people's nightmares after saving their life, has a legacy of being seen watching his comic writers from across the street, maintains a wide web (ha) of connections through the world of the Entities, weaves plots around his enemies with incredible deftness, incredibly skilled at hypnotic interrogation, probably called jonah magnus a bitch to his face at some point. and then ran for his life, but it was worth it.

potential timeline under the cut because uhhh????? things added up A LITTLE TOO WELL here

constantine being obsessed with "magic" as a kid after an encounter with an unknown entity in his bedroom (all his engines) and searching voraciously for leitners his whole childhood. finally discovers one and through a scheme involving an elaborate fake seance, uses it to bind his father so he could finally run away from home - thus becoming marked by the Web

becoming marked by the Eye and placed on the avatar track when he thwarted a ritual attempt at newcastle by unintentionally drawing the information on how to stop it out of astra; whether thwarting the ritual or taking the knowledge killed her, he still doesn't know

sent to ravenscar, a smirke-designed building, and while there is marked by an avatar of the Spiral that feeds on madness; he escapes, funnily enough, by confusing it

goes to america to thwart the brujeria — a faction of the Dark — but fails, being marked in the process.

returns home to find gary lester being hunted by an avatar of the Corruption; sacrifices him to save him, but is marked in the process. midnite comments on this, and brings the markings to his attention for the first time

loiters, lurks, and blackmails his way around the magnus institute to research the entities and their marks; in the process, learns about the ritual of the watcher's crown, and is convinced by the head of the institute at the time (👁) that it would be saving the world if he pursued it

is marked by an avatar of the Slaughter that entices war vets to obliterate their own hometown

is marked by the Stranger when ritchie simpson's consciousness becomes trapped inside a computer and later possesses constantine in an attempt to break free (ritchie simpson & sergey ushanka should kiss frankly)

is marked by the Hunt when a serial killer murders his father, hunts him across london, and constantine is forced to kill him in self-defense

comes up against and is marked by a budding avatar of the Extinction when it nukes a town, though nobody knows it's even an entity by this point

learned the truth about the Watcher's Crown from an avatar of the End (the first of the fallen) while trying to save a friend's life. makes a deal with the End to dedicate his time to preventing that ritual from ever happening, in exchange for not being marked or attacked by its avatars for as long as he lives. decides, privately, to keep his options open, and continues to accrue marks when the opportunity arises.

when he's left homeless after his breakup with kit, an avatar of the Lonely hunts him through the streets of london; he manages to trick it and See it off, but not before it marks him

creates the golem of the demon constantine from clay to imbue with portions of himself, in order to trick another avatar into not killing him; bringing it to life marks him by the Flesh

is buried alive in glasgow during an altercation with an avatar of the Buried, which failed because of his pre-existing deal with the End

submerges his arm in boiling water during a trial of courage in a cult setting; the burns mark him for the Desolation

takes a dream-walking root to meet with an avatar of the Vast and negotiate being marked; is almost swallowed up, but tricks his way out, and escapes successful

jc: hellblazer constantine is finally marked by the End when he willingly stops his own heart in a plan to thwart the unknowing; when he comes back to life, he has no vital signs and is now eligible to conduct the ritual of the watcher's crown; last seen running for his fucking life (un-life?)