#neil gaiman has a habit of ramping shit up an inexplicable number of notches when he writes for other properties it's true

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boston brand: they say the third time's the charm. so what do you make of constantine? tim hunter: he's all right, i spose — easier to talk to than the other three. only thing i can't figure out is how we get from place to place ... boston brand: that one's easy, kiddo. he's riding the synchronicity freeway, and so everything just falls into place; time, movement, even distance just sit up and beg for him. you're having an adventure, kiddo. if you survive it, it'll be fun.

books of magic still has the most batshit way i've ever seen constantine's synchronicity wave traveling abilities showcased, actually.

for frame of reference, most of the hellblazer writers usually apply the concept of surfing the synchronicity highway in much smaller ways: namely constantine's uncanny ability to stumble across significant events/people/artifacts, or winning at gambling 100% of the time he chooses to. but books of magic has him doing shit like bending time and space to breeze both him and tim from a new york street onto a cross-country flight with no one questioning how they just ended up appearing in seats assigned to them.

so either constantine is showboating to absolute fuck for the sake of making a killer first impression (extremely plausible), or he's REALLY taking it easy with his use of magic most of the time.

#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS. #neil gaiman has a habit of ramping shit up an inexplicable number of notches when he writes for other properties it's true #but i do kind of fucking LOVE the concept that john really IS just that fucking powerful if he chooses to be #and he is simply. SO uninvested in making magic his whole life that he chooses to be petty about it 99.9% of the time #like he's ALREADY been roped into the trenchcoat brigade with the likes of the phantom stranger + mister e + doctor occult #if he just Does This Wild Bullshit all the time then he would DEFINITELY get roped into more wild world-changing events #and he is not about that life. he wants to live in peace in london thank you very much. fuck off and have the day you deserve #( character study. ) A WALKING PLAGUE OF A MAN. #sched.