IN PANELS

A L T E R N I O U S .

the canon that anton was not only once human , mortal , died , but he gained a form of semi-immortality . and then … he died AGAIN , went to hell and became a demon . only to come back , canon implying numerous times that he’s some sort of nightmare . And seeing the amount of influence swamp thing held on the sandman’s narrative , it’s not surprising that anton can be interpreted of ascended nightmare , who perhaps , manifested himself into being rather than been created directly by dream . Which my friend & writing partner Kadian @sinnhelmingr helped come up with me , as per influenced by canon stating that arcane’s powers are like “the curse of eternal waking.”

it is with an unfortunate truth that I am adding the incarnation of all evil , the wholly unkillable , the eternally infernal , the absolutely diabolical Anton Arcane as an NPC to this blog . He won’t be available for interactions outright , though . But given the fact that anton is such a prominent presence in swamp thing , and his affiliations with Hell as seen in the sandman ( as the cause of Matthew’s death & a host in Lucifer’s hell serving directly under lord Beelzebub ) , and even multiple other vertigo titles , he’s just … lurking in my portrayals . He even has connections to The Shade , of all people . Canonically , even .

i … sorta forgot that the shade got his heart ripped out of his chest canonically . but my headcanon of him always wearing a rose pinned against where his heart used to be absolutely stands . his own rose that he’s grown in his garden , in his city . 🌹 where his desire & love ultimately lies is his Opal City , and he thusly carries a part of it with him ( mirroring the canonical ending of Starman 1994 ) .

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