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My DC OC, Blanche Quinn!!! He is the first cousin of John Constantine from his mother's side, and he is a call handlder of JL's emergency line!

Fun fact: This bitch complains about his uncle John's habit of drinking and doing dangerous shady shit yet he drinks just as much and gossip with ghosts

Character notes under the cut. There are stuff that I don't include in the image but not much actl.

Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano nocturnes by Franz Liszt published in 1850, as the lieder for two poems—Hohe Liebe (exalted love) and Seliger Tod (blessed death)—by Ludwig Uhland and a poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath named O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst ("Love as long as you can!")

The name is given to the pair of Reverie and Maybelline because their love sounds like a fairy tale, where Reverie waits and waits for Maybelline to reincarnate again and again everytime. Despite the fact that each and every of Maybelline's reincarnations are all unique, Reverie will always find the soul he loves inside them.

― Well, denial is a river in Egypt, my dear, especially when we all wield some magic here. I ain't no smartass, but there is no real concept to normal, at least to that.

Note: Some of the information comes from the DC fandom database. I might update this post in the future.

Profile:

Name: Blanche Quinn.

Alias: (unofficially) Phantasma.

Pronouns: he/him.

Birthday: November 22nd.

Birthplace: Manchester, England.

Ethnicity: English.

Age: 21.

Family: John Constantine (first cousin, once removed).

Height: 182cm - 5'9".

Weight: ??kg.

Biological gender: Female.

Gender identity: Transgender male.

Gender expression: Feminine.

Romantic orientation: Panromantic.

Sexual orientation: Pansexual.

Occupation: Full time university student, Fashion Design major & minor in Cultural History. Part time Justice League's call handler & unofficial informant.

Power: Magic

Blanche is not an outstanding sorcerer, but he is capable of many ghosts & spirits related magic. He states that he can only cast "standard spells that every magician can do", but sometimes he is shown to use high-leveled summoning spells. His mana is quite ghost-adjacent so it has has a greenish hue.

1. Logomancy

Logomancy is the ability to speak a spell backward to initiate a supernatural effect. Zatanna taught Blanche the basic of logomancy in his teens, and it has been one of Blanche's two main type of spells in use.

2. Dark Magic

Dark Magic is a dangerous and malevolent type of magic that is known to come at a high cost to its practitioner. This is the first type of magic that Blanche learnt, although he doesn't usually use it.

3. Spirit Magic

Spirit Magic, also called Ghost Magic, can be seen as a combination of Dark Magic and Soul Magic. Unlike Soul Magic which steals power from the souls, Spirit Magic let the user borrow the abilities from them, both temporarily and permanently, through deals and contracts. This allows the user to view one's aura, learn the knowledge of a soul, recharge mana by grazing through other's souls, and more. Blanche was taught this magic by the ghosts of wizards he befriended with, and now this is another main type of magic he uses.

Abilities:

1. Occultism

Blanche has a large source knowledge of magic and the supernatural - having learnt from John, Zatanna, Raven, and all the shades and ghosts he interacted with.

2. Deception and negotiation

Unlike her cousin John, who mainly uses deception to make deals, Blanche tends to secures his deals more straightforwardly, since his contractors are mainly ghosts with a kinder heart. This might not actually mean that he doesn't slip a couple of deceits into them...

3. Indomitable will

Having interacted with ghosts for most of his live, Blanche has developed a very strong willpower to resist possessions, hypnosis, and temptations.

4. Information gathering

Blanche lives up very well to his nickname as "Phantasma the Ghost Gossiper", with the ability to gather information from his talks with both the living and the dead.

e. Hand-to-hand combat

Blanche knows basic defends thanks to having worked with some of the Bats, mainly Red Hood and Red Robin since they are close of age.

Close relationships:

1. House of Mystery

a. John Constantine

John is Blanche's first cousin once removed, but their relationship is more akin to drunk uncle and his nephew. John was also Blanche's first magic teacher, and they were quite close when he was young, since Blanche's parents died when he was 10. They only meet up once in a while now, due to the nature of their jobs.

b. Zatanna Zatara

Zatanna was Blanche's second magic teacher, and they got closer since Zatanna married John when he was 19. They sometimes catch up by online calls since Zatanna is always on a mission or a tour.

c. Rachel Roth

Raven is like a little sister to Blanche. Since Raven was rescued from Trigon when she was 10, they have been living in the House of Mystery together ever since. With John and Zatanna have to focus on their jobs more and only occasionally drop by as they grow up, the two get along with each other like a house on fire.

d. Boston Brand and Rory Regan

They are the most usual guests to the House of Mystery. Blanche finds them to be quite endearing.

2. The Bats

a. Jason Peter Todd

He actually stumbled on Jason on his early days as Red Hood. They get along since they both have connections to the dead, and have developed a certain level of trust to one another.

b. Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake

Blanche got to know Tim when Raven joined the Titans when she was 15 and Tim was 17 and became best friends. When Tim found out that Blanche knew Red Hood is Jason later on, they had a huge fight. They got along again when things has resolved, and Blanche became an usual guests of the Young Justice headquarter later on.

List of links about Blanche:

Blanche's playlist on Spotify!!!

Blanche's tumblr tag!!!