Oct 29, 2025
Survivor of the AIDS crisis. Destroyer of memory.
Hellweek25 "Horror" prompt.
It was a common practice among queer men of the late 80s and early 90s to have keys to each others homes. This was a precaution so that if one of them died of AIDS, friends would come in and remove anything the deceased friend wouldn't want his family to find. If the items weren't donated or kept, they were destroyed.
With the looming presence of AIDS in every corner of early Hellblazer, I don't doubt Ray Monde and John Constantine had difficult conversations and contingencies in place for "if the worst were to happen". Unfortunately for John, being a survivor means carrying the weight of memory.
#john constantine#hellblazer#vertigo comics#hellweek25#ray monde#sergeant bill#jl remix#cw/tw aids crisis#i didn't want to do “supernatural horror” i went for depressingly mundane human horror which is very hellblazer tbh#whether it's ray or bill's family that's unaccepting- i imagine john had a lot of memories to go through
