The Manō kupua encounters a lost haole

Hellweek25 "Ships" prompt.

Giving characters the queer dimension they aren't afforded in canon shouldn't be limited to the white ones who get more chances at being written with depth. Often times in the push for Constantine's queerness to be depicted with dignity, there's a call to remove how his sexuality interacts with the Other. Whether it be inhuman characters, demonic entities or demigods, monster loving is a staple of gothic queer literature. To erase that part of John because it's "gross, perverted and flanderizing" would be to engage in the very sanitization that harms the character's transgressive history. Even when it's flawed.

Thank you!! While I haven't ironed out the details yet for how these two got together that one time, I do want to honor the relationship that canonized Nanaue as queer (and I've alluded to their relationship a lot)! Right now it's figuring out what a native pre-colonial demigod would see in a depressed white british man, but to be fair to John- he is capable of being very charming. If John can sweet talk a succubus, he can charm a demigod shark man.

Hello~! Sorry for the late reply! School has been C-R-A-Z-Y all the way.

11. How do you come up with your fic titles?

Uhm, most of them are song titles/song lyrics because songs have always resonated with me? If it’s not a song, it’s poetry, and that’s because I usually write whatever emotions I’m experiencing so my feelings for the fic and what the fic represents are meant to be reflected in poetry/songs because I feel poetry/songs resonate deeply with a lot of people. And if it’s a goofier fic, it’s usually a parody of a song lyric, haha!! Sometimes I’ll use common phrases too (like You Can Lead A Horse To Water.)

12. Tell the author your favorite fic title of theirs (not the fic, strictly title). Author: what’s your favorite title you’ve come up with and why?

I think you’ve understood the question right so no worries, haha!! I actually really love that one too. But for the sake of picking another title, I really like A Wet Red Devil (which is my John Constantine x King Shark piece and the title comes from a style of drink which is a pun.) As much as I love the poetry/songs, I love puns or wordplay, things with double meaning. A Wet Red Devil is a (pun of sorts?) because the drink (A Red Devil) is a mix of Irish Whisky and Tomato Juice (with John Constantine being the Irish Whisky and King Shark being the Tomato Juice. If anyone knows those characters, I hope that’s like clever-sounding, lol.) Serving a drink wet usually means “heavy on the mixer” or something? I don’t remember at the moment the exact terminology (long day) but it’s mostly a pun about it being wet because the fic is a M sexual content/implied sexual content work.

sssh take some Constant King

Summary:

There was a reason Zatanna did not often invite Constantine to join their missions. The bloody Batman didn't have to deal with this shit.

“So, are you…” Constantine trailed off meaningfully, and while Zatanna’s back was turned to the warlock she knew those dark eyes were drinking in the sight as if it were a fine whisky.

As if King Shark was a fine whisky. Christ.

Words: 4k

Rating: M