Our Lord and Not Our Savior although he certainly tries to be John Constantine

I’m gonna have to write about seven hundred words a day to make my September goal and that’s including every day through the rest of the month. That’s not making any allowances for the fact that I’m unlikely to write much on the 28th, 29th, or 30th because of the trip out to England. Shit, I should probably adjust my goal based on those three days being out. I may write a few words here or there, but I doubt I’ll have the time, focus, or energy to write anything serious. I’ll be in a small apartment with both of my parents so privacy and quiet will be damned near impossible to get. I can do some writing with my folks around, but not usually much.

 

Which also means that I definitely have to finish my story for September, get it edited, and post it before I head out on the 27th. Goodness, the next week and a half is going to be crazy.

 

And what am I doing tonight when I should be working hard on a story and my word count goal? I’m watching Constantine and re-watching the moments he shows up in Legends of Tomorrow, mostly the moments when he and Gary are on screen together, like I could help myself.

 

I watched a trailer for season four, but at least half of the footage is from last season. I get it, they haven’t filmed enough that they can use as a preview without giving away stuff they don’t want to give away yet. They just want to tease right now and maybe also remind us of a few of the things that went on last season that just might be important this season.

 

In case it wasn’t obvious from my mentions of Gary and Constantine earlier, I am shipping them. I always love the ray of sunshine with the cynical asshole. I feel those relationships just balance each other so well. Sometimes those kinds of characters rub off on each other (I’m super hoping these to will literally rub off on each other *wink* *wink*), balancing each other with a little of their natures. Sometimes it’s just funny to watch them constantly tug over those viewpoints.

 

So it’s not that I want October 22nd to hurry up and get here (yet) because I really can’t wait for my trip to England/Ireland and I don’t want to rush that trip away. I’m hoping that will last a good long time, in a good way, if that makes sense. I’m certain that those days are going to fly by like one’s business though, regardless of what I want. But I am kind of tripping over myself. With a title like “The Virgin Gary” as the first episode and the last season ending with Gary showing up with Constantine and Constantine saying Gary has been with him, how can I not have Ideas? I’m a little worried. I don’t know what the show will do. Just because they’re pursuing one queer relationship on the show doesn’t mean they’ll pursue another, and even if they pursue another, it doesn’t mean they’ll pursue Gary and Constantine.

 

I do know they’re pursuing AvaLance and that things will be progressing with them, which is great. I enjoy the two of them a lot! And I love that the main character of a show, the leader of a band of time traveling, monster hunting, magic totem wielding dorks is a queer woman with a girlfriend who is also a badass leader as well.

 

With knowing Ava’s past and the fact that we got an episode about her story, I think they’re going to delve into her a little more. I think that will be good. I’d love to see a little of Zari and Hex too. I think they’re pretty damned cute and they both deserve some happiness.

 

Side note, how awesome would Helen of Troy coming out as gay and going on adventures with the Legends occasionally be? I can so see her as queer.

 

Anyway, in the preview, there’s this bit where it looks like Gary is standing naked (he’s at the very least shirtless) holding an apple and it looks like Constantine is there. It’s hard to tell because the clip is really fast, but I’m breathlessly hoping this means they’ve been spending lots of time together doing ridiculous, weirdly sweet things like taking art classes and playing D&D.

 

As I mentioned I was watching over the episodes Constantine is around, and I’m wondering if they had planned to bring in John Constantine for the fourth season pretty much since the beginning of season three, or at the very least by the middle of it. I’ve been thinking about it as I’ve watched these episodes, and there have been some things I’ve noticed, some lines I’ve caught that just seems like they were setting up for this all along.

 

I’ve started writing what basically amounts to a college essay on the subject of JC’s involvement on the show, but I don’t have time to finish it tonight as it’s after 3am.

 

(God, sometimes I wish I could just have one or two coexisting obsessions instead of constantly shifting ones; one of my friends is obsessed with Bellarke/The 100 and Hamilton… okay, she also really loves Veronica Mars and Terriers, but her main focus is Bellarke and that just seems so much easier. Here I am with my 1,493,218,474 obsessions that are in constant battle for my attention and energy; like, honestly, I don’t have time for all my obsessions. No one has time for all my obsessions. Do other people have this battle for alpha-obsession always going on in their lives? I hope other people have this kind of struggle.)