Satan Is Fine But I Draw The Line At Duke Thomas - Tumblr Posts
John Constantine is afraid of freaked out by two bats: Red Hood, because he doesn't know what he is but he sure is something and he wishes people would be a little more concerned to figure out what's going on, and, even more terrifying fucking eldritch get that shit away from me we're gonna die freakier, Duke Thomas, because he knows EXACTLY what he is and he wishes he didn't. And also because Duke knows this and has the time of his life using his powers to freak him out. Once these two team up, they are unstoppable.
Like, imagine the bats need magic help for a mission. John wakes up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and suddenly the corridor lights flicker wildly before turning blinding, he now has seven shadows the shape of which is slowly turning from his silhouette into horrifying images, just as suddenly turning off into complete darkness, and then at the other end of the corridor is the silhouette of a man with glowing eyes that tilts its head to the side like an owl, pulls flaming swords out of his heart and just fucking stares at him without blinking, most of his face and body wreathed in shadows even were the flaming swords should shed light. And then, right behind him in a crepuscular half-light that stems out of nowhere, even though he can't see anybody in the corner of his eye, a voice whispers: "you're needed in Gotham." And then bam, full darkness and they're gone. And John probably knows it's them pretty quickly but that makes it so much worse??? He's a powerful magic user, regularly does work for Justice League Dark, he's fought demons and been through hell. He thought he'd seen anything horrifying and Eldritch and undead there was to see and become numb to it. But the existence of these two? And the fact that life (well, fucking Bruce Wayne apparently) decided to make them brothers? That's enough to give him nightmares.
I think Duke Thomas should get to give off eldritch horror vibes to all JL-associated magic users. As a treat.