I know there's a separate list for this...

[trinityvixen]

But this story is already just as funny as the Sailor Moon/Hellblazer crossover. It's a Harry Potter/Hellblazer crossover. I've only gotten into the first chapter thus far (my boss is back), but it's hilarious.

My favorite line: "Teach me to take a brick to a magic fight."

Check it out (and ivy03 I've got a Constantine fic for you just over here). Fics courtesy of GAFF's 'antidote' thread, God bless it.

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Never fear! Keep reading!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The summary merely mentioned that the character seems like a Mary Sue. She is, in fact, someone from the Hellblazer-verse translated over into the movieverse. You would like the representation of John more, that's why I recommended it. Do give it another try.

Also, the 'hir' is not misspelled. I thought so, too, at first. It's the gender neutral possessive that John uses to describe Gabriel. He also refers to Gabriel as 's/he' throughout. But the voice is distinctly John, I promise. Snarky-at-his-best-with-a-side-of-tragedy-movie-Constantine, I promise.

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[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Well then the author's not much of a feminist. Wouldn't the term be "hyr"? Why am I arguing about this?

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Why am I arguing about this?

To pass the time and avoid reading? Dunno, really. Gender-neutral isn't my bag, baby.

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[bigscary.livejournal.com]

"hir" and "sie" are, for some reason, accepted gender-neutral pronouns.

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[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Weird.

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[viridian.livejournal.com]

I don't see any compelling reason to use "hyr" instead, but then I scoff, loudly, at the use of "womyn". Please. If one is secure enough in one's identity, then why make a show of distancing onesself from other possibly identities?

I sort of scoff at "hir" and "sie", too, because it sounds fucking pretentious. Just pick a damn pronoun already or use your name. I can't see John Constantine ever saying/thinking "hir" - he's going to either assign a gender at will or call Gabriel "Gabriel" or some other noun that makes it obvious who he's referring to. John's not PC, he's not going to give a shit about whether or not he offends an angel by assigning him/her/it a gender.

(Also, I can't remember offhand, but doesn't the novelization identify Gabriel as male?)

Yay, ranty rant rant!

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[ivy03.livejournal.com]

You're right. That was quite good. I'd even call it effective use of an anagram. It had many hallmarks of a mary sue but truly wasn't one. And the author got the character of Constantine - even his maudlin side. I guess I should've known it wasn't a Mary Sue when I noticed it was in first person, John's POV - Mary Sues never do that.

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

...unless they make a Mary Sue out of a canon character for some reason. But not usually in first person, no.

Hurrah! She likeded it!