Thanks to katarik--as usual, I translated the text from german to english and she did the proofreading *hugs* :).
This was part of an e-mail conversation with tangentialone--hence, the "You said..."-quote at the beginning of the text.

( Some musings on what makes John Constantine appealing to me, what I think describes the core of the character, and why I'm having issues with Brian Azzarello's characterization. )